Hand Drawn Digital Fine Art Print on Board by Michael Pantuso: Cicada

A cicada built like a pocket watch, with its back panel left open for inspection.

Cicada is a hand drawn digital fine art print on board by Michael Pantuso. Insects, with their segmented bodies and jointed legs, lend themselves naturally to mechanical reinterpretation, a theme that runs through much contemporary illustration. Here the body is glossy black, its center opened to show stacked gears and cogs. Wings patterned in orange, rust and black-and-white stripes spread to the sides, with clear veined hind wings below. Fine circles and wiring lines drift around the figure on a white ground. It is 24 inches wide and 24 high.

It looks ready to sing, once the springs are wound.