One Foot In the Grave, Pen and Ink, 1998.
The Artful Readers Club for March
The Walking Dead Compendium One by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard { and some other folks} Charlie Adlard recently admitted in an interview that he often makes up his characters on the page. A fact which can cause any serious character designer to bow in admiration. As you can see the likeness of the graphic novel with the AMC show is very close. Tweet Review: A long, arduous display of how a few people can entertain the masses. Since I am reading and watching The Walking Dead simultaneously, I am constantly comparing the two. Fans of the television series will be pleased to know that the graphic novel is just as interesting, if not more so. The details are very different in the first 48 issues of the graphic novel, for example, Carl is a lot younger and has a playmate Sophie..whose fate in the television series is quite astonishing. There are endless differences, but the overall storyline remains consistent in both versions which is; what happens to people during a...
This is a creative and contemplative reinterpretation of the Crucifixtion scene. The cross is achieved through the 'halo' at the top and the arms outstretched along with th the branches.
ReplyDeleteIt is clever the way that you make the rain contrast against the bottom panel of the image, with the diagonals going in an opposing force. This makes the rainfall even more dramatic.
The black frame is the 'grave' I take it, although this is metaphorical. We could be in the forest or the jungle with the trees blocking out all light (except for the ray of light above the head of the figure).
The most striking part of this image is the face behind the foot in the grave, which stares out at us darkly, with open mouth - yawning like the grave.
A very spiritual and dramatic drawing which confronts mortality and fear.