Whitechapel - The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-01T18:49:21-07:00

No one else has started this month's, so why not?

And my first contribution of the month. Or in months? Something. My take on the cover of my favorite album so far this year, Astronautalis' THIS IS OUR SCIENCE. Now give me my fix, O ye much better scribblers than one such as I could ever hope to be.

Edited to add: More at my TUMBLR or at MOVEMENTmagazine's sketchblog.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-01T19:09:28-07:00

I've been using some new coloring techniques...these are the results:

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-01T19:55:52-07:00

Beautiful stuff. I've always loved the riotous, anarchic feel of your work.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-01T20:35:05-07:00

This took longer than I thought it would. . . .

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-01T21:10:07-07:00

Alien sex ponies?

New thread challenge: ACTUALIZE!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-01T21:54:42-07:00

@mecurialblonde - I love the new colouring. It looks beautiful.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-02T15:04:19-07:00

Richard Pace: Saw this genius piece on Bleeding Cool. Spot on, man!

Spent a nice afternoon sketching and drawing. Noodling with new characters, here's one:

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-02T15:51:28-07:00

Still a work in progress and only part of the piece. Slow going on this one.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-02T23:00:34-07:00

I only read the first page of the new Catwoman, this is how I assumed the next page went, right?

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-03T13:13:43-07:00

Hahaha @neil

@richard I love that!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-03T22:01:44-07:00

Here's a shot of me playing the videogame artwork I've been working on. We did the first public walk through at Nuit Blanche this weekend and it was really successful. I also added some of the most recent video clips from the game but playing it on the big screen was way mre fun! Special thanks to my creative collaborator Michael Richards for the awesome programming!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-03T22:49:15-07:00

Cthulhu vs. Giant Robots!
A simple image, made from graphite powder and charcoal, then with some digital chicanery. Done for a contest at my school; 24 hours to create illustrations following a theme. This year was 'Science Fiction'. I did this one in about 6-8 hours or so.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-04T05:57:57-07:00

@HEY APATHY/Mike: My God, those environments are spellbinding. I love them, and I have nearly 0% interest in video games. Outstanding work, friend!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-04T07:06:06-07:00

Thinking, thinking, thinking...maybe next book....

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-04T11:02:37-07:00

That's a striking image, Paul!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-04T14:21:30-07:00

I did this today:

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-05T07:13:44-07:00

@Richard…awesome strip.
@william…lovely WIP piece.
@hey apathy..nice one! How'd you controller did you use?
@paul…lovely pieces to start the month off.

new quickie project...painter really hated this page...kept freezing on me...broken momentum not fun.

largee pic

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-05T08:58:54-07:00

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-05T10:50:01-07:00

aaaaaaaaaaaaaawesome

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-05T11:09:53-07:00

mutherragawd

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-05T18:00:59-07:00

yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-05T18:17:09-07:00

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-05T19:46:31-07:00

Here's a cover I did for the sci-fi issue of a queer feminist sex magazine called ""Salacious". Sadly the SF theme has been bumped to #4 due to lack of submissions - if you have some comics/art/text work looking for a venue, drop 'em a line.

(Prints of that are on DA after Salacious' editor told me that tons of people wanted one.)

Other than that I've mostly been continuing to work on my multiple-narrative comic about a robot lady and her parallel selves. Which has currently put said robot lady's thread into full-page mode because it's time for ACTION!!!.

Oh, and I also did a Starwatcher with her. Unlike Boba Fett, her head is designed to be cleanly removable. *snicker*

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-05T21:14:39-07:00

Great work Egypt -- thanks for sharing it here!

~R

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-05T22:12:18-07:00

@hey apathy! - It looks like it's coming along nicely. The floating eyes are pretty creepy.
@rooth! I like the colouring on your piece.
@egypt - loving the comic.

Finally finished my second strip. I can't believe how long it takes do one of these. Unfortunately, too many of my lines are thin which makes the image look blurry when I reduce the size :( Oh well, live and learn!
The Pink Strip #2: Smile, someone's looking at you!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-05T22:27:49-07:00

This is my Jenny Greenteeth remake/remodel

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-06T08:15:02-07:00

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-06T13:42:11-07:00

Paul, that's really nice.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-06T16:17:29-07:00

Lovely work all round folks.... :)

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-06T20:32:08-07:00

@Sizer, thanks for that.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-07T07:46:00-07:00

Pencils for this week's Remake/Remodel.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-07T17:42:20-07:00

@Richard Pace, oh my god I'm so excited for that. Holy shit.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-07T20:32:01-07:00

Sketchies..

