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Greg Blackman
03-03-2006, 05:32 AM
oyoy peeps.
Since contractual stuff prevents me from showing you guys what im working on until it's published, I thought I might share this with you.
This is a book I'm preparing of another kind of work i do. This is my experiment in what happens when i strip away any need to tell a story or create teh illusion of reality, and simply work with colour, shape and light.
The book will be called 'Heads' as, (although this may not be clear) all of the paintings are of people, bodies and faces.
It occurred to me that, in painting comic books, I was always 'capturing' the images, trapping them in little boxes and tying them slavishly to a story.
This is my attempt to set them free.
I have no idea if it has any appeal to anyone here, but some of you have said very kind and encouraging things about my comic work, so what the hell eh? :)
COVER
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/greg909/HEADSCOVER.jpg
THE SLEEPING GIANT
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/greg909/thesleepinggiant.jpg
THE SCRUTANIST
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/greg909/TheScrutanist.jpg
Greg Blackman
03-03-2006, 05:32 AM
THE NAUGHTY
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/greg909/thenaughty.jpg
HITCHHIKER
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/greg909/thehitchhiker.jpg
THE ANGRY MOTHER
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/greg909/theangrymother.jpg
SUN RUNNER
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/greg909/sunrunner.jpg
Greg Blackman
03-03-2006, 05:33 AM
SKINNYRED
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/greg909/skinnyred.jpg
RAINY BUS STOP
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/greg909/raintbusstop.jpg
PEREGUIN
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/greg909/pereguin.jpg
MISER WORDS
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/greg909/miserwords.jpg
Greg Blackman
03-03-2006, 05:34 AM
INSECT IN A BOX
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/greg909/InsectInABox.jpg
DROWN
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/greg909/drown.jpg
BOMBASTICA
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/greg909/Bombastica.jpg
BURNING AND FLAMING
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/greg909/burningandflaming.jpg
Greg Blackman
03-03-2006, 05:35 AM
ASSASSIN
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/greg909/assassin.jpg
DECAY OR DECOY
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c83/greg909/decayordecoy.jpg
From what I can see, they look great. Lively.
Its just, I'd need a monitor the size of Kansas to see the whole composition. You don't have any versions that are under 600 pixels wide do you?
elheffe
03-03-2006, 10:15 AM
Lively.
Lively's a great word for your work here, Greg. So's vibrant. Interesting stuff!
howyadoin
03-03-2006, 10:51 AM
That's cool shit. I think I liked Skinnyred and Bombastica the best.
Greg Blackman
03-03-2006, 01:13 PM
13th - I'll see what i can do, have to do it tomorrow though, as i'm sciving off work to post this. heh heh.
Heffe - Thanks man.
Howy - Ty Howy. Skinnyred was the second one i ever did and bombastica is the most recent. Wierd.
TroyCarlson
03-03-2006, 01:32 PM
Assassin is definitely my favorite. Love these!
These remind me of a French artist that I've always loved...have you ever seen anything by Odilon Redon? His early charcoal stuff is especially interesting. (You can see some of that stuff here: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/redon/charcoals/)
Anyway, that's some great stuff! Keep it up!
Greg Blackman
03-05-2006, 01:30 AM
These remind me of a French artist that I've always loved...have you ever seen anything by Odilon Redon?
I hadn't but I gave that link a good old perruse and greatly enjoyed what i saw, thanks for that Troy.
I see what you mean, there are similar threads running through both our stuff. In fact, 'Heads' is kinda maybe what would happen if this guy was born now, Had a mac and a Wacom tablet and smoked untold tree.
Who can say? :)
squeeze right
03-05-2006, 01:57 PM
Good work!
Have you shown your stuff at a gallery?
squeeze right
Greg Blackman
03-06-2006, 03:56 AM
Good work!
Have you shown your stuff at a gallery?
squeeze right
Nope, it's one of the disatvantages of working only in the digital medium; there's nothing to hang in a gallery. Bummer eh?
howyadoin
03-06-2006, 04:02 AM
Nope, it's one of the disatvantages of working only in the digital medium; there's nothing to hang in a gallery.They have these things called "printers" now, Greg.
You'd be amazed what you can do with them:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/howyadoin/Etcetera/DSCF0203.jpg
Greg Blackman
03-07-2006, 12:58 AM
They have these things called "printers" now, Greg.
You'd be amazed what you can do with them:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/howyadoin/Etcetera/DSCF0203.jpg
Lawks!! How big are those? was it very pricey to print them out?
howyadoin
03-07-2006, 01:12 AM
Lawks!! How big are those? was it very pricey to print them out?The biggest one is 19" x 36". Including the inkjet print and the laminating, mounting and metal edging, I think it was around a hundred bucks Canadian. (I had it done 4 years ago, so I don't remember the exact price.)
The one of the 3 chicks in the red Buick was only about $40 Canadian, but it's not laminated or anything. The frame was a hundred bucks, though.
A lot of it really depends on the options you choose. The Galactus piece, for example, is actually a photo print on metallic paper. The place where I got it done can also do prints on canvas or watercolour paper.
Food for thought.
The biggest one is 19" x 36". Including the inkjet print and the laminating, mounting and metal edging, I think it was around a hundred bucks Canadian. (I had it done 4 years ago, so I don't remember the exact price.)
The one of the 3 chicks in the red Buick was only about $40 Canadian, but it's not laminated or anything. The frame was a hundred bucks, though.
A lot of it really depends on the options you choose. The Galactus piece, for example, is actually a photo print on metallic paper. The place where I got it done can also do prints on canvas or watercolour paper.
Food for thought.
I cannot believe how f'n expensive frames are. I gotta pick some up at yardsales or something. I've been buying new ones, and ... ouch.
howyadoin
03-08-2006, 01:08 PM
I cannot believe how f'n expensive frames are. I gotta pick some up at yardsales or something. I've been buying new ones, and ... ouch.It's especially ridiculous if you're getting one made to a custom size. That's the main reason I'm trying to work to standard sizes these days.
It's especially ridiculous if you're getting one made to a custom size. That's the main reason I'm trying to work to standard sizes these days.
Yeah, most of mine are custom, I should note that.
Still, fifty bucks for lightweight aluminum and clear acylic is pathetically expensive.
Nikita
03-17-2006, 12:08 AM
Another disgustingly talented person.
Awesome pics!
Greg Blackman
03-18-2006, 08:26 PM
Another disgustingly talented person.
Awesome pics!
ta Nikita :)
Nikita
03-19-2006, 12:05 PM
ta Nikita :)
Seriously,...wow....your stuff is amazing Greg.
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