Art Thread: Kid C art

[kid cthulhu]

First thing I've EVER done in photoshop. Can't believe I'm so far behind!
It's ridiculous...

Got some Hellboy (finally!) stuff in the works.

Oh, and thanks to The Cure for the monkeys pic!


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/Chimps2.jpg

EDIT: Removed image that I deemed unsuitable for this board~

[Johann]

Could be the hormones or it could be the jelly fish....but I just love the second one.

It truely is beautiful..great use of sea horse skeletons.
Some of the trim is a little sloppy, for instance- right arm pit. But hey! you say you just began photoshop...Damn good for a start!

That face under her right arm..looks familiar.


more photoshop!

[kid cthulhu]

Yes, beer and photoshop lead to some interesting things, including sloppy cropping and erasing.

Not sure if I should've posted that second one, but at least now I've sized it down a bit.

This is just being bored in class...

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/loligogroup.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/yamato.jpg

[kid cthulhu]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/vespaIIIb.jpg

[E. Spears]

That new collage is really cool, I love the graffiti in the background! and the photoshop collage with all the loligos is sweet, due to it being an army of loligos :D.

More! Please!

are you doing anything for the exchange? I bet you'd make a kickass hellboy, especially if it's in your sweet abstract style.

-ers

[kid cthulhu]

Workin on it. Just trying to come up with something worthy of the other entries!

Oh, and it most definitely will be a little wierd...

[kid cthulhu]

A couple of HB doodles that I thought would look a little more interesting/humorous with a quick background.

http://img125.echo.cx/img125/8236/hellboy2b26lb.th.jpg (http://img125.echo.cx/my.php?image=hellboy2b26lb.jpg)

http://img39.echo.cx/img39/6569/hellboyb26wq.th.jpg (http://img39.echo.cx/my.php?image=hellboyb26wq.jpg)

[kid cthulhu]

Random pencil and ink activity...

This first one is being stenciled all around Seattle.
No respectable businesses mind you, just sidewalks and vacant buildings/lots and what have you.

http://img39.echo.cx/img39/9217/squid74b3zh.th.jpg (http://img39.echo.cx/my.php?image=squid74b3zh.jpg)

http://img39.echo.cx/img39/3079/eerietreeb6uj.th.jpg (http://img39.echo.cx/my.php?image=eerietreeb6uj.jpg)

[kid cthulhu]

I would like to take a minute and officially apologize for a certain piece that I posted recently. I realized that it may have been offensive to some people and that this was/is not the proper forum to share that sort of work.
I'm sorry.

I've also decided that I should do at least one HB related piece for every other piece that I post, seeing how this is the Hellboy forum.

So here's an early version of what I've been working on in Illustrator today. The horns need to be moved around and adjusted a little bit, and I'm sure there's a few other things that need a closer look at before coloring begins.

http://img209.echo.cx/img209/2142/hb26zw.th.jpg (http://img209.echo.cx/my.php?image=hb26zw.jpg)

[kid cthulhu]

I posted the odd little interpretations of HB earlier, but I thought I'd repost them without the backgrounds. These were just some classroom doodles.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/fhb.jpg

[gary bolt]

I really, really like the Hellboy with coffee and cigarette drawing.

[kid cthulhu]

My first sculpey toy. Haven't named it yet. Any ideas?

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/sculpy.jpg

And a custom Dunny figure I painted: Dunny Darko.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/dunny1.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/dunny4.jpg

Sorry for the blurry pics...

[Johann]

GAH! Frank the bunny, That's so cool!

[kid cthulhu]

I just saw a picture of a Frank figure in Lee's toy review that is coming out soon. Looks just like the movie version. Forget who's putting it out, but it looks really good.

[Johann]

Is that the one with the mailbox? sweet isn't it.

[kid cthulhu]

Is that the one with the mailbox? sweet isn't it.

Very!

ATTENTION - FREE MUSIC

I recently went through a few boxes of somewhat old stuff and came across a three pack of cds that I had thought were long lost. They're different dj mixes I'd done between 2002 and 2003, all exploring the different sides of drum n bass. Sometime in the late 80's, a London club dj played a breakbeat record at 45 speed (it was supposed to be played at 33) and noticed how the mob on the dancefloor just ate it up. Over the next year or two, it got pitched up a little bit more and became what is known as Jungle (some found the name offensive) or drum n bass.

Mix one is smooth and jazzy (there are a handful of truly beautiful pieces of music on this one) and was mixed live at Burning Man in 2003. It has a pretty compressed sound as I was experimenting with mini-discs at the time.

