Illustration Friday-Phobia
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This is my entry for Illustration Friday's topic "phobia".
For this one, I painted a background in acrylic, collaged some paper over for the bottom portion, then cut out some photocopies of a snake and a bug from a clipart book and cemented them down with gel medium. Painted a frame over the edges. Scanned into Photoshop, applied a filter to give it slightly more graphic feel, and added the lettering with a blending mode. This was a quicker effort than usual. Created today, Friday, specifically for this challenge. I enjoyed the process, even though it was much quicker, more organic and more spontaneous than my usual modus operandai.
Feedback welcome!
posted by Digital Scott's Illustrationblog at 11:56 AM
42 Comments:
nice piece, Scott. i particularly like the redish fingerprint looking shape behind the snake. i'm gonna have to get my scanner working.. nothing digital can equal real textures like you're getting. kudos!
oh, and thanks the comments on my rant. it's good to know someone out there thinks like i do (and a tad scarey, too)
:-)
have a groovy weekend
demos
I don't like spiders and snakes. Sing along. But I like the texture of your image! :-)
I'm not sure if it is the filter effect or not but this has a water reflective quality that combined with your colours and placement make this very visually appealing! I totally dig it!
The water-reflective quality is just a result of the thick paint strokes and my scanner. The Photoshop treatment was pretty slight. Thanks!
Very effective. And I loved the LOVE entry as well. Both images have great texture. Although, I have to admit, my phobia for creepy crawlers makes me nervous looking at this week's entry of yours.... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek~!
ahhh!!! scarY!!
your collage is always much fun to see!
I think you did a much better job than I did regarding phobias!
This is very cool! I like t a lot, like the design work!
I'm not afraid of snakes or bugs, but working at a science museum giving snake tals, I met a lot of people who are. I rather like them myself!
I love the illo, though!!! Mary :-D Imagik!
Thanks for your comment. I would like to add that I am not personally afraid of snakes or bugs, and rather find them fascinating. I guess I didn't dig too deep or try to make this to personal.
looks good for a quickie
I am afraid of snakes. I am very afraid of snakes. I am so afraid of snakes that I cannot even try to draw one!
looks good and sounds like fun
great job. i loved the way the text plays into the rest of it.
nice job! I like your collage technique and the colours...and I'm terribly scared by snakes
:(
tnx for your comment on "change"
great stuff, scott! nice one!
Great collage, nicely done.
i like this, very gritty with the typeface! The colors work well together and I like the black and white 'phobias' standing out! nice!
You've caught one of my phobias - so I think, the image is scaring!
It's great - the orange cirkel makes it spooky.
Hey, Scott!! Finally responding to your email. Nice site and nice pieces. I haven't seen your work in a while. It's so sad... I rarely spend any time working on my art now. The same 2 pieces are sitting on my art table for everyone to see--like I just started them this month. Nope--try 3-4 years ago. Ouch. I'm in the mood until I get home. Then I find too much other stuff to do, or I just eventually sleep. Probably not the best idea having the art table next to the bed. ;) At least on my last vacation, I put my old camera to some good use. I'm saving up funds to have the pictures developed. lol Take care!
I like your collagestyle, keep it up!
Nice style, composition and colour - feels summery to me and in the SWest bugs and snakes are part of summer days!
Good colors for this pic!
Is that a weevil? ACK! Weavils are evil! They dissappear at will to another dimension, only to re-appear somewhere else in an instant! Freaks me out!
gah, i *hate* bugs! love hearing your process in detail. you've inspired me to try my hand at more mixed media / collage art.
ps your 'love' poster (card?) is really great - love the weathered texture.
Nice. Very powerful. I love the tree-esque rings of red haloing out from the snake's head, like he's ground zero of the viewer's phobia.
Really cool texture and color combination,..Nice job!
Desa
Thanks for the message Scott!
Hope you're doing well...take care..
Michelle
Me encanta esta gráfica su concepto esta bien logrado, quizá yo hubiese puesto el escarabajo completo sin cortarlo y le hubiese dado un mejor o mas nitido tratamiento a la serpiente y al escarabajo como elementos centrales en la fobia a ellos
This would have taken me a month or so to do. You must be working in "bullet time"!
Such a process! Yet worth it!!!
This is a really groovy collage! I like the warm colors and the organic feel of the red lines behind the snake. It looks like a bloody fingerprint. Thanks for all the detailed info that you always provide for everybody!
Great texture! Awesome idea of mixing mediums. Great entry, as usual :) Thank you for telling your process too!
lovely collage! i love the textures and the cut-outs. i have a few comments, since you said once you would love to hear good and bad, i'ld share them.
i think you can add some paint over the animals, they don't have to remain so clean, they look a bit detached from the background. i think the tipography would look better if the letters were added in the same technique, either by cutting ready mades from a magazine, or by creating your own from another colored paper.
well done, and thanks for always commenting at my blog :-)
Great technique and beautiful results, compelling, and the colors are fab!
Ahhh! Snakers, and bugs. It looks like the bug is going to battle the snake he-he
Nice texture. I like. I'm into the heart illustration too. You have something going with the woven technique.
Really nice effect you have achieved here!
The aspct of this illustration that I like th emost is the red "BAD VIBE" coming off of the snake. Well done.
The spontaneous and organic have combined to make a wonderful illustration. The colors and textures give an unsettled feel here. Great to be let in on the process.
Don't have much of a problem with snakes, as my father used to bring gopher snakes into the house from time to time, wrapped around his arm and hidden under his sleeve with just their heads sticking out in his palm when he'd go to shake hands. What a card. Of course he'd let them go in the garden to help control the pests.
This is great! I just love how you share your process and also how you never seem to execute a challenge using the same techniques! You are very smart this way - always exploring different approaches! BTW I really love how you added your lettering! It's always fun to visit your blog!
can you cut a snake open and count it's rings to tell its age? Groovie collage!
Niiiiiiiiie shot!! very beauty illustration!
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