Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Thanksgiving 08

Here's a couple of digital black and white sketches I've been working on. The first was a possible freelance gig with a UK band looking for some artwork, but they went with a different artist. It's too bad it turned out that way, but the guy I had been speaking with was very friendly and at the very least I got to work on a drawing I actually like. I'll be coloring it eventually and most likely be using it as a part of my portfolio.


It's been said quite a few times that the creature in the image is our cat Kenny. Pretty much any disturbing creature of the night is automatically likened to him.


The next is something I whipped up tonight after Natalie and I watched Reign of Fire. I don't know if anyone has seen or remembers watching this movie, but it was about the end of man-kind at the hands of dragons who had been in a long hibernation. They were responsible for the death of the dinosaurs and then, eventually, the ash from all they burned clouded the sky and brought on the ice age. It had gotten really bad reviews and I had seen it when I was pretty young, but had remembered liking it. The film features Christian Bale and Mathew McConaughey. McConaughey's character, Van Zan, of the Kentucky Irregulars is, quite possibley, one of the strongest men ever to live. He musters a make shift militia in the USA, flys them accross the ocean in a rebuilt C-5, (which he probably welded together himself) then rides around England on the cannon barrel of one of his tanks. All the while smoking a cigar, swigging from a flask, wielding a sawed off shot-gun, and looking for dragons to kill, because he is just plain pissed off at them.

The character inspired me to draw. I used a photo from the web for reference but it was fun practice.


Maybe I'll expand on it. I'm not sure. Might just stay as is.

UPDATE***

I thought it might be cool to show my work progress for that drawing. So here's a animation showing my steps. You'll have to click on the image to show the animation, for some reason it doesn't preview below.

Monday, November 24, 2008

Goblin Gunslinger

A character concept done for this weeks CHOW. Unfortunately you needed to provide them with a "character sheet" for this round which I couldn't stomach completing. So I did this action shot instead. Not terribly detailed, but I like the pose.