Description

The great fungus colonies of Shalmanyr provide natural protection from the large raptors that prowl the skies. The people there have adapted to their hostile environments over millennia. Both they and the fungus benefit from a symbiotic partnership. A fragment from the world of Spero Artist: Matt Brown Year: 2022 Collection: Spero Creating this piece: This piece was created over several days using a combination of pen & ink, Midjourney (an AI tool) and Photoshop. With a strong vision of what I wanted to achieve, I composed a long-form brief describing the elements and composition I was imagining. Then I went through a meticulous process of development and refining to reach a set of base images that I was satisfied with. Finally, I combined the elements of these base images into one piece using Photoshop and continued painting and processing the work until it embodied and feelings and ideas I wanted to express.