July 3, 2008

Silky Shark

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Thought I'd post this process sheet just to blow whatever spontaneity the final silkscreen may exhibit. The concept was sort of a love letter to Los Angeles, the beauty and toxicity of it all, for a three-color silkscreen assignment. At the left are the thumbnail roughs, taking the Super Fly approach for a minute, then something about water, then some type. From there the three rough color sketches revealing how increasingly muddied the idea had become.

Finally I went back to try some ink sketches in the hopes of salvaging it using the limitations of three flat-colors. The far right top and bottom ink drawings became the basis for the black and violet screens, and the cropped final silkscreen, the second from the bottom right was one of the alternate color compositions based off those drawings.

9 comments:

Daniel said...

Owen!
Lookin' slick man. This has been a common theme in conversation of later, for whatever reason, especially the toxicity of the water with Hepatitis warning signs and whatnot. And of course, as long as the problem persists, the theme will never die, so keep on rockin' on.

sophan said...

great job owen!

Aaron said...

Hey Owen, I've discovered your blog. Man! beautiful work. Great concept here, I'm gonna put you in my links, can't wait to see more!

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dave said...

i like this print owen. the first time i seen it I was like, this guy looks like hes at venice beach.

david santos said...

Wonderful!!!

Pollock said...

Your job is very, very good...I like it, you have a great talent !

Juan Travieso said...

I really dig this piece

james said...

Did you screenprint this???