Encore, my illustration friday entry this week: “Memories”, this time with colour. Not much colour, but some colour. I posted the black and white version yesterday. It’s an homage, or even an homage of an homage. I forget now.
Memory is a funny thing. Whole academic programs are set up around the very idea of memory, its uses, its effects on future actions, plus lots of other stuff I don’t quite know (or have forgotten). In the days before literacy, memory was of vital importance, to keep laws, to pass on traditions, plus lots of other things I can’t remember. Our incredible capacity for memory became less well exercised once things began to be written down – we trusted paper for permanence, rather than agreed ideas on what really happened or what the rules really were. We also began, everntaully, to equate language with what is written rather than what is spoken – a huge mistake if you ask me. But anyway back to memory. Do you remember, in the days before we all had cellphones, that you used to remember most of your friends’ phone numbers? You had to, in case you needed to call them. But now you just press their name in your nokia. Memory capacity unexercised. I don’t even remember my own cellphone number now. I don’t have to. So what’s the rest of my brain doing when it’s not being used remembering things like that? I forget.
As for what happened in our lives… it’s funny how quickly things whisper away from your thoughts. People, places, ideas; yet, if we have a small token from them, doesn’t matter how small or insignificant, we have a greater chance of retaining that memory. Photos are one thing, drawings are another. Each of these things above have some sort of meaning to me. I’d be happy to explain.
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Nice illustration, lots of intricate details and I like the layering.
I liked the details man. Probably took you a lot of time for this one.
Really like it, very nice!
Very cool! The details are awesome!
Wow! impressive work!
cheers, i really wanted to do a detailed piece
Wow! I didn’t think it could get any better and you’ve proven me wrong! Great image!!!
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Yep, I have to agree: I just saw it blk/wt and thought it should stay that way, but your subtle colours, carefully placed are great. So, I’ve learned something!
this is coming along nicely…
Oh wow. What a great post. Amazing drawing. You make me want to scatter some stuff on my table to draw them… in order not to forget.