Thursday, July 21, 2011

Throne of Blood

What's this? A post without a girl in it? Shocking!




Throne of Blood was the first Akira Kurosawa film I ever saw. I was in high school studying Macbeth in lit class and our teacher showed us this movie since it's considered to be one of (if not the) best film adaptation of the play. Admittedly it was pretty slow paced for my teenage self but the ending to that movie was burned into my brain forever. I've been a huge Kurosawa fan ever since.

Scott Morse asked me to contribute a piece to the Tr!ckster/Criterion Collection Akira Kurosawa one night only art auction benefit for Japan relief. At Tr!ckster in San Diego Friday, July 22, 2011.

Other contributing artist are:
Mike Allred, Scott C., Josh Cochran, Francesco Francavilla, Robert Goodin, Victor Kerlow, Ted Mathot, Scott Morse, Sho Murase, Yuko Shimizu, Jim Rugg, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Connor Willumsen.
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14 comments:

  1. Matt JonesJuly 21, 2011 at 2:43 PM

    The moving forest-genius! Polanski's version is great too-

    Awesome painting!

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  2. Logan PearsallJuly 21, 2011 at 2:47 PM

    great designs!

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  3. bpresingJuly 21, 2011 at 2:54 PM

    Hmm, never saw Polanski's.

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  4. William BradfordJuly 21, 2011 at 6:18 PM

    Missed that one: must see it.

    Haaha, seems I owe a great deal of my film, book, music and food palette to cartoonists and puppeteers :)

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  5. Alexandre Augusto FerreiraJuly 22, 2011 at 8:23 AM

    Hello Bill.
    Amazing drawing.....like all the girls that you do!
    My favorite movies directed ​​by Kurosawa are Throne of Blood
    and Red Beard, and I am a big fan of Toshiro Mifune.
    I bought the french edition of Rex Steele. And I loved it!

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  6. AnonymousJuly 22, 2011 at 11:14 AM

    Ron Hevener is inTurkey with Nicholas Cage?
    PLO?

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  7. fiawolJuly 22, 2011 at 5:22 PM

    can you post when you'll be at Tricsker on Saturday? I stopped over on Friday to meet you but they said you had already finished your signing.

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  8. Emerson FialhoJuly 23, 2011 at 10:18 AM

    Espetacular, parabéns!

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  9. Mike JonesJuly 24, 2011 at 8:51 PM

    Kurosawa's 'dreams' is my favorite. Although, I think I've seen 'seven samurai' about a dozen times. So good!

    Great piece!

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  10. Beatriz IglesiasAugust 2, 2011 at 1:51 AM

    I like it..is so powerful! The colors and shapes are very male and strong. Great design!

    I love the film too...a classic!

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  11. JuampaAugust 8, 2011 at 2:46 AM

    Amazing!!! Very nice and strong composition

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  12. Erik D. MartinAugust 24, 2011 at 10:55 PM

    incredible painting as always!

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  13. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2011 at 10:25 PM

    There was a great challenge and have a inspiration ...Incredible work!!!
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  14. David Jernigan - IllustratorNovember 20, 2011 at 3:18 PM

    Really great illustration, love the details. Akira Kurosawa is one of the best directors ever!

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