Sunday, August 9, 2009

Illustration Friday - Impatience


The problem with winning the rat race is you're still a rat. - Lily Tomlin

Although being in a hurry and impatience are not exactly the same thing, I think they are closely related. After all, if you are not in a hurry, what is there to be impatient about? Last Friday, as I was driving home from work, I saw a runner dash past me. Later, my husband told me he thought an illustration about impatience should include a clock. Voila! I had a concept for my illustration.

I used Edward Muybridge's photograph sequence of a running man as the models for my runners. Here is the sequence I used:


8 comments:

John said...

nicely done.

Rico said...

Great idea!... well executed!

Caroline said...

How original!! I like it!

justdoodleit said...

Very nice and thought provoking. Those colored needles and clock mechanism are great details too :)

Dream Painter said...

great take on the topic, brilliant colour choice!

Amy C said...

this illustrates impatience so well, lovely lovely piece.
I love those sequence photos!

Laurel Neustadter said...

Thanks for commenting! I appreciate it.

spindelmaker said...

Very good take on the theme. And I really enjoyed the quote too.