WOW I love the angel of Death it's got a spooky feel to it yet it looks like its walking on clouds.
Hopefully it won't be spooky when it's done, as that's the complete opposite of what I'm going for, lol. It's an idea I've wanted to do for years now, but for one reason or another I didn't feel I was capable of doing it. I still may not be, lol. But I've thought for a long time about the idea of death as a figure, and while the Grim Reaper was great during my youth, it doesn't make sense now. People do not want to give up their life. And why would anybody want to walk away from life just because some foreboding, skeletal figure comes to collect them. During the Great Plague, people reported seeing skeletons running in the streets and jumping on peoples' backs. Obviously it was just a manifestation created by the hysteria that existed at the time, and it's an obvious symbolism. But the Grim Reaper/skeleton as symbolism is really more to do with the fear of death than death itself.
What would make some kind of sense, to me at least, is the Angel of Death being a vision of absolute beauty. Something that doesn't inspire fear, and simply by its appearance makes you feel that moving on from life is okay. There's a great quote from the film Jacob's Ladder that's really resonated with me since I first saw it:
"If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth"
wonder what would happen if you were to add the ball one and the fire together and call it the flaming ball
Could be interesting. I'll have a play with them when I have time and see what I come up with.
