Comments on: More Faux-Nostalgia

By: Devlin

Devlin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:29:20 +0000

Jennifer, I really loved the look of Sweeny Todd, the acting was great, set design, costuming were fantastic. The musical portion I wasn’t that fond of, which is too bad, being a musical and all.

The opening credits were brilliant! In a gory sort of way. I am glad you mentioned Sweeny Todd that is sort of the archetypal modern view of that period. You are right about the colors, I love films where the art director is give more freedom with their color palate. One film set across the channel but in a similar time period as Sweeny Todd that used color in very interesting ways: Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge. I guess the end of the 19th Century gave artists (impressionists) of the time and modern film makers a freer hand to experiment with color. Maybe it’s the absinthe and coal soot, we’ll blame (or praise) the green fairy and Burt the chimney sweep.

By: Jennifer Farley

Jennifer Farley — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:38:40 +0000

I hadn't seen Steam Punk before, it's brilliant. There is something fascinating about Victorian England and I picture the same kind of thing as you Devlin. Did you like the look of the recent Sweeney Todd movie? Obviously it was quite stylised in terms of colours but I thought it really captured the squalor and the wealth in quite a beautiful way. Jennifer Farley’s last blog post..10 Beautiful Examples of Photo Retouching

By: Devlin

Devlin — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:30:13 +0000

Great, I hope you like the doodles, I need to figure a better way to get that organized. Thanks! Devlin’s last blog post..More Faux-Nostalgia

By: Tammy

Tammy — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:33:35 +0000

just realized you had a blog. it will be fun to check in on it every now and again. just looking back at several of your doodles!