Mix two starts off pretty smooth and bouncy and gets more and more aggressive as it goes. Kind of my "rock out" version.

And mix three is very abstract and jazzy. More for the head.

So, if anyone is interested, let me know. Just pm me your address, which ones you'd like (one or all), and it would also be cool to know if you're familiar with the music at all. I also recently made some tunes and sampled from the Hellboy soundtrack, but I don't think those will be ready to go for a while yet.

[kid cthulhu]

Some sketches...

Jasper Krae, Hunter of Faye
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/jasper.jpg

Tribute to "The Third Wish"
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/3rdwish.jpg

[kid cthulhu]

Not sure who this guy is supposed to be :p Teen Hellboy?
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/hellboy.jpg

Some funky clothing designs
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/fashion.jpg

My ex, Michael Turner style
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/amber.jpg

[Ken O]

I really like the teen Hellboy. And your ex... Well the picture of your ex anyway.

[E. Spears]

I really dig that Jasper Krae. Lovin' the texture on his face.

good to see you postin' art again.

-ers

[kid cthulhu]

Thanks guys!

Something I did for this week's photoshop class.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/snowbirdIVb.jpg

[kid cthulhu]

Oh, and another one...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/project2flat.jpg

[Johann]

I really like the tribute to the Third Wish. And if those CD's are still available i'd take 'em off you're hands just to hear what you've done.

[kid cthulhu]

Recent work for my photoshop class.

We were supposed to design our cd portfolios - cover, inside cover, inside tray, back cover, and cd label.


Cover/Inside Cover
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/jhcover2.jpg

[kid cthulhu]

Back Cover
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/jhbackcover.jpg

[kid cthulhu]

Inside Tray
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/jhinsidetray.jpg

[kid cthulhu]

Sweet!

I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with the work of Alex Grey, but he is easily one of my top favorite artists outside of the comic world.

I was recently hired to make a flyer for a rare Seattle appearance of this man and his work, and I am deeply honored. Especially since I not only got paid, but I was given two tickets to the gala dinner event (the tickets are $200 a pop! :eek: )

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/alexgrey.gif

[howyadoin]

Inside Tray
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/jhinsidetray.jpgVery cool image. As usual, I'm pretty interested in the process; any chance we could see the starting point of this piece?

[fitzroy]

Great stuff there KC. The fish is stunning

[cosmos668]

That fish is great. I just love the inside tray image altogether. It just seems so serene and tranquil. Great stuff.

[kid cthulhu]

Very cool image. As usual, I'm pretty interested in the process; any chance we could see the starting point of this piece?

Unfortunately, the layers to the fish piece and the cover were somehow flattened and I'm not able to get back into them. The fish piece was the least photoshop'd of the lot, I just tweaked the waves out a little bit and added the flowers.

Thanks for the feedback you guys!

[howyadoin]

Unfortunately, the layers to the fish piece and the cover were somehow flattened and I'm not able to get back into them. The fish piece was the least photoshop'd of the lot, I just tweaked the waves out a little bit and added the flowers.No worries. You just made the whole thing look so seamless that I wasn't sure how many photos you started with.

[kid cthulhu]

No worries. You just made the whole thing look so seamless that I wasn't sure how many photos you started with.
Only used a few photos. Layered 'em up a few times and applied different effects like overlay, and color burn and then liquified it a little bit. Layer masks are a dream, too.

[Johann]

Great stuff. I love the benefit poster, lucky you :) the album art is also fantastic, I myself just finished one up for a friends band.

[howyadoin]

Layer masks are a dream, too.Amen to that. I use 'em all the time. Especially since they made it possible to mask entire sets of layers.

[kid cthulhu]

My most recent demo cd cover as well as a promo card I've been leaving around town.

Sorry it took so long to get the cds going, but they're ready now. Please let me know if you're interested in a copy.

Thanks and enjoy.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/angel004hb.jpg


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/angel004gb.jpg

[Johann]

Yeah! Beyond sweet.
Reminds me, I should post the Cd art I just did for a friends band, It's a bit inspired by your cd work, i even think i used some photos used in a previous one you did, cut out of a National Georaghic. Didn't realized it at the time but saw the art again on your site and... oh well.

