Monday, May 21, 2007

A Source of Inspiration

I'm back :)

I left a comment in my previous April Fool's Day entry that my next entry would be something on a source of inspiration for my comics. So here it is. Apart from observing people, I also enjoy looking at STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY. As for what stock photographs are in a nutshell, they're professionally taken photographs used by e.g. publishers, advertising agencies, etc to save time and money. For a more elaborate explanation, head down to the wiki site.

I enjoy looking at stock photographs featuring people. People in an office scenario or people interacting with one another. Sometimes it could just be individuals with rich facial expressions. Sometimes when I look at these photos, my imagination starts to run wild. Let me give you some examples.

Below is an illustration emulating a stock photo (I'm just drawing from my head, nothing specific from an existing series of stock photographs), featuring a lady reading a document:



Because we can't tell what the bonkers she's reading, the photo can be used in a variety of situations, e.g. a brochure talking about loans (I'm making this up as I go):



But in the hands of Ol' Dan, it will be something else altogether :)



Below is another illustration emulating a typical corporate setting stock photo:



A typical use of such a photo could be a page from a boring as hell publication:



But again, Ol'Dan sees things in a different way:



As the third example, I've drawn a sweet looking (even the poor deserves to dream, right or not? Heh.) office lady standing next to a photocopier.



Once again, it emulates the kind of stock photo destined for a corporate website or brochure. And once again, Ol' Dan has OTHER plans. Here we go:





Boh-liao = Nothing better to do.










Siao = Crazy


:D

5 comments:

Lupin Tan said...

yo Bro, where had you gone. Nice to see u back. Do post more often if u can.

chartao said...

phew, its been a long time....great post.

BBBBBBB said...

AHAHAHAHAHAHA this is so silly! I love stock photos also. Alot of them look quite nice mah. And I like to scrutinise corporate reports and websites sometimes to see if they are stock pics. HAHAHAHA

Anonymous said...

this one had me laughing out aloud!

None said...

last part...hahahhahaa

no matter what...females still like compliments. Kakaakakaka

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