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May 10, 2008
Lunch on a Skyscraper:
Work in Progress (Completed)
Art season is coming up again! This is the central piece for
my two month show. Part of my "Working
Class
Cats" series. Its a parody of the old photo showing the
construction workers having lunch on the skyscraper.
Finished size will be 24x30. On Strathmore Vellum Bristol
Board with Prismacolor Pencils.
This sketch began as a series of smaller
sketches showing each character. Each was designed
to be a different breed and personality.
This is the beginning of
building up the character from the initial sketch. I generally
work on the characters first, then the background.
Sometimes I don't even have a clear idea of the background...
(which is why I have done pieces over several times in the
past). Since this is a parody of the original photo, I had
a lot more reference available for the background.
More cats, the faces are
the most important, so I worked on getting those right first,
before I spent too much time on the clothing. The little
guy on the right has a bottle of Pure Nip under his foot. The
Daily Mews reads "Cat Burglar Nabbed"
A close-up of the big gray
tabby. MMMM, Burger!
Well, here's the whole gang
together. Beginning on the thousands of tiny windows and
wondering what possessed me to do this piece.
Here we are with a great
majority of the background in place. By this time I was really
starting to hate windows! The background was gone over
several times to warm it up and add more depth to everything.
The shadows on the sides of the building were strengthened.
Here we are! Lunch on
a Skyscraper. It is pretty amazing in person! Everyone
loves the little mouse that keeps sneaking in my artwork.
Luckily he didn't be come lunch himself!
Here is a close-up of the
Mouse, the Gray Tabby and the Maine Coon.
A close up of the Tuxedo
Cat (he's just a little dandy), the Orange Tabby with his Mama
Cats Take Away and the little Gray stealing a bit of lunch.
Finally the Siamese Cat
eating some chow mien noodles and a Calico taking a quick nap.
This print is available
in the
Big Cat Store
in several sizes.
MEOW FOR NOW...
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