The Blues – Illustration Friday
B.B. King | Acrylic on Acrylic Board
The theme at Illustration Friday this week is ‘The Blues’. First thing came to mind was B.B. King, the King of the blues. So I thought, I do an illustration of him. But you have to pardon me for the not-so-perfect ‘Lucille‘ illustration.
I have been exposed to his music during my childhood by my father, a big fan of Mr. King. I came to love his music as I listened along. My all time favourite is ‘Thrill is Gone’.
For your information, Mr. King is having a series of Tour in The States this October, so if you’re a big fan, be sure to check his website for more information on the tour.
34 Comments
zari
Hello Emilia! Neat concept, love the textures and shades!
Thanks or your comment on my blue illo, i was writing the story behind it and now it’s done…hope you check it out! – i also posted the great atcs i got!…thanks 😉
emila
Thank you Zarifi, will check out your blog now!
Digital Scott
The Thrill Is Gone had got to be one of the greatest songs of all time. Your illustration is wonderful!
kdhamel
This is great – I like the perspective and the person you chose to highlight!
emila
Digital Scott, thank you! I love the song very much!
Kelly, thank you. BB King is the greatest!
Marci Senders
Great illustration! Love the angle.
emila
Thank you, Marci!
studio lolo
This is wonderful Emila! I love the black and blue together. Wonderful!
Sherry Rogers
This woudl make a wonderful poster!!
ces
Emila, this is so blue and so cool. Blue is my favorite color and the hues you used is so pleasing to me. Lovely!
Jean
lovely! blue colors with blues.. nice! 😀
janice ykema
great job.. love the colours… and can almost here the sound!
hatrabbit
Hi B.B. king is great–I love this illo, all the colours are wotking really well together.
dave
Get Zapped
Wow! Nice work. BB really brought the Blues to the mainstream. I saw him live and he blew the audience away!
Josh Billings
I think the style fits the blues well. The Blues should be rough and imperfect, as the music is also. B.B. King is good but I would argue about whether he is “The” king of the blues. Nice work.
Becky Schultea
This is a beautiful tribute – beautifully rendered. Nice work – it is really gorgeous!
Bobby Revell
Hi Emila! You know that I am a guitar design engineer huh? It was one of my many careers! I have owned several similar Gibson guitars exactly like BB’s (without the name Lucille of course).
I think it looks FANTASTIC! I really love this and BB would be proud! Has he seen it? I love it and I love you too 🙂
jo
Very cool, love the details on the guitar, and the background makes it all the better.
emila
Thank you all for the lovely comments!
Laurel, thanks for dropping by! I love your Blues post too!
Sherry, thank you. A poster sounds great!
Ces, thank you! I love all the blues!
Jean, blue colors are the coolest!
Janice, I can hear the sound too. Love your Blues painting! You always make great art!
Dave, thank you for visiting!
Getzapped, glad you like the illo!
Josh, hmm..guess there are other great kings of the blues! It can also meant there’s only one person by the name of King in the blues music industry hehe
Becky, thank you, great to have you here!
Bobby! Wow you’re a guitar engineer! How cool! Bet you can play the blues too! Love you too Bobby!
Jo, thank you for the lovely comments!
Eugenia Gina
woooow… BB King! Coool, I also like his music.. 🙂 especially to cooling off my head ehhehehe!!
emila
Hi Eugenia! Great to see you here girl!
alix
great composition and colours!! and I also love BB King!
valgalart
😀 You did a beautiful job on Mr. KIng and I love him too!
emila
Alix & Valerie, thank you so much!
Ellen Byrne
Very impressive! Bravo!
michael dailey
bb and albert king to of the best still going. nice tribute to him and lucille
Angela
Very nice illustration! I like how your colors pattern throughout. 😀
froggie
hiya, e! wonnnnnderful piece! i really like the crop and the tension in his fingers….
fantastic. 🙂
emila
Ellen, thank you!
Md, oh yes, there’s another King!
Angela! So glad you like my illo!
Hi Ms Froggie! thanks you! Glad you noticed the focal point!
John York (Random)
It’s great Emila!!!
emila
Thank you, JRY!
kim
This is so brilliant and bright! What a composition!
emila
Thank you Kim!
Dookie
wow bb king the legend.. love him.. he is great.. very passionate bout his musics..