Illustration Friday: Under The Sea
The Shark as portrayed by Bruce the Shark in Steven Spielberg's 1975 blockbuster "Jaws"
This week's Illustration Friday is "Under the Sea," and what better monster could I possibly have done?
Steven Spielberg's film (based on Peter Benchley's book of the same name) had a HUGE influence on me as a kid. I can still remember vividly the first time I saw it, My parents dropped my sister and I off at a little theatre in Brooklyn, Michigan so we could see it. And I don't think I have jumped higher to this day then I did when the body pops out at Hooper while he investigates the capsized boat. What a beautiful movie, I still rate it as one of my all time favorites.
A few years later I would take my father's boombox to the beach and blare John Williams' "Jaws" soundtrack and watch how many people would actualy get out of the water, that is until I was asked to leave.
This image is dedicated to my beautiful wife!
This is my third entry into Illustration Friday.
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posted by scottra at 3:46 PM
5 Comments:
Oh thank you baby, he's beautiful!
(at least the fleeting glimpse I got before I too frightened to look any longer)
Very good job!
Your subject is perfectly suited for your m.o. of using white on a black background. With your best pictures, it looks as if the monster is emerging from the dark depths of the subconscious. This would be an excellent example of that truly eerie effect. Good job.
This is a great rendering, right down to the soulless black eyes.
As a kid, I had the privelege of watching them filming some of "Jaws" and remember seeing the robotic shark poised up on its control arm by one of the docks. One whole side of it was open so you could see all of its moving parts.
Very well done and scary. Love those teeth and the shades of grey, black and white.
Thanks for the comments
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