Occum’s Razor
Now:
The modeling has its problems, but what bugs me most is the lighting on this piece. The sky is pretty great, but the guillotine itself is rather poorly lit. Hindsight, I suppose.
Then:
The guillotine is an interesting symbol, though what it’s symbolizing here is up to you (and your guess is as good as mine this time). I’m not entirely certain how this piece came about, I just remember seeing those red clouds and suddenly the guillotine was exactly what needed to be put in front of them.
I was still weak in my understanding of the software at this point, and that’s apparent when you see the inconsistent texturing of the various wooden bits in this piece. Painting blood on the textures didn’t go quite the way I planned either, but overall the image is simple enough to be easily recognizable.
This image was created in July of 1998.
