Recently I was passed on the job to make an image for a production of A Few Good Men in Oxford. The people wanted something sort of military related, particularly involving a play on the iconic Iwo Jima image, though I tried some other ideas out too. Here are some quick sketches I did for them:
A bit cliché but I had to bang 'em all out in an evening.
Well the guys were still pretty into the Iwo Jima idea, but wanted the memorial itself to feature and suggested that perhaps the flag could be falling with the soldiers trying to catch it. With those orders I started on the final image, slowly rendering a realistic image. About halfway though though I sat back and had a look at what I had so far and decided it was terrible and boring, so in a scribbly rush I made the composition more dynamic and the style much looser, before tightening it all up a bit. I don't love the final image but I think it does the job and should read well when printed small on a playbill.
Friday 28 March 2008
A Few Good Men
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oh, so you've stopped name-checking me now? but srsly. i like what you did with it, esp. the blocky silhouette feel. remember that political poster book? feelin it.
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