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Bowie - Modern Love Forever by *idolhands:iconidolhands:


©2006-2008 *idolhands
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Submitted: August 8, 2006
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A High School Art project assigned us to draw a famous person in monchrome paint. I naturally chose David Bowie (my all time favorite entertainer) and I picked this photo because it offered rich and interesting shadows. This took an especially long time as I worked in small areas with only black and white paint (all that was permitted) to obtain the most accurate shadows possible. Although it was only because I was FORCED to take a drawing class in Senior year that I took one, I ended up taking all my projects home to work on. This was encouraged though few took their projects so seriously. If drawing felt like working a magic spell, then you'd look for opportunities to do it more often too. Also, I'm a huge perfectionist and if I was going to draw Mr. Bowie then I was going to do right by him - you betcha buttons! Speaking of which, I like how those buttons came out on him. Adding his name using the "Serious Moonlight" logo was my idea and a good touch since many students drew people and no one knew who the heck they were. *snicker* I was used to people not knowing who my idol was in 1995 when I drew this.
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~HabitualFlippancy:iconHabitualFlippancy: Aug 9, 2006, 6:07:34 AM
Yaaahhoooo! Great work. Not my favorite Bowie time period, but you did beautifully and any Bowie is good Bowie. (Cept Mustache Bowie, that one makes me scratch my head. lol)

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~Nightvisions74:iconNightvisions74: Aug 9, 2006, 1:20:46 PM
Very well done, love it!

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~peachy-pebbles:iconpeachy-pebbles: Aug 9, 2006, 4:04:59 PM
OMG! Using just black and white paint must have been really difficult, all those different shades of grey you needed to mix :no: You pulled it off really well though Idolhands. I love this and you have captured him soo well! the way you have done his hair is impressive. :hug:
*idolhands:iconidolhands: Aug 10, 2006, 5:56:33 PM
Mustache Bowie. *lol* Yeah, when I was twelve I thought.. "whuzzah?" But now, it's all good. I don't care. He does look better in a beard than with only a mustache though.

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*idolhands:iconidolhands: Aug 10, 2006, 6:08:06 PM
Thank you! Isn't it great when something you are forced to do for school works in your favor? Like you actually WANT to do it?

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はじめまして! Artist, Writer/Poet, Photographer, traditional medium mostly, anime, sci-fi and the bizarre.
~HabitualFlippancy:iconHabitualFlippancy: Aug 10, 2006, 7:08:14 PM
He's gonna have one in his new movie, so I should get used to it's erm..triumphant return...

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Sona si latine loqueris.

"Anybody remotely interesting is mad, in some way or another." The Doctor

"You know I find paranoid schizophrenics make excellent witnesses." -Robert Goren
*idolhands:iconidolhands: Aug 13, 2006, 9:29:10 PM Mood: Astonished
Movie?! What new movie?

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~NEONnyc:iconNEONnyc: Aug 14, 2006, 5:31:36 AM
Not only is this a great painting that really reflects Bowie of that period, but it also brought to mind the photos my late lover took of that tour. [link] Thought you may have based this on one of those (which would have been OK), but I see the angle is a tad different. Anyway, nice work!:)

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~HabitualFlippancy:iconHabitualFlippancy: Aug 14, 2006, 7:30:27 AM
He's playing Nicola Tesla in the New Bale/Jackman pic "The Prestige."

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Sona si latine loqueris.

"Anybody remotely interesting is mad, in some way or another." The Doctor

"You know I find paranoid schizophrenics make excellent witnesses." -Robert Goren
*idolhands:iconidolhands: Aug 14, 2006, 6:52:32 PM Mood: Pride
*applauds* Thank you for that link. Yes, I did base this off a book with a collection of photos of him from that period. It was such a useful opportunity for obsession! *laughs* Imagine I had to study every nuance and shadow of a man that, in an imperfect universe, is my God.

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はじめまして! Artist, Writer/Poet, Photographer, traditional medium mostly, anime, sci-fi and the bizarre.