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Mel Gibson 5

J. O'Brien — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:53:30 +0000

Here is a version without the text. This donkey-ear concept was of course inspired by Pinocchio‘s trip to Pleasure Island with Lampwick.

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Mel Gibson 4

J. O'Brien — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:28:16 +0000

I wasn’t sure how I felt about the contrast between the pink and the dark blue so I reduced the palette to a simpler monochromatic light blue and dark blue. Above is the two-color version with separations below.

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Mel Gibson 3

J. O'Brien — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:23:10 +0000

Fused the ears to the head a bit more, added the hairshirt texture to the background, not sure if this is finished yet, designing it for a three-color screen print.

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Mel Gibson 2

J. O'Brien — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:32:24 +0000

In-progress, looking a bit like a baseball card. It’s a rebus, a pictogram. Not sure if this is too strong of a statement. The likeness seemed to fade a bit when the donkey ears were added. The hairshirt is to suggest some humility, sympathy.

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Mel Gibson

J. O'Brien — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 05:32:04 +0000

I’m working on a Mel Gibson portrait, this is an initial sketch. I haven’t yet decided what the message will be, somewhere between fool and ass, a combination of both maybe, a feeling of sadness, caught within his own emotional limitations, a tragic, sympathetic figure.

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