Illustration Friday: Peace: Shagged

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Peace: Shagged

"To be at peace in crime! ah, who can thus flatter himself."

-- Voltaire

Tech Talk

Corel Painter, Watercolor tool. It's still not a perfect emulation of traditional watercoloring. Using faint values and flat coverage is particularly difficult. A fair amount of brush and color control was sacrificed just to produce finished art. However, I'm much happier with this than my previous attempts (My Wind | My Mask).

Content

Another example of my fascination with how war and peace are inseparable realities. Hopefully this is more than an updated Vietnam War-era "Make Love Not War" concept.

iFridaynista

So far, this week's theme "80s" just didn't grab me. I didn't want to break my iFriday streak (at least 1 per week since September '06) and had some unfinished business with the Peace theme.

Posted by Dave M! on Jan 16, 2007 at 12:06 PM
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Comments So Far ...

Michelle Lana says:

(January 16, 2007 1:00 PM) powerful work you've got here...great! Permanent Link

Brine Blank says:

(January 16, 2007 4:39 PM) This theme was a tough one to get a grip on...You're pic reminds me of a scene out of a 70's movie when there tended to be experimentation with layering of still scenes over an action shot...(not that I was looking for such things in the 70's but catch em on Turner classic or the like).. Permanent Link

Digital Scott's illustrationblog says:

(January 16, 2007 5:24 PM) I like IF because of the challenge of not knowing what the topic will be. Sure, we can all have fun drawing those safe things that we are familiar with, but I like to try different things and create work for a topic, even if it's not my most favorite concept.

I sort of get tired seeing all of the repetitive cute things that are so familiar to many of the IF entries. Gotta stretch, experiment and grow!

I like your work, and admire your constant efforts! Permanent Link

JO says:

(January 16, 2007 6:43 PM) Wow, this is awesome. I do love your style. Permanent Link

The Eck says:

(January 18, 2007 8:42 AM) An Apocalyptic take on that ol' Rock & Roll Hoochie Coo. Permanent Link

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