Dave's iFriday: Mask
Klan Justice
You'll have to forgive these old images looking small on today's desktop browsers. 500 pixels was considered pretty wide in 2006.
New art, Painter Gouache. This was supposed to be a saucy superheroine in distress piece. The project got a bit sidetracked by my memory of Watchmen, Alan Moore's classic graphic novel about how superheroes couldn't work in the real world. Basically, my illustration depicts the only known example of people wearing masks and special outfits to violently enforce their own views of justice.
iFriday Dave
Illustration Friday (IF, iFriday) was a weekly challenge to illustrate a one-word theme (wind, smoke, invention, etc.) globally announced on Friday nights. It was similar in spirit to Photo Friday, 24 Hour Comics, 48 Hour Films, and Sketchcrawl. Participants usually posted on their own blogs, then shared links to various iFriday boards. This is from my 2006-2007 participation.
Studio Lolo said...
December 8, 2006 at 9:33 PM Beautifully depicted...although that seems somewhat of an oxymoronic statement! The Klan is anything but beautiful.
Brine Blank said...
December 9, 2006 at 12:11 AM Very nice technique on this...
Craig Shaw Gardner said...
December 9, 2006 at 4:18 PM Wow, Klanman is one creepy picture. I like whayever you did with the cross. While the color scheme suggests fire, it also makes the cross look almost alive -- like its "out to get you!" Very effective.
Tony LaRocca said...
December 9, 2006 at 9:48 PM I remember from a psych course that three factors that make an extremely dangerous situation when combined are:
HARDWAX said...
December 10, 2006 at 1:35 PM The ultimate horror show, rendered so beautifully, that the viewer can feel the heat and hate!
steve said...
December 11, 2006 at 11:44 PM It's tough to believe there are people who actually think and act this way. I remember the impact Mississippi Burning had on me when I watched it. Actually, we viewed it as an entire class in college and I remember how not a single person left that bulding without a tear in their eye. I admire your work being bold and confrontational and well rendered to boot.
Willie Baronet said...
December 12, 2006 at 7:32 AM Very sobering.
Anonymous said...
December 14, 2006 at 10:39 AM Wow...another amazing piece. Great composition on a figure that holds such disdain.
Anonymous said...
December 19, 2006 at 2:44 PM) I agree with all the praise, but "the only known example of people wearing masks and special outfits to violently enforce their own views of justice"?