More from Simon Beck...

Thanks for all your kind comments. You've given me the confidence to post more of my drawings (I'd previously thought they were too simple).

This one's called "Cumulonimbus (Thunderhead)"

Thanks for all your kind comments. You've given me the confidence to post more of my drawings (I'd previously thought they were too simple).

This one's called "Cumulonimbus (Thunderhead)"

Please continue to post these!!! I am really enjoying them. Would really like to see you tackle some black and white squares like the OP art of the 60's.
tim

Like this one? It's based on the shadow of a glass chopping-board in our kitchen.

White Squares on Glass

Col simon,

Like flash back time...

Dem was some good drugs back then...

Simon,

I think you have found the right tool! Xara X gives you so many different avenues to explore... The more you dig in there, the more your will discover!

Thanks for sharing!

I see my drawings as a kind of light-hearted minimalism; maybe like a cross between a koan and a one-liner, or perhaps a cross between a haiku and a limerick. Sorry if it sounds pretentious, but that's it. Visual puns. But not very funny.

The Feelings, the emotions invoked by a drawing are much more important than the the technical complexity of the drawing. Your work invokes a happy, content emotion. So IMHO it is good.

I'm not 100% happy with this one. The http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/frown.gif composition's right, but I think I need some help with the colours. Any suggestions?

Moonlit Sea

Thought I'd list my stylistic influences for anyone who might be interested. Here goes (in no particular order):

Henri Matisse
M.C. Escher
Saul Bass
Emilio Pucci
Bridget Riley
Peter Max
Victor Vasarely
Julian Opie

No surprises there, I guess. http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

Simon,
I like it. Kind of mesmerizing. Kind of like laying on the grass, looking at the clouds in the sky. You start daydreaming, imagining...
Very good.
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Thanks for all your kind comments. You've given me the confidence to post more of my drawings (I'd previously thought they were too simple).

This one's called "Cumulonimbus (Thunderhead)" <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

This is a sight I saw one winter in about 1982 - those of you who know London will recognise the NatWest Tower, formerly London's tallest building. It was a foggy afternoon, the sky was grey and the NatWest Tower was silhouetted against a huge orange sun. If I had taken a photo I swear it would have looked exactly like my drawing, but it was such a striking composition that I knew that one day I would have to capture it anyway.

London Fog

Hi Simon,

On the moonlit sea... I would ad just a hint of blue to the water, and make the sky slightly darker. The water and the sky should almost be the same color at the horizon, the reflection shold deliniate the too...

my 2 cents worth.

I like your london Fog... Cool... Simple yet poignent..

Thanks for that. It's a much better picture now and it makes your mind work just a little bit harder!

Moonlit Sea

One of my earliest memories of living in America (I moved from Switzerland with my parents when I was 5) was a hot summer day in suburban Illinois - maybe in a supermarket car park? - and seeing a brand-new red Ford Mustang gleaming in the brilliant sunshine. About 10 years later (in England) I tried to recapture the experience with a silk-screen print, but it never looked quite right So I found a photo of one and here's the result. It doesn't look like anyone else's classic car drawings, does it?

Summer of '67

Hi Simon,
Thanks for sharing your work ... I love the "Moonlit Sea".

-Ed.

More wonderful images Simon!! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

Hi Simon,

I suggested a little color difference. This is more what I had in mind...

Simon

Your images are very graphic and elegant. Sometimes simple is best. And having the talent to know when enough is enough is one most of us do not possess.

Gary

There you go. Ladies and Gentlemen, take your pick! I have to admit I like both versions equally, and for different reasons.

Moonlit Sea II

Hello Simon,

I will go with sea number II. Just a touch more realism. The other was too abstract for me.
I need that slight line...

Just for fun, here is a Hammond B3 organ that I created (along with 11 other classic keyboards) 4 years ago for my Vintage Keyboards Screensaver. It is based on photos from the Web and was drawn freehand rather than traced. All the woodgrain texture is XaraX fractal fills.

Hammond B3

Hi Simon,

Nice Hammond B3. Reminds me of the Church organ my mother used to have when I was a kid. Used to be directly under my bed, 1 floor down. Geesh, It used to cause some terrible hangovers (To be awakened at 5:30 in the morning by that monstrosity... After a saturday night of heavy carousing)

After I moved out, She would have me fix it every time I cam to visit.

BTW: Originally I was going to put " Nice organ there Simon" but thought better of it with this crew.

Nice organ Simon!! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Be Good John... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Be good... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

Arrrrrrrrgh!.... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

...and here's a Farfisa Combo Compact. WOOLLY BULLY!!!

Farfisa Combo Compact

Hi Simon,

cool Farfisa Combo Compact. Nice minimalist approach.

I posted a drawing of my organ, but xara can only zoom to... 25601% http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Here is my latest - it took about an hour. The shapes were traced by hand from a full-on photo of a Fender Precision Bass (I used a blend to place the frets!), and then I added the perspective in XaraX and used blends to add depth and create the hardware. I also added a subtle mould to the frets to make the fingerboard look curved.

Deep Blue

Simon,
Beautiful work. I'm one of those people Gary was refering to. I don't know when enough is enough or too much. Love the color contrasts in your drawings...
ron

hi Simon,

Nice job on the fender...

How about some baby... bumpers... To go with the fender... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Simon,

Really enjoy having a look at your work! Nice and simple - something that I need to work on.

I especially like the Ford Mustang image. I hope that it’s OK to offer a suggestion...I think that the star highlight might work better if it were non-symmetrical and maybe 4-pointed - Just my opinion.

Again, nice work! Please keep sharing.

Steve