I have back tracked slightly from my last post!….

Sat on my break at work and I was asked how my uni work is going, I reached for my phone and passed it around the table to show what I have been working on… The feedback was good! – everyone thought my drawing was good!… however, there was some slight confusion as to whether the flowers were coming out of an hourglass timer (sand timer) or a regular broken vase… Having another look after a few days apart from it I could see where this could be confused. Although I was pleased with my drawing I felt like it was still missing elements.. I decided to redraw it… AGAIN! but this time make sure it is obvious that the flowers are coming out of a sand timer and not a “vase”!

I changed the flowers slightly also.. I was unsure of doing this but I think it could work…

My flowers before looked quite wilted and withered and were a generic flower.. What I have drawn now are 2 white roses. I debated on using roses as the book states “2 white flowers” but when I looked up the symbolism behind white roses, to give someone white roses represents purity, inncocence, kindness and love. All of these traits are what Weena gave to the time traveller.

The sand timer (hour glass) has sand in the top half coming down to the bottom of the timer, before the sand hits the bottom of the timer it forms into a hand which holds the skull. The hand shows authority and dominance and represents the Morloch people. The skull represents the cannibalism aspect in the story; “killing the Eloi like cattle.”

This is what I sketched up last night:

It took me forever to get the hand right, I am hoping it will look even better once it is inked.

I was not happy with the broken glass on my last drawing. I accidentally at home smashed a circular wine glass, I decided to keep it and use it to draw from for the broken glass aspect of my drawing.

So far I feel like this design works better than the previous one, I shall get it inked out and then see some more!