Its time to face my fear and admit that my creative block is due in part to laziness, intimidation and abject terror that I may have bitten off more than I can chew. Its not really a block - I have ideas dripping from every orifice- its just an unwillingness to begin a project for the above stated reasons. Ive always had a self-defeating habit of choosing the most difficult projects I can think of, and the current one is no exception. Ive been (over) researching the subject of Hell for quite some time, and its been my ultimate ambition to illustrate it since I was a child. I want to use elements of Dante because...well, just because. Its Dante after all. I dont want to follow him slavishly, and I want to add my own elements without being unduly influenced by Gustave Dore`. Difficult to due since his illustrations have pretty much influenced the way people think of Hell. What I really dont want to do his show my sinners using Dore` exaggerated classical poses. I want to pay homage to Bosch without taking the viewer out of the moment. I like Wayne Barlowes paintings on the subject, but I dont care for the evil majesty with which he imbues his Inferno. Nor do I want my Hell to resemble the cynical, amusing yet horrific atmosphere that Edward Lee gives the subject in his books. Most of all, I dont want to resort to the half in love with easeful death formulaic sameness of the crap you see on the various Facebook horror and goth sites. This leaves me with one terrifying option: to be original. Im not sure Im up to it. Sorry for the self indulgence. Im hoping that writing about it might help me to gird my loins and face that first sheet of blank illustration board.
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 01:23:50 +0000
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