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-08T05:56:51-07:00

@lomopop, I know what you mean about making comics, even 3 panel strips take me ages, although thats partly due to procrastination.

A sketchbook drawing, Tea Runner:

And a little drawing I did for the background of my Mp3 Player:

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-08T11:37:27-07:00

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-08T23:45:14-07:00

first off…neglected comment-o..
@no cuddle…damn freaky stuff.
@Rooth…nice angle and colours.
@egypt…love the colours and minimalist approach
@lomo…sweet sequence and love the colour palette.
@mercurial..nice R/R
@Paul..nice.
@neil…digging the textures on this one.
@richard…awesome and creepy.
@amalgamated...keep 'em coming.
@valente...sweet angle.

Assorted Saturday band sketches.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-09T05:30:40-07:00

@mojo -- that third sketch -- the gesture of the guitarist is bang-on. Nicolaides would be proud.

~R

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-09T06:12:49-07:00

This project was killed this past Friday. Pretty bummed about it, but at least I wasn't much further along:

~R

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-09T06:20:46-07:00

@richard...that's a shame...it looks awesome! Love the angle of the last one. As for the guitarist sketch, I got lucky and caught that pose. Sometimes, I usually miss a lot of good poses but every now and again...

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-09T09:18:25-07:00

Wow, incredible displays of work guy folks. Well done!
Thanks for the kind words about RoboBoba.
Love that page @lomopop, beautiful colors!
Always great to see your sketches Mojo- great energy!
I think your Jenny Greenteeth is my favorite, mercurialblonde
Sorry that project didn't work out for you Richard - it looks like it would have been fun. Amazing pages!

Here's a White Queen piece I just finished for a fellow in WA. Emma's a tough one, I find.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-09T10:21:02-07:00

<<-- Everything in that previous page was pure gold.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-09T11:18:48-07:00

@Rooth That's about the best bit of work I think I've ever seen you do, difficult or no. Having to type this blind as the post editor has gone wonky on me

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-09T12:18:44-07:00

Last minute JENNY GREENTEETH image for this week's challenge. Party up, dudes!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-09T18:16:40-07:00

First painting of October

Ink & charcoal

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-09T21:48:05-07:00

Cheers Vertigo! I appreciate that, man.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-10T06:47:43-07:00

Some lunch sketches commissions from last week messed about with photoshop for tone and depth.

5th element would have been a vastly different film if Zorg acted like Stansfield from The Professional.

I have never read Ender's game but I tried throwing in some symbolism that I found about the story.

Heard Preacher was a great comic but have never read it. My take on Cassidy, only found images with him wearing sunglasses.

Some day I want to publish a book titled, "One thousand times President Lincoln was a jerk." #4 Abe was a jerk after escaping from New York.

Thanks for looking.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-10T07:53:28-07:00

@initiatezao...your on fire with you pics. Love the Oldman & Cassidy pieces.
@Paul...nice Jenny.

Last one before bed...

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-10T21:02:07-07:00

Drawing again. Crappy cell phone camera pic of progress.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-10T22:14:55-07:00

Little half-hour sketch. Might clean it up and put it in the book, as they're sort of characters in it.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-11T03:20:07-07:00

Lovely work all, what an inspirational place.

@Rooth - I love how you handled that, quite beautiful.
@initiatezao - A masterful Oldman, love it!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-11T04:52:49-07:00

Thanks Neil- I appreciate that, Sir :) I really love Red!
Beautiful drawing, @Dorkmuffin!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-11T12:34:38-07:00

@Wednesday, WOW! i´m shocked, really!

@Dork, that´s a very good news & that´s awesome! : )

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-11T12:44:22-07:00

got the black and white inks up on my TUMBLR!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-11T14:46:02-07:00

This was my ode to Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist

And this is Blackheart:

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-11T15:43:24-07:00

M.E. That is awesome.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-11T16:30:10-07:00

Thank you sir!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-11T20:35:12-07:00

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-11T22:21:56-07:00

Outstanding Superman. That is great. Always inspiring, APE was a huge success. Might be doing actual published work very soon. Couldn't have done it without the whitechapel creative inspiration and support. Thank you all.

Here is a stilgar portrait study for a life sized painting on board of Stilgar from Dune. I love Dune. They can remake that movie as many times as they want and I will watch each one.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-12T00:32:14-07:00

New here just want to say that there are some great artists on here very inspiring.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-12T03:57:05-07:00

Hahaha. I came here to post this and found Neilford's Superman up there. Great piece, I love the painted 'S' on his chest.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-12T07:15:23-07:00

@dorkmuffin...lovely painting.
@M.E...nice Strange.
@Neil...Whoa..mind is now blown.

tonight's page..comics are slow..ugh.

biggie

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-12T07:30:31-07:00

Well, I thought it was funny. . . .

