For those of you who haven't already heard, Red Stylo Media (the publisher who brought you the Shakespeare Shaken Anthology) is putting together a new anthology of comic art- This time based on the life and works of the band Queen. It's called Killer Queen and it'll be hitting the shelves in August!
My contribution to the book is a surreal illustration called "Bicycle Bicycle Bicycle". It's based on the song Bicycle Race and draws really heavy inspiration from the vertigo inducing dreamscapes of M.C. Escher. I knew from the start that my concept was complicated and ambitious, but I massively underestimated how difficult it would be to place figures within an environment with such a strict three-point perspective. Making the racers actually look like they belonged in that space (as opposed to floating around it at random) was extremely time consuming.After about 85 hours of hard work and seemingly infinite perspective tweaks, I finally finished the linework.
I don't usually do this, but since the linework took so long and required so many changes along the way, I thought it deserved it's own progress illustration. Enjoy.
Upcoming Events:
Wizard World Philly will soon be upon us! Even though I'm from South Jersey, I think of Philly as my hometown show, so I try to pull out all the stops. I'll be set up in Artists Alley from June 19th to June 22nd. Come on by and check it out! I'll be unveiling the final art for "Bicycle Bicycle Bicycle" there, so don't miss it!
