Weaving Through Design History: Art Nouveau
Well it’s official now. This is a real series it seems. I made this inked drawing awhile back now actually, but I hadn’t gotten around to finishing the coloring till now. Originally I went with Grill’s color scheme (which I need to work on by the way), but I scrapped it for a color scheme that better suited to the era.
My Mucha is showing :3
Alphonse Mucha was an extremely talented artist that almost entirely defined the poster style of the Art Nouveau era, which was at its peak from 1890 to 1910. Art Nouveau drew heavy inspiration from nature and featured curved elongated linework. Someone commented to me about how they thought it was actually 1970s psychedelic, which actually was heavily influenced by Art Nouveau. Also I don’t envision Grill as a smoker, but cigars and smoke is so often a defining point to Art Nouveau work. Well that and the long curved hair tendrils O.O
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Biiiiiiig fan of this. It’s probably the dimensions of the piece, but it reminds me of some of the more elaborate tarot card art I’ve seen. Super gorgeous. Keep it up!
Thank ya kindly! I’ve always really loved the high detail and really complex, organic shapes of the Art Nouveau era ^^
After having done several more in this series of posters, there’s a few things I would probably do differently if I did this one again, but I’m still really pleased with how this one came out 😀