~R

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-12T07:46:26-07:00

@Richard Pace - love how happy Batman is! :)

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-12T07:54:47-07:00

@ NeilFord Man that superman is cool.
@Richard Pace Ha! that's great.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-12T09:36:08-07:00

@Neil: A-MAAAAZING

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-12T16:15:13-07:00

Well done Mojo. Do you have any published sequential work? Funny stuff Richard, laughed throughout that page. HA!

During my day job I listen to a podcast called Hollywood Babble-On with Ralph Garman and Kevin Smith. Ralph does some amazing impressions, including Al Pachino, drew this last night while attempting a different color/render technique in photoshop.

"Come on now..."

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-12T18:33:05-07:00

Well done Mr. Pace.
This whole thread is full of some seriously amazing work.
Cheers to all!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-12T19:43:18-07:00

Did I post this already?

She fell apart once I gave her a face.

Self Portrait.

One of the better people I have known in my life.

Curious to hear your thoughts on these. I have been keeping up with my paper on a near daily basis for the first time in years and you guys are a HUGE part of the reason why I feel it is worthwhile.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-12T22:28:34-07:00

@initiatezao - I love everything you draw. That's all I have to say about that.

@dorkmuffin - hope you'll post again when it's done! It's great to see you drawing again.

Here's something I did that isn't terrific, but it's also not a naked woman, which is a noteworthy departure in my recent output:

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-13T02:24:51-07:00

Nice work @ Oddbill!
@ NeilFord the super-man is amazing
always strong @mojo really like the full pages( also the game was played with an xbox controller )
also thanks @PaulSizer for the kind words,I'm not a game person either just thought it might be cool to make one. Love the thinking thinking drawing!
here's a bunch of my short hand-drawn animations I edited together...

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-13T03:27:43-07:00

I'm away for a week, and look what happens. All sorts of great art folks.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-13T06:46:44-07:00

An un-cleaned page of comic.

I'm trying to figure out if I should either work on ways to build tone with my lines without hatching or solid blacks, or if I should just give up and color the damned thing even though the main colors of the setting and it's citizens are grey and shit brown.

I'm also trying to teach myself hand-lettering. I've yet to reach anything resembling consistency.

Plus, I'm thinking of doing the panel borders freehand as well...

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-13T07:17:02-07:00

I dig people who draw things like nuts and bolts into vomit. I'd suggest trying to go with a very small palette, and use lots of big flat colors, but keep the lines loose like you have them.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-13T07:40:54-07:00

Dig the comic, William.

I agree with Paul: limited palette, which you already suggested with the browns/greys, and a much flatter application (but I'd probably add textures). I think McCaig's approach and palette for Northlanders would would for that page.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-13T07:57:04-07:00

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-13T08:05:37-07:00

Ex Monday. Web Comic Serial. Updated once a week hopefully.

http://ofdarkmatter.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/ex-monday-2/

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-13T15:27:55-07:00

@Ken, Nice! An intriguing beginning.

Another strip:

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-13T15:54:24-07:00

Yeah... flat neutral colors may be the way to go.

Or spot blacks?

Hrm...

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-13T17:56:51-07:00

@Wednesday
Sonuvabitch, I didn't realize you're on Whitechapel! The world keeps getting scary small.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-13T19:23:34-07:00

Today's lunchsketches 1 of 2.

Today's lunchsketches 2 of 2. Not very pleased with this one.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-13T21:41:39-07:00

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-13T21:43:05-07:00

So, I painted chairs to match the dining table I made.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-14T00:38:09-07:00

Thanks for all the kind comments chaps, much appreciated! :)

@Greasemonkey - Love those table and chairs!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-14T03:16:25-07:00

Usually when I'm up until 4 in the morning handling boobs, I don't have anything productive to show for it. Go fig.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-14T06:03:09-07:00

Did these yesterday:

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-14T09:52:42-07:00

Cell phone picture did no favors to this one. But you get the idea. Scanning it was even worse.

And this one's a scan. Also not great.

