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This is a work from Kory Heinzen
You can find this beautiful work right here: http://korysdiner.homestead.com/
This is what we think of this piece called: Visual Development illustrations for Madagascar.
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First of all: Cool image! It has a nice evening feel to it and there is definetly something going on between those two.
The reason why I chose this picture is because of the difficulty of creating a visual story when it's about a story everybody knows. Is this lion licking the zebra while he's dreaming because I see it or because I know it from the film?
-M-
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I agree, cool image, love the colors and the evening feel, clear story, a lion is licking a zebra, and that scares the bazjizza's out of the zebra. My thought was the lion is licking... , but can this be pushed maybe? the licking is a strong story ingredient, so it should be staged really clearly, I had to try it out, so...

Now I ask myself, what is the best position for the tongue if it's licking the zebra? Does the zebra turn into a popsicle now? Or is there no difference at all?
-D-
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Nice move with the teeth Dirk! I really think this adds some danger to the licking!
-M-
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You know what's funny about this one.
ReplyDeleteI really wanted to push the contact with the tongue and hide further, you know with a bit of squashed skin. While it always got a laugh in art reviews we ultimately pulled back.
I have no excuse for the hand however. It seemed anywhere I put it was awkward or indecent.
Thanks for the great observations.