Seeing as I clearly haven’t posted enough monkeys recently, here is a clean scan of “Social Grooming”. It remains one of my favorites from this past year, and I really hope to work more in that two-color silhouette-like style. As much as I like the visuals, it’s the concept that makes this one special for me. Thanks to Illustration Friday for the inspiration (topic: clean). Click the image for big monkey goodness.
In other news, the Bananatail comic is coming along nicely. I’ve been working on a ton of other projects, all of which I’m gagging at the bit to show to the world but can’t just yet.
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April 7, 2007 at 9:42 pm
LDahl
I’m so happy I found your blogsite, this is really fun stuff! Love your monkeys and the Red-invisible is a cool concept that I haven’t heard of before.
How big are the paper cutouts?
April 8, 2007 at 5:12 pm
LDahl
Thanks for the email, I’ve linked to your blog…I want to keep checking back to see what you are doing next! Your work is so fresh and has really good movement!
April 8, 2007 at 8:30 pm
patrick
LDahl, thanks for your kind comments! I hope that I can keep putting up new art that you love. Thanks for noticing the movement. I’m always trying to inject a sense of motion into my work. I think it gives it a sense of life.
For everyone else, in regards to the size question: I work in all kinds of sizes. Most of the wood pieces are postcard sized (Japanese postcards, which are a bit thinner and taller than the US version). Social Grooming here is about 8 x 14″. I usually work around that size (A4/US ltr) just for practicality. It’s a bit of a balancing act; bigger pieces can be more detailed and easier to cut, but harder to glue down and scan. Besides, I live in Tokyo, and there isn’t a whole lot of room to spread out and work in my little box of an apartment.
April 18, 2007 at 12:18 pm
benconservato
MONKEYS!
I love your work (what I have seen of it) it is very inspiring.
Paper cutting has always fascinated me on top of what you do with it. Keep going!