With the posting of Bad Seeds’ seventh page, comes our first glimpse at Queen Azulon’s new design, and her chambers.  We’ve decided to use a Roman theme with Coryn, and I wanted to make sure to use certain key elements throughout the colony to emphasize this.  Azulon’s chamber was a great opportunity to demonstrate some ant chamber paintings.  The wall behind the ant queen shows a visual story of Coryn’s history dating back to the colony that Azulon was born into.

By keeping all of the details very basic, and colours flat, I was able to recreate some aspect of ancient Roman decorative painting.  Both Romans and Greeks were famous for their fantastic pottery, and decorative elements all adorned with paintings.  To paint a picture was not enough though, each piece had to tell a story.  I found that this idea married very well to how we have structured the ant civilization, the importance of the lineage, and their focus on the colony.