Bublé from Babalu
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Bublé from Babalu, Brad Reid 2005 ^,+
Fans of British Columbian Michael Bublé will recognize this illustration as a reworking of the photograph featured on the front of the jazz singer’s Babalu cd, a fun collection of songs that includes What a Wonderful World and a swing version of the old 60s Spiderman cartoon theme.
Bublé from Babalu, Brad Reid 2005 ^,+
Fans of British Columbian Michael Bublé will recognize this illustration as a reworking of the photograph featured on the front of the jazz singer’s Babalu cd, a fun collection of songs that includes What a Wonderful World and a swing version of the old 60s Spiderman cartoon theme.
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The most vexing problem I came up against as I worked on this was that the source photograph doesn’t resemble Bublé all that strongly at all. I sought out a likeness from other photographs, but inevitably lost it again as I incorporated the shadow effects that make the source photograph such a success.
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I don’t know whether to consider this illustration quite my own, given that it is so strongly derived from someone else’s photography. Still, such a treatment is one example of a service I could provide an art director if they supplied me with a photograph in which they were interested.
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Anyone who frets that so much of today’s pop music sounds like the soundtrack from some 70s dystopian vision of a horrible future, might enjoy listening to a few songs from Michael Bublé’s latest cd, It’s Time, streamed in excellent quality at his website.
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The most vexing problem I came up against as I worked on this was that the source photograph doesn’t resemble Bublé all that strongly at all. I sought out a likeness from other photographs, but inevitably lost it again as I incorporated the shadow effects that make the source photograph such a success.
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I don’t know whether to consider this illustration quite my own, given that it is so strongly derived from someone else’s photography. Still, such a treatment is one example of a service I could provide an art director if they supplied me with a photograph in which they were interested.
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Anyone who frets that so much of today’s pop music sounds like the soundtrack from some 70s dystopian vision of a horrible future, might enjoy listening to a few songs from Michael Bublé’s latest cd, It’s Time, streamed in excellent quality at his website.
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May 29th, 2008 at 4:52 am
Wow, I just stumbled upon this and I absolutely love it! You’ve captured his expression perfectly. Keep up the good work!