I have always liked 'llIustration' and tend to produce it either as Cover Art or Sequential imagery. The former is probably the more challenging because of the balance that needs to be struck between form and content, decoration and narrative. Cover Art, like the short story, gets a limited shot at indicating what lies beneath the cover. My current preoccupation has been described, and I think aptly, as 'nostalgic sci fi and pulp'. And someone also suggested that it might be a little too late to revive the 'adventure genre'.
Stylistically, I'm keen on the commercial illustration of the mid 20th Century that was made to promote 'mass' publication (especially children's annuals, pulp magazines and comics). There is so much creativity and artistic competence to found on the covers and within the pages of even the most mundane examples.
It is over the last 7 years that I have started to use, and like, digital media. My working methods are still a little too intuitive and involve the usual squinting and standing back that one associates with traditional media, but I am enjoying making imagery more than ever and would now like to explore the possibilities of illustrating written stories (preferably by working with an author).
Interests: Commercial illustration and sequential imagery of the mid 20th Century that was made to promote 'mass' publications (especially children's annuals, pulp magazines and comics).
I am here for: Artistic interests. www.mikefyles.co.uk
Mike.
Comments (11)
RO2005
Cool! :D
Ancel_Alexandre
Great style, and the poses are very dynamic. Nice!
AwarenessLogic
Nice work, but the ape pose looks more like he's grooming the man than threatening him.
DavidEMartin
Nice simulation of a period gouache painting ! Amazing how much our knowledge of gorilla behavior has grown in our lifetimes. When we were kids, gorillas were hairy berserkers who could happily tear apart any Great White Hunter who got near them. Nowadays we know them more as victims. For example, here we could see the ape safely subduing the man by immobilizing the arm with the knife. Too bad the attacker's mate is treacherously sneaking up behind him!
drace68
I like it, Mike. Easy to fit in a Edgar Rice Buorroughs theme.
meselfr
awesome work :)
Lotus253
This reminds me of Boris Vellejo. I love these sorts of scenes! Good job (5) Also, I like the post rendering work
bigbraader
Really well done, wonderful painting effects.
AureliusdeMercoeur
Very nice composition and colours. Great work with the high grasses !! Bravo !
Rorsdors
Like the use of the slope for dynamism, nice work,
ragouc
Very good action scene.