Saturday, January 14, 2006

Illustration Friday - E is for...

Illustratation Friday
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I went through my magazines looking for things that began with an E. From these I made a paper collage which I scanned in and then played with in Painter IX.

Detail:
detail

Thank you to everyone who gave me so much insight into the picture I put up last week - I am very grateful and feel that even if no single answer has emerged for me something has shifted through the whole process.

38 comments:

  1. Wow! This is really cool! I love it! You must get better magazines than me.
    love

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  2. Every collage you do is more Enigmatic and Exciting than the last. Excellent Entertainment. (But I don't want to Elevate your Ego any more, Ergo it's time to Exit.)

    p.s. I really do love the subtle use of colour and texture in this one. So much to see!

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  3. Now this is one amazing collage. Yeah, you must get really cool magazines!

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  4. Dear unknown you obviously need a subscription to New Scientist (the Egyptian images - it was an article about how about the ancient Egyptian's teeth were!) and the Guardian Saturday colour magazine... love

    Cosmos - thank you

    Andrea - Evidently you are Escaping from Endlessly Expressing your Emergent Exhibits... - and thanks - I thought it would be a quick collage but I got drawn into it for hours!

    Wandering Coyote - you can have the magazine's after The Unknown (he does Bad Art not collage) - and thank yoU!

    Melba - thank you - I was working with Eggshell blue and Ecru as part of the E theme!

    Kim Carney - thanks!

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  5. E Evidently Erupted in an Enervated Elephantine Envisioning as an Exciting Exquisite Execution!
    Ebullient Eating!

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  6. Excellent! I'm especially ecstatic at your exciting, eclectic exhibit!

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  7. Carolyn, love how the collage came out. I especially love the colors you used. Great design and texture also.

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  8. Her ear is even in the shape of an E.

    cool

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  9. Excellent work Caroline. So rich in gorgeous textures.

    Detlef
    http://www.detlefjumpertz.com

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  10. Caro, you are hitting new heights, mate!
    This is grrreattt!

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  11. gorgeous collage caroline, i love it!

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  12. Had to take another look. You should have a giclee made from your digital image and sell me one!

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  13. I just had a great idea: you should make a whole alphabet. What a fantastic series it would be!!! Then you could publish a book and take on the world...

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  14. Anonymous - I hope you Enjoyed that.

    Nan - exuberantly expressed!

    Toni - Thanks - I felt it need the colours and texture to pull it together.

    catnapping - so it is!

    Detlef - thank you

    Cream - that always worries me - the higher one stands the harder one falls - guess I'd better put on a jet pack!

    Kat - thank you - I've been inspired in the past by yours!

    Andrea - I might have a go at printing it out myself and you can have a copy if it works! And a whole alphabet would be an interesting project - but would I manage 25 more? Maybe...

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  15. So ancient and unique in its way. Like the solid colours and the way you have chosen your E´s ...

    Nice illo!

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  16. This is extremely excellent!

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  17. Enjoyed with Great Effort 'Eaten' - unlike your 'Es'.

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  18. lovely illo...truly Exotic!
    :)

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  19. Thanks Zordis and Rose

    Anonymous - you must be Engorged and Enormous by now you've Eaten so many Es

    Thanks Tony and Aynaku!

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  20. Excellent it's as if the Egyptian head is stone like in the texture. Beautiful composition!

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  21. Great approach for the topic...I like the color palette and textures. Nicely done!

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  22. You have really captured the eternal and enigmatic essence of enduring Egypt...sorry, I just got going and couldn't stop. This is way cool! I love the colors and the stonelike, sandy textures you achieved here. The composition is also excellent. Good work, Caroline:>

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  23. This is just great! I think its perfect how you have mixed your illo, I especially like the eagle in the egg, very nice!

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  24. Thanks Carla - I thought of you when I found the Egyptian pictures! Thanks.

    Gudbrandsdottir - well-spotted - I wondered if anyone would notice that! Thank you.

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  25. Oooh-love the detail of the eye. Great idea!

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  26. EEEEEk “Engorged and Enormous by now you've Eaten so many Es”??? ERROR … Eternally Elfin and Embraceable!

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  27. Truly, truly amazing. Your work gets my mind ticking, Caro. Everytime.

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  28. This is beautiful and complex with lots to look at. I really admire artists who can effectively work with a few colors. I haven't mastered that yet as I tend to go nuts and overboard with my color palette.
    great job!

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  29. Anonymous... you are what you Eat!

    GG - Thanks!

    Jamie - I love your colours too but sometimes I like to restrict mine. Other times I play with the whole rainbow.

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  30. I’m an exception – Earnestly Exoskeletal!

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  31. NO ... I'M an exception – Earnestly Exoskeletal!

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  32. I'm seeing double here so you must have got quite a lot bigger...

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  33. Elegant and elflike!
    There ARE two of me .... at least ...

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