Sunday, June 17, 2012

Illustration Friday: Secret


Who knows what secrets lie behind people's faces. Edgar Allan Poe was interested in what lay behind the mask of the everyday, in the deep irrational depths of the human mind.

This guy is kindof scary. I have no idea what he is thinking. My son came in and said, "VERY creepy!" Indeed. Yet this is his face. It is the face he presents to the world. It is the face his colleagues at work see, his wife sees, his children see. And if he is an open person, who talks freely about what he's thinking and feeling, what they all see will be pretty much what he is. But to me he looks like someone with secrets that I perhaps don't even want to know about.

8 comments:

  1. This is a powerful portrait. Nice job!

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  2. Yeah, he's a bit creepy. He looks like a bad guy! Really neat style with great contrast.

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  3. Wow. This is very nicely done! Amazing contrast! :)

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  4. I think you're right about this guy keeping secrets. Makes me wonder what's going on behind a lot of people's faces? Nice job!

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  5. The way you've used a diagonal composition, with mostly black on the right side, really brings out the subject's features. He looks stressed, and yes, a bit shifty - is he a politician? :)

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  6. Amazing drawings. Thanks for your visit!
    Ana

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  7. wow, wonderful pen and ink work all around.
    The combination of graphic edges and the more subtle modelling is very striking here.

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