Some Old Backgrounds

I'm still doing some finishing touches on a big piece I started earlier this month, but until I get that up, I thought I'd post a few old backgrounds that I did for a book a while back. I was heavily influenced by the classic looney tunes backgrounds at the time.

Greg White Illustration

A Little Billy Shakespeare

For September's art prompt at work, we selected "Shakespeare" so I decided to go with Titus Andronicus, one of the Bard's earlier and more violent tragedies. It's an insane revenge play that includes war, rape, murder, human sacrifice, mutilation and cannibalism (hence the innocuous looking pies in the lower corner). The style was inspired by another artist, who was in turn inspired by German film posters from the silent movie era. So if ole' William Shakespeare had lived in the 1920's and been born in Berlin, maybe his play would have been advertised something like this.

Greg White Illustration