Terrible Yellow Eyes: Final

There has been a lot of really great work showing up on the Terrible Yellow Eyes site.

One of my particular favorites is Peter DeSeve's contribution. It is perfect.

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After finishing this piece, I went back and began working again on some more Tolkien-related work. This time from The Two Towers. I had planned to do a piece in oil.

But the sketch I came up with was terrifying. In fact, it was so terrifying, so utterly horrifying, that I actually had to put it down. And now I don't know if I will finish it. It's still there, under the stack of books by the pencils, recluse and staring at me with beady eyes.

It's been a very long time since I did anything that genuinely freaked me out to the point that I had to stop.

Tune in next week.

Terrible Yellow Eyes: Watercolor

Terrible Yellow Eyes: Drawing

Terrible Yellow Eyes

Recently, Cory Godbey put together a collection of paintings inspired by Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are. It showcases the works of a number of really brilliant artists and is a great tribute to Sendak. 
It is one of the most outstanding stories that I can remember from my childhood. It is a great pleasure to be able to contribute to this collection.

Preliminary Sketches

I've always loved the characters of the Wild Things. With simple, clear design they manage to communicate the perfect balance of emotion for what you would imagine giant wild animals on a far-off island might look like.  

I love that Sendak doesn't fill in all the details, he leaves it just vague enough so that it is a pleasure to wander around in the world, and to imagine the possibilities for yourself. I respect him for this restraint.