Too amazing for (more) words: Joe Forkan’s “The Big Lebowski Cycle” is a “series of paintings and drawings exploring layered narratives, using masterpieces of western art and the Coen brothers’ film… as a point of departure.” On Forkan’s site, you can see the reference artworks for the respective works in his series. Sweet.
drawings + paintings by heather ripley + a lot of art not by her. you know, art works.
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Farewell. Blerg.
![This is a drawing. A PENCIL drawing, by Kelvin Okafor, a 27 year-old British portrait artist, whose work will be on display starting this week at the London’s Science Museum. Okafor’s work is incredible, and it’s fascinating to read about his process. Although I understand that drawings of this scale and quality take so many hours, it is peculiar to me that he said he prefers to draw from photographs.
I’ve drawn from photographs, and a quality photograph can lend itself to a great portrait. (Okafor’s work seems sourced from legit, pro-grade photography.) The tricky part with photographs - especially good ones and even bad ones - is that they the subjects are filtered, literally, through someone else’s eyes. It’s not just Rihanna by Okafor - it’s Rihanna as seen/shot by Michael Thompson.
Personally, I like some face-time for a portrait. Even if I cannot map out every detail during that time, there is something for me about “seeing” the subject in person and glimpsing that “thing” that makes a drawing of two eyes, a nose, and a mouth not just A person, but THAT person. Portraits can be so hard - even if you draw everything perfectly, there’s a chance that it “just isn’t really [the subject].” Mad kudos to Okafor for “drawing” that thing out of photographs so expertly.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/158b5ad445f3cf922f18c039ec09314b/tumblr_mhi9o2PSm61qa8q3vo1_500.jpg)
This is a drawing. A PENCIL drawing, by Kelvin Okafor, a 27 year-old British portrait artist, whose work will be on display starting this week at the London’s Science Museum. Okafor’s work is incredible, and it’s fascinating to read about his process. Although I understand that drawings of this scale and quality take so many hours, it is peculiar to me that he said he prefers to draw from photographs.
I’ve drawn from photographs, and a quality photograph can lend itself to a great portrait. (Okafor’s work seems sourced from legit, pro-grade photography.) The tricky part with photographs - especially good ones and even bad ones - is that they the subjects are filtered, literally, through someone else’s eyes. It’s not just Rihanna by Okafor - it’s Rihanna as seen/shot by Michael Thompson.
Personally, I like some face-time for a portrait. Even if I cannot map out every detail during that time, there is something for me about “seeing” the subject in person and glimpsing that “thing” that makes a drawing of two eyes, a nose, and a mouth not just A person, but THAT person. Portraits can be so hard - even if you draw everything perfectly, there’s a chance that it “just isn’t really [the subject].” Mad kudos to Okafor for “drawing” that thing out of photographs so expertly.
Source:
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
Scott Fraser
Oil on board
give this man the grand prize
This is pretty amusing, but I am proud to report that I still use crayons somewhat regularly.
A portrait of my friend Cole and his special lady friend.
(pencil + paper)
From the book “My Name is Mark” by Mark Ulriksen.
I am ever fascinated/inspired by people who get into art “later in life,” say after another career, as Mark Ulriksen describes in this short book. Of course, the bravery of those who go with their instincts/follow their creative dreams/ignore parental or other warnings/etc. from the get-go is admirable. But the stories of realizing the NEED to make art and having the courage to, more or less, jump ship and embrace some completely different (and potentially very risky) life course just touch my soul, to put it dramatically.
Imagination Illustrated: Jim Henson’s Never-Before-Seen Journals and Sketches
