My friend Kyle was talking about illustration great J.C.Leyendecker tonight, and I went to google some of the classic Arrow Man images. I found myself seeing a lot of the styles I've aped from comics in his work, so I decided to do an interpretation of his work. I pulled up an Arrow Man illustration and started working really quickly on a face, pulling elements like lines and shadows from his work, but not too studiously adhering to the original. I was sort of forging, but not. This reminds me of the technique my art school teacher Chabet used, where he had us forge Impressionist masterpieces to better understand their technique. This is definitely an ode to Leyendecker, but with my own hand thrown in.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Leyendecker
My friend Kyle was talking about illustration great J.C.Leyendecker tonight, and I went to google some of the classic Arrow Man images. I found myself seeing a lot of the styles I've aped from comics in his work, so I decided to do an interpretation of his work. I pulled up an Arrow Man illustration and started working really quickly on a face, pulling elements like lines and shadows from his work, but not too studiously adhering to the original. I was sort of forging, but not. This reminds me of the technique my art school teacher Chabet used, where he had us forge Impressionist masterpieces to better understand their technique. This is definitely an ode to Leyendecker, but with my own hand thrown in.
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