<body><script type="text/javascript"> function setAttributeOnload(object, attribute, val) { if(window.addEventListener) { window.addEventListener('load', function(){ object[attribute] = val; }, false); } else { window.attachEvent('onload', function(){ object[attribute] = val; }); } } </script> <div id="navbar-iframe-container"></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> gapi.load("gapi.iframes:gapi.iframes.style.bubble", function() { if (gapi.iframes && gapi.iframes.getContext) { gapi.iframes.getContext().openChild({ url: 'https://draft.blogger.com/navbar.g?targetBlogID\x3d4700076675348200019\x26blogName\x3dFIGURATIVE+LANGUAGE+IN+VISUAL+FORM\x26publishMode\x3dPUBLISH_MODE_BLOGSPOT\x26navbarType\x3dBLUE\x26layoutType\x3dCLASSIC\x26searchRoot\x3dhttps://masterhow.blogspot.com/search\x26blogLocale\x3den\x26v\x3d2\x26homepageUrl\x3dhttp://masterhow.blogspot.com/\x26vt\x3d6596144862737467482', where: document.getElementById("navbar-iframe-container"), id: "navbar-iframe", messageHandlersFilter: gapi.iframes.CROSS_ORIGIN_IFRAMES_FILTER, messageHandlers: { 'blogger-ping': function() {} } }); } }); </script>

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN VISUAL FORM

  Originally serving as a way for me to document my MFA, this blog lives on and serves as a   warehouse for figurative language in visual form. Metaphor, analogy, euphemism, bring them on.

There's an 800lb. Gorilla in the room...or is it an elephant?

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

So, after some distance, it became clear to me that there were just too many little things that I did not like about my 800lb gorilla illustration. Anecdotal research with colleagues yielded mixed results. Some though, related "isn't the phrase there's an elephant in the room?" As such, I am starting anew. I may reuse my gorilla (as I do like him), but my initial thumbnails reflect the option.


posted by Jim Howard, 2:52 PM | link | 0 comments |

He's three sheets to the wind. 2.0 V1

This is still in the revision stage. After feedback and more research, I realized that my figure would actually be at the rear of the mighty vessel and thus, the sails would be forward from his positions. No wonder it always looked like the sails were on a ship behind him!


Revisions are not finished. This is still a work in progress.

posted by Jim Howard, 2:24 PM | link | 0 comments |

Get all your ducks in a row. V3

Updates based on feedback:
posted by Jim Howard, 8:56 AM | link | 0 comments |

I wear MANY hats V4

Updates based on feedback.
posted by Jim Howard, 8:47 AM | link | 0 comments |

She's a fox, V2

Updates based on feedback.
posted by Jim Howard, 8:46 AM | link | 0 comments |

He wears his heart on his sleeve V1

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

posted by Jim Howard, 9:16 AM | link | 0 comments |

He's got butterflies in his stomach, V6

Friday, May 15, 2009

A little more atmospheric perspective.


posted by Jim Howard, 6:33 AM | link | 0 comments |

He wears his heart on his sleeve

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Thumbnails this week, finished illustration for next week.

posted by Jim Howard, 9:06 AM | link | 0 comments |

14

The fourteen illustrations as a group:

http://int.cysd.k12.pa.us/howard/MIU/THESISSTUDIO1/
posted by Jim Howard, 8:58 AM | link | 0 comments |

He's three sheets to the wind. V4 and V5




posted by Jim Howard, 8:35 AM | link | 0 comments |

He's three sheets to the wind. V3

posted by Jim Howard, 8:34 AM | link | 0 comments |

IDEAS

Here is a glimpse into the process. Each of the three scans represent the "master list" from which each of the works evolved.







posted by Jim Howard, 8:32 AM | link | 0 comments |

He's three sheets to the wind. V1A and V1B

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Cropped...


posted by Jim Howard, 11:29 AM | link | 0 comments |

He's three sheets to the wind. Roughs

Friday, May 1, 2009




posted by Jim Howard, 9:55 AM | link | 0 comments |