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Ha,ha,ha, the fools they've let me out of my cell again! (wipes foam from mouth). Right now this piece is a reworking of The Uninvited House Guest v1.0 which is a straight word-to-image chapter illustration. This version is meant to be a Dave McKeen-esque abstract illustration, inspired by his covers for the Sandman Comics, which usually are a collage of objects/type/images treated so that they suggest the story. Unfortunately I do not think that photos or a collage containing an actual rifle and images of an actual teenage girl wearing nothing but a bath robe would go down well with the local authorities. So I started with the idea of the image of the character of Screamer being constructed from the words of the story. But instead of using just my painted version of her, I used the face of the model from my original research and blended it in with my painted version, (see Screamer Portrait). I also wanted to include a detailed image of the SAS Hermit's back, because the scarring is not very clear on v1.0. I also wanted to convey a sense of what the scene is about, that the character of Screamer is reaching out to the SAS Hermit to remind him that he is still able to connect to another human being. I don't know how well this piece works, but I'm happy with it and in doing this piece I have found a lovely shade of the colour blue that I've decided to keep as a pet. I've named him Nigel, he sleeps in the corner of my cell, and he seems to like animal crackers.

The short story The Uninvited House Guest, which can be read at

Credits:

The character of the Screamer is based on the model Laura from the photography of Valentin Casarsa's Alice in Wonderland Series, reproduced with kind permission. File no. 2286359 from iStockphoto.com

Tobias Gould wrote the words (mucked about with by me).

Left hand is from gold6, and Right hand is from Dea8 of stock by

What I used:

Mac, Waccom Intuos3 A3 tablet, Photoshop CS3, Fonts: Times New Roman 14/14, 20/14, 30/29, Geneva 14/14, 20/14. Foam board, Indian ink, a straw, 15 year old textured paper, Kylie Minogue , the contents of my Ipod Nano, and a wax crayon to write a lengthy essay debating the continuing existence of the human race, summarised into "KILL EM ALL!" with an asterisk saying "except for Kylie" , written 83½ times, (the crayon broke in my toes), on my padded cell walls.

Thanks to:

Tobais Gould, (The man behind the words), for the inspiration, Valentin Casarsa and Laura (for making this image possible), Dave McKeen, David Carson, and a big thank you to

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© 2008 Ciaran McLaughlin. All Rights Reserved

Description
Ha,ha,ha, the fools they've let me out of my cell again! (wipes foam from mouth). Right now this piece is a reworking of The Uninvited House Guest v1.0 which is a straight word-to-image chapter illustration. This version is meant to be a Dave McKeen-esque abstract illustration, inspired by his covers for the Sandman Comics, which usually are a collage of objects/type/images treated so that they suggest the story. Unfortunately I do not think that photos or a collage containing an actual rifle and images of an actual teenage girl wearing nothing but a bath robe would go down well with the local authorities. So I started with the idea of the image of the character of Screamer being constructed from the words of the story. But instead of using just my painted version of her, I used the face of the model from my original research and blended it in with my painted version, (see Screamer Portrait). I also wanted to include a detailed image of the SAS Hermit's back, because the scarring is not very clear on v1.0. I also wanted to convey a sense of what the scene is about, that the character of Screamer is reaching out to the SAS Hermit to remind him that he is still able to connect to another human being. I don't know how well this piece works, but I'm happy with it and in doing this piece I have found a lovely shade of the colour blue that I've decided to keep as a pet. I've named him Nigel, he sleeps in the corner of my cell, and he seems to like animal crackers.

The short story The Uninvited House Guest, which can be read at

Credits:

The character of the Screamer is based on the model Laura from the photography of Valentin Casarsa's Alice in Wonderland Series, reproduced with kind permission. File no. 2286359 from iStockphoto.com

Tobias Gould wrote the words (mucked about with by me).

Left hand is from gold6, and Right hand is from Dea8 of stock by

What I used:

Mac, Waccom Intuos3 A3 tablet, Photoshop CS3, Fonts: Times New Roman 14/14, 20/14, 30/29, Geneva 14/14, 20/14. Foam board, Indian ink, a straw, 15 year old textured paper, Kylie Minogue , the contents of my Ipod Nano, and a wax crayon to write a lengthy essay debating the continuing existence of the human race, summarised into "KILL EM ALL!" with an asterisk saying "except for Kylie" , written 83½ times, (the crayon broke in my toes), on my padded cell walls.

Thanks to:

Tobais Gould, (The man behind the words), for the inspiration, Valentin Casarsa and Laura (for making this image possible), Dave McKeen, David Carson, and a big thank you to

Please leave comments or a nice note

© 2008 Ciaran McLaughlin. All Rights Reserved