foolish fire

Illo Friday-Sacrifice

July 15th, 2006 | Category: Illustration Friday

This illustration is inspired by a portrait I made in my past life as a photojournalist of a WWII veteran during a Pearl Harbor Day ceremony.

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8 comments

8 Comments so far

  1. kimc July 15th, 2006 9:58 am

    oh my, that is so poignant, so perfect for the subject…really really nice.

  2. Cez July 15th, 2006 8:49 pm

    beautiful illo and so realistic….great work

  3. Kayleen Stewart July 16th, 2006 1:28 pm

    I like the way you offset the figure

  4. Sara July 16th, 2006 2:01 pm

    Very nice. Evocative.

  5. Roz July 17th, 2006 9:20 am

    You’ve really captured something here. He looks lost in a memory. Since he’s a WWII vet, I’d think he was lost in a memory of war. Ironically, he looks as if he’s lost in a *good* memory. Nice.

  6. cris July 18th, 2006 5:51 pm

    James, this is really wonderful. He looks like his memories are a heavy burden he carries. Love the blues in the background they are like th efaded memories of distant horizons. lovely! -cris

    -pretty damned good for a fellow tree hugging, latte drinking, Daily Show watching, tofu-eating, conscientious objecting, hybrid driver – cat hostage :-)

  7. carla July 19th, 2006 3:54 pm

    This is a very sensitive and touching portrait. He looks like he carries many memories that he shares only with himslef. The blues are perfect for this image.

  8. neilornstein July 24th, 2006 3:20 am

    This is a beautifully evocative drawing, It just glows.

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