And here it is finally... Presenting the latest addition to my ongoing
Movie poster venture, "The High Priestess" (
of Argos)! For those new to my blog/ this project, here's the
first &
second piece I completed last year... I have to say I'm really pleased with how this one turned out.
 |
| 'The High Priestess' (of Argos) vers 02 ©Maxwell. A. Oginni 2011 |
Taking what I had learned from my last two paintings + studying several other poster artists such as the Legendary
Robert McGinnis,
Frank McCarthy & even a little
Frazetta. I really tried to push things further in this piece. One technique I knew I wanted to adopt early on was to shape the composition with a collage of scenes, figures & events that almost seemed to tell the story, but leaving gaps for your imagination to fill... This is something movie posters did so well back then, but I feel is sadly lost today in the now dominant photography composted poster-art... Don't get me wrong, I love photography, but it will never
truly capture what illustration can; much like how computer animation will never give you what traditional 2D animation does... Photography is & can only ever be a capture of what already is, but illustration is, will & can always be so much more... There's just something about how the mind works in it's process of taking in information, interpolating/ extrapolating it to then create a vast & unmeasurable addition of new data that a camera or photo simply can not do...
 |
| 'The High Priestess' (of Argos) vers 01 ©Maxwell. A. Oginni 2011 |
It's really no surprise most movie posters of the 40's, 50's, 60's & even 70's, very often would present a more appealing visual narrative than the actual movie would turn out to be...
I'll end this post here but stick around for a process breakdown of this latest piece
"The High Priestess" (
of Argos); I hope you like it... And as a bonus for stopping by, here's part 01 of a great documentary on my favourite poster artist
Reynold Brown... Enjoy!
Ps: Drop by
my FaceBook Art Page to stay even more updated with my work.
-M-
No comments:
Post a Comment