Work work work (NSFW as usual)

Finally replaced my scanner cable. Still playing around with watercolors and inks, and although the stuff I'm showing off here are more on the artsy side of things, there will be some comics I will post once I finish them.

Auld Lang Syne

Alright, so I'm insane and have decided to try and make a 14" by 22" movie poster based on the idea of, "What if Auld Lang Syne was the title of the most awesome action movie ever made and it starred Father Time and Baby Time and had a T-rex and a robot and an atom bomb?" This is a half-size mock-up for that movie poster to get the composition and lighting right. Yes, the baby is dual-wielding Colt .45's. The final project will be inked and huge. I have left space at the bottom (not shown in this picture) to write in fake production credits, so if you want in just tell me. I can totally make you a producer or director or something. Also, if anyone reading this has a good tagline for this movie I would love to hear it. The best I've come up with so far is "A new year's resolution...TO KILL!" and that's not very good.

Art Trade

I drew this as something for an art trade with this guy in Chicago. He draws crazy comics and publishes them in a zine, and we agreed to trade so this is what I sent him. Hopefully I will get a copy of his Zine in the mail soon.

Basically, i started drawing this really adolescent and juvenile picture with all these womend in it, but the negative space was really bothering me. So I thought to myself, "What could I possibly add to make this more juvenile and chauvinistic?" The answer, of course, is panties and bras.

Two of these women were drawn from references, and one is straight out of my head. See if you can guess which one.

Busy Beaver (NSFW)

Hey, I've been talking with Jess Reinhardt (local artists here in Las Cruces) and it's really inspiring to see how much time this guy spends on his work. It never occured to me, but he gave me advice on taking the sketches from my sketchbook and moving them into finalized drawings. Your sketchbook should be like blueprints for your projects. I told Jess about our meetings, and he seems really interested in showing up. It'll be good to get him to talk about motivation, time management, etc. He has some really cool stuff to show off too, but I don't think he has any online... Anyway, here's some new stuff:

yooo

Hey guys, been awhile. Don't have much time, but hope all is well, and you guys have some new and exciting things going on with your art. Ill be back in Cruces for the holidays, dec 25th - jan 3rd. so if you guys still get together to draw, then let me know. here's some recent junk: something I noodled around with for a few nights after work. and a few 1-2hr warm ups before work:

MASTODON!

I'm alive and well in New York. I just wanted everyone to know that I am drawing A LOT here, and will bring you all back something awesome. Here is a mastodon skull I drew in the Natural History Museum. There's also a wapiti on the page, but he's trying to run away because he knows he's outclassed.

Critique on comic color scheme

So, I finished inking that two page comic I was working on, and have scanned it in and am starting to play around in photoshop with colors and such. I'm not very well versed in either photoshop or color palettes, so I'd like for anyone who cares to to comment on this. I've got the general colors of the backgrounds in place, and some coloring on objects. What do you think? Do the overall colors work? How should I be coloringg this piece?

The Debut of Uncle Vernon the Pig

It's Uncle Vernon! He's a pig.

And a right proper one at that, too. He's very snooty, apparently like Monsieurs James and Phil, who do not wish to grace this blog with their artwork or comments. Yeah, that's right! I called you out! On that blog that you started but don't read anymore! BURN!

Arizona doodles

I was in Arizona this weekend, visiting my parents. I don't recommend visiting Arizona, it's full of bugs.

This guy was just chilling at a rest stop just across the border. He's pretty much life-size in this image. Everywhere I looked at this rest stop, there were locusts and bees. I saw at least three different species of locusts. There might have been more than one kind of bee, but bees freak me out so I didn't look very closely.

I drew this with a brush pen at a lake. The lake smelled like licorice for some reason, and it actually looked more like a lake than this little swampy section I drew. Once again there were tons of bugs.

And finally, i worked up Friday's drawing theme of "robot" into this guy. He loves you so much!

And here's some older drawings from a couple days ago.

Massive (NSFW)

More selections from my sketchbook. I've been fairly productive now that school has started, and there's more sources to draw inspiration from. Some of these contain questionable material, and borderline tastelessness to a more sensitive audience, so beware. I'm trying to shift from sketches to doing more watercolor/ink paintings, but we'll see how it works out. I did manage to finish this one, and I'm very satisfied with the results... Also, here's some drawings left in my sketchbook from the group, who choose to remain unrepresented (that's a call to arms to James and Phillip, respectively).

Sketchy sketch sketch - now with ink!

