Zodiac arrest

Zodiac arrest

I've been trying to finish my zodiac set. Finished years ago, stashed away, gathered dust and once dusted off, seemed lacking.

It's been staring me in the face all this time, but I hadn't noticed that Libra, Aquarius and Sagittarius were missing faces. No wonder they were missing that 'je ne sais quoi'. Well now I know what.

Some of the zodiac set were missing heads.

So Libra is now a plate spinning cat, Aquarius is an octopus and Sagittarius just gets a bearded face since he already has the body of a pantomime horse.

Libra

Sketch for Libra

Sketch for Libra

Libra before the head.

Libra before the head.

Libra as a cat

Libra's cat head sketched in.

First colour fill for cat Libra.

First colour way for Libra cat.

Aquarius

Aquarius octopus sketch

Aquarius octopus. With cat eye glasses.

Transparent Aquarius.

Transparent Aquarius.

Blue Aquarius.

Blue Aquarius. I might turn him / her / them green.

Redraw of Aquarius Octopus.

Much prefer this shape. It has more feeling.

Sagittarius

Sagittarius gets a head.

Sagittarius gets a head.

Sagittarius with skinny neck.

Sagittarius with skinny neck.

Fitting the Sagittarius head.

 Fitting the Sagittarius head.

Animals

So that's a quick peek into the behind the scenes for the zodiac set.

Did I choose the right animals for Libra and Aquarius? What do you think?

Addendum

My new octopus Aquarius looks very phallic. I think that's a good thing. People can't help relating positively to archetypal images. It's interesting the way there is a feminine shape inside the phallus. It's like those cartoons of little people pulling levers in people's brains. A penis operated by a female without a brain? 

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