The sad part is, that is is so stylistic that it is almost cool. It almost looks like it was done on purpose. If her body was not a twisted backwards-sideways-impossibletotellways wreck, and that was a purple space horse then this would be a very interesting style.
I agree about the artwork. It’s a strong, assured and quite compelling style. But the impossibly rotated ass ruins it. And that horse-head needs to go too, because right now it looks like that scene from The Godfather and she’s all like, ‘OK, who put this thing on my pillow?’
No. To have a strong stylized style, you first need to have an excellent grasp on anatomy. You have to know the rules before you can break them. There are no shortcuts, unless you want to end up with a mess like this one. I assume more people here are writers than painters, so to put it in more literary terms, this cover is like someone trying to write in second person point of view without having a good grasp of the third and first person POV, or narration in general, and no amount of well crafted sentences and rich vocabulary can hide the fact that the writer has no idea what he’s doing.
This cover continues to disturb me. If Tillie (I am presuming Tillie is the girl not the pony since she is on the cover of three of the series), if Tillie is standing on the ground, what is that pony (too small to call a horse) standing on? Or, given Tillie’s distortions, does it have legs like a giraffe? Or is it really a flying horse like Pegasus hoovering in mid-air (which shown in toto would be even more surreal)? So many questions.
Those are too complicated questions. I’d settle for an answer to the one we’ve all been asking ourselves: is that her front or her back? The position of her head suggests her back is towards us, but that would mean her arm is so bent forward to the point of dislocating her shoulder. The pockets on her jeans would suggest that that’s her ass, but I’m not sure. I’ve tried this pose in the mirror and I can’t make any sense out of it. Maybe if the arm didn’t appear broken or dislocated and the body had some curves to it, I’d be possible to tell. Right now I can’t tell if she’s coming or going.
Naaman Brown
9 years ago
How did Mr. Shumate miss “Tillie and the Voodoo Kid” and “Tillie and the Weird Christmas Tree”?
Because Spider!
That girl has very weird joints. And the face of an alien. And there’s a drop of something falling from her behind… I think that’s her behind.
Uh, Golden Phantom… or Golden Shower?
The drop is the “FPB” logo: Fountain Blue Publishing. It cudda been placed somewhere less humorous. Nope, leave it. Adds to the ambiance.
heh I was being sarcastic. But I do appreciate the reactions I got from it. 😉
It’s a bad sign when the poorly drawn horse looks more intelligent that the poorly drawn woman(?).
Is this girl made of rubber? That is the only way I can figure how the hell they are posing like that.
Dude, do you even people?
Nothing makes you feel better about your own artistic ability like this cover. Thank you artist, thank you.
Sadly, there do exist real, f**ked-up horses that actually look like this! http://forums.arabianbreeders.net/uploads/monthly_04_2008/post-2459-1207089007.jpg
The sad part is, that is is so stylistic that it is almost cool. It almost looks like it was done on purpose. If her body was not a twisted backwards-sideways-impossibletotellways wreck, and that was a purple space horse then this would be a very interesting style.
Pity.
I agree about the artwork. It’s a strong, assured and quite compelling style. But the impossibly rotated ass ruins it. And that horse-head needs to go too, because right now it looks like that scene from The Godfather and she’s all like, ‘OK, who put this thing on my pillow?’
I agree, too, dear. I could be spectacular art. I love the colours. But the girl weirds me out too much.
It not I.
To be fair, you could be some pretty spectacular art as well, given the right hat.
😀
Snort. I knew that typo would haunt me. 😉
No. To have a strong stylized style, you first need to have an excellent grasp on anatomy. You have to know the rules before you can break them. There are no shortcuts, unless you want to end up with a mess like this one. I assume more people here are writers than painters, so to put it in more literary terms, this cover is like someone trying to write in second person point of view without having a good grasp of the third and first person POV, or narration in general, and no amount of well crafted sentences and rich vocabulary can hide the fact that the writer has no idea what he’s doing.
This cover continues to disturb me. If Tillie (I am presuming Tillie is the girl not the pony since she is on the cover of three of the series), if Tillie is standing on the ground, what is that pony (too small to call a horse) standing on? Or, given Tillie’s distortions, does it have legs like a giraffe? Or is it really a flying horse like Pegasus hoovering in mid-air (which shown in toto would be even more surreal)? So many questions.
Those are too complicated questions. I’d settle for an answer to the one we’ve all been asking ourselves: is that her front or her back? The position of her head suggests her back is towards us, but that would mean her arm is so bent forward to the point of dislocating her shoulder. The pockets on her jeans would suggest that that’s her ass, but I’m not sure. I’ve tried this pose in the mirror and I can’t make any sense out of it. Maybe if the arm didn’t appear broken or dislocated and the body had some curves to it, I’d be possible to tell. Right now I can’t tell if she’s coming or going.
How did Mr. Shumate miss “Tillie and the Voodoo Kid” and “Tillie and the Weird Christmas Tree”?
I didn’t want to post ’em all. For YOUR sakes.
OMG! You mean this is a series?
Shudder…