Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Jacko Tonight

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TimeOut New York Sex Issue

I have three full illustrations in this week's TimeOut NYC. These were fairly explicit tales of lust in the big city.


Apologies to any of my aunt's who may read them.

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Friday, September 10, 2010

Puccini's "Tosca"

Bobi got her father an amazing book on Opera's masterworks. The pictures alone were stunning and I had to own a copy for myself. Since I've had it I've been dying to do a mock poster for an opera. So seizing on this little break in work - I did one for Tosca.

Drew it out quick in my sketchbook and decided to just use the pencil instead of inking over it.
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Then clip & tipped* some old images to create a rug with an early-19th century feel. Rug aficionados - please refrain from blowing up my comment section.
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Digi-digi...
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I wanted so badly for the text to lay over Scarpia's body in shadow to mimic Tosca herself standing over him. But I didn't initially plan for that when drawing out the composition so I had to improvise.
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*a nod to one Mr. Chris Stubbs for an invaluable term to add to my lexicon.

Friday, September 3, 2010