APW - Light and Shadow (676 hits)
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Rating: 1.78 on 24 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by Susie Derkins (View user info) at 2006-08-30 14:44:40 EDT
Black and white photography can be a little overdone or clichéd, but it is better than colour when working with extreme light contrasts. I had a short obsession with subjects that had heavy shadow and blinding light. On the human face, it seemed to break it down into geometric shapes and make it almost cartoonish.
The subject I chose often was Morrissey. For a time, the man was the king of emos (even though the term wasn't around at the time). As miserable and whiny as his music was, it helped a bad mood. If I was ever seriously depressed as a teenager, I'd throw on Viva Hate and it would make me feel better. Why? Because: my life didn't suck that bad to make me want to write miserable lyrics like these. It still works to this day.
I'm getting off topic here. The inside cover art in that CD had some very interesting black and white shots of Morrissey's face. It was brightly lit at extreme angles, casting exaggerated shadows. I was fascinated by them. I sketched out each one and detailed a few, throwing in my own interpretation. Two of them were my favourites: one made him look wild and tribal. The other (the one below) was moody, but the way I drew it, he had a hint of a smile on his face. Eleven years later, I still think this is one of my best.
Subject: Morrissey
Year: c. 1995
Medium: pencil on standard sketchbook paper
User Reviews
Submitted by The_Yellow_Dart (user info) at 2006-08-31 18:34:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2006-08-31 02:37:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by WingedFoote (user info) at 2006-08-31 02:12:39 (#)
Ranking: 2
Real nice drawing. I thought that was Mitt Romney at first. Don't know who Mitt is? You all will in a year or so...
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Screw you, I'm gonna deliberately not find out now.
Ever.
Submitted by WingedFoote (user info) at 2006-08-31 02:12:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Real nice drawing. I thought that was Mitt Romney at first. Don't know who Mitt is? You all will in a year or so...
Submitted by VelvetElvis (user info) at 2006-08-30 23:17:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Nicely done study of a troubled man. I always wondered why Morrissey oft wore band-aids on his nipples. That always threw me.
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2006-08-30 20:55:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Swank.
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2006-08-30 19:33:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I recently bought a greatest Smiths cd as I left behind all my vinyl when escaping...ehhm moving to germany and I still like to listen to that music every now and then.
-She said: I know you and you cannot sing.
-I said: That's nothing you should hear me play piano.
Original album cover by: Anton Corbijn
Thanx for reminding me!
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-08-30 19:16:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Awesome drawing, I swear I haven't died and I will email you tonight. Well I almost died which is why I couldn't email you before. MORE ON THAT AT 11!
Submitted by Laser (user info) at 2006-08-30 17:25:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Looks like the guy from GoodFellas
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2006-08-30 17:23:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
nice drawring
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2006-08-30 17:03:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
good work
Submitted by Susie_Derkins (user info) at 2006-08-30 15:58:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
I'm fairly certain that he was openly gay....
Submitted by kaos-king (user info) at 2006-08-30 15:56:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by boomslang (user info) at 2006-08-30 14:46:11 (#)
Ranking: 1
Morrissey was kind of gay, but good post.
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"Kind of" gay???
APW = Auto +2
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2006-08-30 15:21:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Holy crap that's a good drawing.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-08-30 15:08:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Looks like Hank Williams
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-08-30 15:01:23 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I hate Morrissey. But I reaaaally like that drawing.
Really good.
Submitted by icarus1987 (user info) at 2006-08-30 15:00:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
"Honey I* Ate the Kids"
damned work and all its distractions.
Submitted by icarus1987 (user info) at 2006-08-30 14:59:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Like I said on email, all I know of Silence of the Lambs is what I saw on "The Critic" parody "Honey Ate the Kids". Hopkin's profile in that clip looks DISTURBINGLY like a half-melted Morrisey.
I've never actually seen SOTL as it has no pirates.
Submitted by Susie_Derkins (user info) at 2006-08-30 14:55:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
I forgot to mention that Morrissey had an indirect hand in one of my favourite books: "Girlfriend in a Coma" by Douglas Coupland. I know, I know...it's serious.
Icky, you're scaring me.
Submitted by UnderOathMeal (user info) at 2006-08-30 14:55:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
+2 APW.
-2 Morrissey.
What a whiney little faggot. His music is trash and his hairstyle is painful.
Submitted by Life101 (user info) at 2006-08-30 14:53:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
APW +2
Submitted by icarus1987 (user info) at 2006-08-30 14:49:06 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Hello, Clarice *slurping sound*
Honestly, that's all I know of the movie.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-08-30 14:47:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking
When I said I'd like to smash every tooth
In your head
Oh...sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking
When I said by rights you should be
Bludgeoned in your bed
Submitted by boomslang (user info) at 2006-08-30 14:46:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Morrissey was kind of gay, but good post.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2006-08-30 14:45:42 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
i approve