Skull with toothpick
….struck by lightning. That’s the title given by Nor for this particular work of mine. I am currently in a ‘doom’ period, as he calls it. Then my drawings suddenly acquire ‘doom’ characters and feelings too. Well, you obviously can see why he thinks this one as such.
This is my entry for the Everyday Matters Challenge #39: ‘Draw one of the works of another artist’. I didn’t go to any museum for this challenge, because I don’t have the time right now. So I just drew this from a book. Do you recognize this skull drawing? The original is an oil painting from 1886, by an artist who is not my favorite but very popular in the EDM group. From all this artist’s paintings and drawings, I like this one the best. It just makes me keep smiling, since I find it quite humorous. The title of the painting is actually ‘Schedel met Sigaret’ or ‘Skull of a skeleton with burning cigarette’ . Nor changed it to ‘Skull of a skeleton with toothpick struck by lightning’.
The one above looks very Terminator-ish…
Now this one is more Star Wars-ish, agree?
I may add some cross hatching later. I already marked where the shades and shadows should go anyway.
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great.. funnee. love it. You can see a version of your month long challenge in my user icon on Live Journal. I manipulated a self portrait by Goya in photoshop and placed my own smiling face in place of his very serious one and use it as my LJ icon. I find it very funny and cheerful, not at all like Goya, whom I love and respect for his political critique. If you scroll down you can also see my blog about the icon.
Elaine M
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Comment by Elaine M — November 16, 2005 @ 11:34 pm
OOOO Ahhhhh. Evy this is sooooo spooky! I love this drawing. Can’t tell which one i like better.
Comment by Lindsay — November 17, 2005 @ 3:28 am
I love those lines! I would be inclined to leave it like this. It would be interesting to post another with shading though!
Comment by Felicity — November 17, 2005 @ 10:50 am
Evy I know who did this painting as we have a reproduction of it in my sons’ room. It was the one print they chose when we were in the shop of a particular art museum in Amsterdam. It’s not what you expect from this artist is it? However I won’t give the game away - let a few more people play! BTW I really like the way you’ve done a line version of it.
Comment by Julie Oakley — November 17, 2005 @ 4:07 pm
Thanks everyone!
Julie: yes I didn’t expect this from this artist and that’s why I like this one.
Comment by Eefje — November 17, 2005 @ 9:43 pm
Oh he is CUTE!
Comment by Gabriella Travaline — November 17, 2005 @ 11:03 pm
Hi! This is really nice! The second one kinda reminds me of The Terminator
Comment by Chrixean — November 21, 2005 @ 4:06 am