Em's Crap: Sketches (9-11-08)

[MJB]

Hi and welcome to "Em's Crap"! This is the umpteenth version of this thread. The other incarnations were eaten by the board. :cry:

All new art will be posted here for you to see. To save anyone with a slower connection a little time I replace all old images with links to look at them. This keeps people from having to load 10 images just so they can look at the newest one. 

Thanks for stopping by!

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**Drawing Archive**

• Captain Anarchy 1
• Captain Anarchy 2
• Captain Anarchy 3
• Captain Anarchy 4
• Red Star
• Sketches '07
• MJB vs Vampires Sketch
• MJB vs Bludlust
• Sentinel 1
• Sentinel 2
• Sentinel 3
• Warmachine 1
• Warmachine 2
• Stiltman
• Starro 1
• Starro 2
• Starro 3
• Starro 4
• Starro 5
• Starro 6
• Starro 7
• Attilan 1
• Attilan 2
• Omniman 1
• Omniman 2
• Lizard League 1
• Lizard League 2
• Bludlust N Lou
• Lou Post-it
• Sketches '08

-MJB

[Pyroclasm]

This is my February (AC 14) entry. I'm posting it here because I hope to have more stuff to show off in the near future. Plus the AC 14 thread has been archived in the Arena forum.

My assignment was an amalgam of Colonel America (Marvel Zombies) and The Joker (DC Comics). My idea was Colonel Anarchy, an insane super soldier.

Here is my initial drawing of Captain Anarchy. I drew this to get a feel for what the character looked like before I "zombified" him.

http://65.98.89.98/~captain/mjb/images/captain-anarchy.jpg

When it came time to draw him in zombie form I decided to use Arthur Suydam's style of doing a parody of a famous cover. I chose The Killing Joke by Brian Bolland. I didn't want to draw it totally like Brian did and I didn't want to color it in the style of Suydam. So I chose to mix a bit of Bolland with MJB and do it in the parody style of Suydam.  :huh:

Here's the pencils.

http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/colonelamerica_pencils.jpg

I changed a few things when I started inking it.

Here are the inks.

http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/colonelamerica_iniks.jpg

Finally I threw together the colors.

http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/colonelamerica_colors.jpg

Comments are always welcome.

More is on it's way... I hope.

-MJB

That is so wicked cool!
That really is great, Meej.  Glad to see you posting art again.

Hey, does that mean you have a working scanner now?

[zuludelta]

Good work MJB... I especially love that bird nesting in his skull... gives new meaning to the phrase "going cuckoo!"

[Figure Fan]

Great stuff, Meej!

I like the concept, especially because of how odd of a concept it is. :P

[UnkoMan]

Daaang, that's creepy. That colouring is... wow. Yeah, this picture is great.

The only thing I find odd is the shadow on his right arm. Instead of a shadow, it looks like he's wearing some sort of mesh thing under his glove. ...unless that's what you intended.
But as a shadow, the line just seems too defined, at the very least on the crosshatched area.

Other than that, though, this is really a lovely, abeit disturbing, image.

[the_ultimate_evil]

that is one of the coolest things i have ever seen

[El Condor]

 :o
Soooo sweet! The color and shading give it exactly the right feeling.  I got goosebumps on my goosebumps!

I sure hope you're getting paying gigs for you work, Em - this is good stuff.

EC

[MJB]

Thank you for the comments. Keep them coming. ;) :)

-MJB

[psychopanda]

Dead bird nesting in the brains. That makes the picture!  :thumbup:

[Glitch Girl]

Wow Em, your inkin gon this is stunning.  Yes the bird's nest is cool, but what really caught my eye was the inks.   Great job.

[MJB]

Thanks for the comments people.

Here's something new. This is a villain designed by my eight year old son.

"Evil" Red Star

http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/redstar.jpg

That's a super rush job on the colors. I've been busy with other projects today so I didn't have time to put a spit shine on it.

-MJB

[Reepicheep]

I was just wondering when the next piece of crap would be flung.

Thats pretty nifty. sweet design, nicely rendered :)

[Glitch Girl]

Your son has a good eye.  Nice outfit and cool scar.  Great colors and expression too.  What's his schtick?

[Figure Fan]

Great drawing!

Like Glitch, I want to know what his whole deal is.

[The Hitman]

I like the boxing gloves. Good job!

[El Condor]

Looks like junior's going to be a chip off the ol' ice block.

Cool stuff, Em!

EC

[psychopanda]

Cool beans, MJB!

What's the 'Good' Red Star look like?!

[Nymph]

nice job! :) :thumbup: i love it! :D

[MJB]

What's that? An update? Well not really...

I haven't had the inspiration, nor the drive, to draw anything recently. I still sketch from time to time but it's usually on scrap paper while a zone is loading in City of Heroes. I draw on printer paper with a Bic pen usually. Most of the time I just throw the paper away when I'm done for the night. Here's one that survived...

http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/sketches_07.jpg

Clockwise starting on the top. That's Bluudlust, Ghost Rider, Brainstorm and Lou. The head to the right of Brainstorm is just a doodle.

Here's one that I colored with my son's colored pencils.

http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/mjb_vampires_sketch.jpg

Last but not least this is one that I sketched in pencil and then inked. I did it all while playing CoH. :)

http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/bludlust-vs-mjb.jpg

Comments are always appreciated.

-MJB

[zuludelta]

Wow, that's a fairly violent image with that last one, and the level of violence is actually magnified by what at first glance looks to be a fairly innocuous sense of design (you'd think it would have the opposite effect of "softening" the tone). Great job getting all that emotion through the drawing.  :thumbup:

[MJB]

Thank you for the comment Zulu. I really appreciate it.

-MJB

[El Condor]

Great job getting all that emotion through the drawing.

Hmmm, must've been after a team wipe.  ;)

EC

[MJB]

Did this for a project Spud is working on. 100% digital.

Been a while since I stretched my coloring muscle...

http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/sentinel_colors.jpg

-MJB

[Pyroclasm]

Did this for a project Spud is working on. 100% digital.

Been a while since I stretched my coloring muscle...

*image*
-MJB

100% digital?  What program(s) did you use?  Looks pretty darn cool. :)

[MJB]

Photoshop. Here's the "pencils" and "inks".

http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/sentinel_layout.jpg

http://www.captainspud.com/mjb/images/sentinel_inks.jpg

-MJB

[Pyroclasm]

I gotta get you to learn Illustrator.  It would suit your style.  Nice to see you making art again!

(Now I just gotta get you participating in the challenges again.)

[Mystik]

yea illustrator is great , once you master the pen tool its smooth sailing

[Figure Fan]

I purchased an older version of Illustrator on Ebay for cheap. Now I need to learn how to use the pen tool. I used it briefly in my Graphic Design class last year, but I kind of chickened out..

EDIT:  :doh: Meej--cool drawing! I like that you showed the "pencil" stage. Nifty!

[Mowgli]

MeeJub! Great to see you drawing again! I like the angle on the Sentinel with his cjest hiding his chin as he leans back a little. I can't wait to see it colored.

Thanks for posting the pencils. I love seeing an artist's process in stages. Keep it up and post the finishes piece when you color it!  :thumbup:

[MJB]

Psst! Mowgli, look up a couple posts... :P

-MJB