
Chimera
Book Proposal, Illustration Thesis
2022 - 2023
Chimera is a thesis for the Parsons Illustration program in 2023. It consists of a short comic and several stand-alone illustrations.
It is a story of masked travelers trapped within a contained world. The few who live here must venture into the ruins of a crumbling civilization while avoiding the mysterious and ever-present Chimera.
I took aesthetic inspiration from illuminated manuscripts and folklore, using The Met Cloisters as architectural reference. To showcase what I had learned from my time at Parsons, I focused on detailed background environments and intricate line work.
Comic page 1-2 colored
Comic page 3-4 colored
Comic page 5-6 colored
Comic page 7-8 B&W
Comic page 9-10 B&W
Chapel Illustration
World Map Illustration
Camp Illustration
Moth Sketch
Research sketch
Gallery Photo 1
Gallery Photo 2