Dr Sketchy Singapore - Session#4 Peer & Laeticia

An usual time at this session of Dr Sketchy. 'Two' models, Peer, who isn't canadian, gradualyy lost his business suit. Then he was replaced by the striking Laeticia. Lots of Iggy Pop on the stereo though.

Horse wallpaperishness

Using some of the recent horses I created heres some wallpaperishnessnous. Thats a real word you know

Evolution of a cover. Part 2: A, B and C

The horse folk are pretty good though. They have been welcoming to the work I've done. They are traditional though and the all white horse and rider didnt really do it for them. Frankly I think I should have sold it better, but time was a factor here. They liked the more natural coloured steeds, with the colourful riders.

Heres the evolution

Evolution of a cover. Part 1: initial sketch

Did another Horse cover this year.
Took some doing too. So here's the first sketch

I ditched this for two reasons. Time was tight give fully painted a proper go PLUS the similarity to last years illusHERE

Gorillaz doc

If you like the Gorillaz then Babelgum has a lovely doc on the world's greatest bandBANANAZ

From the Dusty Files: Spider-Man 3 unwarped

Not posted in a while and I come back, as ever with old stuff.
But it might be new to you, and it won an award so *TTTHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRRRp!!!!* to ya.
We did a big giveaway-4-part poster for Spidey 3. I took venom and had the idea of no regular run-on blocks of text being on it. Only text on background items - namely newspapers telling the story. Then taking on one of The New Paper's specialities - the story board - explain the sequence of how Venom tranferred from Peter Parker to Eddie Brock.
Really liked the story board. Thats why the unwarped version is here.
See you next month.

Dr Sketchy Singapore - Session#3 Chun Li

Another Dr Sketchy, more art joy. Such a cool event. This month the wonderful Madame K pulled some impressive action poses in full Chun Li style.









Here is the link to Dr S SG'sorganiser Audran's life drawing blog. Lucky fella gets to do it every week
http://audranguerard.blogspot.com/

Paul Pope + Star Trek = JOY

Excellent prequel comic to the new film ( I might have missed the press screening. not good for me)
It Paul Pope who makes it all look effortless
http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2009/whenWorldsCollide

From the dusty files: Paranoid kitty

From the dusty files: War-torn baboon

with a scarf

Dr Sketchy Singapore

I can't believe I haven't put this up already.
A random spotting on Facebook pointed me to the dream group.
Now seeing as the Drink And Draw society died off because of it being impossible to organise around work (other than the odd spontaneous sesh).
Anyway, found this Dr Sketchy club. Genius idea. Get a model to pose. Evryone does lots of drawing. Drinks and games.
So along I went, late, as ever. It was brilliant. This was the second Dr Sketchy, my first, the model was Tami, who was just WOW. Especially when she did the upside down pose for 10 MINUTES.
Oh yeah. I won one of the competitions and got sent to pose with Tami. Yeah lifes tough. Though I realise how tough sitting still for 5 mins so I have no idea how Tami held her poses for so long.
Here's the reults:






And here's a link to the Dr Sketchy blog and footage of my brief moment in the limelight http://drsketchysingapore.blogspot.com/2009/03/session-2-28-03-2009.html

DC comics don't want you if you're not local

Brilliant insight from Marc-Oliver Frisch at The Beat as to why so many comics suck

DC Comics is simply not interested in selling its comics to people who don’t already read them.

I’m not making this up. DC Comics Executive Editor Dan DiDio says so, all the time and on the record. Asked in a recent Newsarama piece why his DC Universe imprint doesn’t publish more low-priced entry-level comics, DiDio says:

“When we’re working with pre-existing characters and properties as we do in the DC Universe, people are mostly predisposed and understand who our characters are, so the idea of a wider sampling at a lower price isn’t nearly as necessary as it is with Vertigo.”

The logical conclusion, evidently, is to sometimes publish low-priced comics, but make absolutely sure that they are impenetrable to the general public, lest anyone not among the predisposed might be accidentally seduced into buying a Superman comic.

Full listing of DC's sales here http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/04/10/dc-month-to-month-sales-febroary-2009/

You wonder how these people stay in business

From the dusty files: random botak

Dunno where the quote is from. If its something I came up with I'm impressed with my old self.
Very old mac font there I see.

From the dusty files: Bing Bong

Mucking around during the King Kong project. Shot on my desk at work.

From the dusty files: Straight Outta Buckingham

This is a long forgotten Mother's Day gem from 2004/5. Around then. Sort of.

Shearer returns to Newcastle

SuperGeordietrystoriskitbuthisstrikersareatrocious

Wolverelmo

Inspired by part of a post on Millarworld about Wolverine's 35th anniversary

TWO-HANDED TALES

KIND of inspired by Travis Charest's Spacegirl (here).
Kel of RocketRaygun and co-starring in my dressed-as-a-dog project is the other hand here.
I write, he draws. Four panels per installment. Then he writes and I draw. There's no plot, and style might change.
Click here for Part 1.

SuperGorilla again

Been a really odd day. Left work last night at midnight to see Priscilla. Then leave the house at 4am to work on the GRAND OPTICAL ILLUSION. 7am race back across the road to wake Priscilla and make sure she gets off to the airport. 9am back across the road to complete the GRAND OPTICAL ILLUSION. 12pm back home for the old SS&S, well the first S anyway.
2pm Back into work for the real shift. Zoning out looking up facts about the Pickens plan and start scribbling Gorillas in my Moleskine (Hemingway I know. Picasso I know. Who hell Chatwin?) using my Derwent Onyx. Frankly not as dark as Cretacolor watercolour graphite. Anyway. Have this thing at the moment of putting the Superman regalia on Gorillas. No reason other than they really suit each other in my eyes. Enjoy.

Composite from the roof

Hello Germany

A big thanks to Popmoderne.de and Nerdcore.de for featuring Dr Manhatten's Rock School.
I've had visits from Flensberg to Kempten.

I left a note on Nerdcore in German. At least I hope it made sense. I translated it into German with Babelfish. Possibly not a great move.
Go to both sites to check out some very cool stuff.
Danke Chaps

Mo Doggy, no problem

Previously:
http://jonrob5000.blogspot.com/2009/02/sneak-peek-2.html
http://jonrob5000.blogspot.com/2009/02/sneakpeak.html

Most Fun EVEEERRRRRR

Turn your keyboard into drumshttp://www.ronwinter.tv/drums.html and lose a day of work.

Press B twice, get the name of this blog :)

King Eric

Some scribble for the football pages. It should go against my beloved Liverpool, but Eric Cantona was brilliant to watch. A true football genius and a pleasure to watch. Plus he was fully justified to go Kung Fu on that idiot.
To think that he wanted to go to Liverpool initially. Utter waste

Another Caped Gorilla

Purely Photoshop this one.
Splotchy brush, with other dynamics etc. I dont know really. Its not round anyway.

Dr Manhattan's Rock School

Whilst doing a Watchmen project for work. Created this to help me think.
In the suit he kinda looks like Bowie if he did Ziggy Stardust while in Tin Machine

Painted gorillas of the night

So its 5am, can't sleep, I'm in bed and watching Voyage To The Bottom Of the Sea. How better to also pass the time than scribble another gorilla.
Watercolour pencils on card treated with a few layers of gesso primer.
A bit heavy on the blue eye shadow. This isnt a proper scan, its a photo, but it does look better the more bleary eyed you are

Gorilla in a cape

Just to pass the time and to take my mind off stabbings