This image is a collage style rendition of the Hoopoe’s announcement of the journey to the Simorgh to the conference of birds. Each visual aspect of the piece has a unique source; the hoopoe is a real picture of the bird, the word cloud comes from Photoshop, the Simorgh’s tail was created in a digital […]
This is an image of the nightingale who is too in love with the rose to go on the journey. I chose to depict the nightingale at rest, as he has no desire to leave the rose’s side. While he stares transfixed at his love, he fails to notice some important details of the world […]
The Simorgh occupies the focal point of the illustration as the thirty birds rise to become one with Him. In order to convey that they are unified with Him, their figures become less and less distinguishable as they join with His form. To represent that the birds are no longer individuals, but rather united souls, they […]