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Last one for a while, I swears.
She's sort of red panda/fox I guess. Mostly wanted to play with the fur coloring and ended up with something like that.
Colored pencils, ink and gel pen.
She's for sale here! Starting bid $25 bux.
http://www.furbuy.com/auctions/1008009.html
She's sort of red panda/fox I guess. Mostly wanted to play with the fur coloring and ended up with something like that.
Colored pencils, ink and gel pen.
She's for sale here! Starting bid $25 bux.
http://www.furbuy.com/auctions/1008009.html
Category Artwork (Traditional) / All
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Something I've meant to ask you:
When I look at your pictures, I think of Beardsley and Harry Clarke as possible influences; but are you familiar at all with the American illustrator Hannes Bok? This drawing in particular seems reminiscent of his work.
Then again, Bok was influenced by Maxfield Parrish. Could it be a Parrish influence that I see here?
Or am I wrong about all four? :)
Mark
When I look at your pictures, I think of Beardsley and Harry Clarke as possible influences; but are you familiar at all with the American illustrator Hannes Bok? This drawing in particular seems reminiscent of his work.
Then again, Bok was influenced by Maxfield Parrish. Could it be a Parrish influence that I see here?
Or am I wrong about all four? :)
Mark
I am actually woefully unfamiliar. So I looked up Hannes Bok (you got me curious) and you know, I can see it!
I'm betting this is how it happened.. When I see Bok's work, I'm wondering if Wendy Pini was influenced by him. Pini did the original Elf Quest art. In high school, someone dropped the first four EQ books into my lap and I was hooked for quite a while there pre-internet! I looooved her cover art in particular and I have no doubt I picked certain aspects up from there. I'm pretty sure that I'm one Wendy Pini away from being influenced by Bok. I see it mostly in the shading and the occasional whimsical dancing figures. ^_^
I'm betting this is how it happened.. When I see Bok's work, I'm wondering if Wendy Pini was influenced by him. Pini did the original Elf Quest art. In high school, someone dropped the first four EQ books into my lap and I was hooked for quite a while there pre-internet! I looooved her cover art in particular and I have no doubt I picked certain aspects up from there. I'm pretty sure that I'm one Wendy Pini away from being influenced by Bok. I see it mostly in the shading and the occasional whimsical dancing figures. ^_^
>>I'm wondering if Wendy Pini was influenced by him
It's possible: Bok was a limited artist, but with a huge presence in fantasy illustration. I would be amazed if Pini had never seen his work.
Or she might have been influenced by Parrish directly; I don't know.
>>I see it mostly in the shading and the occasional whimsical dancing figures.
In this particular image, I think of the angular figure, of the curving hair and fabric: to me, they seem very Bok-like.
>>I'm pretty sure that I'm one Wendy Pini away from being influenced by Bok.
Small world, isn't it?
By the way, was I wrong about Beardsley and Clarke? :)
It's possible: Bok was a limited artist, but with a huge presence in fantasy illustration. I would be amazed if Pini had never seen his work.
Or she might have been influenced by Parrish directly; I don't know.
>>I see it mostly in the shading and the occasional whimsical dancing figures.
In this particular image, I think of the angular figure, of the curving hair and fabric: to me, they seem very Bok-like.
>>I'm pretty sure that I'm one Wendy Pini away from being influenced by Bok.
Small world, isn't it?
By the way, was I wrong about Beardsley and Clarke? :)
Looked up Beardsley first and I think I've seen one or two of these before but the where and whens for that I have no clue. Really makes me think of art nouveau, which is something I like in style in terms of fluidity. As for Henry Clarke, are you talking about the photographer? When I looked him up that's pretty much what I was finding.
Heh, and yeah, my lack of artists is probably showing. I like William Bougeureau though and how if you grayscale some of his paintings it comes out looking like real photographs of people.
Heh, and yeah, my lack of artists is probably showing. I like William Bougeureau though and how if you grayscale some of his paintings it comes out looking like real photographs of people.
Harry Clarke: the Irish illustrator of Poe, Goethe, Swinburne. He had a style reminiscent of Beardsley, but much more grotesque. Beautifully grotesque.
When I saw your drawings for the first time, years ago, I thought immediately of Clarke... and also of Sidney Sime (in your approach to greyscale).
>>Really makes me think of art nouveau, which is something I like in style in terms of fluidity.
It shows! And art nouveau is a favourite of mine, too; it was a great movement.
When I saw your drawings for the first time, years ago, I thought immediately of Clarke... and also of Sidney Sime (in your approach to greyscale).
>>Really makes me think of art nouveau, which is something I like in style in terms of fluidity.
It shows! And art nouveau is a favourite of mine, too; it was a great movement.
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