Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Collage Obsession: Crazy Carnival (Carnivale Pazzo)





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This was an unusually creative idea for a challenge. We were given the image of carnival strongman Luigi (sometimes known as Mario), shown above. In the words of Rick St. Dennis, this week's very inventive host at Collage Obsession:"... my challenge is Carnivale Pazzo-use Luigi to make a composition that puts him in the spotlight at some strange, steam punk, grunge, edgy Carnival on the edge of the abyss or maybe its a more friendly upscale carnival performing for the Queen of Hearts in Wonder(under)land-as long as it's PAZZO-thats CRAZY in Italian." Rick has used Luigi/Mario as a subject of artistic experimentation before; see his comments at http://collageobsessionchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/01/carnivale-pazzo.html.

This theme was significantly outside my comfort zone (no pretty women's faces, no flowers, no birds!!!) but... I ended up totally absorbed in seeing how weird and dark I could make my digital collage. (It helped that I was submerged in a nasty cold while I worked on it.) Now I feel so badly for poor Luigi! But I have a feeling he'll survive to be the subject of many more art pieces.

Image credits: google, wikimedia commons, graphicsfairy, artfreebies.
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8 comments:

  1. YvonneJanuary 18, 2011 at 8:48 AM

    What a totally awesome piece you have created!

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  2. the Inner 'I'January 18, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    Wow - it just shows how great your work is even outside your comfort zone. I especially like the anatomical heart on his chest - creepy and very effective!

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  3. PatriciaJanuary 18, 2011 at 12:30 PM

    Your collage is just wonderful - he was a great study theme and I enjoyed what you wrote about feeling outside your comfort zone - also using masks as part of your piece was a great idea. I am very interested in what masks represent. Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving the lovely comment - it means very much.

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  4. RickJanuary 18, 2011 at 4:09 PM

    And maybe creepy edgy is your thing-what a swell job you did-I feel that poor Luigi/Mario is about to loose his heart to some very PAZZO clowns!!!!

    Great work....thanks for the nice words as well about my first challenge!!!

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  5. Eila AJanuary 19, 2011 at 11:54 AM

    You certainly have succeeded in putting Luigi in the middle of a very crazy carnival! Impressive work, Sherry!

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  6. UnknownJanuary 20, 2011 at 1:18 AM

    An awe-inspiring creation! I love all the elements. So well done and creative.

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  7. SelmaJanuary 21, 2011 at 2:26 PM

    This is really great work.

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  8. OzstuffJanuary 22, 2011 at 6:34 PM

    Isn't it funny? Your Mario is very dark and scary and mine is a cross dresser, pretending to be Marie Antoinette. What a man!
    Seriously, your Mario is magnificent. Fantastic artwork.

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