I am for the art of…

December 2, 2006

Egg Sketch

An inked sketch enti­tled Bar­baric Eggs Storm­ing the Enemy Fox­hole, inspired by a series of descrip­tive state­ments called ‘I am for the art of’ by Claes Old­en­burg (1961).

This sketch along with some oth­ers are part of a book I cre­ated called ‘I am for the Art of Imag­i­na­tion: A Book of Oddly-inspired Illus­tra­tions’, and it just so hap­pens to be one of the most off-the-wall projects I’ve worked on all year. 

3 comments

Love it!

The detail on the trees reminds me of how much atten­tion to detail Bill Wat­ter­son put in backgrounds.

by Gary on December 5, 2006 at 2:16 am. Reply #

Your off-the-wall look at art is always a breath of fresh air. Now I really want to see the rest of this book. When is the pub­lish date?:P

by Adam on December 5, 2006 at 8:32 pm. Reply #

Gary & Adam: Thanks guys. Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes is one of my favorite comics, partly because of the art­work. As sim­plis­tic as he made his char­ac­ters, his back­ground work was extremely detailed and inspiring.

Adam, sorry no pub­lish date, this was a per­sonal project. I can send you a copy! Literally!

by kartooner on December 6, 2006 at 1:19 am. Reply #

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