Art Challenge 001
- Gallente Indoor Sports -
My friend Martijn, whom I met through playing Eve Online, threw down the white glove with an art challenge: each of us suggests something for the other to draw, and we have one week to complete it. The two of us being Eve geeks and in-character bloggers, the obvious theme for the paintings is focussed on Eve, or rather the expanded world as it exists in our imaginations. It's threatening to become a regular thing.
The challenge this week was:
'Gallente indoor sports, played by young people'
The Gallente being of French origin and decadently cyberpunk, a response to that challenge could easily have been risque, but I decided to take it seriously.
Miel-do-jun is a gladiatorial contest incorporated from the Jin-Mei after they were absorbed into the Gallente Federation. Blood-sport, however, did not appeal in the technologically advanced empire, and it quickly became translated into holographic fighters controlled by players wearing full-body VR-control rigs. Professional Miel-do-jun fighters train rigorously and their interface with the control rig is enhanced through specialised cybernetic implants. Like most sports, Miel-do-jun is accessible to the public through home-size holographic projection tables, and most Gallente schools have teams for interscholastic competition.
- Gallente Indoor Sports -
My friend Martijn, whom I met through playing Eve Online, threw down the white glove with an art challenge: each of us suggests something for the other to draw, and we have one week to complete it. The two of us being Eve geeks and in-character bloggers, the obvious theme for the paintings is focussed on Eve, or rather the expanded world as it exists in our imaginations. It's threatening to become a regular thing.
The challenge this week was:
'Gallente indoor sports, played by young people'
The Gallente being of French origin and decadently cyberpunk, a response to that challenge could easily have been risque, but I decided to take it seriously.
Miel-do-jun is a gladiatorial contest incorporated from the Jin-Mei after they were absorbed into the Gallente Federation. Blood-sport, however, did not appeal in the technologically advanced empire, and it quickly became translated into holographic fighters controlled by players wearing full-body VR-control rigs. Professional Miel-do-jun fighters train rigorously and their interface with the control rig is enhanced through specialised cybernetic implants. Like most sports, Miel-do-jun is accessible to the public through home-size holographic projection tables, and most Gallente schools have teams for interscholastic competition.