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Hi, folks.
In September of 2006, I attempted to do a life-sized drawing of Mesonychoteuthis, the Colossal Squid. My materials were chalk, charcoal and pastels, the canvas a concrete alley behind my New York City apartment building. The goal was to finish it in a few days of good weather, then allow it to gradually wash away under rain and snow. That's not what happened, and the full, bloody story is being told over at my new(ish) blog.
There could have been neither concept nor execution without TONMO and everything I've learned here, argued over and daydreamed about. It had always been my intention to fold TONMO into the project once it had been completed, to get reactions and solicit criticism of my take on Meso, because it had been my intention to approach the first drawing as a learning experience and apply its lessons, technical and scientific, to the next iteration. Watching a really big, labor-intensive drawing slowly drain out to the Hudson River once would be quite enough. The next time would be for keeps, someplace sheltered and dry with a 15m (50ft) long floor (or wall) to play work. I want another shot at this. If I combine the lessons learned doing the first drawing with the bounty of Mesonychoteuthis specimens, data and images currently extant and forthcoming, I'll be able to produce a superior rendering.
What I'd like most are ideas and input from you, TONMO members and visitors, on matters morphological and artistic, and I'd like to know if anyone knows anybody who'd be interested in hosting a really big drawing of a really big squid. I'll post some of the working sketches for Meso V.1 here, along with some unusual images of the half-finished drawing while it existed. (Images that will not be on my blog or Flickr page, I mean to say.) Then I'll slowly start to produce new profiles, plan-views and dimensional renderings, to be posted here for critique.
Here's a photo of the big girl, dated September 11, 2006. I shot it from the fire-escape outside my window. From tail tip to stretched-out tentacular club she was 12.8m (42ft) long, and I'm still surprised by how pretty she was.
Cheers,
Clem
In September of 2006, I attempted to do a life-sized drawing of Mesonychoteuthis, the Colossal Squid. My materials were chalk, charcoal and pastels, the canvas a concrete alley behind my New York City apartment building. The goal was to finish it in a few days of good weather, then allow it to gradually wash away under rain and snow. That's not what happened, and the full, bloody story is being told over at my new(ish) blog.
There could have been neither concept nor execution without TONMO and everything I've learned here, argued over and daydreamed about. It had always been my intention to fold TONMO into the project once it had been completed, to get reactions and solicit criticism of my take on Meso, because it had been my intention to approach the first drawing as a learning experience and apply its lessons, technical and scientific, to the next iteration. Watching a really big, labor-intensive drawing slowly drain out to the Hudson River once would be quite enough. The next time would be for keeps, someplace sheltered and dry with a 15m (50ft) long floor (or wall) to play work. I want another shot at this. If I combine the lessons learned doing the first drawing with the bounty of Mesonychoteuthis specimens, data and images currently extant and forthcoming, I'll be able to produce a superior rendering.
What I'd like most are ideas and input from you, TONMO members and visitors, on matters morphological and artistic, and I'd like to know if anyone knows anybody who'd be interested in hosting a really big drawing of a really big squid. I'll post some of the working sketches for Meso V.1 here, along with some unusual images of the half-finished drawing while it existed. (Images that will not be on my blog or Flickr page, I mean to say.) Then I'll slowly start to produce new profiles, plan-views and dimensional renderings, to be posted here for critique.
Here's a photo of the big girl, dated September 11, 2006. I shot it from the fire-escape outside my window. From tail tip to stretched-out tentacular club she was 12.8m (42ft) long, and I'm still surprised by how pretty she was.
Cheers,
Clem