The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.
-Gilbert Chesterton
I’ve lived in a lot of houses and apartments in a lot of places around the world, and wherever I go one of my neighbors is always “that guy”*. I think this holds true even when the neighbors are closer than, say, next door.
Playing with the dark and light areas and the mood of the background paper was a lot of fun. Not to mention I’ve been trying to find a good use for the dark brown-black paper for a over a month. The big guy here seemed like the right time. Click the pic to Embiggen.
*not necessarily a guy
Illustration Friday
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May 10, 2007 at 11:14 am
jo
I have always just loved your illos, this is no exception!! Wonderful
May 10, 2007 at 6:46 pm
Curious Art
Wow, I haven’t seen your stuff before– it’s beautiful! I really love the one for Invention too.
May 10, 2007 at 8:34 pm
matt Jackson
Looking forward to the final piece tomorrow Patrick.
Please pop over to my blog and let me know when it’s done.
M
May 18, 2007 at 2:59 am
South Ocean
Hei Patrick, some awesome works u have done here. I really love those monkeys
As for your question the Chinese/Kanji word is pronounced as “ji”: prosperity
May 20, 2007 at 12:11 pm
mac mcrae
Excellent workand strong design. I so love the gothic style. Has a nice “sleeping beauty” air to it.
May 24, 2007 at 11:31 pm
Christy Lenzi
Do I see little red eyes in the woods, or am I just being paranoid?
May 24, 2007 at 11:44 pm
patrick
You do indeed see red eyes peeking out from the trees. Just a few more neighbors. Thanks all, for the comments! This almost ended up a very different piece, but now I’m glad that I ran out of the paper I originally wanted to use for the background.
May 30, 2007 at 1:10 pm
benconservato
I love it, it is so beautifully intricate… and a darkness I love that I seem to lack myself in my work of late… thank you for inspiring me.