Below is a good example of how it's possible to recycle a drawing over a period of years...
It started out as simple black and white comic-book element, pen on paper...
2004
Over the years it's been featured in my art many times.
2004
In the style of a manga comic, from my illustration portfolio.
2005 ( circa )
Experimenting, entering a transitional phase where the representational style is being overtaken by abstraction.
Below: Baghdad
Below: Countdown Iraq
2006
Floating City:
Referencing Hokusai, preliminary drawing for a painting ( as yet uncompleted ).
2014
Gaza / Humanity is Abstract:
Illustration ( using colours sampled from news footage of the controversial Israeli anti-Hamas military campaign 'Operation Protective Edge' ).
2015
Shenzen Economic Zone: digital rough composition.
2016
Shenzen Economic Zone: shoes by Bucketfeet.
I enjoy graphs and infographic art, and was throwing elements together to see what stuck, including the title 'Shenzen Economic Zone'. You'll see graph-paper, the aforementioned apartment block, and a homage to Hokusai's 'Great Wave' ( another visual element that I revisit from time to time ). Eventually, the final design was stripped back to the very basics, so I am aware that there is an incongruity in a design that references China, yet features Japanese imagery.
