Reaching Land

The first concept art piece of my world: An.Atom.Me. Reaching Land is about our origins as a species and the vital part the hand has played in human evolution (and how its bone structure has been the same since fish morphed to amphibians and got out of the water in the form of tiktaalik). It is also about a personal quest for mastery and learning; in spanish "to learn" translates to "aprender" which comes from the latin "aprehendere" which in turn means "to grasp". The character standing on the middle finger is Savu, looking for a way to get to the door in the thumb; the passage to full grasping and understanding. The light inside the hand is "sonic hedgehog"; the gene that dictates the st...View all