A classic horror creature- the head with legs from 1982’s THE THING…
…remember this classic scene?
Thanks Joe for letting me sketch in your villains book at Baltimore Comic Con 2013!
Joe Perry and his Villian con sketch book
DALEK Ground Attack! Pinup – Pencils
So here I am done with the latest comic and…. a left turn on the horizon.
A new foray into “fan art” for a bit- I wanted to get some more appealing mainstream prints for people to buy from me at cons, and to get some additional attention to my work. So in the words of my fellow artist Mikey Wood, “Sell out a bit!”- so here I am, selling out for fandom. Don’t worry, I’ll survive, with a few more bucks in my pocket to boot, and much more killer portfolio and better prints to sell at shows!
So where to start?
A rarely seen topic at cons and fandom in general- DR. WHO VILLAINS… and first off-The DALEKS!! Despite the popularity of the show in the last 5 years, I really dont see the awesome villains from this show getting any really great artwork out there (ok ok, Bob Hack rules… but who else?)
Engaged in combat on a foreign world, battle damaged and fighting for the EXTERMINATION of all enemies of the DALEK EMPIRE the DALEK Army fights on to VICTORY!
Lest you think my new love for the Daleks and Dr. Who is not true, I give you this bit of time travel….
At bottom is my old school 12 year old Dalek art from 1987- whoa flashbacks! And who says a child cant love fascist cyborgs? Sadly, I bet the folks at conventions would buy this artwork, but that’s another rant for another day!
So back to the artwork at hand.
The middle piece is my 2013 thumbnail and then my final 2013 pencils, for the project… I really pleased with this whole layout and composition, but I must say drawing these guys is WAY harder than you think- those little balls on the skirt- what a freaking PAIN!! But it looks how I wanted it to turn out! Really looking forward to the inks on this one! The theme for this was the Daleks in a “Saving Private Ryan” style attack, lets see these robotic mutant cyborgs actually in a battle for once!
Having not watched the show since the 80’s- Ive been catching up on the Daleks in their post 2005 re-launch, and needless to say, Im not pleased with their insane power up from the classic Pertwee/Baker episodes. In my humble opinion, the …super-powered/ forcefield/ taking on 5 million Cybermen with 4 Daleks is just silly. These guys are small armored tanks, but with an RPG, the right laser, Movellan Bomb or an anti-tank mine, you should be able to take one out- right?
HOWEVER….
I did find an amazing video here of an anime Dr. Who, it is the best Who Ive ever seen on screen, and it got me really inspired for this piece and a whole line of pinups of my favorite Dr. Who Villians!
Since all of the Dalek art I see online and at shows is not action oriented, and you rarely see a damaged Dalek, Im peeling it back to show one on the front lines, destroyed, even the little Dalek mutant inside is trying to get out from the wreckage- would the other Daleks save it? I found some awesome FASA Rpg tech specs from 1985 online (yeah I used to have that stuff back when I watched the show on PBS) on the inner mechanics of the Daleks to flesh it out, and added a Dalek Drone, Dalek on their floating platform, and a Heavy Weapon Dalek to fill out the image. Enjoy, Ill be working on this at Baltimore Comic Con 9/7-9/8 at table A-196 (hint hint!), so stop in and say “Hello”!! Jelly Babies are welcome.
2013 Thumbnail of new Dalek artwork
My 1987 Dalek arwork….
Painted Ladies of San Quentin- Alternate Cover- Final Inks
The final inked Jessica and last piece of the Painted Ladies 2012-2013 era.
Points of interest- the corset and lace- wow, what a huge pain in the ass, and what a cool payoff, they look great. The pillows and sheets are my first foray into better cloth and clothing, I got a great book about rendering fabrics, so Ill try to keep putting that to good use!
Not much else to say, but enjoy that sexy pinup, my inner Joseph Linsner has been released! My 1992 hands pinup story has been exorcised (ask me if you dont know my Dawn fan art Convention Smack Down story as a 17 year old!!)
Speaking of fan art…. Look out for some awesome pinups coming your way soon!!
Violent Pinup- Final Inks
Aggressive, Violent and in motion, this pinup is done and being colored this week. I’ll keep everyone posted if anything comes of it- enjoy, there is about 30 hours of work in this one. In this case, a picture is worth a thousand words, so if you recognize the property this is based on, awesome – otherwise, enjoy anyway!
Painted Ladies of San Quentin- Alternate Cover- Final Pencils
The updated pencils for Jessica Belmont for the alternate cover to “Painted Ladies of San Quentin- the Black and White Edition” changes to the bust, arms, hands, detail to the clothing, hair and pillows and sheets of her environment. Very happy with the progress on this piece- more to come with the inks next. Ive been reading and studying more on clothing and folds in cloth and better renderings of fabrics, so this is my first attempt to use some of that information to make that a stronger point in my pieces with fabrics and cloth.
Painted Ladies of San Quentin- Alternate Cover- Pencils – First Draft
Using some of my figure drawing art as a basis, Im working on an alternate cover for “PAINTED LADIES OF SAN QUENTIN” for the Black and White edition of the book that I will be coming out with shortly. The sequential pages are done, so a cover is all that is needed. And don’t we all need more Jessica Belmont in our lives, and here she is being seductive in her boudoir! Enjoy, and a last Hurrah for my favorite Painted Lady!
This piece has a way to go, but I wanted to share it with everyone!
Jaru Marketing Art
Just a small piece I made for my printers at JARU PRINTING in State College for an artist colalge project they are doing. Hit them up here to learn more about their store and services!
The “SKINNY BLACK PROJECT” – Pencils and Layouts
So- these are some cropped pieces (to prevent identifcation of the project) of a pencil layout, figure study and final pencils of a project I have dubbed “SKINNY BLACK” after the rapper from the amazing film from Director Craig Brewer, “Hustle and Flow”, which as a relative unknown creator is one of those films I watch to get inspired and fired up to create. So this post is more about how I feel like “D-Jay” from that film, so click on the link, watch D-Jay, and to take one his quotes and change it a bit to suit my artistic endeavours…. “if you can feel my art, you can feel me”.
Pull up a chair for a minute…..
FUBAR Press Pinup – Medieval Zombie Soldier; Final Inks
I was pleased with the final rendering on this pinup- the inks really brought out the gore and anatomy across the bodily destruction I heaped on this poor lout!
Of special interest was bloodstained cloth effect I got with stippling and the organic looks with the contouring on the torn face and entrails. The blood effect on the spear tip also turned out really well.
However, no more chainmail, for the love of god!
Keep an eye out for this piece from FUBAR PRESS!
FUBAR Press Pinup – Medieval Zombie Soldier
So my very cool friend I met at NYCC 2012, Jeff McComsey is one of the leaders of a small press outfit that makes comics about the Zombie World Wars, alternative cool history stuff with loads of violence. This company is called FUBAR PRESS , and we talked for a long time about me making a pinup for them- well that time is now!
They are doing a book about Medieval Zombie warfare, so that was my task to complete- so this is the process of my research into a 3rd Crusade (1189–1192) Christian Knight, and the anatomy I pulled on the large and small intestines. My goal was to really have some large scale physical damage. This included an impalement, torn off face, distended ripped in half jaw and a full disembowelment- along with historically accurate gear and clothing. I think I am on the right path! Enjoy the carnage, inks coming soon!
I’ll post links to get the comic this will appear in when I have more information!
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