Sinner

How bad was Saddam's Son?
Multimedia and Digital Media, 400 dpi.
8" x 10"

One of the first tasks of 4th year illustration is to pick an elective. I ultimately sided with graphic design because I need to polish up on my skills in that area. I was very interested in one of the other electives that I did not choose. The class is taught by this off the wall illustrator named Rick Sealock. He is completely bonkers, in a good way. He encourages you to push the envelope and find the extreme nature in your artwork. I took a shot at one of his projects called "7 Deadly Sins". This is an editorial project based on any article that practices at least one of the seven deadly sins. I stumbled across an article about Uday Hussein (the son of Saddam Hussein) called "How bad was Saddam's son?". He was a ruthless man who ran the gammat from rape to torture to murder. The article made me feel very fortunate to be a Canadian. I did not have any art direction due to scheduling. This image above is Uday Hussein basking in the glory of the destruction he is causing without consequence.