Illustration Friday: Trail(s)

Trails
(pencil drawing, pen and sewing machine - illustration friday)

Under the drawing there are fragments of the three books which have formed me all my life; without them I would not be what I am now. As a matter of fact, I would not be at all. But it is a long story.

The quoted texts are from A kitömött hattyú by Péter Esterházy, Shakespeare Our Contemporary by Jan Kott and Iskola a határon by Géza Ottlik.

The Snail Fairy

The snail fairy
(digital collage)

Fairy stock from here.

Illustration Friday: Earl-y

Earl-y Flight
(pencil drawing with digital background - illustration friday)

As I am buried with my Master's stuff, just a quick image pun.

The Forgotten Elephant Invasion

The Forgotten Elephant Invasion
(digital collage)

...till death do us apart...

...till death do us apart...
(pencil drawing and collage on an accounting sheet)

The story is similar to my Face-off. I have found an old ink jet print of a 19th century photograph in one of my old folders. It is approximately twice as big as the original picture, and was printed on cardstock. I seem to be obsessed with spilling liguid as this one has gotten some too. And the spots were so beautiful and discolored that I had to integrate them into the final drawing.

I evidently cannot get rid of my flying stuff, but I really do not mind it...

Appr. 8" x 16".

Face-off

Face-off
(pencil drawing, copied electronically and digital background added)

Has a history. I needed a devious older face for a work, and I drew one. But I was not sure how I was going to use it, so I copied it several times on several sheets of paper to experiment. This was a left over. I evidently spilled different kinds of liquid onto it several times, got a tape spot, etc. (We are talking about years.) I found it a couple of days ago in an old folder of mine, and fell in love with its surprise: the naturally tattered, shabby, grungy look. So I manipulated a bit more in Photoshop and kind of liked the result.

Illustration Friday: Equipment

Equipment
(pencil drawing with digital background - illustration friday)

Image inspiration: fantastic figures from Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel, 1565 Paris. 
Concept inspiration: the shameless and awful pedophile, Joseph Ratzinger.

Demons

Demons
(charcoal pencil, pastel, graphite, embroidery floss, sawing machine + thread)

With Flying Colors

With Flying Colors
(pencil drawing with digital background)

Fearless 2.

Fearless Ageing
(digital variation of a pencil drawing - illustration friday)

Illustration Friday: Fearless

Fearless Ageing
(pencil drawing with digital background - illustration friday)

Those magnificent fish and their flying machines...

Those magnificent fish and their flying machines...
(pencil drawing with digital background)

Showing the Direction

Showing the Direction
(pencil drawing with digital background)

Bagel

Bagel
(pencil drawing with digital background)

Illustration Friday: Cocoon

Cocoon
(digital collage - illustration friday)

Rebellion of Screams

Rebellion of Screams
(graphite, colored pencil, watercolor, acrylics, felt tip pen, collage, embroidery floss)

Whale Balloon

Whale Balloon
(collage and pencil drawing with digital background)

I am playing around with a new style that I have come across and liked very much. The whale reference image is borrowed but unfortunatelly I forgot to mark from where. I apologize.

Island

Island
(a bad, but undertaken pencil drawing with digital background)

Evidently, I drew this in a very tight and uptight, nervous, irritated mood, when everything else was more important than drawing.

Illustration Friday: Ahead

Or...?

What Lies Ahead
(digitally manipulated pencil drawing - illustration friday)
It was inspired by a famous poster from the 70s.

Follow the leader No.2.

No. 2.

(grafit)

Follow the leader, No. 2.
(graphite)