Corporate Wolves

"Capitalism has an intense, rich flavour."

  -Wolfgang P. Loupine, 2012                  

Papageno and Papagena

A few days ago, I created some designs for characters from Mozart's immortal 1791 opera The Magic Flute. In addition to being rooted in philosophical ideals of the Enlightenment and freemasonry, the opera's plot is largely inspired by popular exotic tales of the fantastic. There are thus plenty of enchanting settings, characters and scenarios for an artist to tackle. Here are my renditions of two of the more comic characters in the opera: Papageno, the dreamy bird catcher, and his bride Papagena. Both clad in wild plumage, the two characters are probably my favourite in the opera.

Lovers

Promenons-nous dans les bois...

Another take on Little Red Riding Hood (such a short yet rich story!), though this is simply just a more contemporary angle on the title character, wearing the perfect clothing for a walk through a cold, dark, damp forest.

Beware the Troll

The Troll loved wearing his necklace. It was his souvenir of the time James came for dinner.

Sometimes when I'm sitting with a pad in front of me, I find myself creating images for previously existing stories that somehow manage to pop into my head seemingly out of nowhere. For some reason, the Norwegian fairy tale The Billy Goats Gruff came into my head yesterday, and I found myself mostly trying to come up with comical yet grotesque pictures of trolls. My fullest attempt, however, probably turned out to be something a bit scarier and uglier than I had probably intended (and probably not the best troll for the intended story), but its lack of pleasance makes him all the better in its own deranged way.

Jimmy, or The Façade

What is this?

Yep, the first post in forever, it seems. Hopefully a more constant stream of pretty pictures will follow...