Still. Art!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-14T10:01:42-07:00

Fishelle - ha, ha! I love the robot asking for Midol. Your page looks good too, I like your style.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-14T17:17:21-07:00

Finally can show these to you all: a set of propaganda posters designed for the upcoming SOLAR THEATRE, an alternate reality game played as World War 2 takes place in the theatre of our solar system, with the various Axis and Allied powers claiming planets for their bases of operations. Each poster was done in a style reflecting actual war-time propaganda posters of the time.

For more information on this game and others, visit BLACKBALL GAMES for more information.
SOLAR THEATRE is ©Blackball Games Inc. All rights reserved.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-14T18:01:03-07:00

@paul...awesome!!! Seeing your stuff just cheered up my morning.
@fishelle..nice strip.
@grease...very nice furniture/painting combo.

late last night/ early morning therapy sketching...

also got got a story in the local comic anthology here..

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-14T21:23:53-07:00

yes @Paul Sizer amazing!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-15T13:27:08-07:00

Drawin' Superman seems to be the thing all the cool kids are doing these days.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-15T14:21:00-07:00

Love those posters, Paul.

Mojo -- great sketches, as always!

~R

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-15T14:24:00-07:00

@paul and @mojokingbee - looking great, well done chaps! :)

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-15T15:01:11-07:00

Just a little something that I did as my interpretation of the new DCU 52.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-15T19:10:29-07:00

Those propaganda pieces are spot one, well done as always. Inspirational work from everyone, thanks for sharing your art and comments.

Last of my APE commissions. Tried getting into Heroes at least three times but never could, not sure why.

"Technically I'm a serial killer."

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-15T21:46:04-07:00

Hey Folks! Happy October to you one and all! Here be a bit of late night sketchery...

Have a good weekend guys!

©2011 T.N.Perkins IV All Rights Reserved

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-15T21:48:44-07:00

@Paul Sizer: Those posters are FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-15T21:50:10-07:00

@mojokingbee: MAN! THAT SPIDER-MAN IS GREAT! I would really want to read a book that had that feel! Nicely done!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-15T21:54:00-07:00

Okay folks… shameless plug time…At long last…. MY FIRST ART BOOK IS OUT!!!!!!!!! HUZZZZZAH!!!!!!! GO CHECK IT OUT! :) “The Art of Thomas N Perkins IV” ...here be a quick glance at the fine book. For those of you who wanted to check out my digital artbook app for the iPad / iPhone, but were Apple product-free, some of that may be found within along with a cavalcade of other new and fine content. I hope you dig it.

It can be found online at http:
//www.artoffiction.com/ArtOfFiction/books.html :

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-15T22:09:34-07:00

Oh man, it's been months since I've been on here. Well, here's a photo study I did. Still trying to produce Photoshop work that doesn't make me want to vomit up my own soul.

Also, @Paul Sizer: You have the most consistently excellent sense of design and color I've ever seen. Everything you put up here is just immensely delicious to look at, regardless of what it is. I love your work! More, please!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-15T22:13:01-07:00

@Davie: Nice sense of light in there! Well done, man.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-16T01:44:35-07:00

@bbrian love that

This is my nemo remake/remodel, and some character designs for a tribe in my comic:

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-16T01:50:38-07:00

This Kickstarter-project might be relevant to your interests:

Sensu Brush: A True Painting Experience on Your iPad

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-16T07:04:07-07:00

@tnperkins…nice lighting on the battle scene and congrats on the art book.
@davie…nice photo study.

everyone's Supe crazy this month...I keep thinking about 80's Bruce Springsteen when I look at his current casual look.

Tonight WIP panel..

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-16T07:54:22-07:00

@Thomas Perkins; I'm online and getting that art book STAT! Looks great, I love the design of the cover.
@Davie: Thanks for the good words, much appreciated.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-16T09:04:46-07:00

@mercurialblonde- Thank you. I am loving the character designs you got going on.

@paul- great to see your work again. The last I saw of you was the graphic novel BPM.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-16T09:22:47-07:00

Hah Superman wearing jeans! I don't know where you crazy guys come up with this stuff.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-16T10:09:34-07:00

@paul- great to see your work again. The last I saw of you was the graphic novel BPM.

Oh, I've been busy since then... : )

Here's the art only version of my entry to this week's REMAKE of Little Nemo...

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-16T12:27:21-07:00

I wanna read a Little Ellis graphic novel.

Of course, Warren would personally come to your house and barbecue your face over the gas ring.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-16T12:40:47-07:00

More DC supers.

Power Boxer Batgirl > Skinny Acrobat Batgirl.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-16T14:45:32-07:00

Of course, Warren would personally come to your house and barbecue your face over the gas ring.

