autodeconstruction

[egypturnash]

autodeconstruction

This was drawn on 17x14 paper. I would have liked to have a smaller image, but the wispy lines and little details would've vanished at smaller sizes.

Also, my hair is currently purple, not red, but you have to do these sorts of things for the image sometimes.

Comments

[luoto.livejournal.com]

Very beautiful! Reminds me of chinese or japanese calligraphy, like the brush had danced across the paper...(Thanks for introducing Al Hirschfeld to me b.t.w!)

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

Like most commercial artists from the twenties, Hirschfeld was influenced by Japanese prints; there were a lot of Asian crafts floating around the West for young artists to glom onto. His economy of stylization also comes from Russian posters of the time, and from the artistic traditions of Bali. And from the medium, really; cheap newsprint responds better to sharp economy than it does to subtle washes!

And one of my major sets of influences is... commercial art of the early 1900s. I keep on dithering about heavily researching Asian print masters: sometimes it's good to go back to the pure, undiluted stuff, sometimes what you arrive at by extrapolating second-hand impressions has its own beauty.

[luoto.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the information on Hirschfeld! I will absolutely look
for more of his art on the web, it is really cool. I have always admired artists that can work with a "minimalistic elegance" (like You!)