Happy Birthday, Luke
This was a portrait done of my nephew Luke for his 13th birthday. The idea was to have his interests and hobbies integrated into the mass of hair as if they were extensions of his thoughts.
I had it framed with a surrounding mount and it looked pretty good. My nephew seemed thrilled with it too.
The drawing style is a homage to one of my favourite European comic artists, Jean "Moebius" Giraud.
posted by Chris Wahl at 11:17 PM
42 Comments:
Wow... the work I see here seems to get better and better. Very awsome. Think anyone in your family would want to adopt a 26 year old art student?
wow Chris!!! Love the all the hidden things in his hair. A masterpiece of a gift
Nice, I like those art pieces that make you look at them for a few minutes because you'll find something else you didn't catch in the beginning.
I hope your little cousin appreciates it. Bet he's gonna be showing it to everybody once school starts.
Jorge
Oh Chris, this is just amazing. What a lucky kid your cousin is to receive something so wonderful. Beautiful piece!
Soon, each drawing of Giraud / Moebius will become a homage to you.
At the beginning, I thought it was REALLY a drawing of him.
Great
Dude... that is AWSOME!!!!!!!
wow this is brilliant, that face is so three-dimensional ... and the hair ...!
wow! absolutely stunning work, what a great gift for him. awesome!
An excelent idea, art work is stuning (as always:)It is a perfect birthday present for your nephew too. I just posted an caricature i did
for my friend's birthday too and I wanted to check on your blog, which i always refer as an inspirational tool and...whoaw im amazed...thanks for all your inspiration,Chris!!!!!
Great work, Chris. I'm glad you didn't get lazy in the hair, which I surely would have done. There is as much uniqueness in each single curl and shape as there is in the figures and objects in the hair. Brilliant.
Glad to see more caricatures and portriature from you. You're one of (if not) THE best.
great, you really captured the Moebius-ish-ness. I forsee lots of people ripping off this hair idea :)
Gorgeous work as always Chris!
I've love to see a full sequential in that style... but we can dream can't we :)
- Hayden.
I LOVE WHAT U ARE DOING !!! I just passed 1 h hour to study all of some drawing... I 'm a French (small) designer and a student in caricatures and lots of drawing and i would tell you that your work inspire my work like (with Kruger, Bluhm ..) I'll be back for sure!
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Nice one!
Super convincing Moebius pastiche.
Thanks again for doing this Chris,
I hope I wasn't the client from hell!
Love, Ingrid
brilliant illustration chris!! moebius would be proud if he caught a glimpse of this. freakin' incredible as always!! :)
Thanks everyone!! Always enjoy reading your comments.
Ingrid- My pleasure, wifey. You were a dream client...
o man, great pencil work. there;s such life in your lines. very talented sir.
IDEAS!!!!!
great flooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Hey Chris.... Dig the hair.... it has some really great life to it... PEACE!
J
WONDERFUL!!! ALL your blog is awesome! all of them but this one is very special!
fantastic work!!
saludos!!
flipstudios, nate, j, aurora- Glad you all enjoyed the piece, and thanks for the comments.
You really captured that Moebius feel! Terrific drawing!
Thanks Dan!
Yea Chris I agree with all the comments posted and I can assure everyone that Luke was delighted with the drawing,I was there for the unwrapping and his face said it all,just brilliant!!
Lukes Grandma.
Thanks Elaine!
beautiful!
Thanks for stopping by, Wouter!
i didnt even have to read that it was a homage, i could tell immediately. moebius has been one my favorites for years and you did a fantastic job. immediately says moebius but still screams wahl! one of your pieces i like the best.
jdub- Thanks mate. Good to hear some of my own style comes through.
A W E S O M E!!!!!!!
Fantastic blog, I love your art!
compliments!!!!!!
Thanks Ben!
Enjoyed visiting your blog. You have a very unique style.
wow! it has so much movement! great work, so meticulous! you got style!
great drawing man congrats!
the moebius thing came across way before i read the comment
good job!!
great blog!!!
lucy/laseraw- Thanks for your generous comments.
REALLY BEAUTYFULL!!!! GEORGEOUS
Thanks Roger!
Nice work on your blog.
Hi! I'm Marc, an art director from Barcelona and I've seen your work for V GA in "AdsoftheWorld". Man... I just worship your work. You remind me of three artists on top of my mind: Mäester, Iron, Mulatier.It's so exciting for me to find someone that has your skills. Congratulations, and I hope we can work together sometime. Keep on scrapping!!!
My eyes are just opening wider each illustration I check. Man, I have no words. Hail you and your style!!!
Thankyou for your gracious comments, ad2100.
hey man, AMAZING work. I saw that GRRR shirt on redbubble, so gooood!
Thanks Mr. Sellner.
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