Lady Liberty - 1999 - scratchboard
Okay, so I'm not exactly sticking with my goal of drawing new images for Illustration Friday. I am still drawing, which is good, but when the topic of "black and white" was announced, this older creation immediately came to mind.
This is my one-and-only (so far) excursion into the world of scratchboard. It was an exercise for a class in illustration styles and techniques. While it could clearly be a lot better, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out considering I'd never used the material before.
9 comments:
Great Justin - I really like the composition and the "lighting" from the left. Certainly fits the theme - nice job!
Hey thats pretty amazing.. Ive never seen anything like that before!
Good stuff bro. Now...I think you need to change the angle...could you fix that real fast? :)
This is great. I think she is one of the most beautiful women in the world!
BTW, I was at the art store yesterday and bought a pkg of 3 little scratchboards. But they didn't sell the tools to scratch them ! :c ( I have to hunt around for a supplier. I cannot wait to give them a try!
Wow, for a first-timer using scratch board, you did a fantastic job!
By the way, thanks for your warm welcome to IF.
i love doing scratchboards!! i had one done, but i wanted to put my new piece up that i love so much!! nice job. ill be going to the big NYC in july for a festival featuring Dave Matthews Band, cant wait!!
Hmmm...nice...looks familiar!
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Beautifully done. The horizontal background gives it an overcast sky look
Great work! Scratchboard is always difficult but you can get some really strong mood out of it.
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