This was done for a review in The Nation titled "There will Always Be Blood" which discusses the book "True Crime: An American Anthology". Like the last post, this one also needed diverse sources to reflect the range of material in the anthology. The idea was to use different distinct styles to evoke separate time periods. If they had mugshots in the 15th-18th centuries, maybe they would have looked like this. Each is pieced together with my own drawings and different print material, except the last shot- that man was executed for murder in the 70's, in Indiana. For the bloody fingerprints I dipped my finger in oil paint and colorized them digitally. Editor: John Palattella
7 comments:
ha ha, once again, freekin sweet! love the different application. I look at the chakya nation all the time.
-trey b.
Thanks Trey! Same to you, those oil sketches of yours were looking great. Any plans for the summer yet?
That looks really good! I'm amazed at how all of your work looks distinctly yours even with the stylistic experimentation and all the different resources you pull from.
jane and I are planning to go to KC, rent a house and hang around the dudes.
Ive got a polo show coming up, I don't know when yet
-trey b
Thanks Carly, I also liked the experimentation you were doing in the poster on your blog. Trey- good plan!
the mugshots are great! i love your approach to the piece. and doug, i hope you didn't let the oil paint seep in too much into your blood stream...ya know what that'll do to yer brain don't ya? ha.
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