I sent him the piece this morning, so I'm planning on that for the future.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-16T15:14:01-07:00

It's funny how he hates us drawing pictures of him. Warren's got a great look going, what with the beard and hat and long coat.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-16T18:55:58-07:00

@mojo, congrats for the comic, & love the last WIP... & the Spiderman ¡amazing!

@Paul, WOW! those posters are realy great! & the Ellis comic page is so tender... love the last panel : )

@tperkins, i want that book! could be a real very good gift for somebody special (in that case i should have to get two : )

@Richard Pace, i´m totaly amazed by your skills as an acting director at the last superhero comic page

Great art & inspiration this month, thanks.

Gren

"-Go away before we kill you.-
He scanned their faces for the last time. Then he turned on his heel and walked silently away.
He was blind with defeat. No possible future lay open to him. To be on one's own in the forest was dangerous; here it was doubly dangerous. If he could get back to the middle layers of the forest, he might be able to find other human groups; but those groups were scarce and shy; even supposing they accepted him, the idea of fitting in with strangers did not appeal to Gren.
Nomansland was not the best place in which to walk about blind with defeat. Within five minutes of being outcast, he had fallen victim to a hostile plant."

BRIAN ALDISS "Hothouse"

the Hound

" -Hist!- cried Holmes, and I heard the sharp click of a cocking pistol. "Look out! It's coming!"

There was a thin, crisp, continuous patter from somewhere in the heart of that crawling bank. The cloud was within fifty yards of where we lay, and we glared at it, all three, uncertain what horror was about to break from the heart of it. I was at Holmes's elbow, and I glanced for an instant at his face. It was pale and exultant, his eyes shining brightly in the moonlight. But suddenly they started forward in a rigid, fixed stare, and his lips parted in amazement. At the same instant Lestrade gave a yell of terror and threw himself face downward upon the ground. I sprang to my feet, my inert hand grasping my pistol, my mind paralyzed by the dreadful shape which had sprung out upon us from the shadows of the fog. A hound it was, an enormous coal-black hound, but not such a hound as mortal eyes have ever seen. Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame. Never in the delirious dream of a disordered brain could anything more savage, more appalling, more hellish be conceived than that dark form and savage face which broke upon us out of the wall of fog. "

ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE "The Hound of the Baskervilles"

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-16T23:42:16-07:00

@ mercurial- love the ink drawing, so cool
@Paul Sizer- incredible, astonishing, eye popping ect ... especially like the colors and architecture this time
@ mojo- I want a copy of that comic!
@ pupato- amazing!! the hound is freakin' creepy

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-17T00:04:02-07:00

Back to the website redesign. Here is like the third attempt at this corner logo illustration:

It's getting somewhere now, I think.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-17T20:53:42-07:00

@HEY, thanks for the "amazing" comment man! : )

@oddbill, that´s awesome! love the monster octopus, the background... & the neon is fantastic! : )

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-18T01:42:41-07:00

@Paul - Love the Littel Ellis page, brilliant work man.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-18T09:10:01-07:00

Another piece of the painting I'm working on:

This will be attached to the other part when I'm further along on the painting.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-18T15:37:12-07:00

Trying to integrate digital paint with lineart. I have no idea what I'm doing, so far. This was done in Paint Tool SAI.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-18T22:30:15-07:00

@Everyone: It's been some time since I posted anything here, though I've been checking the post frequently; as always, I've stumbled with amazing and eye dazzling art, nowhere else to be found.

Here's some quick shit I made just to try some new brushes I bought.

Photo's ugly because ich took it with bloody, crappy cellphone.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-19T04:20:38-07:00

@iaviv, looks like you know what you're doing to me, very nice.

I did an Alan for Alphabeasts, where you draw fantastical creatures for the each letter of the alphabet.

Alans like to collect menstrual blood or other reproductive waste and transform them into human children, whom they then raise as their own. Pretty cool eh?

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-19T06:06:34-07:00

Just a little daily silliness for my kids lunchbags. (http://lunchbagblog.blogspot.com/)
Cheers!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-19T06:13:35-07:00

Votes still out for Most Awesome Art Dad? Tom, you've got this one in the bag! (GROAN).

