Aliens and Crossbows.

Emily Kinney, Laurie Holden and Micheal Rooker

from the "Walking Dead", are  guest at the Calgary Show.

A reunion for the cast of ALIENS will also take place in Calgary ,

including many of the original cast members like Sigourney Weaver,

Bill Paxton and Paul Reiser.

Still more work to come.

GarSeeYa!

Arrow and Perlman.

Stephen Amel and Ron Perlman

are two more guests lined up for the Edmonton Expo.

Keeping busy as the list unfolds.

I am using white out pens for highlights,

big juicy brushes for the long strokes.

 

I scratch it up with a knife, giving

a nice rough surface.

Fun to do and more to come.

 Thank you.

GarSeeYa!

The Bride of Frankenstein.

This is my most recent piece of movie 

inspired work.

This was a very organic process,

starting with the monsters face and finishing with the bride.

Black in applied with kuretake and dry brush. 

White highlights are done with a white correction pen.

Thanks for visiting.

GarSeeYa!

Alien and Iron Man.

 I miss placed the camera on the weekend,

so I had to scan the artwork.

Lots of work in these two, but the challenge was interesting.

Lighting, focus, values all work together in a balance to make

a picture work. I am working from photographs and the

real puzzle is making it all work in ink lines.

Less than a month to the convention...still lots

to do, but I think I have enough images for the show.

Thanks for visiting.

GarSeeYa!

An Olympian, Beauty and a Beast.

 Jarome Iginla was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins,

by the Calgary Flames yesterday. After 16 seasons

playing for the hockey team. This is a small tribute

to a man, who demonstrates sportsmanship, humility,

and a positive spirit as a human being.

The Beauty is an unnamed character in the next Star Trek

motion picture. The last is a beast of a Predator.

 Three in one day, using crow quill pens for the first

two drawings. A bit of brush on the Predator.

The pen slows me down a little as I work with a more controlled line.

I am very happy with the results.

Thanks for visiting.

GarSeeYa!

Princess Leia and Jabba the Hutt

This is the third take on Leia in the last month.

Really interesting textures on Jabba's body

and pushes the Princess to the foreground.

 GarSeeYa!

James Bond

A little dry brush work on the suit tonight. I'll have to slow

down the production for a bit with Easter break coming up.

I still have a few more drawings to complete before the CCEE,

some completed work may be left out of the print list.

 Thanks for visiting.

GarSeeYa!

Terminator Ladies and Palpatine

Linda Hamilton and Kristanna Loken

were done on a Sunday afternoon.

The latter piece was done with a synthetic

 brush  pen "kuretake" no.13. Fine crisp

lines at the start.

Ian McDiarmid done on a Monday night. The most

detailed one yet, a very elaborate costume.

This one took some extra time.

  Tuesday night drawing originally drawn by 

Adam Warren.

Free flowing lines, ideal for brush work,

very loose lines.

 I have to make choices on how to interpret

the artists lines...extremely loose lines.

I would have gone with a finer line on the cross hatching,

given another chance.

My computer was out for servicing,

so some delays on posting. Up and running again.

I hope you like the pictures.

Thanks for visiting.

GarSeeYa!

Princess and Zombie Fighter

This one was a little more of a challenge with the lighting effects.

Rendering shadows and reflected light, using lines is always

a fun little puzzle. An excellent practice in in line weight

variation and control.

I've seen a few episodes of Walking Dead,

and read the early chapters of the comic book,

but not something I can watch with my young kids around.

Carrie Fisher in the iconic dress...

was another lighting challenge,

more delicate with shorter

brush strokes.

I'll have a limited run of prints

available at the Calgary Comic

and Entertainment Expo 2013.

Thanks for visiting.

GarSeeYa!

Day 174. Edward Scissor Hands.

It has been a few years since I've seen this movie.

I watched it with the kids yesterday.They liked the

garden and hair cutting scenes best.

Burton and Depp

have come a long way, producing some interesting

films. I have yet to see ALICE IN WONDERLAND.

GarSeeYa!

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