At Night I Lay At Home With My Sheets Soaking Wet
Okay, I will be the first to admit it: I am a jerk. I haven't posted in this thing for nearly a month at this point, but at least it's for good reason....I just haven't really had anything to post. Nothing and everything has changed all at once. Spent some time in the nega-zone known as Indiana, spent hours and hours drawing wallpaper for the still secret project, fell in love a million times, had terrible allergies, rearranged my studio, had the past break my heart, realized that I have had the shit kicked out of me for so long that even the death of a family member barely affects me, carried a ziploc full of moss across state lines, was blown away by The Mist, seriously inflamed my arthritis with rock band, etcetera, etcetera.
Here is a pretty simple job I did for ESPN Magazine a few weeks ago, that came out really nice. It was the first time in a long time that I felt like I actually accomplished something through my inks:
Once again it is time for an Art-Dept promotion book. This season the theme was Reel, which meant that each artist was to pick a movie to create a movie poster for. I spent a lot of time thinking about what movie I would want to make a poster for, from The Sixth Sense, To Pee Wee's Big Adventure, 12 Monkeys, and Children of Men. I ended up on In The Mood For Love, which I have based worked off of before, but never so bluntly. It is in every aspect my favorite movie I have ever seen, and I would even go so far to say that 90% of the work I do anymore is somehow directly inspired by the movie.
I have been becoming increasingly disinterested in my colors anymore. It seems like I have been using the same crutches for a couple of years now, and quite frankly it just isn't fun anymore. I figured this project would be a good time to experiment with some different palettes and different techniques, and I think they came off pretty well. I broke the image up into two pieces to put on my website, the actual "poster" is both of these images stacked on top of each other:
I think I could spend the rest of my life only listening to Bruce Springsteen covers.
Here is a pretty simple job I did for ESPN Magazine a few weeks ago, that came out really nice. It was the first time in a long time that I felt like I actually accomplished something through my inks:
Once again it is time for an Art-Dept promotion book. This season the theme was Reel, which meant that each artist was to pick a movie to create a movie poster for. I spent a lot of time thinking about what movie I would want to make a poster for, from The Sixth Sense, To Pee Wee's Big Adventure, 12 Monkeys, and Children of Men. I ended up on In The Mood For Love, which I have based worked off of before, but never so bluntly. It is in every aspect my favorite movie I have ever seen, and I would even go so far to say that 90% of the work I do anymore is somehow directly inspired by the movie.
I have been becoming increasingly disinterested in my colors anymore. It seems like I have been using the same crutches for a couple of years now, and quite frankly it just isn't fun anymore. I figured this project would be a good time to experiment with some different palettes and different techniques, and I think they came off pretty well. I broke the image up into two pieces to put on my website, the actual "poster" is both of these images stacked on top of each other:
I think I could spend the rest of my life only listening to Bruce Springsteen covers.
posted by matthew at 11:31 PM
7 Comments:
i remember that movie
that main actress had some of the most wonderful dresses
It would've been interesting to see what you did with Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
casablanca vs. predator
these are gorgeous pictures, matthew. it's interesting to see how your style has developed.
make sure you see Lust Caution
write more.
I ADORE YOU WITH ALL MINE!
I stumbled upon your blog today and read it start to finish. Well, actually finish to start. It was exactly what I needed. Thank you.
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