Thursday, 16 August 2012

1.21 GIGAWATTS?!


A set of little portraits inspired by a certain 80s sci-fi trilogy.  These were suggested/requested by top illustrator, artist and Solipsistic Pop editor Tom Humberstone.  I hope he likes them.

Like everyone else of my generation, Back To The Future will always have a special place in my heart.  It's one of the few perfect trilogies, in my opinion - from the sublime original, to the Rosencrantz and Guildenstern-esque sequel, and the bundles-of-fun cowboy third film.

It was tempting to do a set of 12 characters from the series, but Em suggested doing costumes instead and restricting it to the main characters.  Her original pitch was 4 characters - Marty, Doc, Biff and Einstein the dog - in sets of clothing from 1885, 1955 and 2015 (except Einstein who would remain exactly the same).  However, that would have meant missing out Marty's iconic 1985 get-up, so out went Einstein.

This will be available to buy as a print, along with the other sets, at the Carlisle Megacon on Saturday, and then on my online store from early next week.

1 comment:

Matt said...

HA! That's awesome! It's a nice way of playing with the portrait format that you've been using lately.