Wednesday, August 25, 2010

The Fantasy World of Michael DeMeng

I've been working on this altered book spread for a while, but I'm very happy with how it came out! The theme for the book was "Fantasy," and I decided to create a spread about the fantasy world of Michael DeMeng.  The background is textured gesso, colored with DeMeng's recipe for Uzzzh, with some added green.  I adhered some grungeboard elements (key, flourish and letters) and a plastic tree.  I cut a niche, filled it with a picture I took of my sister holding a skull at a nature museum and covered it with some mesh.  The picture of the model is from a fashion magazine and the other picture is one I took of the Budapest Opera House. You can see more details if you click on the image to enlarge it. It was a ton of fun to make and it definitely meets the Gingersnap Creations challenge for creating a 3D object with paint.  The themes, color and style are all inspired by Michael DeMeng. I find it inspiring and useful to create in the style of other artists.  Have you ever done that?
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8 comments:

  1. AmyAugust 25, 2010 at 9:27 PM

    The texture and the colour is great to see up close. I lift other scrappers work and I often try to emulate photographers that I admire and I am always using bits and pieces of inspiration for journaling prompts, mini books or layouts.

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  2. debs14August 26, 2010 at 12:15 AM

    I learn so much from your blog! I had never heard of this guy but will be googling him as soon as I have done this. This is quite some work of art, you've used so much in it and the overall feel of it is surreal. I love the way you have got the texture in it with the hinge and the key, and the little niche with the netting is inspired!

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  3. scrappyjackyAugust 26, 2010 at 1:37 AM

    I've never heard of him either....but this is stunning.

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  4. SianAugust 26, 2010 at 5:06 AM

    Wow, what a fantastical work of art! It's another one I would love to hold in my hand to drink in all the details and texture.

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  5. humelAugust 26, 2010 at 6:47 AM

    I'd never heard of him either, so thanks for the tip :-)

    I've never consciously set out to create 'in the style of...' though I really like the idea; I do sometimes look at my work though and think 'oh, I can see who influenced that piece!' xx

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  6. BeckyAugust 26, 2010 at 1:02 PM

    Love all the texture and colour in this! I have never done anything like this - tend to stick to my scrapbooking pages, but would love to be different sometimes!

    Rinda - I have awarded you the cherry on the top blog award. Please see my blog for details.

    Becky
    x

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  7. laurieAugust 26, 2010 at 5:03 PM

    so much to look at - very different and captivating. i love the little tree!

    i have never done an exercise like this (to use an artist as an inspiration for a project) but want to try it soon.

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  8. AnonymousAugust 29, 2010 at 5:43 PM

    Stunning spread! Thanks for playing the Gingersnap Creations 3D Challenge!

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