Black Swan continues to give ballet a much needed boost, with reports of increased box office demand for Swan Lake performances around the globe (we can almost hear the sound of artistic directors who have not scheduled the ballet this season kicking themselves) and stories of audience members calling the Royal Opera House to see when Natalie Portman will be making a stage appearance as Swan Queen.
Over here our site stats indicate a number of visitors via the keywords “Is Black Swan a Real Story?” which is amusing considering professional dancers’ opinions about the movie. So while we wait for the real Nina Sayers to (please) stand up, we’ve scouted the web for the best Black Swan fan art; we think a few of them give the movie’s Soviet propaganda-style posters some competition, what do you think?
Illustration by Jorge MacÃas de Nazareth (via Facebook)
Illustration by Hannes Beer (via Flickr)
Illustration by MumblingIdiot (via Deviant art)
Illustration by Ninjatic (via Deviant art)
Illustration by Toughtink (via Deviant art)
Digital art by Owel (via Deviant art)
Illustration by Boum (via Deviant art)
Source Ambuurs (Tumblr)
Illustration by *Rotarr (via Deviant art)
Illustration by Brontinox (via Deviant art)
Which ones are your favorites? We’ll tell ours if you tell yours first!
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Emilia
Thanks for the comments guys, glad you enjoyed the selection. Here’s another one we like:
http://pantoufledeverre.blogspot.com/2011/02/on-my-desk-wednesday-night.html
Claudia Jimenez
All of them are totally beautiful, but I specially like the one made it by Boum.
Joshua Martens
Great post! The original Black Swan posters were beyond amazing. It’s interesting to see how those, along with the film, have inspired artists and designers make their own version. Wonderful selection you’ve chosen!
Ali
Thank you so much for featuring my work here. I really appreciate it.
Emilia
Thanks guys! My absolute faves are the first (Jorge Macias), third (MumblingIdiot) & the last (Brontinox) – I’d love to print these on silkscreens
David
These are all very, very good. But I feel in love with the third one from the bottom (Source Ambuurs (Tumblr)). I also like the first one and the last one. Now tell us yours.
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Flaflari
I’d vote for Rotarr and MumblingIdiot… (alhough Ninjatic’s is pretty good work too
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La Darina
Loving this selection ladies! My favorites are the illustrations by Boum & Brontinox (both totally capture the dark fairy tale atmosphere of the movie)
Linn
My fave Illustrations are made by:
Source Ambuurs (Tumblr) and Illustration by Toughtink (via Deviant art)
They are amazingly brilliant!!!
xx