I revisited the subject matter of Wednesday’s post. I
decided a symmetrical composition would be more interesting. The
hands-behind-the-head in the foreground still needs work. Maybe in the next
iteration…
I have passed a major
milestone in my career as an artist: I’ve been swiped. A week ago, at Bent-Con
2013, I purchased several graphic novels; The only one I’ve gotten around to
reading thus far is “Al-Queda’s
Super Secret Weapon”, by David J. Zelman, published by Northwest Press in July of 2013. http://northwestpress.com/I was pleasantly amused by its
droll sense of humor and pleasing illustrative style, when I came across this
page, page 16 in the book.
You’ll notice the 5th
and 6th panels on the page— in panel 5, a standing man swaps a man,
tied into seated position in a chair, so hard that the seated man is knocked on
to the floor while remaining tied to the chair. In panel 6, the assailant
stands over the prone form of the bound man.
I read right past this on
first reading; on the second reading I realized that I had seen these two
panels before: I had drawn them myself in my independently published graphic
novel, “Harry & Dickless Tom”, published by Flaming Artist Press in 2006.
Notice panels 10 and 11. Different cropping, same compositions.
At first I didn’t quite know
how to react. Should I be insulted? Feel ripped off? Flattered? Upon
reflection, I decided on the third reaction. “Al Queda’s Super Secret Weapon”
is a hoot and a turn-on besides, working on several levels simultaneously. I
feel proud to be an unacknowledged source for part of this material. You should
definitely support this work (as in, buy it).
Actually,
you should support my work as well.http://www.flamingartists.com/
Not much to say on this one.
No under-drawing of any kind, just working straight with what looks like a
calligraphic pen using water bases ink—hence the somewhat grayed-out color of
the ink.
It is
interesting for its abstractness, and that it is draw on a page featuring maps
of the North Pole and South Pole. The
bodies to which the two dicks are attached seem to be on opposite sides
of an invisible sphere. I was probably thinking (consciously or not) along those
lines when I drew. My practice, as I did the drawings atop a pre-existing
image, was to stare at the image for a few minutes until I got some sort of
inspiration. Then I would start drawing, usually working quickly and
spontaneously.
I sketched this drawing on Saturday, ballpoint
pen. I was trying to see if I
could turn myself on. I didn’t. I thought it was an interesting compositional
idea though. Worth further
exploration…
Today and yesterday’s posts
are a preview of my next iteration, “The Daily Derriere”.
As I
recollect, I drew this with
watercolor pencils… one draws with them as if using a regular colored pencil,
but then can paint into them with water and can manipulate the pigments thusly.
Copied from an old photo, painted with watercolor and
gouache. This time around, the map of Africa is defaced.
Nothing special here. Colored pencil sketch taken from
a photo found on the web. I sort of like the way the drawing echoes the shape
of the South American continent .
On this drawing, I cut out sections from various
pieces of scrap pager, then glued it onto the page. I then painted into it
with gouache and drew onto it with
colored pencil.
