e.w's Brandt book

...it took some time, but mostly because I kept on going places. Good news: my contribution is now done, and this book is ready to go! 

Biggest challenge was to realize that Brandt was an artist who worked with metal, so I had to ask myself: can my design be fabricated? With some tweaking, yes, I believe so. I borrowed the imagery of deer, but decided against the symmetry that is found in the majority of Brandt's work. This was a fun challenge :)

danica's book is done and ready to go!

Hello, everyone! I have finished Danica's Frida-inspired book, and it will be going out to Melissa today.

Little about the image I created: Frida's work is very personal, often depicting physical pain and emotional suffering she had to live with, and because of the abundance of self-portraits, it was hard for me to figure out how to best creatively interpret spirit of Frida without simply copying her work. I also really didn't want to dive into self-portrature :) What I ended up doing is drawing on the iconography of Frida Kahlo, but not exactly on her style of painting. Three of her pantings served as a basis for my interpretation : The Two Fridas - heart and stormy skies; Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird - I used the elements of her necklace from that wonderful portrait, though I changed the form of thorns; Roots - plant vines. Here is the result, "Roots and Wings":

joey's book: take 2

... my work on this book is ... finished  :) and I will be ready to send it on in a day or two. Melissa, are you ready for more moly fun?!

I used paper for collage, acrylic, sharpie, ink, white pen, and bits of red tape with numbers in this contribution. Shepard Fairey's Commanda was an inspiration point, and I did use bits of the SF's printed design in the collage portion of my drawing. The rest of it is me, trying to stick to my own playful morbidity, while paying the homage and staying with a theme.

joey's book update

Hello, everyone. This is a detail of my drawing for Joey's book, photo taken with my phone. I am waiting for pages to dry to take more photos... Until  then :)

Gods and Monsters, ready to go

It is done, and it is going out to Melissa on Monday! It took a little longer than anticipated to complete because I have, obviously, gone a little OCD on it trying to keep with the spirit of Beardsley. Book's theme is "Gods and Monsters", have fun with it! 

...a bit of randomness: in one of Beardsley drawings there is a dog in a "jacket", I simply could not resist...

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