And now for a bit of early 80's nostalgia from D.C. and the Beltway: Minor Threat:
Did these while having youtube clips of the band playing in the background. Tried not to pause or dwell too long looking at the footage while drawing - which actually helped I thought.Anyhow, the drawings are pretty loose and sloppy.
And I know, there's something to be said about clarity when doing crowd scenes. But trust me, if you watch the video, you'll see what I mean...Some links to other clips where the audience is being tossed around in a dryer. (This show's happening inside of a replica pirate ship, by the way):
-"Seeing Red" (This one's got a double stagedive at about 0:36)
-"Stand up" (First song of the set. Audience literally explodes within 0.5 seconds. Guy with a whistle jumps onstage and directs traffic.)
-"Little Friend" (Breakdown near the end is pretty off the hook - there's at least one jumpkick to the face.)
-"I Don't Wanna Hear It" (Michael Jackson launches off stage at about 1:03.)
-"Sob Story" (Although not the fastest or most intense song, the last part between 1:13 and 1:40 captures for me why I dug on this band so much.)
-"Betray" (Pretty much says it all. They fully throw themselves into the song, with some sharp Sinatra dance moves near the end.)
8 comments:
YES! Loose! I love loose drawings! So alive, so much movement, i think you capture very well those moments! Excellent work :)
Nice energy in these drawings!
I won't jump over crazy chaotic people or crazy sweatin' pool. O_O I better stay standing at the backstage and enjoy watching them jumping and jumping and jumping over....... love the concept sketches especially bahhh bahhh black sheep! :P
I won't jump over crazy chaotic people or crazy sweatin' pool. O_O I better stay standing at the backstage and enjoy watching them jumping and jumping and jumping over....... love the concept sketches especially bahhh bahhh black sheep! :P
Thanks much everybody.
Fabian;
Cool, thank you. I do want to experiment at some point with cleaned up lines; or - failing that - more of a single-stroke brushpen look.
Howard;
Thank you - I was hoping that I could get some of the stiffness out my illos by taking a stab at the one thing I knew had a bit of uncontrollable movement mixed with controlled chaos - something besides politics or demolition derbies anyhow...
Beanie Girl;
Aye, backstage is safer; but then the audience won't get to see a supermodel hit the stage for an impromptu runway fashion telethon. And as we all know, even a hardcore show needs a touch of style and taste now and again. (Besides, you can stagedive once you hit the end of the catwalk.)
XD aw come on, another word you say "supermodel"... da, i wish i could wanna be a supermodel unless i need to grow taller than yours.... silly silly tsar.... <3
Cooool!
It really makes the idea of a crowded and powerfull live concert!
..two days ago I went to some mini lives, there were only 20 or 30 people..it was funny there wasn't too much confusion and the music was very good! :)
Tsarina;
Oh, I only speak the truth. You should know that by now. Besides, supermodels are known for their barrel rolls in hectic or crowd situations. Just look at what's-her-name Jovavich in Fifth Element.
ManuPela;
Thanks much. Glad you had the chance to hit the live music scene there. What kind of music?
I used to collect older (early 80's) records from Italy for awhile - mostly what was considered HC at the time: Peggio Punx, Wretched, Indigesti, Raw Power, etc. And judging from the pictures on the inside sleeves of those albums, the shows they used to put on there (mostly in Milan, I think) looked quite a bit like a MT show.
American bands used to comment on how Italy was one of the funnest, rowdiest places to play when touring Europe.
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