The Art of Elliot Boyette

That’s the only way I could ever remember how to spell that word.

Anyways! Here’s a couple of things from my Illustration class I’ve done. The idea was to do a bunch of different silhouettes of recognizable shapes and then after picking 3 of them, put something else inside the shape.

I am fascinated by clouds. They’re the landscape of the heavens. Always changing and bubbling and stretching and glowing with a universal sense of wonder. They’re really a fantastical element from fiction that actually exists in the real world! I may be so crazy about them as a result of growing up with a meteorologist for a dad, but that’s not such a bad thing. Clouds are so versatile in what they convey, from wonder to glee to sorrow or foreboding. They’re something that’s captivated and inspired man for centuries if not millennia, encouraging man to one day fly amongst them.

Oil has sparked so many wars across the world that it’s severely damaged many people who live on it. We’ve had the technology for quite a while to make a car that required no fossil fuels to run but only till recently has it become practical. With our electricity becoming easier to create and cost for parts dropping over time, we’re on the cusp of a world with Power Stations instead of Gas Stations.

What other sport claims to be the sport of America besides Baseball? Now in it’s third century of official play, it’s a sport that is part of the spirit of the country. The young and destitute can find riches by following their dreams. Children watching in the stands cheering with their dads as a ball flies out of the park. Not only is it a sport with strings to the early time of the country but it’s a sport with ties to the bond of a father and son.

Music is one thing that separates us from other forms of life IMO. We not only acknowledged sound as an independent element but we then chose to play with it to make it our own. We can find numerous ways of creating a sound with limited tools at hand. Over our existence we’ve become more individual through our music to be able to have unique sounds to everyone. It affects us in good ways and bad and has a lot more power than people give it credit for.

I absolutely love desolate buildings of any sort. They hold something to them long after people are gone. Some people sense a haunted quality to these constructions but I consider them markers or vessels of the past holding nothing more than someone else’s memories.

Video games. They’re the one thing I’m confident I know. My earliest memories of of me playing a game of one form or another. Chopper commando being a favorite of the day. They’re experiences wrapped up in a packaged box. When you pay for a video game, you paid for all those experiences the developers had whether it be excitement or strenuous work to then go home and have your own experiences with the game. sometimes the two intertwine and influence one another.