Alexander30053's Comments (19)

To me, this figure resembles an actor on a stage, in rather a bright, imaginary forest perhaps, showing us his astonishing environment with its ultra violet sky and fuschia earth, but certainly discernable tree trunks and canopy. Impossible to say whether he is happy or sad, but in peace, merely asking us to observe and perhaps admire his flailing costume and remarkable setting. I have a feeling this owes a small debt to anime, and why not? It works visually, though the sleeve extensions (?) would be easier to "read" if painted against a background with even greater color contrast. I'm a little disturbed by the lack of facial features, as if this were a puppet or a non-person. It is an interesting, thoughtful piece of work, congratulations, Zander, you are definitely hitting your stride!

Love that you are using color so exuberantly! This design works really well, in particular the bagel on its spotted backdrop, and the pencil is really cool -- I like how it tapers off towards the top, as if in the distance. It is subtle the way you've echoed the red of the left hand block in the tip of the pencil. A nice piece of work, well done!

Nice fingers, BTW!

This is an unusual subject, more Adams family and Halloween than anything! Did you give the skeleton only 3 fingers on each hand because it worked better? And did you know that in my youth, men actually wore “white tie” as it was issued on an invitation, far more frequently than now, where virtually the only ones to use tail coats and the full regalia are orchestra/opera conductors, invitees to a State Banquet or presentations of the Nobel Prize (I wonder if that’s why Bob Dylan didn’t go in person to pick his up…). They were often worn to balls and very smart dances when I was young…. I wonder what occasion you had in mind for your mournful skeleton, with his spikey clown neck frill, an interesting addition! Do you have other characters up your sleeve waiting to make their debut?

What an interesting challenge to draw and paint liquid drops and their reflections. When one observes them closely in life, as I imagine you did, they really are quite beautiful. You will find that anything at all, when you concentrate just on it and nothing else, becomes something special and it’s own little world. Good drafters are able to extract the essence of something in just one line—it is their peculiar talent. Do you remember Andy Warhol’s line drawing (in ballpoint!) of his foot? Extraordinarily! So art comes from any subject…

The watermelon is extremely cool and must have been fun to paint; it’s good to see that you finished it, though everyone knows there isn’t always time to wind up your plans and execute them. I particularly like the trailing tendrils and shoots and they offer a chance to add some additional graphic interest. A successful endeavor, congratulations!

A very distinguished skeleton indeed, dressed as he is for a most formal evening out, as in “decorations (I.e., military medals and orders) may be worn.” These are reserved now for only State banquets and Nobel prize presentations it seems (or orchestra conductors), but in my youth, “white tie” meant tails would be worn by men and long gowns for women, whereas “black tie” meant a tuxedo and these clues would appear on one’s invitation. Sadly, your guy is missing a finger on each hand, but has no doubt coped well. I’d love to hear his back story (history) some time!

What an interesting study of liquid bubbles, you must have had fun observing their behavior and reflections as you moved your head! It is a wonderful exercise to concentrate on what is in front of you and simply reproduce what you see—sharpens your powers of observation and takes you to a place beyond simply “looking” to where you think about how whatever-it-is is made and how it performs. Do more of this, you’ll find it fascinating! And these bubbles are a great beginning!

Well, it's wonderful to see that Zander is creating strip cartoons. Sadly, this viewer cannot make out the characters and will have to wait until the original or a focused enlargement is available, an exciting prospect! The story board is evident, I look forward to having it explained. Terrific effort, Zander!

The swirls are rhythmic and well-paced -- you must have been inspired by Gustav Klimt's work! The cross-hatching is good and suggests either an imaginary ram's head or an abstract design; either works well. Zander, any chance you could take an additional photo that focuses squarely on the center, because reproducing it would lose some edge detail? Love the high contrast! An exciting project -- look spiffy on a black T-shirt! Nicely done, Zander!

The swirls are rhythmic and well-paced -- you must have been looking at Gustav Klimt! The cross-hatching is good but it's hard to tell from the photograph whether we are looking at an imaginative ram's head or an abstract design; either works nicely. Zander, is there a chance you could take an extra photo that focuses squarely on the center, though the glare shows more because of the high contrast? The piece would be interesting in reproduction -- spiffy on a black T-shirt, perhaps!

Super cool Z-man, you’re a great artist! I look forward to everything you’re going to create!

Very impressed by Zander's drawing of the race car; it's set so low to the road, I hope it doesn't encounter any rocks or bumps or even holes! Glad to see the driver is fully protected with a good helmet, but wonder if this is a rally car or a Nascar race, since the landscape is so open? I like the clouds balancing off the density of the car. Nice one, Z.

An interesting and enigmatic image. One wonders who is to be lifted up—some unfortunates, unable to help themselves, in need of a helping hand from someone who looks like a super hero? He appears above the clouds, an all-powerful torso, like one of the Sistine Chapel’s gods (though anachronistically fully dressed in Lycra!). Bravo Zander, I’d like to hear the story behind this one, as well as the others, of course!

What a delightful piece! It’s wonderful to see Zander’s humor emerge in a charming juxtaposition, but then his entire family prefers Mexican food to almost any other! His confidence in expressing his creativity is going from strength to strength and is lovely to see—well done Zander, you are definitely on a roll! I love your use of color, too!

Love, love, love the cat! Used to have a black long haired one we called Medusa, very bad-tempered; she lived to be 23... The designs are wonderfully intricate and remind me of Klimt or even Escher, but the whole drawing is balanced and very successful -- congratulations!

Congratulations Zander. Very creative and fun ID cards. We love seeing your artwork. Keep the creative juices flowing.

Z I love the cards. They do look like some kind of funky playing cards! I love that you kept to the format of playing cards with the little images around different areas of each card. Very fun Z! Love Dad

Love the artwork -- congratulations, Zander, it is so unusual and is one of your most creative sets of drawings. Identity playing cards indeed -- a clever challenge and you came up with a terrific response -- very well done! Keep that mind working to find interesting themes to illustrate. We may not all understand everything you draw at first, but stay with it and add text if you need to, but let your thoughts fly!