New Artwork (Sweeney Todd)

[whiteling]

*peeks around corner*

Is the strike over...?
Can I post?

Can I?

Hi there, my dears, here I am finally, bearing new artwork I'd like to share with you. Hope you enjoy it. :-)

Comments

[ms_banazira]

That's Sweeney Depp alright! Fantastic!

For myself, one viewing, once ever, was quite enough. :-/

[whiteling]

So, you DID see it, Honey?! Oh! Well, I can image that it is not everyone's cup of tea... :-{

But anyway, thanks very much for the feedback! Glad to hear you think I've captured him.

[julchen11]

I didn't see the movie, now you left me curious, sweetie.
Your artwork is incredible and simply breathtaking.
Thank you, sweetheart!

*biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiggest hugs*

[whiteling]

Thanks for the praise, Schnucki! :-)
If you can stomach it, the film is definitely worth seeing.

*monster hug back*

[mechtild]

Whiteling, that is FANTASTIC! These images take my breath away - becuase of your artistic virtuosity and the stormy, broody intensity of the piece. The portrait reminds me of portraits of Beethoven, actually, a pretty stormy artist in his own right. I saved the images to my "Whiteling" file, in all three sizes and details.

WOW!

I loved that excerpt you included by Sondheim; I had never read it. I loved Sweeney on Broadway with George Hearn back in 1980 or whenever it was, and I haven't wanted to see this film because of the gore, as you know. But your review makes me want to see it.

[whiteling]

Oh, thank you very much, Mechtild! :-)
Yep, it was exactly this "stormy, broody intensity" of Depp's performance that made me want to draw it, digest it, feel it. It's great that the effort I put in the piece does show. Beethoven fits very well, not only with all the wild hair but with his grim facial expression. When hubby saw the first draft of the drawing he said: "Goethe?" Ha! How funny. I kept calling the artwork "Sweeney Goethe" from then on.

Maybe you will see the film on DVD... someday?

[mechtild]

"Sweeney Goethe"! That's great. Yes, I'll see it...someday. :)

[whiteling]

I posted a Beethoven picture in my reply to Wendy below. It looks as if Sweeney Todd was Beethoven's illegitimate child! LOL!

Happy Easter to you and your family, Mechtild!

[whiteling]

Thanks very much, EvFrodo! :-)
I hesitate to call myself an artist, since I always imagine somebody with a studio, selling lots of works (this scenario doesn't apply to me), but I am a trained fashion illustrator and art therapist. So yes, I reckon, I *am* an artist, somehow. ;-)

[geekmama]

That's fabulous. You captured the pain and the craziness perfectly. Great work!

[whiteling]

Thanks, Geek Mama! Glad you enjoy the drawing. :-)