Coloring Book Challenge!

Ang has been getting bored at work, so she asked me to start doing ink drawings for her to color when it's slow. Knowing that Gladiator is one of her favorite movies, I decided I'd have a go at Maximus. I think it's pretty clear I didn't stick the landing on the Russell Crowe likeness, but I have done worse, and I feel good about the inking and the overall presentation. I'll post Ang's colored versions as she gets them to me. I will also post colored pages from anyone else who prints this or any other of the coloring pages out and colors them, so get after it! Assuming anybody does this, the best one I recieve will win a real live sketch from me! Hop to it!

Progress on Iron Cross painting

                                                    

Seen above is the current progress on the painting hinted at a few posts ago. This one has been quite the project for me, the largest painting I've attempted to date. I'm doing it on something like 22" x 30" of Masonite, in oils. The painting is shooting to visually convey the mystique of the Iron Cross as a modern American amulet. That, and to look cool. I hope to be done with this one soon, as it's been the main work for almost two months (of varying diligence). With some finishing touches and visual clarification on certain areas, I should be posting a higher quality final image (that should make a little more sense) within a week or two. Apologies for the mixed color and lighting conditions throughout the photos. 

More Ink Drawing from my Sketchbook

To continue my recent trend of drawing figures from 60's culture in ink, here's one of Timothy Carey as God Hilliard in "The World's Greatest Sinner". Thanks to my pal Charlie, I recently have been lucky enough to see TWGS, Carey's bizarre, self-financed 1962 film. It's important to note that Holst's "Mars, Bringer of War" is playing in the scene I used as reference for this drawing. Keep that in mind as you look at the image. It makes a difference. 

Ink Drawings out of my Sketchbook

These are two of my favorite brush drawings out of my sketchbook done over the course of the last semester. The top is, of course, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, and the bottom is famed character actor Elisha Cook Jr. (recognizable to horror fans from the original "House on Haunted Hill" and "Blacula", and to noir fans from "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Killing") I have an idea for a flyer that might involve both of these drawings. Stay tuned to see if that happens!

3D Cadavro!

Some of you may remember my Cadavro (King of Western Terror) art from the end of last year. This is a maquette that was done for the same class. I've had it about 98% finished since the end of the class last semester, but it needed a few final touches before baking. The sculpey was pretty brittle after sitting unbaked for so long, but I was able to get a few things right. I'm pretty happy with how he turned out. I want to do some more little monster busts. He's about 5" tall.

Iron Cross Adventure Preview!

Here's a sneak peek at the latest work. It's purty big at 22"x 30". Should be done soonish, and it will be for sale at that point, so start turning over couch cushions...

German Fair Poster

A week or so ago, my German Phonetics professor informed my class that we could receive extra credit for volunteering at the upcoming high school German fair to take place at BYU on the 13th. I need extra credit in that class ( I don't know an allophone from a monodipthong), so I signed up to judge the video section. I guess my professor thought I could be put to better use, so he told me he'd give me the same extra credit if I did a poster for it instead. The top is my hand drawn original (done in Prismacolor markers on bristol), the bottom is the slightly cleaned up version with temperature and background color adjustments in PS. The text reads "The German Language Festival" Jawohl!