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Published: 2009-01-11 20:52:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 3197; Favourites: 50; Downloads: 183
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So last week I went and saw Frost/Nixon, and can finally say "I actually enjoyed a film directed by Ron Howard".That being said, I wanted to have an illustration to the movie review I wrote (but have not posted yet) on zeruch.net , so I decided to make one.
I think the idea of using journal/blog posts as a way to test your illustration skills is useful. It makes you have to come up with -hopefully- a compelling or useful idea, and then produce it into a presentable manner.
This was done using a reference image, run through several times under a lightbox; each pass using a different set of media (pencil + acrylic paint, brush pen, weird Japanese alcohol-based ink markers, etc), then processed together digitally.
For those old enough to understand the quote, bravo. For the rest:
Nixon eventually got the rather unsavory nickname of "Tricky Dick"
Run-DMC is a rap group that had a great track for its day called "It's Tricky" with a video featuring a then up-and-coming Penn & Teller: [link]
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The lines and icy colours around his eyes are just awesome.
To rock a rhyme that's right on time...
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HA! This is great.
Saw and really liked the play but haven't seen the movie yet.
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I really like the line work on the facial features.
Excellent quote too, haha.
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Nice.
is it supposed to look like he has horns?
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I really love the colours here. There's something compelling about that flick of red that connects the speech bubble to Nixon. Very nice.
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Nicely done. I like the idea of illustrating based on blog posts. hmmmm *starts to ponder the possibilities*
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Stuff like that makes me sad.
this is a great pic though.
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You didn't like Willow?
A lot of movies this past month or two are getting a lot of praise... the only movie of the bunch that I saw, Benjamin Button, had the feel of a great movie and great acting... but lacked a story with any kind of meaning, action, drama, suspense or surprise... so it sucked.
Great image... I like the density of Nixon's head compared to the surroundings. The air bubble is also clever.
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It's not that I didn't like Willow, but it is far from great cinema. It's a good bit of entertainment for its day.
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i see... so frost nixon was that good? I'll check it out.
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It was good enough. I wrote a small review on my blog, but ultimately it was a decent film that took the right liberties to make it engaging.
I am pretty tough on political movies in general, and it passed on Frank Langella's performance alone.
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cool... i was curious about W. myself. Eventually I'll watch that and Frost Nixon.
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it looks awesome. i really love the way the colouring on his face came out. the text looks great as well. but yeah - totally love the smooth digital edges to the traditional colouring
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