Suspense: What Goes Up, Comes Down
A precarious balancing act about to fall, this week the Illustration Friday thematic word is ‘Suspense’. Rather than go the mystery route I decided to focus on creating a piece which freezes on the suspenseful moment before the action takes place; will the balance topple? Does what go up come down? The base for this piece is actually an outtake sketch from last week’s illustration ‘forward’. This figure’s pose didn’t carry the positive forward message I was trying to convey with last week’s piece, but his awkward, unbalanced stance seemed perfect for this topic. As always, I’m just playing with styles and visual language here on these illustration Fridays, feedback is always welcome.
Sorry for the small image, the problem with really tall illustrations is that they won’t fit on the screen unless unless you have a very large monitor. For those with large monitors, if you click on the illustration it will open up larger, for those of you on laptops, I’ve included a close up detail below.
Roland Prinsler
February 7, 2012 at 3:02 am //
I like the light movement of the figure. Great!
jeffszuc
February 7, 2012 at 9:05 am //
Thanks Roland
Kathleen
February 7, 2012 at 6:45 am //
I really like the texture and tension of this. Beautiful scratched effect.
jeffszuc
February 7, 2012 at 9:05 am //
Thanks Kathleen
Anne
February 8, 2012 at 3:32 am //
Cool, beautifully done, love the detail!
jeffszuc
February 15, 2012 at 10:18 pm //
Thanks Anne
anne onsoien
February 8, 2012 at 12:26 pm //
I like this illustration, love the figure, the way he sneaks away… cool!
jeffszuc
February 15, 2012 at 10:19 pm //
Cool, Thanks anne
theartofpuro
February 9, 2012 at 12:06 pm //
Beautiful:)
jeffszuc
February 15, 2012 at 10:18 pm //
thanks
angel
February 9, 2012 at 2:22 pm //
Great tension, very suspenseful. I like his sneaky posture, like he’s trying to hurry and be careful at the same time. Beautiful work.
jeffszuc
February 15, 2012 at 10:17 pm //
Thanks Angel, that’s kind of you to say.