Illustration Friday: “SCALE”…Andy,Condensed
November 9, 2007 at 9:46 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | 25 CommentsTags: andy warhol, IF, illustration friday, pop art
This was a stippling project/drawing I did many moons ago using the smallest Rapidograph pen available. Every single mark is a DOT. The image is 13″x15″ and I lost track of how long it took after 200 hours. Ha! insane. Luckily, I listened to my professor and had prints made of it.
Anyhoo, I thought it fit the them of “SCALE” perfectly. I would have to measure Andy’s face to get the scale of the pen to his face, but my guess is about 1:17,882…give or take a few thousand.
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Brilliant!! You must be very patient to have completed the piece. I love it!
Comment by carlafibers— November 9, 2007 #
I remember loving stippling…it was so theraputic! Now that I’m older I think it would drive me bonkers. Just give me wine to chill out! This is a very cool drawing and so painstakingly done 🙂
Thanks for stopping by with congrats. I couldn’t believe I made pick of the week. Wooo-hooo, and almost 100 comments!XXXX Lolo
Comment by studio lolo— November 10, 2007 #
WOW!!!!!! That’s amazing. VERY inspirational!
Comment by jim doran— November 10, 2007 #
carla,,,not sure if i was patient or just diligent. i could not imagine leaving it half done after so much went into it. 🙂
lolo,,,i don’t remember if i loved it ….i think i might have hated it. if only i had listened to my professor….she told me i should make this SMALLER from the get-go! LOL she was definitely right! and i am so happy your hat painting was chosen! it is just beautiful.
teri
Comment by princesstomato— November 10, 2007 #
oops, hi jim! i was typing at the same time as you, i guess! thanks! 🙂
Comment by princesstomato— November 10, 2007 #
This is incredible. Oh stippling…I think we all go through a phase like that, mostly when we are in art school.
Comment by Marci Senders— November 10, 2007 #
I’m going insane just thinking about doing that. 😉
Comment by Willie Baronet— November 10, 2007 #
Hi Princess T… That Andy pic is AMAZiNG, I mean wow! Glad you finished it, must have felt like some acomplishment
Comment by Princess Pepper Cloud— November 10, 2007 #
Wow, so even the BLACK shading is totally comprised of individual dots??? That must have taken forever! I did something like that a long time ago, way too big for stippling. I should have listened to my art teacher! Sadly, I never finished mine, just got soooo tired of all those dots! 🙂 Glad that you were able to finish yours. It is gorgeous!
Comment by Tracy— November 10, 2007 #
marci,,,yep it was in art school…right where it can stay! LOL
willie–me too. never again!
princess pepper cloud~~(i mean the one and only “princess PC”) thanks…i think what motivated me was that i thought the idea of it was just too funny. and my high school art teacher really helped us learn how to appreciate many artists, including andy warhol. on the day andy died (dating myself), my art teacher wore a soup label around his arm as a tribute. heheh…
tracy: YEP. all dots. every bit of it.
thanks to each of you for taking time to comment. 🙂
Comment by princesstomato— November 11, 2007 #
Sounds similat to how I do my pixel works in photoshop. One pixel at a time for hours on end. This is a wonderful work of art you have here! Amazing!
Comment by kim— November 11, 2007 #
Oh my goodness, Kim! that sounds insane! photoshop is hard enough (to me)..but your tenacity pays off. your work is lovely!
teri
Comment by princesstomato— November 11, 2007 #
Absolutely stunning!!! Very cool.
Comment by Digital Scott— November 12, 2007 #
This is soooo coool!! What a wonderful work!
Comment by MiKa Art— November 12, 2007 #
You make beautiful illustrations!
Comment by Kattfot— November 13, 2007 #
Nice…it is hard to get students to spend 20 hours on a project…but it is always great to stand back and to look at a piece that turns out well after so much effort was put in!
Comment by brian blank— November 13, 2007 #
thanks for stopping by, scott! your fish duo is the coolest. 🙂
mika, thanks so much!!
kattfot, thanks thanks thanks!
brian~ hey! it really was two HUNDRED insand hours, not twenty! LOL ….dot, dot, dot, dot, dot….i can still hear it….dot dot dot dot dot dot……dot…..dot…. 🙂
teri
Comment by princesstomato— November 13, 2007 #
Extremely impressive work!
Comment by Random York— November 15, 2007 #
Great job!
Comment by ellen— November 15, 2007 #
this is truly amazing!
Comment by Diane Duda— November 16, 2007 #
Oh gosh your work is amazing!!! Thanks fors topping by my blog, I hope you can find some pics with some of those weird and whacky 80s dresses, that would be so fun!!! I’m about to go take pics of myself in prom gowns…. it’s very hot here in Australia today, almost 100F so prancing around in synthetic is not a great thing to do today but great fun anyway!
Comment by Natasha Burns— November 18, 2007 #
Wow, great piece! The combination of the stippling with the collage effect is fantastic! It’s nice to see the close-up with the coin for “scale.” Amazing work stippling all those soup cans, and the type.
Comment by David Sones— November 20, 2007 #
Wow, this is very impressive, I can’t imagine having the patience! I’m also really enjoying your paintings. Very, very nice!
Comment by sketched out— November 20, 2007 #
I had to do this too in both high school and college – beautiful piece!
Comment by Paige Keiser— November 21, 2007 #
random york, diane, natasha, david, sketched out, and paige:
thanks so much!!!!!!
xoxox
teri
Comment by princesstomato— November 22, 2007 #