Sunday, March 18, 2007

Illustration Friday: Total...

"Here at the edge of the world, the lovers attempted to total the stars."

For this week's theme, I decided to merge my painting and collage sentiment a little more. I started off building up a ground of collage, then I painted (faux-fresco style) the figures. I did it pretty quick... so it's a little rough round the edges. Hope you all enjoy.

13 comments:

Sherry said...

Very nice! I love the swirly stars effect...

*Itkupilli* said...

Beautiful and idea of lovers. Oh so nice!

studio lolo said...

Dreamy piece! I like seeing the edges of the collaged pieces all come together. The blues are beautiful.

Willie Baronet said...

i like the way you did the stars, very inventive. ;-)

Anonymous said...

Wow! The colors are exquisite!

Digital Scott's Illustrationblog said...

I like your illustration a lot. The collaged background makes this much more dynamic.

Ellen Byrne said...

very intruging. i really like the way you put everything together to make your world.

Anonymous said...

i love it andrew...i can see the stars shining

Anonymous said...

hi andrew...i love the pattern of the stars

Cynthia Thornton said...

Good work! Im really enjoying your fresco technique paired with the collage- very inventive!

Andrew Thornton said...

Thanks for all the comments! It's totally inspiring.

To answer an anonymous emailed question... NOPE, the pieces in the up-coming show don't look like this in the slightest. Here and there you'll see some similarities, but Illustration Friday (when I have time to do it) is a nice challenge and diversion from my regular work. Sometimes they over-lap, but more often than not... they are completely separate.

Janice Ykema said...

the feeling of this piece is , current, dreamy, restful, searching, serene..... To me at least...

Amy said...

i really like this.