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-19T06:23:00-07:00

Thanks, Paul! :) It's all for the munchkins. :)

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-19T06:51:35-07:00

@tnperkins…awesome sauce!!
@paul…awesome R/R…man, gotta find the time to do mine..sigh.
@pupato…love the Hound piece.
@oddbill…can't go wrong with tentacles.
@iaviv…lovely piece.

today's WIP random pages...cannibals on mar & trying to draw vehicles..ugh.

upsize

upsize

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-19T06:56:40-07:00

@William Joseph Dunn: That is great, my friend! GO, man GO!
@mojokingbee: Thanks, man! I dig this page work you are doing. Very energetic!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-19T07:01:08-07:00

It's Wednesday so I'm doing this again, but DC gets a break!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-19T07:07:06-07:00

@Richard Pace: Excellent! Nicely done, man!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-19T07:48:21-07:00

Damn Pace, you hit the nail every damn time. Kudos, man, well done.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-19T11:54:58-07:00

My entry for Little Nemo remake:

And some other sketches i did this month:

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-19T13:43:53-07:00

@Richard Pace - What Paul Sizer said.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-19T15:59:29-07:00

Alan is terrific, @Biscuit! Love it!

Finally allowed to share these with you guys- some samples from the Rittenhouse Archives marvel Universe 2011 set of cards that will be released next week. I did over a 100 in the set, but here are some of my favorites.

And here are my 10 cards for Cryptozoic's CBLDF Liberty cards, released last month.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-19T20:00:12-07:00

Now, here's better.

@evilgeorge, those are some beautiful works!!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-19T21:13:57-07:00

@Amalgamated Biscuit ... I'm strangely comfortable with this.

tnperkins: You are seriously the coolest dad ever.

@Richard Pace: I kinda want to roll that comic up and used it to whack the fans who seriously got their underwear in a twist over Miles' turn in the suit.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-19T21:21:06-07:00

@mojo: love that motorcycle one. I've been watching a lot of sons of anarchy lately, and am planning to draw some motorcycle comics now, ha.
@tnperkins: I hope your kids realize how lucky they are, haha
@jp: love that. kinda terrifying

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-20T04:32:20-07:00

So I'm putting my industrial design degree to good use and building some 80's cyberpunkish costume pieces, beginning with a set of goggles. First step was concept sketching:

Most folk I showed these doodles to were big fans of the Spider Jerusalem inspired model on the upper left, and who am I to deny the will of the people? So I did a further sketch:

followed by a digital render.

Next step - adapting the design to actually suit the layout of a human face, followed by CAD mockups. After that, prototyping, sourcing the lenses, latex moulding and casting.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-20T10:25:13-07:00

Coming soon....

http://jpvaldecantos.tumblr.com/

@mercurialblonde, thanks, man!!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-20T12:42:47-07:00

Conan Commission:

~R

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-21T03:23:29-07:00

Moar charcoal & ink

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-21T14:52:33-07:00

Here's a Wolfman I made:

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-22T06:53:24-07:00

Ooh really nice Batman Wednesday wolf.

Cheers Rooth. Great cards, and nice to see a Mage card in there, I wonder when Matt Wagner will get around to finishing it.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-22T09:11:24-07:00

Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-22T12:18:27-07:00

"Music Man"

An idea I had came up with which is reasonably close to full realisation.

I willl continue playing with it until I am happy.

Sorry if this is a little large!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-22T20:47:07-07:00

Hi all, it's been a while since I joined in round these parts so I thought I'd share today's idle sketchings:

Whole Buncha Heads

Whole Buncha Batmen

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-23T05:11:59-07:00

@rooth...sweet Modok!
@struthersneil...Very nice sketches..Especially like the Gordon one & Bat's utility belt design.

nemo bits..

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-23T13:32:41-07:00

Ex Monday 3

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-23T15:19:40-07:00

Trying to work out some illustrations for the RPG card set "I Wanna Be a Stormtrooper".

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-23T18:30:26-07:00

Last time I was in the city I bought my first Moleskine; this is my first drawing in it:

The drawing might benefit from being seen as a bigger image - here.

Also this, to show the size of the thing:

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-23T18:54:52-07:00

Sweet JESUS, Miranda. That is GORGEOUS.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-23T18:55:29-07:00

Hot damn, you should see my Moleskine.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-23T19:28:28-07:00

Holy crap, I want to go into that city! Nice first sketch for the new Moleskin, Miranda!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-24T00:34:50-07:00

@miranda...fuck yeah!!! great sketch. Wished my moleskin had anything that detailed.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-24T03:21:30-07:00

@D.Miranda - love this so much. Awesome.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-24T04:39:15-07:00

Wow, thank you so much guys! :D
I'm very grateful about this - that's a very good way to start my week!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-24T11:23:07-07:00

Lots of great inspiration in this post. Just a little more Big Daddy Roth stuff.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-24T14:32:12-07:00

Thanks Mojo! Love that Scarlet Spider! Action is thy name, sir!
Miranda! Jaysus! That's incredible! I would surely go blind drawing something like that, at that size! Exceptional job!

