Art Thread: PsychoFyre Rides Again !

[Myron L]

Since I allowed my original art thread to fade into antiquity, this is my re-dedication to doing the art I love so much. Comments are welcomed !!

[Myron L]

A Liz head-shot from a few months ago...

[Myron L]

A Zombie Ad for "The End Is Nigh" Fan Publication...

[Myron L]

A Spooky cemetery....

[Myron L]

Some basically digital art of Vlad's home...

[Myron L]

Since the response has been so underwhelming (lol)...here is an Abe pencil sketch I did today, just for fun...

[Myron L]

Took some liberties and colorized the artwork from the new Abe Sapien series (my apologies to the creators) for the fun of it...

[Myron L]

I can't believe that NO ONE on this board has anything to comment ???? Good, bad...indifferent ? C'mon, folks...

[Sparky]

The monster on the right in your Abe pencil sketch (the pointing one) is quite freaky (in a good way), and I would like to see you do something more with him. :)

[evening]

The monster on the right in your Abe pencil sketch (the pointing one) is quite freaky (in a good way), and I would like to see you do something more with him. :)

I agree...I thought that too, even before scrolling down to Sparky's post.
I also like the Vlad's house, especially the color choices.

[Myron L]

The monster on the right in your Abe pencil sketch (the pointing one) is quite freaky (in a good way), and I would like to see you do something more with him. :)


For you, Sparky, and Evening ! Here it is...lemme know ! Thanks for leaving me commentary !!!

[Sparky]

Hehe, reminds me of stuff from the D&D Monster Manual! :)

Okay here's my two cents: although I dropped out of an Art major so this is only worth, like, half a cent I think it could be improved by imagining a light in front, or just to the side of him, and putting stronger shadows wherever they would naturally fall. Where is the light coming from in the scene? Is some poor doomed explorer just discovering this monster by the light of his failing lantern? Or is there a bright bonfire under the cliff where the creature perches, roasting what remains of our poor doomed explorer? :eek:

Also, what might be behind him where it is solid blue now? Perhaps a cave opening in the distance? Some dripping stalactites hangin' down? Right now it's a bit flat - just a shadowy hint of something in the distance behind him would give the picture more dimension.

[evening]

Hehe, reminds me of stuff from the D&D Monster Manual! :)

Okay here's my two cents: although I dropped out of an Art major so this is only worth, like, half a cent I think it could be improved by imagining a light in front, or just to the side of him, and putting stronger shadows wherever they would naturally fall. Where is the light coming from in the scene? Is some poor doomed explorer just discovering this monster by the light of his failing lantern? Or is there a bright bonfire under the cliff where the creature perches, roasting what remains of our poor doomed explorer? :eek:

Also, what might be behind him where it is solid blue now? Perhaps a cave opening in the distance? Some dripping stalactites hangin' down? Right now it's a bit flat - just a shadowy hint of something in the distance behind him would give the picture more dimension.

I agree. You can take a monster figure (c'mon, I know you have some!) and put a strong light on it from a single direction. Also, if you're using a black outline, I think it should be more consistent.

[Myron L]

ok...ok...lol...I will re-tool when I get a sec from the rug rats n' all..thanks !

[Myron L]

Some sketching from today...two new characters, Nag and Lilith....yep, biblical references, indeed !

[Myron L]

A Cyclops out for an evening "troll"...(hehehe, I slay me)

[Jankenstein]

Would he be "goblin'" up his food?

[Myron L]

He'd be "orc-ing" it down...(oh boy, this is gonna get bad)...

[Myron L]

A rendition of the classic siren myth...just playing around today...

[Jankenstein]

He'd be "orc-ing" it down...(oh boy, this is gonna get bad)...
Well if he eats too much, his belly will be dragon'.

[Myron L]

Well if he eats too much, his belly will be dragon'.


But he just can't "Elf" hisself !

[Jankenstein]

At the risk of being unicorny, it ain't ogre until the fat lady sings.

[Myron L]

Not to dwarf the singing thing, but as an artist wouldn't it just be better if he druid ?

[Myron L]

I find it truly disappointing that few of the board members can leave comment here, whether it be good, bad or indifferent. I love the art that others post here, and often comment on such....no love for me ?

Hmmm....

[Jankenstein]

I haven't yet had time to read through all the various art threads.

Yet. ;)

[Jake Capps]

Since I allowed my original art thread to fade into antiquity, this is my re-dedication to doing the art I love so much. Comments are welcomed !!



I dig this one; Hellboy looks more demonic(yeah I know its Hellboy)! Also with the pose you have him & the giant squid in it got me to thinking. With your drawing style maybe you could try a series of Hellboy cave wall drawings. Your art looks a little like what you would see in a National Geografic (those pictures of old vases), and there could be astory of Hellboy killing a monster wraped around a vase. Just and idea, keep working at it.

