Illustration:Winds of Change

[pstraub]

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

A new painting for an upcoming project.
Photoshop 7 and Painter 7

[fukifino]

Dreaming tree go bye bye! :(

So, are you planning a series of these then? I really liked the final color on the first one. This one looks a little too much like cloth though...although it does explain the ropes, hehe. But maybe that's the effect you were going for?

I still love it.

[William b. Hand]

Cool!

... it's very confusing finding the figure in this, though... Initially, I saw a figure, but it was facing the opposite direction! After a while, I realized that there wasn't a figure at all... Only to finally discover the actual figure! And now that I know where she is... I still think she's confusing looking.

Incredible effect overall, though! Love the leaves and the spider's web :D





Figure.



... (i just had to say it again)

[pstraub]

yes...its supposed to look like cloth...its kinda of a tree and kind of a figure and kinda not. :) I like the idea of the ripped cloth and the leaves and branches all in movement...kinda mummy like.
There's a ll this crazy stuff going on in my life...I'm moving, starting a new job, all my friends moving away, moving in with my girlfriend, just signed with a new rep., writing content for upcoming books...shall I go on??
Think of it this way: she represents..change, like shedding of an old skin, her skin being dead things, old things, things she evolved out of...and she kinda represents a season of things dying off...thus the fall (leaves, branches. Its fall in peak season where I live now...so the leaves were fresh in my mind.

Yes I have another version of this series half done...I'll post it soon. Kinda of trees in different emotions. I'm so deep :)

[fukifino]

Holy crap, I didn't even SEE the figure until you mentioned it William! Ok, someone link me to the first one, I gotta see if there's a figure in that one that I missed!

[pstraub]

yeh man....there is a figure in it.

There is a figure in the second one two...but not as obvious

[pstraub]

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

[William b. Hand]

Man! This one is SO beautiful, pstraub! And although you say there's a figure in this one, too... I can't find it!

I hope you're able to relax soon! Sure sounds like a lotta change all at once.

[pstraub]

thanks william! response has been so strong on the "dreaming tree" a gallery has picked the image up and is running some prints of it.

The figure is much more subtle...its really more the tree taking on a figurative look...the branch on the top right ...an arm...I wanted the tree to be "figurative."

[pstraub]

...and oh...thanks for the kind words regarding my crazy life

[Elwell]

I like both of these a lot, much more than the last piece you posted (evening light). That seemed very flat and unfocused compared to your other work, but these, while obviously moving in a different direction, are really interesting.

Congratulations on the changes in your life, especially if they are inspiring work like this. Who are you signing with?

[pstraub]

yeh....that piece."evening light"...was an old piece that I decided to use a project for an upcoming book I'm working on. You know, taking an oil painting and changing it digitally. the book is a tutorial of sorts. I guess it never really works if you try and revisit an old piece. Still, I may try and bring it up to the level of my newer work.

Thanks for the congrats Tristen...I have accepted a senior concept artist position at EA games and am very excited about it. I recently signed with Kolea Baker (who has been awesome so far) to manage my commercial stuff, I can't deal with all the contracts and such:).

P.S. are you going to the American Illustration opening?

[Elwell]

Originally posted by pstraub
Thanks for the congrats Tristen...I have accepted a senior concept artist position at EA games and am very excited about it. I recently signed with Kolea Baker (who has been awesome so far) to manage my commercial stuff, I can't deal with all the contracts and such:).
I'll drink to that:chug:.
Kolea's got a good strong group, and your new work especially looks like it will fit in well.
P.S. are you going to the American Illustration opening?
No, I don't leave the house ;). I usually make it to the Society of Illustrators openings if I get pieces in, and that's pretty much it.

[pstraub]

thanks again Tristen

[cycrincy]

i loove the way that figure kinda pops out at u in the first one and yet it still blendssin ..........(that doesnt make sense)....any way i liove the art work

[Carlo_Julian]

These pieces are beautiful, though I find them quite haunting. "Wnds of Change" really gives me the creeps for some reason.

Great work.

[pstraub]

I like haunting...cool