Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Caricature 002
just a quick Caricature of a Drawing Board member, done in Painter X using the Square Conte, Acrylic brushes, all painted over a scan of an old oil gesso prepared wood canvas (geez...doesn't that sound all technical and shit).
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
SG tribute Mark II + Autumn Iga 6
Another Steve Gerber tribute...a more formal portrait with some of the comic characters that he created and help shape.
The thing thats really hard to duplicate in digital painting, is the thick look of paint. This was an attempt to get that (but not quite there i'm afraid). Hey...maybe i should just pick up some brushes?
The thing thats really hard to duplicate in digital painting, is the thick look of paint. This was an attempt to get that (but not quite there i'm afraid). Hey...maybe i should just pick up some brushes?
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Steve Gerber 1947 - 2008
Last Sunday, Steve Gerber (the creator of Howard the Duck) passed away.
Howard the Duck was a Marvel Comic published in the mid to late 70's, and featured a wise-cracking Duck, trapped in our world. I remember the first time i picked up the first issue at a second hand bookstore, and was absolutely blown away by the character, drawings, tone and most of all...the story! I devoured that thing for almost a full week...every time i'd put it down, i'd pick it up against almost immediately, trying to work out how the hell they did that.
Here's my tribute:
Howard the Duck was a Marvel Comic published in the mid to late 70's, and featured a wise-cracking Duck, trapped in our world. I remember the first time i picked up the first issue at a second hand bookstore, and was absolutely blown away by the character, drawings, tone and most of all...the story! I devoured that thing for almost a full week...every time i'd put it down, i'd pick it up against almost immediately, trying to work out how the hell they did that.
Here's my tribute:
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Sgt Rock, Exxon Ceo,Autumn girl and Aliens...WAR!
just some various images for you...
i was recently asked for some political/editorial samples, and i decided to do a portrait/caricature of Lee Raymond, who was the head of Exxon during the infamous Valdez disaster. let me know your thoughts (yah or nah) and i'll post the other ones as i do them.
now, over at the Drawing Board, the theme for this months Jam is "War is Hell". so i've been thinking about what i was going to do to contribute, and immediately two things popped into my head:
the first, is that the great Gregory Peck would have made an awesome Sgt. Rock. now, if you don't know who that is...then please do a google on the Sarge and the veteran comic book artist Joe Kubert and you'll see what i mean. i picked up the latest Showcase for inspiration also, and i've gotta say...man that Kubert can draw! anyway, here's my Peck-ish Sgt. Rock --
the second image is for Aliens, the great war movie sequel that James Cameron made in1986. i saw this in Canada when i was 18, and it thrilled me and scared the crap out of me at the same time. hope i did it at least a tiny bit of justice:-)
lastly, here's another Autumn Iga (gotta sneak in a girl somewhere, don't i)?
i was recently asked for some political/editorial samples, and i decided to do a portrait/caricature of Lee Raymond, who was the head of Exxon during the infamous Valdez disaster. let me know your thoughts (yah or nah) and i'll post the other ones as i do them.
now, over at the Drawing Board, the theme for this months Jam is "War is Hell". so i've been thinking about what i was going to do to contribute, and immediately two things popped into my head:
the first, is that the great Gregory Peck would have made an awesome Sgt. Rock. now, if you don't know who that is...then please do a google on the Sarge and the veteran comic book artist Joe Kubert and you'll see what i mean. i picked up the latest Showcase for inspiration also, and i've gotta say...man that Kubert can draw! anyway, here's my Peck-ish Sgt. Rock --
the second image is for Aliens, the great war movie sequel that James Cameron made in1986. i saw this in Canada when i was 18, and it thrilled me and scared the crap out of me at the same time. hope i did it at least a tiny bit of justice:-)
lastly, here's another Autumn Iga (gotta sneak in a girl somewhere, don't i)?
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