[Sparky]

Your art looks a little like what you would see in a National Geographic (those pictures of old vases), and there is a story of HB killing a monster wrapped around the vase.
This is an awesome idea! I'd love to see a stylized Hellboy fighting a monster in these kinds of colors:

http://www.theoi.com/image/P28.1Ketos.jpg
More Greek vases n' monsters for reference:
Zeus attacking the monster Typhon (http://www.utexas.edu/courses/romanciv/romancivimages2/6zeustyphon.jpg)
The Hydra (http://www.bioxray.dk/~mok/hydra-images/hydra_greek_vase.jpg)
Mycenaean Giant Squid (http://www.nationalmuseums.org.uk/images/k1685.jpg)
Whole bunch of Grecian monsters here (http://www.theoi.com/Bestiary.html)

Ooh, and you could then easily use it as a texture on a 3D model of a vase, to make a cool realistic "museum photo".

[Ninth Hispana]

Hi Sparky, check the similarity between the monster fighting Herakles and the monster fighting Hellboy in Nextmen 21......All the best..

[Myron L]

Love the ideas Bandit and Sparky...I have one in progress and your image "Sparked" ( yeah, I know, I know) an inspiratrion for another...thanks, guys...you're the best !

PS...How do I post as an image rather than a link, which seems more cumbersome and less likely to get people to look ? Anyone ? Anyone ? Bueller ? Bueller ?

[PoprocksAndCoke]

A Cyclops out for an evening "troll"...(hehehe, I slay me)

I like this one, cyclopses are always awesome.

[Myron L]

Here it is ...whaddya think ???

[Sparky]

Awesome! Hope you don't mind, I put it on display in the museum for you (click for bigger version):

http://www.phobe.com/crap/psycho_vase_sm.jpg (http://www.phobe.com/crap/vase.jpg)

[Myron L]

That is way cool...maybe I could be a sculptor (NOT !)...lol...I'll stick to my old pen n' ink !

[Jake Capps]

Awesome! Hope you don't mind, I put it on display in the museum for you (click for bigger version):

http://www.phobe.com/crap/psycho_vase_sm.jpg (http://www.phobe.com/crap/vase.jpg)


What the hell Sparky?!! That is so cool! I feel a sweet story about to unfold...from the small fishing villiage just outside of Costa Rica that made that vase, and how Hellboy saved them all. Great Work PsychoFyre!

[evening]

Great work on the Hellvase design, Psychofire,
and what a cool idea, Sparky!

Would you like to be curator of the Virtual Hellboy Museum?
Is there one already?
I believe there are a few other pieces floating around which could go on display...

[Jankenstein]

That kicketh mucho arse!
It wouldn't be overly difficult to make one of the Easter Island statues into a Hellboy bust.

No Photoshop here. :mad:

[Gary_B]

I like your drawing of Hellboy fighting the Kraken, PsychoFyre. There is lots of energy in the drama you have depicted and the decorative bands across the top and bottom of the scene help to make the ancient vase idea look legit.

[morna]

Here it is ...whaddya think ???
I love it! really nice work PF. Definitely my favorite of all the pieces I've seen of yours. It looks finished and self assured (as a piece) great composition - yes, I'm a sucker for diagonals - and the limited colour pallette works perfectly.

go man go!

and Sparky you're a genius!

[Myron L]

I love it! really nice work PF. Definitely my favorite of all the pieces I've seen of yours. It looks finished and self assured (as a piece) great composition - yes, I'm a sucker for diagonals - and the limited colour pallette works perfectly.

go man go!

and Sparky you're a genius!

Thanks for the kind words, folks...and I owe Bandit and Sparky a huge THANK YOU for the inspiration. I always seem to work more strongly when given a task to complete ( comes from my Graphic Deisgn background, I guess). Anyone else has anything they would like to see, I'm open to it !

Thanks !

[Myron L]

A lil LoJo to start off the day ?

[Myron L]

Must be in the zone today...here are four more sketches (done with sharpie on sketchbook paper, two in each link)...fun and quick to do...check 'em out and lemme know what you think !

[jscott]

You're a sick and twisted individual...and I love it so:evilsmile

[Myron L]

You're a sick and twisted individual...and I love it so:evilsmile

Hehehe...if ya only knew the HALf of it...thanks !

[Myron L]

Troy (ZombieKilla) and I have just finished our fan-fiction tribute to Mike on a Hellboy story called "The People Who Live To Die"...Troy had the concept and wrote the story, we shared script input and I took a shot a the pencilled sequential art...your opinions on the board are important and always welcome, good , bad or indifferent....hope you enjoy !

Pages are all listed in order !

[Myron L]

More pages...

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And more...

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And the last set...

[Lilitu]

Great work! I love it! I've got something for you PsycoFyre! hope you like it!

[Myron L]

Great work! I love it! I've got something for you PsycoFyre! hope you like it!

Thank you so much ! I love the picture....what a great gift !

[ZombieKilla]

Fantastic work Myron, thanks again for taking this project by the horns (or lack thereof) lol

[Myron L]

anybody have any thoughts on the story ?

