Volume 12–4 (Low Res).pdf - U&lc
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8DRAWING<br />
PENS<br />
AND<br />
DRUM-<br />
siacKs<br />
Joe Ciardiello loves jazz and his<br />
drums almost as much as he<br />
loves illustration, so it's easy to<br />
understand his modus operandi<br />
at the drawing board. He goes to<br />
work with his drawing pens in<br />
much the same improvisational<br />
spirit as he does with his drumsticks.<br />
He starts with a theme, a<br />
small idea—sometimes just a<br />
whim—and then lets his mind<br />
and his pen roam free. He explores,<br />
extends, amplifies and<br />
complicates. Sometimes small<br />
whims grow into whammo drawings.<br />
Sometimes an illustration<br />
gets out of hand, and he has to<br />
start all over again to get it right.<br />
But he is always working for an<br />
expression that is sincerely felt<br />
and unpremeditated. He encourages<br />
his own spontaneity by<br />
plunging in directly with pen<br />
and ink, with no preparatory<br />
pencil drawings.<br />
Like all illustrators, Ciardiello's<br />
overriding objective is to find<br />
a form, so singular and so personal,<br />
that it will be immediately<br />
identifiable, even without his<br />
signature. It's the work of a lifetime.<br />
But even now he is a powerhouse<br />
in black-and-white and<br />
completely idiosyncratic in his<br />
use of color; injecting it in<br />
Illustrations ©Joe Ciardiello<br />
Invitation to Society of Illustrators exhibition.
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