Illustration Friday: Buzz

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I never enjoyed art history class in school, learning dates and names never appealed to me. it seemed unimportant at the time. knowing what terms like dada, bauhaus, and impressionism meant didn't rank high on my "need to know" list. still, what i thought was useless at the time has, over the years, turned out to be quite handy for trivia games, topics of conversation at parties and in chatrooms, and situations like this.

Andy Warhol (1928-1987), one of many great artists to define the Pop Art era from the 1950s up into the 1970s used non representational color with representational images to convey different sensations. possibly his most famous print being that of pop icon Marilyn Monroe.

without trying to copy Warhol's exact style, which was partially dictated by his choice to produce the images as serigraphs (silkscreen printing, which was horribly primitive at the time), I took another current day pop icon, Buzz Lightyear, and attempted to emulate the effect his style conveyed. this is the result.

as always thanks to everyone who commented last week, and to those stopping in for a visit this week. Happy New Year and have a groovy week.