MOTEL is starting to hit the festival circuit…So to celebrate I came up with a interesting little project. It all starts with a blank piece of Palms Motel stationery
(Based on the fictional motel in my film).
Artists have the freedom to draw on it..write on it…(Pretend that you stayed there…anything goes)…
So, here’s my little motel stationary submission (I recycled an older sketch, but I think it found a proper home). He may have had the coffee, but I don’t think he’ll be back.
I frequently drop by Chris Appelhans portfolio page to rewatch his Superman animated short, but I just noticed that it’s on YouTube as well. That makes it easier to share, and dare I share? I shall.
Superman - Words That Saved the World by Chris Appelhans (song is his as well)
I’m recommending El Laberinto del Fauno or Pan’s Labyrinth. I think it’s a movie about turning inward to find something painfully beautiful. Here, that process itself is an act of defiance against an external world too horrible to accept — or, in better times, it’s a world too bland to embrace without meeting it halfway. For most of this movie, it’s the former. I left the theater fairly traumatized, but it’s a beautiful film worth watching.
Craig Houghton is a self-taught artist available for fine-art commissions and illustration work. Contact via email using leversandpulleys at yahoo.com.
