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Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 11:28AM Sometimes a piece of art doesn't go the way you planned. But if you are flexible it can turn out to be a really awesome piece despite (or sometimes because of) whatever "went wrong".
Dr. Jekyll was great fun to paint. However I did a few things in the beginning of the painting process that came back to bite me in the butt when it was time to format him for prints.
I had planned to paint Dr. Jekyll in acrylics - because of that I prepared the substrate a particular way. In fact I applied a texture to the surface. This was my fatal error.
I started painting the piece in acrylic then decided to switch to oils. The oils looked great. The painting went well. Except...the texture I had applied to the surface is unscannable. The painting looks great in person and the texture adds to its beauty - but when I try to scan the painting the texture is extreme and obscures all the details. We tried to photograph the painting and while we were able to get a good photo we were not able to get a photo good enough to make prints from.
Soooo....I had a dilemma. Ultimately I decided that I had to effectively re-paint Dr. Jekyll digitally in order to get a crisp enough image in order to offer high quality prints.
This meant that I would then also be painting Mr. Hyde digitally. Its important that the two pieces complement each other because they are a diptych and go togther.
In the process of re-painting Dr. Jekyll I made a few changes. Minor changes but I think he looks even better for it.
So here is the last version of Dr. Jekyll
And now - for the one I know you've all REALLY been waiting for.
Here is a sneak preview of the painting of Mr. Hyde.
I'll share more as I progress.
For now I'm off to work on an entirely different painting...mwahahah. One I am really excited about. It's part of the upcoming gallery show.
Later Ya'll!
Reader Comments (8)
Wow!
malart
Very impressive details . Cant wait to see the final piece.
Incredible!
It would be great if you printed your Jekyll and Hyde on a tshirt, with Jekyll on the front and Hyde on the back. You could count on me to buy one for sure.
Nice interpretation of my gas mask. Do you mind if I blog about your Mr. Hyde?
I just found you post Via random Internet search but I just wanted to tell you your work is teriffic!!!!!
@Tony Thanks so much! Glad you like it!
Your works are really great! I'm really glad i came across your blog and site! I'm some kind of an artist too (I make the illustrations for some of my books), though I'm just an amateur. Wish I had your talent...;)
Do you use zazzle.com or similar sites like cafepress.com? They could be a good way to promote your works, creating t-shirts, cups, stickers, etc. with your own design. And also a way to "remove" stupidity in the streets, like headlines on t-shirts: My Boyfriend Kisses Better than yours, FBI - female Body Instructor, etc... I think it's much better if there are nice pictures of mythical, fary-tale creatures, wise thoughts from fantasy/sci-fy novels, etc? I'm allanbard there you'll see what I mean, I use some illustrations, photos, poems, thoughts from my books (like One could fight money only with money, Even in the hottest fire there's a bit of water, etc.).
Best wishes! Let the wonderful noise of the sea always sounds in your ears! (a greeting of the water dragons' hunters - my 1st Tale Of the Rock Pieces).