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Published: 2011-01-03 05:00:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 1232; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 34
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FINALLY! I have finished "G" From my Bizarre Alphabet Series!!This is perhaps the most cluttered and complicated one yet.
over 60 possible words beginning with "G" - feel free to look for concepts like GRUESOME!
You can see the progression of it on my blog: [link]
7.25" x 7.25" x 1" (thick)
acrylic and bic pen on wood.
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Thank you!
Its a lot of fun!
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Goth, gourd, gangsta, golf, gun, goldfish, goblin, guts, gasmask, grim reaper, green, geisha, gear...
Interesting concept. An alphabet book hasn't been this twisted since "The Gashleycrumb Tinies." I don't mind all the activity, this type of picture is begging to be cluttered. I do think you could work on your technique a bit. The white gangster showing he most need for improvement. His face is awkwardly proportioned and he looks like he needs a touch more shading. It's good composition to have the wall in front separating the different planes, but the comp suffers from the Crow look-a-like being so centered. You could get away with that if those lovely intestines didn't pull our eyes directly towards him.
Germany, gnome, grid, gargoyle, grass, grave, goose, ganja, grasshopper, game, ghost, grenade, glyph, geraniums, goggles, goat, gat, girl, grimace, garden-pot, giraffe, gray...
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Thank you for the critique! I see what you mean about everything you said.
However, the goth person is meant to be a girl - androgynous yes, so thats ok. And she does look like the crow a bit! Didn't think about that. There was no reference for her or the ganster, which might explain his skewed features.
Also, I LOVE the Gashleycrumb Tinies! I had the poster on my wall as a kid, and the whole poem is committed to memory.
Other inspirations for this are Mike Wilks "The Ultimate Alphabet" which also manifested in a game called "Scrutineyes" -
Also, I've been playing hidden object games lately - particularly the Mystery Case Files series of games from Big Fish Games. - The whole cluttered find-it atmosphere is in my head lately.
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You're lucky, I wish as a child I'd been aware of the Gashleycrumb Tinies, and Edward Gorey in general. I've not heard of Mike Wilks before, but I just Googled him and he looks to be interesting. As a kid I did love those same kind of hidden object books. Things like "I Spy" and "Where's Waldo"
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OH YEAH!! Where's Waldo! I loved those. ^^
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I actually had a dream about Where's Waldo the other night. I think it may be because of this conversation. A picture that was a mix of my dreams and Waldo would be kinda cool now that I think about it.
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This is great! Kind of reminds me of the mad tea party.
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this turned out gruesomly gorgeous. when i seen it on your blog i thought it was going to be a collage at first.
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great! I express gratitude. 
I did a pseudo digi collage just to get all the elements sorted out - I couldn't seem to solidify things on paper because I couldn't scoot things around after drawing them.
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Definitely cluttered... possibly too cluttered. I feel like this one needs a bit more value/depth, particularly in the background, to really work. The arrangement works pretty well, but I don't think the piece as a whole works quite as well as it could.
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I feel you are absolutely right.
I had been debating on how to fix it if I did -
obviously I can't de-clutter it, as spacial balance has been sacrificed for the fun of fitting as much as I can inside. However, the foreground and background need some more differentiation - perhaps darkening of the grassy hill, closer to the wall.
Its definitely an overcast day effect.
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Greasy Gorey gloppy goopy gritty Gruesome GUTS!!!
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