FHM Magazine / Totti & Panucci ~ "Excuses"

Tonight I'm posting mildly manipulated caricatures of Francesco Totti and Christian Panucci of Italy's team, which are part of a two-page spread illustration I did for FHM Magazine. Below is a rough layout of the illustration. They haven't sent me a copy of the magazine yet, so I don't know exactly how it came out. The theme was "The 25 Best Excuses Of All Time". Tottie was quoted blaming his poor performance on his shoes hurting his feet and Panucci was quoted blaming his poor performance on the thread in his socks being too rough. This was the job OI was suppose to get free reins on...Not hardly. They provided the faces and the bodies. There was no freedom and as some of the other jobs, required very mild caricature.

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Happy Easter

 

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Artist Feature ~ BRAD KUNKLE ~ LIGHT & LEAF

B R A D   K U N K L E  ~  L I G H T  &  L E A F

"Art is the elimination of the unnecessary." ~ Pablo Picasso

"...the mission of the artist in an overtechnologized, overmasculanized society was to call the old magic back to life." ~ Tom Robbins, Skinny Legs and All

Born in rural Pennsylvania, Brad Kunkle spent his younger years exploring and romanticizing the beauty of the sparse countryside and the deep forests around him.  From an early age he was drawn to the worlds of Maxfield Parrish and the Pre-Raphaelites --worlds, he says, "where a subtle, supernatural beauty seems to be hiding under the breath of women --worlds where something beyond our natural perception is waiting to be found."

He studied painting at Kutztown University mostly under George Sorrels, who was taught by a pupil of the 19th century Academic painter, William Adolphe Bougereau.   His minimal palette is inspired by the grisailles of early European masters and the haunting quality of antique photographs and daguerreotypes.

As a decorative painter in his mid twenties, he leafed entire walls in copper.  Beguiled by the shifting, life-like nature of the surfaces, Brad began to incorporate gilding in his work, which provided the unreal quality he had been looking for to convey his moody, romantic ideas of human nature and ritual.

Brad's work has appeared on the covers of International Artist and American Art Collector magazine as well as in Fine Art Connoisseur, American Arts Quarterly and Kunst.  His world premiere solo exhibition sold out opening night in April of 2010 at Arcadia Fine Arts in New York City.

LIGHT & LEAF ~ The surfaces of these oil paintings are embellished with genuine gold and silver leaf. These precious metals are used as symbolic elements as well as visual instruments to interact with the viewer’s movements and environment. The leafed areas will shift with the intensity of light in a space, or as one simply walks across the room.

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Napoleon Sarkozy

Tonight I have a manipulated caricature of French President Nicolas Sarkozy as Napoleon Bonaparte in the famous painting by French Painter Jacques-Louis David, which was requested by a dear friend of mine from France. This one's for you Sylvia! I tried to find a French poodle in keeping with the French theme but couldn't find any good ones. I altered the painting just a bit as well as I did Sarkozy who made a great model. I had a lot of fun with the body and the puppy. I couldn't resist the puppy epaulettes. I hope he likes it. Sorry I couldn't do the First Lady Sylvia, she's just too pretty. I've posted the source images below.

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TENNIS Magazine ~ The Bryan Brothers

This is the layout for the two page spread I did for TENNIS Magazine / Bauer Media featuring "the Bryan Brothers". Never heard of them myself. I wasn't sure if I was going to post this because I really don't like it, but it's what they wanted. The story was about how "the Bryan brothers" disliked playing doubles Tennis. They requested a very mild caricature and these guys have no personality anyhow by the look of those blank faces. This is just how it was delivered. Obviously there was other text, title... I don't know. The job / concept was still in the air when I delivered it so I have no idea how it turned out. In fact, I had to send a layer PSD file so they could arrange it the way they wanted. It's certainly not something I would put in a portfolio. Well, that business. There are often tight reins on your ability to inject any creativity into the project.

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