Here's something I just finished inking - very different from my usual offering of vikings and superhero type stuff.
It's for a cool little online comic called The VOID, and it features one of the main characters the Lady Susan.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-25T08:18:06-07:00

Thanks, Rooth! Luckily for me, I was granted the mutant power of myopia, which quickly enabled be to work with my face way too close to the paper. It helps with the little lines.
Your new piece is gorgeous; your vikings and superheroes never disappoint, but it's cool to see you tackle this new subject with such talent. :)

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-25T10:17:26-07:00

I hate all of you for being so damn talented! So here's my plight, I'm trying to crack into motion work, and I really want to do cool shit, but I have no ideas, and I can't draw, well. I know HOW to do the stuff, I just have no material to the stuff with.
Would anyone here be up for putting together a motion comic, or something like that?

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-25T14:30:40-07:00

Thanks very much Miranda :) It's a good challenge for me to step out of comfortable grounds and work in a different playground sometimes.
@Random - I think you might find some good folks here at Whitechapel to help you out with your project. I'd love to, if my hands were so full at the moment.
Here's today's warm up sketch cover. Always like drawing THANOS.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-25T14:40:13-07:00

Hot damn, Rooth!

Miranda, that's a killer moleskin.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-25T14:50:08-07:00

Done as a warmup, today.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-25T14:57:56-07:00

Something I've been chipping away at.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-26T06:08:55-07:00

This week's strip.

~R

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-26T06:23:41-07:00

WOW
I believe you just in the parlance of hip-hop..."ethered" Darwyn Cooke...daamn

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-26T06:29:37-07:00

WOW
Your art arrows fly too true, Pace.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-26T08:28:28-07:00

Richard wins again!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-26T13:11:27-07:00

Some pin-up artwork for an AccentUK book called Robot Shorts, so naturally I doodled a robot in shorts...

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-26T13:53:23-07:00

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-26T14:31:37-07:00

Jesus, Pace. That's unbelievably fine.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-26T14:36:18-07:00

Mr Pace: that is wunderbar. (and so true it hurts.)

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-26T17:21:16-07:00

Am I allowed to put this in here? Since I do mostly abstract stuff and don't draw? This is a single frame I rendered out using Cinema4D's new Progressive infinite render engine, meaning you just let it render as long as you can and it keeps getting progressively better.
Straight from C4D:

After some photoshops:

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-26T19:22:42-07:00

@Miranda, WOWOWOWOW!

@Pace, Awesome! Love your comic pages! : ) If that is a true fact, the precuel thing, this guy is going to be the most hated man in the comic world! but wha if the final product reachs the original one?

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-26T22:20:51-07:00

I really like the abstract renders RandomEntity, those are both beautiful.

I drew this for a friends sketchbook "Sideshow Freaks and Human Oddities" then took a picture and messed about in photoshop for a bit. Sketchbook was awesome had some Mike Mignola, James O'Barr, Dan Brereton sketches and many others.

"4th place Mr. London 1886"

In his many years of competition Joseph Merrick never placed higher than 4th at the Mr. London.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-27T10:39:56-07:00

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-27T10:51:39-07:00

That's gorgeous Calliope- what is it for?

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-27T12:17:58-07:00

Nice stuff from everyone as usual, I like the big fat man kenbastard.

Anyway another Alphabeast:

And I made myself an Inkwell:

More info and pics here.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-27T12:59:02-07:00

some old R/R :

JENNY GREENTEETH

THE RED BEE

& ZOMAX

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-27T18:03:22-07:00

@Greasemonkey: Thanks!
@Pupato: Thanks! Love the R/R entries!
*
I have a general technical question: I've been extremely pleased with the way the Moleskine paper and I don't recall having used another kind of paper that behave this well with ink (I work mostly with Microns). I usually use Strathmore's Bristol (300 series) for more finished drawings (or the closest thing I can find in my art material-poor town), which does work very well but, again, I feel there's a little something more with the Moleskine; do you guys know about papers that behave similarly? Thanks!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-27T19:01:44-07:00

D.Miranda -- a plate finish Bristol would be what you'd look for. Smooth wouldn't be enough. Plate is only available in the 500 series Strathmore. Other brands carry a plate surface, but I haven't tried them so i wouldn't know how they'd compare to Strathmore.

