Continuing old art Inktober in June ( " JInkies! " ?) ....
As i recall i did the pencil for this '77 and the inking was somewhat spread out over '78 ... and i did two fairly identical inkings as one was a present to one of my best friends - that one was coloured as well ( i have a colour xerox around somewhere). i made this 'copy' for myself ...thought i would colour it later but never got around to it.
The symbolism is either self-explanatory or hopelessly obscure or both or neither ....
Trad crow-quill nibs, brush, and india ink
approx 11 x 14 in ( ? ) Bristol board
As i recall i did the pencil for this '77 and the inking was somewhat spread out over '78 ... and i did two fairly identical inkings as one was a present to one of my best friends - that one was coloured as well ( i have a colour xerox around somewhere). i made this 'copy' for myself ...thought i would colour it later but never got around to it.
The symbolism is either self-explanatory or hopelessly obscure or both or neither ....
Trad crow-quill nibs, brush, and india ink
approx 11 x 14 in ( ? ) Bristol board
Category All / All
Species Human
Gender Female
Size 974 x 1280px
One can see that here ... but this was about Buddhadharma - transience, attachment, suffering and renunciation. - Which does have a Moon connection - One of the major bodhisattvas of compassion is "Tara" (the star, i.e., The Moon). The light in the darkness.
The symbolism can be whatever anyone wants as i am not a fan of strict analogies. Tolkien wasn't a fan of analogies and Lewis was and i think which approach created greater art is obvious.
i don't have any speakers plugged into my comp. it's a year long experiment on how sound factors in immersion - like silent to sound film ... all the little computer bleeps and boops turned off ....okay not an experiment as such - i got new speakers but tried them out in the living room and there they have stayed and i hadn't gotten around to ordering another set for the comp... i'm a pro-crastinator, so... yea... imma Kate Bush fan, but that vid without sound .... oh dear .......
Well, even the built in speaker will blast out a little KT for ya...
A personal fave of mine... sort of stilted and abstract but with a chaotic outpouring of energy.... but somehow peaceful... her being stuck in the stories of gain and loss are burning away as she turns away ...
Very professional; late 1960's - early '80s fantasy feeling. Great work!
i would say the ' 20s - '77 illustration as a filter for Aubrey Beardsley circa 1893. And i was 17 and still a student and amateur. ^_^
I see -- looking at it again -- a strong Art Nouveau influence. Mentioning Beardsley woke me up (I actually own several books of his art).
There are a few absolute masters at using bold black areas in ink illustration and Beardsley is pretty much the Jimi Hendrix of that.
Thank you ! ^_^
It can pretty much mean whatever you want it to mean as far as the symbolism - i knew when i made it that no one would have the same sense about the symbols, so instead i concentrated on the picture having some artistic merit to carry the viewer along - if it " looked good " they might look at it longer and find their own meanings in it.
It can pretty much mean whatever you want it to mean as far as the symbolism - i knew when i made it that no one would have the same sense about the symbols, so instead i concentrated on the picture having some artistic merit to carry the viewer along - if it " looked good " they might look at it longer and find their own meanings in it.
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