Queen of Hearts, Illustrator File. 2010.
Design for the queen of hearts was created with a special heart paint brush. The female figure is based off of a greek sculpture of Aphrodite.
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...
I love the way she has hearts for eyes! That's very clever (love is blind). They sort of look like shades. Also how you used a heart paintbrush.
ReplyDeleteQuite an original take on the playing card format. There's no geometry involved or frames. Just the subject. The colour schema is also simplified and reminds me of the red and black of Greek pottery (the mention of Aphrodite of course gets my mind going along these lines).
I also find it interesting that you position the queen to the left hand side (or her right) each time - traditionally it's the other way.
The font and the hair is also quite striking - normally it would be simply a 'q', an initial, and her hair would be hidden... I wonder what this joined up writing signifies? Sophistication? Free-flowing (Aphrodite comes from the foam?) It's an interesting puzzle to consider.