'Chamber of the Morlocks'

Hi everyone! OK, here's my next piece titled 'Chamber of the Morlocks'. For any newcomers to my blog, firstly thanks for stopping by; this is the second piece of my Vintage Poster-art Venture; you can check out the first piece >here<... So for this painting, I'd decided to pay homage to the 1960 classic adaptation of H.G. Wells' 'The Time Machine'; more specifically, the subterranean race known as the Morlocks... I'll save going into all the  nitty gritty details here but will post up a little process breakdown possibly tomorrow.

Here's the scene from the movie that inspired this painting >click<... All in all, a slightly less optimistic outcome for our hero, but here's my 'No B/S' interpretation of what really should have happened... I think you'll agree? ; )

'Chamber of the Morlocks' ©Maxwell. A. Oginni 2011

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'The Morlocks' teaser...

Afternoon y'allz! Hope everyone's good & having a great week thus far? Well as per usual for any working Londoner, the past few weeks have been pretty darn busy with work, family visits & other bits & pieces; once again, finding worthy time for my personal work just seems to be getting increasingly harder & harder...

That repetitive rant being said, I've decided it time to [so to speak] summon up my inner 'Balboa' & FIGHT BACK! As of this week I've made a bold but healthy decision to remove myself from commercial work [for a short while] & will be focusing on a few of my most prime projects. I won't go into them now but in procession of my current venture, below is a little teaser section of my next, very nearly complete painting now titled 'Chamber of The Morlocks'. Just a few hours off now... Hope you like?

As always feel free to comment, 'like' if you like & 'share' if you care ; )
Happy Wednesday folks!

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Render Doodles #3

Faces...                                                                


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Render Doodles #2

A few quick doodles while my computer renders in the bg...

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'Morlocks' in progress...

A little work in progress...

Image #1

Image #2

I was having some compositional issues with this piece in the beginning [image #1]; mainly with the pillar/ subjects tied to it & far BG... In relation to the foreground subjects, something about it didn't quite sit right; eventually I came to realise it was the depth between them all [or lack there of]. It was nowhere near dynamic enough so the resulting problem was that same experience you get when staring at an image on a screen or a painting too closely... there's no sense of depth & everything looks 'flat'. To get around this I scaled the middle & BG down by about 60-70%, keeping the base of the middle ground relatively in the same position as was originally [image #2]...

Image #3

Image #4

Felt & looked a lot better but I now had a lot of dead space... [Doh!]... Decided to give the composition an added description to help sell the sense of depth even further & bridge the gap between foreground & middle ground; so threw in a shadowy cave entranceway [image #3]. I'm hoping to get across some nice 'under-lighting' here; part highlighting the mysterious Morlocks & a little spilling onto the roof of the cave entrance they're peering out from.

I won't be spending as much time on this piece as I did the 1st painting but as always would love to hear your thoughts & welcome any feedback. Peace out y'allz!

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... Morlocks!!!

 Hello all!

So I was watching the 1960 classic adaptation of H.G Wells' 'The Time Machine' [directed by George Pal] a couple months back; it had been a while since I last saw it but totally fell in love with it again! There's just a real charm to these classic films & the way they were made back then; everything from the well thought out dialogue/ acting, fantastic costumes, amazing set designs, to the various colour process' they were shot in [specifically during the 1950's to 60's], they're just great to watch no matter what mood you're in... Also looking at the SFX in this film, [to me] they still look great- in that sort of 'hand crafted' kind of way.






Soooo, since the first painting I did was thankfully well received, I'm that much more convinced to continue down this Vintage Poster Art Venture. As you've now guessed my next piece will be in homage to this awesome movie but more specifically this cheerful bunch otherwise known as...

<<<------The Morlocks!

Stay tuned!

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Render Doodles #1

No time to twiddle thumbs... DRAW DRAW DRAW!

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Coming to a thetre near you!!!

Ok originally I wasn't planning on adding any typographic elements to this but thankfully I was convinced otherwise by a friend, so had a crack at it! Didn't spend a whole lot of time on this, just enough to suggest the particular vintage feel I was going for; [btw] I usually grab my fonts from here >click<...

Poster #01: Original.

On composing the text layout for this now 'faux film' poster, one thing I noticed while studying actual 1950's movie poster art was that 'yellow' is one- if not THE most dominant & far most used colour on the main titles...  I'd even go as far as to say -generally- speaking it's hues are the most exploited all round on the majority of posters [at least the ones I've come across]...

Poster #02: Monochromatic.

From a marketing/ advertising stand-point I can't say I'm surprised really; walking through my local high street or shopping complex, within the 1st 10-15 minutes I've already spotted two McDonald's chains, a Subway & a bunch of hazard warning signs... needless to say, 'yellow' does a pretty good job of visually slapping you in the face, screaming, "HEEEEY, HERE I AM, LOOK AT ME"!... with that in mind, I implemented it into this composition... Isn't that odd- suddenly I'm feeling quite hungry... [end of post]

'TERROR from the Ninth Galaxy' full painting [monochromatic vers]

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Painting Progression...

Thanks to my good friends on FaceBook & the 'glitchy' new FB 'Question' app, this painting now bares the title, 'TERROR from The Ninth Galaxy'... Here's a little painting progression to say thanks for voting!



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'It Came From Outer... my head'

Well here it is guys! A few tweaks here & there from the preliminary sketch but overall happy with the results. Still an untitled piece so feel free to throw in some suggestions/ comments below. I have a few more in mind to do, so be good to get your [yes YOU there]- your feedback = ) ... BTW here's what started it all, roughly 17 years ago >click<... Messed-Me-Up!!!... & here's the full movie in parts >click<  Enjoy!

'TERROR from the Ninth Galaxy' ©Maxwell. A. Oginni 2011

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Like this artwork enough to 'Tweet', 'RT', 'Like' or 'Share' on BookFace & you'll feed this hungry artist for a month... Thanking you in advance. x

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