Smedley's Bad Day

[Space Monkey]

Curious to get people's opinions on these - I wanted to mix painting with cartooning, a bit of mental illness and see what happened.

 

[erickad71]

Well, those definitely qualify as a bad day to me.

Not really the type of art I enjoy looking at...but you are good at these.

 

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

Whoa...I like!!! Looks like a collab between Edvard Munch and R. Crumb, but that's probably just my rapidly increasing myopia.

 

[ommigosh]

Although these are probably really well done, I don't like them at all. Full of despair, pain, stomach-churning violence and creepiness. Not keen on the garish colours either.
When it comes to art, I would prefer to see a nice peaceful landscape, myself.

Om

 

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

I like the colours - I found them very expressive, though I can understand the subject matter isn't for everyone. To be honest I found a certain mordant humour in the art, as well - or am I seeing something that wasn't there, Space Monkey?

 

[Circus Cranium]

Definitely tongue in cheek humor as opposed to actual 'dark' art. I love these, they're hysterical.

 

[BandSmurf]

Wow. Did Ren & Stimpy (spelling?) meet Salvadore Dali here? Not something I'd want to look at all the time, but very, very emotionally charged. And very disturbing. And interesting...

~BandSmurf

 

[aftermath]

I enjoy most of your art actaully I was on your link there the other day.

These happened to be my favorite. I really like the colors used. I found amusment in them, whether it's meant to be there... of course i am slightly morbid.

I like the eyes one the most. I think it's a brillant idea

 

[Space Monkey]

Thanks for the feedback guys! Like em or hate em, you pretty much confirmed what I wanted to hear with this set. (There'll be 2 more before the series is complete, but when & what exactly I have no idea...)

The colours were deliberately garish, to make you empathize with the way the character is feeling - especially the most visually offensive combo in the last one, red and green (should never be seen). And the mordant humour is definitely true, that's the only ingredient from which I never deviate in any of my creative endeavours these days.

I love the work of Munch and Robert Crumb, so thanks for that Knivesout - made my day for sure; I love any art that evokes a reaction, good or bad, and I got that here. And Bandsmurf - Ren and Stimpy meets Dali! That's awesome, I wanna quote that someday in a sales pitch!

And thanx Aftermath too - I wonder if there's a connection between the people who like this stuff and people who like extreme/dark/moody music...