Killer Queen II

Hey y'alls. Long Live Queen Freddie! is still a go. This past week and a half has mostly been me, adjusting to my new self-employment and getting into the groove of making art, non-stop. I've been retraining my mind to work during the day (it's fuggin HARD), entering contests, watching videos about painting WHILE painting, and finishing up some stuff that's been sitting around for far too long. Like this piece.

This is a show poster. So whenever I figure out a time, place, and all that jazz, all that info will go in the upper left. This is also the second poster out of two I'm doing for the show. The first has yet to be shown, but it's been finished for quite some time now. It's far more simple. More design. More iconic.

If you haven't gathered, this image is an interpretation of the lyrics to Queen's hit Killer Queen. Here are the lyrics. Have fun finding stuff!

She keeps Moet et Chandon

In her pretty cabinet 

'Let them eat cake' she says 

Just like Marie Antoinette 

A built-in remedy 

For Kruschev and Kennedy 

At anytime an invitation 

You can't decline 

Caviar and cigarettes 

Well versed in etiquette

Extraordinarily nice 

She's a Killer Queen 

Gunpowder, gelatine 

Dynamite with a laser beam 

Guaranteed to blow your mind 

Anytime 

Recommended at the price 

Insatiable an appetite 

Wanna try? 

To avoid complications 

She never kept the same address 

In conversation 

She spoke just like a baroness 

Met a man from China 

Went down to Geisha Minah 

Then again incidentally 

If you're that way inclined 

Perfume came naturally from Paris 

For cars she couldn't care less 

Fastidious and precise 

She's a Killer Queen 

Gunpowder, gelatine

Dynamite with a laser beam

Guaranteed to blow your mind

Anytime 

Drop of a hat she's as willing as 

Playful as a pussy cat 

Then momentarily out of action 

Temporarily out of gas 

To absolutely drive you wild, wild. 

She's all out to get you 

She's a Killer Queen

Gunpowder, gelatine

Dynamite with a laser beam

Guaranteed to blow your mind

Anytime 

Recommended at the price 

Insatiable an appetite 

Wanna try? 

You wanna try...

As you can see, not everything is in there, but gorram nearly enough. It was quite the process. I took some snapshots along the way.

 

I learned a LOT about process. Moving forward with images that are this elaborate, I'll be saving a massive amount of time by eliminating erratic experimentation with color, value, method and texture.

For those interested in learning even more about my process, I'll have some details on an event later this month that'll be all about just that. In the future, I may even go so far as to live stream some stuff.