Wednesday, October 22, 2008

M. Morgan Eagleton



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7 comments:

Corey said...

Very grungy. You know, it sort of looks like it was drawn by zombies.

Kellee Riley said...

Hmmm...lost me here. Not only can I not really make out what's going on, but to me it doesn't feel like it fit into the theme. There's nothing really about it that says 'zoo'. Perhaps try a different rendering style?

Tracy Mark Lee said...

I'll have to agree with my fellow reviewers. I'm not exactly sure what I'm looking at. I'm not sure light gray says "scary". Like the diagonal composition though.

Vanhoozerbot said...

Howdy M.

I THINK I see what is going on in this piece. I see an animal, and it looks kinda scary. I actually like the approach that you took, but I will agree that you really didn't work it out enough. I like styles that are different, and bold takes on line work... but I think you ended up with style over substance with this piece. No matter how cool you want your art to be, it helps if people can clearly see what you are trying to say.

If I am going to do a crazy treatment like this, I still fully sketch it out first. THEN you can decide what to simplify and what to get rid of. Keep working on this style and get it to a point where it reads a bit clearer.

Anonymous said...

Hmm. For some reason, this design makes me think of the T-shirts sold at a zoo's souvenir shop (which is a cool idea when I think about it). But the zombie animals don't register with me right away. I think Vanhoozerbot's critique is spot-on. Work out the initial drawing more, worry about simplification afterward.

Stephanie Gladden

PaintMonster said...

hey M. Morgan,
The color of this work is good. And, the experimental expression based on the line is evaluated. However, I think that I should not add the character(word) to this work. And, it is necessary to think about a more effective layout.

sTeVeLeC said...

Yeah, I have no idea what's going on here. It kind of looks like something is humping something else?

Clarity is important.