The text in panel #1 is from One Head by The Twinkle Brothers who you might listen to with pleasure.
Work inspired by Moebius, Matisse, Otomo and Kirby. I am really enjoying using a few of my favourite comic artists as a starting point. These are all people who I have gathered are masters of the form and so it is only fitting that I try to absorb and learn what I can. I am not a great one for costumed heroes, but if I can translate them into my own language so to speak, even just a little, I can get a sense for why they are so timeless. And it is true, the characters themselves have life, independent of the artist. Its kind of amazing. Its a little bit of reflected glory (I can see how you might get used to it!). Even just using the palette seems to bring them that incredible presence (batman is blue black and purple, superman in red yellow and blue, though CLEARLY better with PANTS ON).
These images between them reference the lines or work of Mobius, Barks, Stotoke, Otomo and Kusama. (Day or two late. Took me a while to track down the name of the Spider-nam artist, apologies). That is my eye in the rock face, a collage using acetone printing, paper and wire, I made back in 2008. The bamboo forest is in Kyoto and I love the style of 50's signage in Memphis! The automatic letters there is nice because while I choose the images I want to play with the process of building the collage of images is pretty automatic for me, I love doing it, always did. Its practicing a different aspect of image making from drafting or sketching, its more about the exploring the idiom, swapping around structures and ideas to create new ones - overall its about the composition. I also like the oxymoron(ic) effect, of contrasting images and styles. Its like holding several different thoughts in your mind at once (which is closer to the experience of living than the linear structure of pure story telling).
In continuation of yesterday, what the records show. My starting point, re-analysed and layered, expanded upon with todays drawing - some text, were some collages from 2008 and a drawing from 1997 somehow making more sense now than they did at the time. Made me think of time warps, the flow of things, images, places, doors and texts; contrasted with the cold subject of data, theft, politicking and brinkmanship.
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