If you order in bulk, Dick Blick and other online retailers give good discount.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-27T19:18:46-07:00

All right! Cheers, Richard, thank you very much!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-28T07:14:46-07:00

@rooth...love the sketch of the pregnant woman.
@richard pace...awesome strip...how solid is this rumour?
@pupato...sweet R/R's

WIP page..

biggie

mucking about with manga studio....

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-28T08:24:28-07:00

Morning warm-up for a coloring day...

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-28T12:41:08-07:00

@mojo - -thanks!

Love the work, too. Makes me want to dig out MS and give it another shot.

The rumour is looking quite solid. I've people not willing to on the record but still talking to me about it. Much like last time, I suspect the echo chamber has already kicked in and some of the people who consider themselves deep insiders are passing on slightly garbled info.

Last time, for instance, I talked to one person who was in conversation with one of the people involved but still managed to have some of the facts wrong and I was talking to two other people I know from the film production side who ended up getting much more of the details right in the end but they didn't know their source was speculating on a significant portion of what he was telling them. At the same time, I was talking to a former editor who was certain he knew what was going on, but was completely off the mark even with the leaks already out there.

Hope that makes sense. I suspect the rumours are "true enough" and too far along for any Internet furore to stymie this time around.

~R

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-28T15:24:47-07:00

Loving all the work here ! Amazing stuff from Richard Pace ( the watchmen comic is awesome, Miranda's Moleskin is killer, Pupato pumped out some serious stuff and Mojo keeps rocking... love it all even if I didn't mention it. I'm very tired I spent the whole week painting murals:

two walls in a real estate office ...

ABOVE^ the plastic overlay taped to the wall is going to be put on the window sometime next week

and another on a internet media company's wall ...

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-29T07:44:38-07:00

@hey apathy...magnificent stuff! How long did it take you to paint them?

five-pager done...

fumbling with manga studio..gah, why don't the brushes feel right?

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-29T09:40:02-07:00

@mojokingbee - i've found sticking a sheet of bristol board on the tablet can help MS 'feel' a bit more analogue. Fair wears the nibs down though...

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-29T19:49:57-07:00

I've been working this month on new artwork to add stuff to my illustration portfolio...

More here!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-30T03:49:42-07:00

a more traditional take...

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-30T06:46:47-07:00

@Renato -- that last image is gorgeous and all of it is damn good!

~R

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-30T10:26:37-07:00

A wild rattata appears!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-30T18:33:22-07:00

Get this in before the end of the month...snow witch vs. troll monster:

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-30T19:05:48-07:00

Loving @Mojokingbee's gorilla and @WednesdayWolf's Rattata.
I don't post here (until now), but I check daily without fail for all of the wonderful talent. Thanks to all for my endless supply of awesome.

Does this count as art?

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-31T06:07:27-07:00

@Neil…I actually stick a glossy comic book page on the tablet to reduce the friction and prolong the stylus nib.
@renato….Love the hands and the girl falling in space.
@Wednesday…lovely!

Tonight's page...

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-31T11:34:50-07:00

I use a piece of cheap Inkjet paper on my Bamboo, feels a lot more natural to me. I like a bit of resistance when drawing, I think thats one of the reasons I prefer a dip pen over a brush.

@hey apathy I like the idea of one of your really crowded cityscapes in a real estate office, very fitting and they look great.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-31T12:38:00-07:00

@Hey Apathy - I have a small commission for you. I'll email you later in the week.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-31T18:48:29-07:00

So many reports of scary teenagers showing up for Halloween candy without wearing any costumes . . . .

~R

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-31T18:56:54-07:00

WOW.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-31T19:45:13-07:00

Halloween. Photo fodder for self promotion.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-10-31T20:22:17-07:00

Just a quick note:
I don't know how well the Sketchbook Project is known, but just in case, as it might interest a few of us - basically, you order a 32-pages sketchbook (25$) that you have to complete by January 31st, 2012. The completed sketchbook are then integrated into a tour that takes place during the year (USA and Canada, also England and Australia for the sketchbooks of their respective continents). After the tour, the sketchbooks become part of the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Art Library, where it will remain available for public viewing. You can also have your sketchbook scanned, so that it's included in a virtual exhibition afterwards.
The link to the project
Subscriptions are open until November 2nd.

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-11-01T04:45:01-07:00

Ampersand- that is genius!

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-11-01T09:11:59-07:00

@mercurialblonde Ace

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-11-01T12:56:37-07:00

Ex Monday 4

The Artists' Thread (OCTOBER 2011)

2011-11-01T13:06:35-07:00

NEW thread for November is started!