whatever will be, will be

my friend marcia and i decided to keep ourselves busy by creating a new blog: "das, was kommt" = "that what comes" (pretty bad translation, but you'll get the gist!). every sunday one of us grabs a random novel, randomly opens a page and chooses a sentence. that sentence has to have enough content to be inspiring ... and then we have seven days to go create. you can make anything, it just has to be postable. i have only just uploaded my first (last minute, i confess) work, as seen below, but i think this is a really fun way to stay creative. and everyone can participate, so get to work and send your stuff (on time) to daswaskommt@hotmail.com!

wedding sketch

my colleague got married to her girlfriend last weekend, and i made them a portrait.
i found an old-ish gold frame, and instead of taking out the embroidered flower picture i decided to paint over the fabric to keep the back intact. i forgot to take a picture of the final version which was coloured and of course much more defined, so this early stage will have to do ...

becoming james

i found a stunning portrait of james mcavoy that was begging to be used for something like this ...

it's always fun to switch the layers around and create something like a making of. those versions often turn out to be more to the point or more interesting than the 'finished' image, which might look a little overdone in comparison ...

dandies and gentlemen

after seeing three period dramas in a row - northanger abbey, becoming jane and jane eyre - i'm thinking i might do a series of sketches featuring those brooding gentlemen and dapper dandies ... below is a quick one i did of the lovely matthew macfadyen as mr.darcy in pride and prejudice, looking a bit bewildered.

arthouse vs. 3d

the april 2011 issue of PRINZ features this illustration for a service page with arthouse and 3d cinemas in the frankfurt area. arthouse nerd on the left, 3D freak on the right. the idea was all our editor in chief's, and i think it works nicely - "he needs to read the FAZ ... and he's definitely wearing a cardigan!" :)