Countless Thousands

I saw Countless Thousands at The Airliner. It was an 18 and over night, so the crowd was young and weighted down with patches and safety pins. Although the venue’s sound system was a bit of a challenge, Countless Thousands’ 3 musicians played an amazing rock show! Their music has fun with timing in a way that kept me on my toes. Their lyrics tell stories. The band gave away CDs, stickers, and smiles. Seriously, they just seemed excited to be there (which is the name of their CD).

I couldn’t figure out how to get the colors and layers of this image just right. I’m starting to prefer drawing more organic and abstract shapes over drawing people. Maybe I should approach the lines of people as though they’re the lines of something else, and then still be able to communicate the human form while also maintaining the illusion of movement more evident in my drawings of the less concrete.

16 responses to “Countless Thousands”

inkpaintwords

October 15, 2012 at 6:10 pm

I like your style!
An Endless Voyager

October 17, 2012 at 11:05 am

cool, man.
exokotoks

October 18, 2012 at 6:03 pm

Your idea about following the lines around the people or continuing them into other things has merit. But, I loved this one as it is
Sandy Sue

October 19, 2012 at 3:34 am

Lorna, thanks so much for visiting my site and deciding to follow along.
Frank de Jol

October 22, 2012 at 3:06 pm

Excellent works !
Maylana

October 22, 2012 at 3:07 pm

I absolutely love the colour version of your art. You should create posters {if you haven’t already! :-)}
lornaalkanaart

October 22, 2012 at 3:56 pm

That’s a great idea! I’ve been thinking of something similar! Thank you!
12thsonoflama

October 23, 2012 at 10:20 pm

Very cool artwork
Jon

October 31, 2012 at 4:55 am

Hi Lorna, really like your image making, so fresh and inspirational. Good luck with all future works.
Fashion Mayann

November 9, 2012 at 4:16 am

Amazing artworks !
Joseph de Lange

November 9, 2012 at 8:10 am

Very nice approaches. I think #1 is a favourite, but #3 I like because it could be a gateway to something way different from the original portrayal. It seems to suggest audience participation, it makes me think of in camera session, perhaps a color could be reintroduced, love this kind of work.
Lobster McGee

November 13, 2012 at 9:17 pm

…playing their hit song “Floating Bassist”

All four versions of this one are incredible!
lornaalkanaart

November 14, 2012 at 8:35 am

Ha Cool! Thank you!
tchistorygal

November 20, 2012 at 12:58 am

Cool was just the word that I think fits this picture. So you alter your photographs – very cool. I think I could do that, but I can see that it takes an extreme amount of time to do so.
lornaalkanaart

November 21, 2012 at 3:27 pm

It takes time, for sure, but I enjoy it! First the line drawings and then coloring
tchistorygal

November 21, 2012 at 7:09 pm

Do you do it all digitally? It is way cool!!!