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I did these illustrations to be projected during the live show of RadioLab's 'Desperately Seeking Symmetry' podcast [link]

They illustrate the Aristophanes speech of Plato's Symposium. It's an explanation of why people in love say they feel ‘whole’. The jist is that there were originally three types of people, each with two heads, two sets of limbs and two sets of genitals (men-men, women-women and men-women.) Zeus, annoyed about something or other and presumably overreacting, decided to chop them all in half and since then we’ve spent our lives wandering around trying to find our original other half, thus explaining our longing for a partner and our inclinations towards homosexual or heterosexual love. Read a better summary here [link]
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!123Lemonade Oct 12, 2012  Hobbyist
that actually makes a lot of sense, and you portrayed the thought beautifully
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~FrozenFeather Sep 4, 2012
oh interesting concept. i don't believe it but it's fascinating and i adore the picture it's perfect!
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~redbeerd Jun 25, 2012
the more of your stuff I'm seeing, the more in love with it I'm falling.
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~Merrile Mar 28, 2012
Oh goodness, I'm in love :heart:
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~KaveriGeewhiz Sep 2, 2011  Professional Filmographer
Ive read the legend,Love the visul interp.
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~simondrawsstuff Sep 1, 2011   Digital Artist
Somehow I think I already said this on Twitter back when you linked to it, but I'm not sure anymore - either way, the use of colour here is just wonderfully effective, it works so well as an illustration of the story. Did you get the idea to convey it via colour instantly or was it something that developed as you started planning/sketching?
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~MumblingIdiot Sep 4, 2011  Professional
To be honest, in this case it was kind of set for me. Different artists portrayed different stories for the show but the colour scheme was the same for everyone. When I knew I was dealing with two figures as one, the overlapping was an obvious approach so I can't take much credit for it.
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*nataszek Aug 21, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
this is very good illustration, so simple but showing so many emotions
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~DBIPhotography Aug 11, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
Beautifully rendered. I actually reference this speech in an essay back in 6th form :)
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*hitohai Jul 14, 2011
I love your stories because they're always so philosophical and psychological, and now you did Plato! Somehow it seems to be very much in your line. It's great.
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