Accordions and Politics
Hey guys, I dropped the ball and missed the new blog redesign….SWEET!! Great job! Here’s 2 commissions I just wrapped up and a goof around pic.
cheers!! Hope everyone is well!
-fv
Posted by Francis Vallejo on Sunday, August 31st, 2008
Categories: Illustration, Mixed Media.
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August 31st, 2008 at 6:25 am
Those are great! You should consider selling them as prints, they’d reproduce wonderfully.
August 31st, 2008 at 7:20 am
awesome man the face on the first one is great :)
August 31st, 2008 at 7:22 am
I love your style, its very sophisticated. :)
August 31st, 2008 at 8:29 am
Awesome as always Francis! How did you get that distressed effect in the first one (ie the pants)? I’ver read something about wax in your blog, could you explain the process a bit?
Cheers!
August 31st, 2008 at 9:45 am
Excellent work! The first one blows me away man
August 31st, 2008 at 11:54 am
I love your work so much! The first one is truly awesome. The hands are great!
August 31st, 2008 at 2:48 pm
*praise*
August 31st, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Thanks guys!! I appreciate the encouragement!
fedezz: Well I put the ink lines down first. Then I dry brushed the blue tone in oil and let that get to being almost 90% dry. Then I used a toothbrush dipped in burnt sienna and scrubbed the pants. That gave a neat look and toned the white of the board with a warm color as well. I used the wax for the cream color around the character. It’s cool for making the faint box around the head. I had did that in my first layer of wax. It’s so thick, that after that first layer dries, anything I put over it is still going to conform to the shapes I created initially. I know that’s kind of a convoluted explanation but hopefully that makes sense! I started using wax after studying briefly with Mark English. He is the master of wax and tar. He pretty much paints out of the hardware store. It’s awesome!
thanks again!
-fv
August 31st, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Whoa… Just amazing!
August 31st, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Really great stuff Francis!!! Dopeness all aroun’
August 31st, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Thanks a lot Francis, that was pretty helpful indeed, I’m always down for that sort of wacky mixed media techniques :D
And Mark English work and approach IS awesome! Also, I always wanted to give tar a try after reading George Pratt’s blog, he gets all sorts of awesome results with that stuff. Thanks again and keep rocking!
August 31st, 2008 at 9:40 pm
duddddddddddddddddddde.:) holy shite.. love ur work!
September 1st, 2008 at 8:51 am
The musician piece is devastatingly awesome! The fine rendering of the head against the crisp stylishness of the accordian is brilliant, kudos!
J
September 1st, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Man, I love you ! And your work too ! :P
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December 31st, 2008 at 9:54 pm
These are beautiful. I’ve been stunned and inspired….