Smoking Death -detail studies
The following are snapshots of a work in progress.
It will be an illustration for a poem of mine called Corpse.
Corpse is an exploration of a type of vampirism that occurs within certain relationships. It embodies the anger and loathing of a woman recognising the parasitic nature of a failed and abusive relationship, and the realization that she continues the pattern of abuse in her present through her own self destructive habits.
Once she see's this, she see's the truth of the situation, and understands that she has become the personification of her own death wish. She had always been in control, even when giving it away, or losing it. She was responsible for picking and choosing her poisons to die by, smokable, eatable, or fuckable, she chose each just like she would another cigarette from the pack.
There's no happy ending written for this poem, only victory in the confrontation of ugly truth.
Oops, unless you are signed up with Allpoetry.com, you'll encounter an error page when trying to view the poem Corpse so I'll post it below.
Be Ware! It is is full of angst, and adult themes.
Corpse
I was sitting here thinking
about sex and death
'round about time your name popped up
for surely I was dead
a corpse (for you)
I was sitting here
smoking
looking for my death
laughing living dead
shades (of you)
x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x
Generally I start out with a series of sketches, sometimes many on one page. I salvage what works and will either re draw the image where I want it in the final composition, or I may cut and tape the pieces into a collage as is the case with this piece.
It isn't complete yet, when it is I will post the final result.
Detail of Hand. Pencil, pen and marker.
Study of smoke, the carrion bird of death emerges from the smoke and ashes of the cigerette.
A fuller view of Elsebet, the vampiric character of the poem and illustration "Corpse".
The imagery was inspired by the Femme Fatale stereo type, I drew heavily from the early 20th century portrayals of the "Vamp" or dangerous woman archtype, relying on memory and photo references of Theda Bara, the first Vamp of hollywood embodying the feral woman of the 20th century.
A sketch of Theda Bara's publicity still, ca 1916-1917
A study of Elsebet in colour marker.
There is a lot of Lillith in Elsebet, something I'd like to explore further at a (sooner rather than) later date.
A study of Elsebet in photoshop.
It will be an illustration for a poem of mine called Corpse.
Corpse is an exploration of a type of vampirism that occurs within certain relationships. It embodies the anger and loathing of a woman recognising the parasitic nature of a failed and abusive relationship, and the realization that she continues the pattern of abuse in her present through her own self destructive habits.
Once she see's this, she see's the truth of the situation, and understands that she has become the personification of her own death wish. She had always been in control, even when giving it away, or losing it. She was responsible for picking and choosing her poisons to die by, smokable, eatable, or fuckable, she chose each just like she would another cigarette from the pack.
There's no happy ending written for this poem, only victory in the confrontation of ugly truth.
Oops, unless you are signed up with Allpoetry.com, you'll encounter an error page when trying to view the poem Corpse so I'll post it below.
Be Ware! It is is full of angst, and adult themes.
Corpse
I was sitting here thinking
about sex and death
'round about time your name popped up
for surely I was dead
a corpse (for you)
I was sitting here
smoking
looking for my death
laughing living dead
shades (of you)
x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x
Generally I start out with a series of sketches, sometimes many on one page. I salvage what works and will either re draw the image where I want it in the final composition, or I may cut and tape the pieces into a collage as is the case with this piece.
It isn't complete yet, when it is I will post the final result.
Symbolism: self destruction through the (twisted) act of self comfort through the ingestion of poisons.
Study of smoke, the carrion bird of death emerges from the smoke and ashes of the cigerette.A fuller view of Elsebet, the vampiric character of the poem and illustration "Corpse".
The imagery was inspired by the Femme Fatale stereo type, I drew heavily from the early 20th century portrayals of the "Vamp" or dangerous woman archtype, relying on memory and photo references of Theda Bara, the first Vamp of hollywood embodying the feral woman of the 20th century.
A sketch of Theda Bara's publicity still, ca 1916-1917
A study of Elsebet in colour marker.
There is a lot of Lillith in Elsebet, something I'd like to explore further at a (sooner rather than) later date.
A study of Elsebet in photoshop.
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