Wednesday, October 15, 2008

IF: Strings


I'm attempting to take the next four Illustration Friday topics and give them a spooky spin. Tis the season, after all.

21 comments:

SarahD said...

They're aliiiivvve....
I like it! Poor kindly toymaker.

Manelle said...

This is an awesome piece. Great lines, very magical.

Alicia PadrĂ³n said...

Woa! This is spooky alright.. Awesome illustration Matt :o)

Brine Blank said...

great energy and tension to this...

thedoodlegirl said...

ooooh! Definitely spooky! Nice job.

Unknown said...

Lovely!

krisztina maros said...

so warming! love its atmosphere, really beautiful!

Mark Cavell said...

Like an original ‘I, ROBOT’…only scary.
Great feel, wonderful characterisation.

theartofpuro said...

great illustration,awesome idea and composition,love the atmoshere

Gretel said...

Cor! Fantastic Matt, has a real Ardizonne feel to it, and delicous linework.

Anonymous said...

I'd be angry too if someone hung me on a wall. Very wonderful illustration. Perfect for getting me in the Halloween mood.

Unknown said...

Funny idea, I agree with that =)

Ones they'll get us.

=)

J. E. Morris said...

Very nice. It's Pinnochio meats Chucky.

Bella Sinclair said...

Ok, I'm completely creeped out! Behind you! Look. Behind. You! Great, great drawing. I also enjoyed your other work immensely. I shall be back for more. :)

Diane Duda said...

wonderful!

Bee said...

Fantactic! Love the dark atmosphere here and the contrast of the bright (and wondefully expressive) pumpkin :)

Nuria Milka said...

It is drawn in a very charming way and still...

I specially like the pumpkin! :)

I'm not very keen on dolls and puppets, specially when they move by themselves. Even the toymaker painting in red!

Great-great composition!

Phyllis Harris said...

Really cool idea with the spin on Illustration Friday! Love this one!



oooeeeewwww....It's Freaky Illustration Friday!

Matt Phelan said...

Thanks, everybody! Gretel, you get the gold star for the use of the exclamation "cor!" (and thank you for the Ardizonne comment).

Unknown said...

Awesome drawing! What kind of medium did you use? It looks like color pencils or pastels....

Matt Phelan said...

Hey, Jennifer. This is a black and white pencil drawing, with color added in photoshop. Then I scanned in a blank sheet of brown drawing paper and placed that below the drawing to give it a bit of texture. Glad you like it!