'An illustrative response to the lyrics of The Smiths' by Greg Butler
posted by davidt on Saturday December 30 2006, @12:00PM

The Goat writes:
Once again, fans of The Smiths & Morrissey descended on The Salford Lads Club last weekend prior to the G-MEX gigs.
On display at the club was a series of pictures by the artist Greg Butler, described as 'An illustrative response to the lyrics of The Smiths'.
You can view the drawings yourself at Greg's MySpace page (in pics, 16 total).

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An anonymous person writes:
This was posted in the forums (original link), I think it deserves to be on the main page:

I recently exhibited my project, 'an Illustrative Response to the Lyrics of The Smiths' in the Salford Lads Club. If you haven't seen it already or would just like another look then the 16 images are available to see on my Myspace site at:
http://www.myspace.com/49300538

I'd be very interested to hear your comments on my work. They are even available to buy if you particularly them.
Thanks,
Greg
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inspired (Score:1)
It's always good to see how inspiring Morrissey, and his lyrics, can be... I'm impressed!
sweetnesss * <bettiepageNO@SPAMgmx.de> -- Saturday December 30 2006, @12:17PM (#244851)
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    hair? (Score:1)
    is that what he wants?
    bernard -- Saturday December 30 2006, @04:27PM (#244875)
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    ...and like all ugly things, it fell in love.
    • Re:hair? by Anonymous (Score:0) Sunday December 31 2006, @11:35AM
      Great work! (Score:1)
      I think they're really nice. You really capture emotion in your art; they're moving interpretations.
      I'd like to view them larger - is that possible?
      Good luck with them!
      LucasT -- Saturday December 30 2006, @06:02PM (#244880)
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      LucasT
        those are terrible (Score:1)
        completely missing the point, every one.
        chrisarclark <clarkinatorclark@hotmail.com> -- Saturday December 30 2006, @09:04PM (#244886)
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        "I'm just passing through here on my way to somewhere civilized and maybe I'll even arrive, maybe I'll even arrive..."
        response (Score:0)
        -think about the image/text relationship. is your image giving something that the text isn't? or does it show us the same thing, deadening the effect of both word and picture? the only one in which this happens at all is the "if you must go to work tomorrow..."
        -think about intent and audience. what's the point? what are you trying to communicate here and why? it looks like you're playing around, which is fine for sketchbooks but you've got to give us more for a finished piece. all you show is people bored, and I'm bored by it. learn from Moz-- you can talk about boredom and desperation with PASSION!
        -lettering. you've used digital type better than most, but hand lettering and image integrated text will give much much more of yourself, and will let you own words that aren't yours.
        -I'd like to see more texture. everything looks so smooth, it doesn't tell different surfaces.
        -proportions. work on 'em more.
        -that gradient -- c'mon, man. draw. look at Arnold Newman's photographs, see how much the environment gives to the portraits.
        that said, there is some beautiful drawing here, particularly in "if it's not love..."
        just remember, how good you become is directly proportionate to how hard you work, how much you push yourself, how much time you put into it.
        ed is dead -- Saturday December 30 2006, @11:02PM (#244887)
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        • Re:response by Anonymous (Score:0) Sunday December 31 2006, @02:58AM
          • Re:response by ed is dead (Score:0) Sunday December 31 2006, @11:31AM
          • Re:response by Anonymous (Score:0) Sunday December 31 2006, @05:27AM
            • Re:response by Lola runs (Score:1) Sunday December 31 2006, @07:04AM
              • Re:response by Anonymous (Score:0) Sunday December 31 2006, @09:08AM
              • Re:response by ed is dead (Score:0) Sunday December 31 2006, @11:43AM
              Questions for the Artist (Score:1)
              Greg, these are terrific.

              First of all, I am not able to attend the exhibit; I viewed these from the MySpace site, so forgive me if these questions have already been answered by you:

              Are these pictures drawn from live models/friends/family? Are you working from photographs you or someone else have taken?

              Is the purpose of your work to promote the lyrics of Morrissey? Do you regard your work as a more personal tribute? Are you interested in doing a series of some of Morrissey's lyrics post-Smiths?

              Lastly, do you remember an artist named Barbara Kruger, who was best known with combining ambiguous slogans with graphic images? If not, who is your influence?
              mozmic_dancer -- Sunday December 31 2006, @08:48AM (#244902)
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              "I am the fun and the fair, on a Mozsite for the criminally insane..."
              good times for a change... (Score:0)
              Ha! Nice to see Dr. Evil back on the covers!
              Anonymous -- Sunday December 31 2006, @04:15PM (#244924)
                horrible (Score:1)
                just horrible!
                marred -- Sunday December 31 2006, @04:42PM (#244926)
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                • Re:horrible by dia920 (Score:1) Monday January 01 2007, @04:51AM


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