Some sketches from yesterday and today. I have fought with this tiny sketchbook for months now, and hated it. But today I tried using ink in it, and man that thing takes ink like a champ! I like my sketchbook now!

More contour drawings

More giant contour drawings from my birthday party. Thanks to everyone who came and participated.

Just a heads up, this next one is nothing but birds, fetuses, and penises. So don't look at it if explicit representations of birds offend you.

Contour Drawings

So in honor of my birthday today, we all showed up at my house and did giant contour drawings. The idea was that one of us would start by drawing an image, and the next person to draw would have to fit part of their drawing into the contour of the previous drawings. After a while, you start getting some really interesting shapes and some really interesting drawings crammed into those shapes. These are both about 4' wide. Thumbnailed due to large amounts of objectionable material that some prudes may find offensive.

Ninja's post from his sketchbook

working on light and shadows

peek a boo..

Why hello there. Looks like you guys are improving a lot, at least the lot of you that show your stuff in here. Hope you guys have some new and exciting things going with your artwork. I've been damn busy, but its been the best time of my life. Everybody is so passionate about art, and video games. The talent is overwhelming, but hey it makes you that much better! This is just the tip of the iceberg, something I did in my freetime a few days ago. I actually dont get around to doing a lot of personal digital stuff, it's mostly just been sketching in my book, and little brush tests here and there, this peice started out as a brush test, also a little inspired by Rembrandts paintings and the way he uses light and colors. Anyway, hope you are all doing well, and still drawing like mad men.

Steamy Sketch Dump

Not to be outdone by my contemporaries, here's some drawings from our meetings, along with selections from my sketchbook. On a somewhat related note, I took advice from James (who has yet to show off his skills here) and did a study on some of my favorite artists at the moment. By looking closely at their drawings and copying some cool pieces exactly, your brain seems to absorb some of the artist's power, the lawful equivalent of devouring their heart. No joke, I took a few of Jamie Hewlett (Tank Girl, Gorrilaz) and Mike Mignola (Hellboy) and virtually traced their drawings, and the next day, my drawings improved. I highly recommend this exercise, it made me a true believer, true believers. Also, I completely forgot to bring those CD's with pictures from our trip to Comic Con to our last meeting. I'll be sure to get those to you guys as soon as possible. Ninja claims to have more, so there will possibly be a different version of the CD coming. A 2.0 version.

BLEEEEEEEAAARGGGHHH!!!!!

Gross!

Bucket of Links

Some links I've been meaning to post. Mostly comics related, and others are there to inspire and awe. You can decide which does what. Enter Void From the FAQ page:"EnterVOID.com: the first in online sequential art battles." Our goal is to provide an environment for prospective comic artists to sharpen their artistic and story-telling abilities through sequential art (or comics). Our site provides what has been dubbed at times an "arena" or "battle ground" for up and coming young talent to display their skills and refine their art. Comics are the heart of VOID. There are two basic types of comics featured on the site. The first, and most popular, have been known for years simply as "Battles," where artists challenge each other with predetermined guidelines and do battle. The second type of comic featured predominantly on VOID is known as a "Beyond Battle." In this type of sequential, artists are able to depict their character's stories further, without being confined by the rules of being in a formal "battle." Gig Posters From the FAQ page:This site is dedicated to the artists, designers and musicians who create amazing gig posters to advertise shows and events. The art of gig posters, flyers, and handbills showcases the talent of many designers who see little to no profit for creating gig posters. I am pleased to host this site for the world to see all of the amazing art and dedication to promote the music scene. Zuda Comics A monthly online comic competition. Winners receive a publishing deal. There's a lot of inspiring stuff here. Comic Space Think of it as myspace for comic book fans and creators. Blue Vertigo Huge directory for graphic designers. Has numerable links to free stock photography, fonts, logos, Photoshop brushes, etc. Jenny Everywhere An open source comic character with reality shifting powers. She is completely free to use anywhere in anything. If I think of any more, I'll post them up.

Some excerpts from McThrill's sketchbook

I've been working on some anatomy and figure studies. Nudity ahoy, so be careful and don't get fired.

Backs are pretty sexy, it turns out.

I like her hair, and stomach. I think they turned out well. Not so crazy about the fade-to-nothing crotch, though.

I hate the shading on her face, but I think her hair looks pretty neat. I like her posture as well.

I swear to god, the reference I used for this was a female, and looked very feminine in the photograph.Something went wrong, though.

This is my favorite. I did this today.

Selections from Enigmata's Sketchtome

Uploading some sketches from our meetings and some new doodles from the last few days.