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This is the final image, for the time being, I’ll go back to it in a couple of weeks just to see if I want to add any other details or define anything better. I had posted the first “finished” version at ConceptArt and the general feedback was that the angel’s position was too hard to figure out under a pile of leaves, so I removed almost all the leaves, moved her leg and added an arm.
I’ve started coloring “Felled”. I’ve reverted back to a less green tinted version from the detail above. The green tint was added to help bring more focus to the angel’s face (with the contrasting color), but I liked the slightly more muted tone of the original…I can always tint at the end if I decide to go back in that direction. The picture is about 40% finished, in terms of adding color detail and rendering, I also want to paint over more of the line art. I keep intending on doing some more simple pictures (this was suppose to be one of those) but they end up getting more complicated despite my original intention.
Title: “All of Me, 1k”
Back in early 2000 I did several Salish style animal pictures, I sold them on shirts a bit, but the designs have pretty much been shelved for a long time. Recently, I thought about trying to work some of that Salish style into my present work, either in “spirit” or more literally. I sketched out this new piece a few weeks ago, and yesterday I finally dove and got it done. The fun part about using the Salish style is that I normally have the larger encompassing figure planned out, but after that part is drawn I wing it, carving shapes into the larger outline and then experimenting with what types of figures work in the voids and spaces.
Title: Better Adversity’s Burden, than Beast
The devil and cowboy are from the CD art, with some very minor edits and the additional background added. I find myself making the backgrounds on this sub-series lighter than “Butterbroda” proper…not sure why that is, but I’m sticking to it.
“Devil’s Rodeo” is a song title from the album “The Sporting Life” by Diamanda Galás and John Paul Jones (bass, Led Zeppelin). The album was released in the early 90′s and was one of my favorites back then and I still listen to it from time to time. The music is comprised of Galás (vocals), Jones (bass), drums and occasional piano and organ. Instrumentally, the sound is driven by the bass, which sometimes takes on tones of Morphine (circa “Cure for Pain”)…I always enjoy when bass takes the forefront. Galás provides uncompromising vocals which morph between the sound of voice and instrument. Give her a listen:
