THE MISSING LINK
Illustration for a poster for a hip-hop event.
The emphasis of the commission was to include the Missing Link that unites all the elements of hip-hop, but also the literal meaning of the evolutional term. I chose to use the conspiracy theory of extraterrestrial intervention in the evolution of the human species. So I came up with this crazy idea, where the alien is a DJ and with its music it controls the minds of these anthropoids and gives them supreme intelligence to discover three key elements not only of the hip-hop culture, but in life too - writing, dancing and fire, symbolized by the rapper who 'spits fire rhymes' and has 'set the mic on fire'.
Technique is digital painting, with a paper sketch only for the alien and the rapper.
Innitial sketch and detail pics bellow.
Innitial sketch