[Myron L]

In honor or my fav holiday Halloween, and inspired by a History Channel special on the Salem Witch trials...enjoy !

[parrish]

Wow! There is something very eerie about that guy's face. Great job!

[Lilitu]

I am a witch!:evilsmile

[Myron L]

I am a witch!:evilsmile

I am too, my dear, Wiccan through and through...thats why that TV show touched a nerve...never let the "Burning Times" happen again !

[Myron L]

Wow! There is something very eerie about that guy's face. Great job!

Thanks Lobster !!!

[Lilitu]

In my country there is a museum of "witch torture", and there is "real" stuff . There were tools of torture that they have used really... I have seen the iron virgin and other stuff... I have had the shivers! It was at Rimini

[evening]

I like it. Especially the clothing details.
One small thing I noticed (for realism-not criticism);
The knotted rope around her neck probably wouldn't kill her.
Check out the knot for a Hangman's noose:

http://www.answers.com/topic/hangman-s-knot

[Myron L]

I like it. Especially the clothing details.
One small thing I noticed (for realism-not criticism);
The knotted rope around her neck probably wouldn't kill her.
Check out the knot for a Hangman's noose:

http://www.answers.com/topic/hangman-s-knot

Thanks, evening !!! You are always such a great support and help !

[Myron L]

Again, was watching the History Channel and they had a real life forensic evaluation of the Lizzie Borden Murder case, and being that she is an ancestor of my wife...here is my Lizzie...

***Please be aware of minor nudity and artistic blood***I do not wish to offend, but one of the theories as to why no blood was found was that Lizzie committed the murders in the nude...

[parrish]

Even reading the name Lizzie Borden puts an image in my head of the crime scene photo of her father after the murder.

I like the way the red pops in the drawing.

[Myron L]

Even reading the name Lizzie Borden puts an image in my head of the crime scene photo of her father after the murder.

I like the way the red pops in the drawing.

Thanks...and take a look...I did some photo-shop edit to make the red more "red"...

[parrish]

yeah. I'm not really an artist, but I think the contrast between the blood and the greys look really good.

So do you and your wife think Lizzie killed her parents?

[Myron L]

yeah. I'm not really an artist, but I think the contrast between the blood and the greys look really good.

So do you and your wife think Lizzie killed her parents?

I would have to say it looks like it, and that their maid probably helped Lizzie hide the evidence. Her alibi is a bit shady...

[Myron L]

Here is a character I originally created about ten or twelve years ago...I was sketching today and thought I'd do a re-vamp...her name is Blood Redd...

You inspired me , Laura, with your Liz !
;)

[Lilitu]

Wow, she's soooooo sexy!!!!!;) Great work pal! We have had the same inspiration today!Also your sketches have inspired me a lot:D !

[Myron L]

Been awhile since I put any new art up...here is a fully colored five page sequential written by Zombiekilla (Troy) and pencilled, inked (by hand)and colored (digitally) by me (Myron). I am still learning digital color, so constructive feedback is welcomed...please let me know how the story flows, as well. I know I can count on my friends here to be vocal!!!

[Lilitu]

How much blood!Wow!!! The atmosphere is a lot involving! Bravi! Great work!

[Myron L]

Thanks again Laura, for your comments !

[Stephane Garrelie]

Cool stuff!:)

[Myron L]

Thank you, Stephane!!! You, too, always give me enouragement !!!!

[parrish]

I think the art is great. Flows very nicely. Good stuff.

The colors for the dialogue boxes (particularly the blue ones) I think are a little bright and distract from the art a little. This could just be on my computer screen though.

[Myron L]

Thanks ! I appreciate the comment on the dialogue boxes...exactlythe type of stuff I need to hear !

[Myron L]

In honor of my religious holiday, Samhain (Halloween to you non-pagans), I thought I'd scribble up some new Hellboy Art to share...

lemme know what ya think ...

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd236/PsychoFyre_photos/HellboyHallows0001.jpg

[gdeo]

your colorget better and better

[Myron L]

Thanks, Gary !
I did this one by hand, instead of digitally...

[Myron L]

DC's Swamp Thing has always been one of my fav characters, but more recent revision attempts have just fallen short of what Swamp Thing really is...here is my visual that changes his appearance just slightly (think the Horned God of Pagan beliefs), while remaining true to the old Wrightson/Totleben look, at some levels...just for fun yesterday.

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd236/PsychoFyre_photos/NewSwampThing0001.jpg

[gdeo]

i love this one ..great use of color:D

[Myron L]

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd236/PsychoFyre_photos/Hellboy-Liz0001.jpg


A Color sketch I did today while watching football...

[Asa]

OH Woooooooow..Liz, Hellboy and Squidman, Really koooool. Love it :D

[Myron L]

Thanks, Gary and Asa !

[Myron L]

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd236/PsychoFyre_photos/KateStudying.jpg




A new sketch from today...