Editorial Concept Oil Painting

[pstraub]

http://www.philipstraub.com/assets/illustrations/MarkFlag.jpg

An oil painting made for an editorial piece on Censorship in America

[daniele]

WOW....

Perfect :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[pstraub]

Thanks so much Danielle!!

[thomasaurus]

jeeez...... that, is beautiful.

[strych9ine]

I remember seeing this before... it's absolutely beautiful. The rendering on the flag and hair is amazing.

[pstraub]

thanks a-lot guys. I've been so busy doing digital stuff...I really have to get back to the oils and real paintbrushes.

[House Hatke]

This is beautiful. Usually I just pass over thing with editorial in the title because more often than not it is a style that I don't find appealing. But I am very glad I ran with my whim to look at this piece.

Actually, if you had asked me, I would have guessed this was digital. Very vibrant.

Ben
www.househatke.com (http://www.househatke.com)

[-W.-]

H.
Nice ,it got power.

[davi]

very well done, impressive indeed

[Carnifex]

your oils are really supreme:eek:
i wonder how you do this...i've never tried oils...are they hard to work with?(looking at yours it seems not,without concerning the talent concluded)you have any tips or tutorials?your work makes me wanna get into oils:)

[Elwell]

Good stuff. I see you went to Paier. Was Tim O'brien teaching then?

[pstraub]

Thanks all on your comments.
Ellwell: Tim O'brien was teaching then and yeh, of course, you can see the influence. I still keep in touch with him, actually saw him at the illustration conference in Philly last month. Do you know Tim?

[3bleadpencil]

You statement is of definite concern in the United States.....peaple call you unpatriotic for speaking your mind.
3B

[tegehel]

Not only is it a very nice painting, but the subject couldn't be more appropriate and actual. I thought about Guantanamo at first (a pretty literal connotation, I suppose) but of course, it can be applied to many aspect of so-called Democracy-at-war.

May I ask in what context will it be printed?

C.

[pstraub]

Carnifex: I do have some tips on how I created this image. I am working on creating a couple tutorials that I will post on my website at a later date. Thanx for your interest

[Elwell]

Originally posted by pstraub
Tim O'brien was teaching then and yeh, of course, you can see the influence. I still keep in touch with him, actually saw him at the illustration conference in Philly last month. Do you know Tim?

Yes, I know Tim through the Society of Illustrators. He did good by you. I can see an influence, but it's not overwhelming.
(For those of you who don't know what the hell we're talking about...Tim O'Brien (http://www.obrienillustration.com/))

[Klon]

Wow this is some amazing work ya got there. It looks so real. :)

[pstraub]

;) Thanks Elwell! I keep trying to improve and expand my abilities. Tim was an excellent teacher, he approaches it, I think, like a boxing coach. You know he's a boxer.
Are you an illustrator..if so I'd like to see your work. Give me a link.
Thankx again!

Phil

[Elwell]

Originally posted by pstraub
Are you an illustrator..if so I'd like to see your work. Give me a link.

Here ya' go.... (http://www.shannonassociates.com/artists/index.cfm?page_num=1&artist_name=tristanelwell)
It's my rep's site, and needs massive editing and updating. You can also see stuff in Spectrum and the SI Annuals.

[sepulveda]

wow....this is simple yet beautiful!

nice work man!

[pstraub]

Tristan: I know your work well...excellent stuff.

I was approached by Tammy Shannon a couple of years ago regarding representation. Are you happy with things so far.

I'm surprised we've never met...I go to the Society functions from time to time.

[el coro]

wow! nice painting! nice to see some society guys in here! i've been a huge fan of tim obrien for years, he was the main reason i had a subscription to time... i can see his influence a bit in places like the hair...your paintings are beautiful, look forward to seeing more-c36

[pstraub]

Thanks el coro!
Yeh Tim's paintings in Time where always a good reason to pick up an issue. It's even more amazing to note that in many cases he had 24 hours to do a painting for them. He's crazy!

[eli]

super.... I thought it was a photo at first... The head is just plain awe inspiring.

One crit: the guys right forearm is way underdeveloped compared to the size of his bicep...

Still a great image though!

[nardfrog]

I think you should add a little bit of a disfused glow around the top of the head where the hair is to soften it up a little. The figure kinda looks like he has been cut out and placed on a black background. A disfused glow around some of the highlights that border the BG could help fix that.

Nice work.