Exercise in Spacial Relation #1

For one of my independent study courses this semester I’m doing a series that will combine human figure studies and topographical map making. Haven’t quite settled on what I’m going for so I’ve been working on little practice pieces. This first one’s not focused and pretty heavy handed. Looking forward to making it more fluid while maintaining the abstract textural / repetitive nature of the linework.
This is just a dry run of how the pieces might look. To get an idea of what I’m trying to explore thematically in the actual work I’ll leave ya with this quote by the French sociologist Alexis de Tocqueville:  

“It is odd to watch with what feverish ardor Americans pursue prosperity. Ever tormented by the shadowy suspicion that they may not have chosen the shortest route to get it. They cleave to the things of this world as if assured that they will never die, and yet rush to snatch any that comes within their reach as if they expected to stop living before they had relished them. Death steps in, in the end, and stops them before they have grown tired of this futile pursuit of that complete felicity which always escapes them.”