Saturday, November 5, 2005

Illustration Friday: Night


This is for the Illustration Friday challenge of "night".


The figures were drawn in Flash MX and the background and text were added in Painter IX.

As always, your comments are appreciated.

44 comments:

Jen said...

Firstly, you spelt eyes as eys! Interesting illo. Very dark but then there's unexpected humour in the words.

Holly said...

I really love the story here and the outline of the figures. Very smokey feel. Not to worry-I did not notice you "spelled" eye wrong. Cheers!

Tony Sarrecchia... said...

Ok, the spelling is fixed. Thanks.

Catnapping said...

I like the smokey effect. it really sets off the tongue-in-cheek-mickey-spillane-feel to the narrative...

an enjoyable place all around.

carla said...

And then night fell like a dirty curtain....

Tony, this is great! I laughed out loud:> And, in addition to be really funny, I love the outlined images (like a crime scene) and the smokey background. Excellent!

Janet said...

Well, last week you scared me silly.....this week you really tickled me!

Mary Stebbins Taitt said...

LOL! This is rally funny. I love the way the figures are drawn black on black! That's cool! Mary :-)

vfm4 said...

nice sort of waking up on a sunday morning: laughing loud!

very nice illustration... :)

JacqueLynn said...

I laughed out loud. The corny text with the stirring black and white noir drawing - It is just GREAT. love it

Rowantree said...

Really funny, I like the smokey scene !

Alison Ashwell said...

I like this a lot

Caroline said...

I love the way you've outlined the figures here and the hints of things in the background - am I the only one that sees a mermaid in there?

And you used Painter for the text???
I keep on putting off using words in my work though I'm attracted to them in others works...

Very funny!

Milan Rubio said...

Hi Tony,
great shilouettes! and that smokey background are fantastic!
Nice work!

SJBird5 said...

Tony... you can't just stop the story there! Either on the blog OR privately, go ahead and continue. I just HAVE to know how she responded to the "gobble!" ;)

Tony LaRocca said...

God, I love Noir! Keep em coming!

LDahl said...

Tooo funny and good looking besides! You should make a series.

Alina Chau said...

Nice illo!! love it!! It has a film noir look!! Reminded me of Sin City style too!!

aynaku said...

hi tony, thanks for the "great hand"...it seems to me that you are much more skillful of what I am! Great B/W illo. B/W is never easy....

Paula said...

Love the silhouetted figures a lot. Very good rendering of the theme.

Shano said...

You know just WAY too many programs. You my friend, are just way too smart and clever for your own good.

(Great illo, by the way!)

Dan said...

Love the outlines, and the story. But above all, I love that last line. Gobble, gobble.

The Unknown said...

Now I need to read some Ross MacDonald.
love

Wilnara said...

I like the layering of the figures against the background. I also love the smokey - mysterious quality the entire image gives off against the humor of the type. Nice Work!

Linda said...

I especially love the body
language. Great, so funny.

Pusha V said...

Lol wooooooo! nice image tony! I see you changed up your style. Keep this up. I like it.
As for the boondocks cartoon, I have good news. They are gonna start showing it on saturdays also. I think they are taking off the reruns of Fooly Cooly to show the re-airing of last weeks shows on saturday.
Also If you have plans and miss the the show but you want to see it early you can stream it off of the adult swim site under their friday night fix at like 11pm-6am eastern time. I watched the 1st episode like 3 times online then again on sunday. :) It is the best show on adult swim sunday. It is like an animated chapelle show. :)

Julie Kieras said...

Very Dick Tracy feeling (for some reason - maybe I'm off a bit!?) I like the swirling smoke, the clandestine feeling!

Tony Sarrecchia... said...

All,

I'm glad you enjoyed this piece. I think of all my IF entries, this is one of my favorites.

While I am sure I will revisit the noir look in the future (who doesn't love noir), I don't have any plans for this particular story-line to continue. Thanks though, to those who suggested I continue this story...if more occurs to me, I will be sure to add it.

Caroline, I didn't see the mermaid until you mentioned it--now it practically jumps out at me.

Dan, 'gobble, gobble' brought it all together for me.

Shano, I also teach Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesgin, Dreamweaver, Flash and some others. I am, in the words of my wife, a 'graphic's geek'.

Pusha V, thanks for the info. I try to catch adult swim when I can-I DVR Robot Chicken. I used to enjoy Aqua Teen Hunger Force. I will record Boondocks and watch it at a more 'respectable' hour.

Finally, Carla, what a great 'over the top' line--I wish I had thought of it.

Tony

hartini said...

I love this! It's so dark and scary!!! :D Reminds me of that serial killer story... hmmm... darn, can't even remember the name right now *LOL* But great illustration - the silhouette really makes it mysterious and the swirly background gives it a 'in the alley' atmosphere.

isay said...

lovely background and beautifully drawn figures in the dark. gobble gobble-i like that one!

Kay Aker said...

The new Dashiell Hammett!

maria antunes said...

wow, this is a beautiful illustration. I love it! :-)

garth bruner said...

Too funny! What a great story, and I'm sure she would have never noticed he was a turkey if he would have kept his big mouth shut!

Great job!

Jaimie said...

so much information in those simple silhouettes. sexy confidence of the girl, and the more reserved contemplative maybe hesitant posture of the man.
great job tony

Rachelle said...

:D This is hilarious! I love the outlines and the smokey background. What a nice "seasonal" piece.

Aravis said...

Wonderful image, and absolutely hilarious!

Ian T. said...

IF noir! I really like that you've only represented the characters with outlines: that adds a lot of ambiguity to the picture and what the viewer can bring to it. The smokey texture continuing through the figures works really well!

manomecchi said...

Oh!It is very nice illo!!

Chan Wah Chen said...

Wonderful image and very interesting text.

Ange said...

I like the mysterious silhouette and the background effect. It sure gives room for imagination :) Yes, it's spellbound!

Lisa said...

Tony! This is great. I love the smoke swirls so much. And, as always, you made me smile!

Clip said...

LOL Gobble, gobble, very nice.

atomicvelvetsigh said...

LOL turkey? hmm.. he prob looked like he has tasty blood. seems the vampire found a worthy bait. };-}

Chuang Shyue Chou said...

There is a lot of detail in the background. I can't see it scary but it appears extremely elaborate.

I can see it being used as part of a design template for something.

nineowls said...

this is a nice third frame when's the next installment?