The Menacing Dummy

A prop mannequin transformed into a sinister being.

DIGITAL ART

Fran

4/28/20241 min read

My friends Veronica and Michel run a cultural center in my city. Recently, during my hunt for textures, I was there and took photos of a couple of dummies they had hanging outside, in the patio, and were used as props in their latest play, with the idea of using them to make a digital intervention (with textures, of course).

Texture Attack: prop mannequin
Texture Attack: prop mannequin
Texture Attack: "The Menacing Dummy" Digital Art by Fran de Souza
Texture Attack: "The Menacing Dummy" Digital Art by Fran de Souza

The result of the work on the first mannequin looks quite unsettling and somewhat menacing, although I acknowledge that the expression of the eyes in the original photograph and possibly the framing were significant contributors to the outcome.

Texture Attack: prop mannequin
Texture Attack: prop mannequin

I was quite pleased with the result above but feeling that the photo had more potential, I then created a second version, even more sinister than the first.

Texture Attack: "The Menacing Dummy" (dark version) Digital Art by Fran de Souza
Texture Attack: "The Menacing Dummy" (dark version) Digital Art by Fran de Souza

In the next post, I will share the results of my work on the second mannequin.