I went on to do further experiments on the same vein of the previous ones with the appropriation of characters from television, but this time with some digital collage.
I used the Teletubbies this time around not only because they were one of my favourite shows as a child, but also because I do still appreciate the surreal, uncannily cheerful aesthetic of the show, and I think the fact that they are essentially television-creatures with screens on their bellies and antennae on their heads allows for some funny and interesting self-referential commentary.
This was the first image I created, basically testing out different ideas as I thought them, which I later used to develop more resolved pieces:
The stencil look of those last ones makes me think they could work nicely as graffiti art. Oh, here’s a test sheet I used to experiment with the digital colouring method I used for them, which was inspired by Warhol’s prints, and other Photoshop effects:
I then went on to apply the same idea and style to the Hey Arnold! character:
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