Welcome! My name is Alex Remy, and I'm an art teacher and freelance artist based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This blog is a chronicle of personal and commissioned art, and a collection of creative inspiration. Please feel free to contact me with any questions at contactalexremy@gmail.com.


Illustration Friday: Missing.




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Colored Pencil, Digital


My first prompt for Illustration Friday was subject based, which made it easy to come up with a composition. I suspected, however, that this week might be concept based--and I was right. I appreciated the challenge so much that I'll be turning this illustration into a painting.

When I read the prompt ("missing"), my first thought was of my husband. From there, the idea evolved to a glass-bodied robot with music box gears, missing the part that allows the music to play. Read into that however you'd like.

8 comments:

  1. Neat concept - because it does allow one to read a lot of things into it. I like how you've done the background, too - kind of a merging of solid boxes with the amorphousness of clouds.
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  2. Nice, it's great how IF can inspire us to do more:)
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  3. very cool piece!!

    i.f. is great for inspiring more art.
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  4. Intriguing image, I've always felt sorry for robots, intelligence is one thing but the heart of the matter is all that matters in the end:)
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  5. I love the atmosphere in this picture, it's really oppressive yet beautiful. The contrasting elements are the heart of the image. I think it's going to be a great painting, good luck with it!
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  6. Oh Wow!! Fantastic illo - A story in it's self - great job!
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  7. Very powerful and emotional. Love his expression.
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