Cowpokes

The Bullwhip

The Getaway

Right here in the bag, mister!

He got me...

The Gunslinger

Drawing workshop featured excellent work by John as Black Bart.

Art workshop begins again!

Our after work drawing group has finally restarted. I really missed drawing from live models. Our first model is the amazing Sarah Streeter as a flamenco dancer.

W.O.W.!

80's flashback! I saw a picture of Plasmatics frontwoman Wendy O. Williams a while back and thought she deserved a tribute piece. She definitely had a style all her own and I wanted to try and get her stage energy across. Plus, you can't beat the electrical- tape- over-the-nipples thing. "Master Plan!!"

Victory!

A little WWII nostalgia. (No, I wasn't there) I've always liked the old "Nose Art" from military planes and thought I'd do one myself, without the "Miss Victory" type tagline.

No Mercy

Sure, they LOOK cute and innocent, but when the robots wig out and take over the ship, a hot laser pistol is all that stands between you and a fiery re-entry!

Classical-ish

I wanted to do a fun take on the formal poses of classical allegorical figures (Of course they have to be sort of weird to make ME happy) The first two are "Goddess of Le Grande Boom Boom" and "She of the Orb-Thingies".I think this would be a cool series hanging in a group in really ornate frames. Maybe with a fountain! I have to tighten them up more than usual so they will print well at a large size, but I think I can manage that. Boom Boom is done, Orby still needs some clean up.

Scout Rider

Here's a new one. What better way to do RECON than aboard some of the local fauna? Not easily tamed but loyal to the end, the Purple Throated Glort is a bit dim but fast and agile when moving across alien landscapes.

All Hail King Toad!

Our hero receives an audience with His Bloatedness KING TOAD in his desert fortress. Hopefully Toad won't employ his CROAK O' DEATH or the OTHER DEFENSE that toads are known for...yuck!

Scribblets and Doodles

I didn't have anything new so it's into the sketchbook pile. Occasionally these turn into finished pieces, so I save all my doodles in a file. Sometimes they live again!

Get Real!

Digging into the archive I thought I'd post some pastels (real pastels!) from workshop sessions a couple years ago. I'm trying to shame myself into life drawing again!

Character Inspiration

When I can't think of anything in particular to paint, (which is often) I like to make up characters. They can be anything, here for example are a western robot gunslinger, a sad princess, and an aging knight. I just give them any attitude that comes to mind and have fun with them. A lot of times they suggest a story idea which I bank for later or they're just for fun. Whatever! Keeps the old brain and wrist moving.

Winged Warrior

Here's another new one. I thought about a retro/Steampunk styled Aerial Combat suit. The wings are backpack powered and she can steer using the "blades" on her helmet and wrists. Just 'cause it's cool.

More Spaceage Mayhem

A couple more from my endless Sci-Fi saga that has no story yet.

Saucer Trouble

"You're in a HEAPA trouble, boy!" Billy Bob is going to regret the speeding ticket when the "probing" begins!

The Tiny Warrior

Thanks for the kind comments, gang, I really appreciate it. I've been very bad about posting lately, so here's something new. I thought I'd go into classic storybook mode and make up a moment between a giant and a brave little warrior. The giant can't help but be amused at the spunk of this little guy. No more story to it than that (Not yet, at least) I was looking at some of the classic illustrators like N.C.Wyeth and Co. and got inspired!

Vampires!

Okay, so boredom drives us to art sometimes. Someone asked me how I start a piece so I thought I'd show the initial sketch and what it turns into. Here's my take on the classic Vampirella character (from memory, I was winging it) that was SO inspirational to young boys in the late sixties (second only to Mrs. Peel, of course!) I thought I'd paint it in B&W like it was gouache.

Search party

The team is on the lookout for bad guys...and I think they've found 'em! I HAD to use my old Lambretta scooter in a piece of art....the .50 cal mounted on it would have come in handy many a time..heh heh..

Some storyboards from the archives

Here are a few frames from around (yipes!) 1988-1990. One was for some sparking water ad, the girl waking up was probably for some clothes company like Ross, I honestly don't remember, and of course Sharon Stone! For some studio promotional film.Okay, that one I had photo reference for but the others I made up out of my head. The finals of these were probably in color but that was pre-computer so they were xeroxed and colored with markers, so I usually ended up with just some b&w copies to take home. We would usually bang out 10-16 of these frames in an 8 hour day, usually in color. I get tired just thinking about it!

Cheri DeSade

A solo warrior gal sketch for this week.I spent a long time on the background! Heh.

Falling!

Here's a new piece from my saga where the heroine falls into an abandoned well. A bit more action than usual. I wanted to capture that "Oh crap!" moment that we've all had the split second everything goes wrong!