The Attic
Inspired by an old ink print I saw in a book when I was a Child.
The print I remember had this big spooky figure of a man looming in the doorway and had this wicked dark atmosphere to it.
I dont think my version really compared tho, as i only got to get a glimpse at the book (it was in an old op shop and i didnt have any money ever as a child,) so, I had to go by memory, and with not wanting to copy theirs, I came up with this instead :)
Originally drawn in 1992, then redrawn back in 1997.
this is the redone version of 97.
-which is why there is a tea stain and the paper is rumpled :)
...but i like to think it adds to the overall effect :)
Drawn on normal printing paper, just old and rumpled and torn and sunbleached like crazy :)
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AnitaInverarity
LOVE this- the lines, shapes, kitty, atmosphere, crumply paper (EVERYTHING)
xxxxxx
dimarie replied
Thanx Sweety!
So glad you love it!
I’ve been lookin at this sitting in its frame for years, and it only just occurred to me to scan the thing and add it here :)
Its actually a much more yellowy orange, the scan has darkened it
BLYTHART
Hey … now you are speaking my language Jodi … I just love bendy art, as you know. You have done this so beautifully too. When I take over the world (don’t worry, it won’t be for a few weeks yet) I will demand that you do lots and lots of work in this style :) I like your digitally adjusted art but I just LOVE your unaltered drawings and paintings. Okay … call me old-fashioned :)
dimarie replied
Bendy art hey :)
Yea, i love bendy art! whacky perspectives, like all the rooms in my surbanite trippa collection :)
Okay… just for you, i’ll do some more! :)
(the digital art is so much easier to do at the moment as zafyre seems to sabotage it alot less than my works on paper and canvases lol… but i do need to draw some more again, cant let myself get rusty
tho i doubt that’ll happen, lol, as i didnt draw a single thing for over a year a few years back, and when i picked up that pen, i was a little stunned, cos i was better than i’d been before i’d had my ‘break’ lol!
Gilly1
This is very good…I love the technique!
dimarie replied
Thanx Gilly!
Very much appreciated! :)
paperslayer
this is awesome!! Its beautifully done!
gypsycaster
Really amazing piece.
inevitable
wow, I could stare at this for hours!
Gregory Gibson
it is indeed very interesting.
BLYTHART
Don’t fret over the tea stain Jodi … Paul Compton uses tea stains (and sometimes even his own blood) as a feature of his delightful work. Take a look and while you are there, view the rest of his portfolio. I even bought a copy of the book “Wicked” on the strength of seeing his illustrations to it.
Conrad Stryker
This kind of has that sort of expressionistic feel to it, like reading EA Poe through FW Murnau’s eyes. Don’t suppose that print you were talking about could have been a shot from Murnau’s “Nosferatu,” could it?
meowinthenight
love the distortion in this! especially the door
ninamarie
Your very talented in so many ways!
Sarah Bentvelzen
wow! this is amazing! so detailed. well executed.
love,
sarah
Angie Muccillo
Everything about this work is wonderful!!
dizzydimez
i love it! this is awesome!
vampvamp 17 days ago
that is great!!!