Playful magazine type of illustration
Posted on 13. Dezember 2011
I did the following images yesterday and today as a sort of experiment. I’ve been a fan of Bernie Fuchs, Coby Whitmore, Jon Whitcomb and the magazine illustrators from the 60s since i first saw images from them (which sadly is not so long ago).
I also took inspiration from Charles Vess whose artbook i bought last week in a local comicshop and who seems to be an admirer of Aubrey Beardsleys work as myself.
And than there’s a little bit of Tadahiro Uesugi in there as well… along with all the other artists i favor.
I wanted to see how the above mentioned illustrators (not so much Aubrey in here) might leave a mark on my way of painting.
Personally i like the pool murder image the best. Nowhere to run – which was the first – shows too much lineart and too little painting, and by that looks more influenced by Tommy Lee Edwards stuff (which might be due to the fact, that i read his comic “Turf” on the weekend).
The easy life on the other hand went to far in terms of realism on the car, the buildings and the overall colorscheme.
I’ll conduct more experiments in that direction, since it is one sort of illustration that i have been eager to learn and do more since some time. Maybe i even get an author to provide me with a nice little short story, so that i don’t have to make up crappy titles any more!
And a little b/w-sketch which has nothing to do with the above posted experiments, other than that i used the same brush for the lineart that i used for most parts of the paintings.
..on “easy life” I’m searching the subtext “starring: gregory peck as the father”,
the first one is a grisham-book,
the pool a hercule-poirot-mysterie.
love the monster-sketch
wie so oft bin ich nur beeindruckt. kann man die irgendwo etwas größer sehen?
freue mich auf mehr “experimente”!
ich finde es ja gerade wegen der titel gut. und nummero 2 richtig gut! da kann ich mir viel abgucken!!
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