Tuesday, April 27, 2010

opera


so i turn this drawing in and the a.d told me that it was too traditional and romantic. they wanted something more playful and exaggerated. i had to bring the gouache out to do this. i rarely use colors straight out of the tube, but i felt it was needed to achieve supreme saturation.

the story is based on two asian lovers. the a.d wanted me to change the hair to black because he looked too american. i like the blond better. she obviously doesn't watch dragon ball z. the right part of the clouds and the mountains are digital.
also got a copy of this months bang art. everything is in italian, so i am curious what those 3 pages are talking about.










thanks for reading.

16 comments:

AMANDA ERLANSON said...

That mouth is a little different for you. Reminds me a bit of Alexandros. The color is gorgeous.

Roxy M said...

I love the drawing and the painting! Your drawings are always awesome! :D

sophan said...

yeah, it reminds me of alexandros too. i wanted to push the smile from ear to ear and without noticing, it turned out into alexandros smile.

Herman Gonzales said...

Sharp colors... Way to go with the Italian mag. worldwide action

Alessandro Echevarria said...

Italian is my first language if you want me to translate it.

allie said...

gooooorgeous! I'm swooning!

Nimit Malavia said...

beauty!!

Lamar Mathurin said...

this is different, still mad crazy!

Nick Iluzada said...

hot damn son

Lindsay said...

I really liked the original drawing. And I also liked the blonde better, too. He's just Goku goin' super saiyan.

sophan said...

yes, super saiyan is what i am sayin:)

Adam Tamte Volker said...

diggin the 'straight outa the tube color' man. Something is also nice about hiding the mans face completely.

I mean, if my best bald headed friend just got killed by a floating white dude with a finger pointing purple beam. My hair would be turning blond too.

...just sayin'

-Tamte

J. A. W. Cooper said...

Absolutely fantastic, I love the color and emotion on the woman's face.

Elph said...

That painting is beautiful man, the colours on the guys jacket and the little details, healthy man.

trip-arty said...

Very inspiring work Andrew.

Thomas Yamaoka said...

so much details! so much skills! thank you for the post Andrew!