This gave me the rare opportunity to draw one of my childhood obsessions, The Raiders of the Lost Ark- along with all it's face-melting spectacle. From Raiders, I chose Rene Belloq. The ark opening scene was part of my young interior life. Whenever I thought of the twin sided mystery of God's Glory- beauty and judgement- I thought of this scene. Naturally, I chose the Headless Horseman as Rene's counterpart. (Few seem to remember Rene Belloq's demise quite like the other two because in order to secure a PG rating, Spielberg had to cover the Belloq's exploding head with translucent flames.) Part of the fun of this show was that I couldn't count of Photoshop to clean up all my errors, I really had to make the physical drawing count! So I used a bunch of media, colored pencils, block printing ink and brayers, watercolor and pen & ink.
The show will be at Mad Art Gallery in St. Louis, opening Friday November 6th. Hope to see you there!
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7 comments:
so psyched for this show!
You know having heard a littl emore about your childhood...this explains ALOT!
i love this piece, john!! but shouldn't that horse only be 25% off? Also, Congrats on the AI cover!
awesome, always loved your work.
Awesome illustration.
these are killer.
the horsemen would have to be one of my all-time favorite characters, and i can relate to that Ark scene. that left a scar for several years after i saw that as a kid.
i have to agree this is a great assignment, i can see why you loved it.
these are killer.
the horsemen would have to be one of my all-time favorite characters, and i can relate to that Ark scene. that left a scar for several years after i saw that as a kid.
i have to agree this is a great assignment, i can see why you loved it.
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