Raine Phillips

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Gamut: A Spectrum of Emotions

Thesis Statement

My thesis is based on escapism and is a series of digital illustrations of creatures and the places they live and inhabit. My work is based on fantasy worlds that I like to go to when life gets too stressful. Titled Gamut: A Spectrum of Emotions, I address personal feelings across the emotional spectrum like fear, hope, and calm. Gamut invokes the same feelings that one would feel when reading an adventure book or playing a game based in a magical fantasy land. I want them to see places the creature live in relation to the other creatures, adding to the world building aspect. There are some narrative elements, but the series does not tell a narrative story, the creatures all live in the same world so some may interact just as creatures in our world do. However, there is no overarching story to be told, everyone can look at however many or however few and not miss out on a story. I draw inspiration from Dungeons and Dragons, the Monster Hunter series, Pokémon, the Destiny series, League of Legends, Percy Jackson, Harry Potter, and various anime and digital artists. These things are very important to me because unlike the rest of my young life, these left me with a calm feeling instead of feeling hopeless and full of dread.

A dark room leading to a doorway with a foreboding figure and a substance growing on the walls from him.

The Mold, Digital Print, 16" x 12", 2023

Cult ritual on a cliff with a lighthouse by the ocean with two giant glowing beings, one of which is in the distance A gaint glowing being looking at some people standing in a circle.

Soul Anglers, Digital Print, 12" x 16", 2023

Glowing bunnies in an oceanside park behind couple and child on bench at a fireworks show Bunnies with glowing parts on some grass.

Lovehunter Rabbits, Digital Print, 12" x 16", 2024

Knight with glowing sword and dragon with some body parts replaced with crystals sizing each other up in a crystal cave A knight with a sword facing off againt a large beast in an angular landscape.