It's somewhere in between. Keep in mind that my biggest conscious Nouveau-slightly-Deco influence is Winsdor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland (the strip ran from 1095 to 1914), which was definitely Newspaper Illustration. I'm aware of Mucha's tropes as the Incarnation of Art Nouveau; the only one I really used was the hair. And yeah, it needs more flowers and vines and stuff. I'm just not enough of a plant-lover to really do Nouveau properly. My initial mental image of the big abstract element included more overtly-floral elements, but it got lost somewhere in the process. I don't know if I'll do much more in this method; using outlines feels like a step backwards in my artistic journey, even when they're an integral part of the image's design.
I have this giant tome of the whole strip's run, too giant to really wrestle with to scan excerpts. Someday you will see it, because McCay is, quite possibly, one of the first artists I was conscious of Being Influenced By. Maybe I should throw it into the suitcase when I come out for Anthrocon...
And there is no way I'd do a Bagge rip! I find all his drawings to be ugly, and unpleasant to look at.
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Date: 2005-05-12 02:31 pm (UTC)I have this giant tome of the whole strip's run, too giant to really wrestle with to scan excerpts. Someday you will see it, because McCay is, quite possibly, one of the first artists I was conscious of Being Influenced By. Maybe I should throw it into the suitcase when I come out for Anthrocon...
And there is no way I'd do a Bagge rip! I find all his drawings to be ugly, and unpleasant to look at.