Is there more art from the inside or do you only have the cover done? I'm really looking forward to the rest

[kid cthulhu]

Thanks, Johann. I'd love to see the stuff you're doing.
Probably won't be much more on this in the way of inside art. I'm giving away as many of these as I can (passed out about 20 last night to area club promoters) so I need to keep my costs low but still present a nice package.
Although, I still have to come up with the art to put on the actual disc, which I'll post when it's ready.

Did a few Hellboy doodles, but I haven't got them with me just now. I'll post them soon.

[kid cthulhu]

I guess you could say this is the remix?
I like it gobs better.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/jericho.jpg

[kid cthulhu]

More recent stuff.
This first one, "Squidville", I did for a color theory class. It's actually the first painting I've ever done, so I'm pretty psyched to start playing with paint more. It's guache, 20" x 26".
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/squidville3.jpg

This is another painting for the same class. Guache gray study. 8" x 10"
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/pippi.jpg

I saw a sweet stencil piece in a recent issue of Juxtapoz and really wanted a version for myself. The original is by an unknown graffiti artist out of the UK.
This is all spraypaint, and pretty big at about 2' x 4'.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/atatangle3.jpg

I've always liked it when several pieces together form a larger piece/idea.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/proph3c.jpg

[kid cthulhu]

This is just a fun guy I came up with on Halloween night.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/6armbearsmall.gif

A graffiti tag I just doodled out at a bar one night. Put it into Illustrator, and voila! It says "Jericho".
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/graffgreen.jpg

[Johann]

Very cool all around. Good to see you keep busy. Also, nice paintings-first time....really?

[hellboyone]

Lookin' good, man! A great variety of coolness..

R.

[gary bolt]

Great stuff, Kid C! Between your Photoshop skills, your drawing skills and now your painting skills you're getting together a serious arsenal. I studied colour theory in my design program in college and worked with gouache. I found it very hard to get colour or tone gradients that didn't look uneven when it dried. Squidville looks great but the grey scale piece is lovely.

[kid cthulhu]

Hey, thanks guys!
I've gotta admit, it feels good to be picking up new skills. Especially in the paint department. I've been so intimidated my whole life to experiment with it due to an initial attempt when I was a kid that failed miserably.

On a side note, for those of you who were maybe interested in my music projects, I've been terrible about following up requests for cds and I apologize.
However, everything (2 dj mixes and 5 original compositions) is available for free download at my site Atomik Zu (http://atomikzu.moonfruit.com).
Feel free to hit me with any feedback, positive or negative. That's how we grow, right?

[E. Spears]

excellent job on the paintings, I wish I had more time to pick up paints more often :(.

the little guy with the barcode makes me smile, he's sweet. and the Non Prophet peice on the newspapers is badass, I really dig that.

just downloaded the musics, gonna listen to them now. right on.

-ers

[kid cthulhu]

Cool, thanks Robert!

Knowing what I do of your music tastes, it might not really be your thing. I get a feeling you might appreciate "Martyr Dumb" for its aggressive qualities.

[E. Spears]

hell yeah.

Martyr Dumb and Non-Prophet were my favorites, . My dad would like this too, he loves electronic and dance music. I actually liked everything from Haunted Origami, fun for sure. The songs kind of reminded me of when I discovered Nine Inch Nails at a friend's house, for some reason. I dig thems songs for sure.

I'll get around to listening to the hour-long tracks at some point, probably after smokin' some tiny plants of sorts ;).

-ers

[kid cthulhu]

Ha ha!

You rule. Wish I could join ya. :)

[Johann]

I'm listening to rain right now... beautiful.
*edit* oh, Martyr Dumb....This one's fantastic

-Can't wait to hear the rest.

[howyadoin]

I saw a sweet stencil piece in a recent issue of Juxtapoz and really wanted a version for myself. The original is by an unknown graffiti artist out of the UK.
This is all spraypaint, and pretty big at about 2' x 4'.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/atatangle3.jpg

Nice to see somebody else reading Juxtapoz; I was starting to think I was the only one.

[kid cthulhu]

Johann - Thanks, mate! That puts a big smile on my face.

Howyadoin - Best mag ever in my opinion. Second best selling art magazine in the main 48!

[howyadoin]

Best mag ever in my opinion. Second best selling art magazine in the main 48!Couldn't agree more. Even the ads are chock full of cool techniques. I can't pick up an issue without being inspired.

Then again, how bad could it be, with Robert Williams at the helm?

[kid cthulhu]

Heh, no kidding!

Here's a couple of HB sketches that have been hiding in my sketchbook for a while.
The first is just a few roughs, experimenting a little with Mignola's approach.
The second is just for kicks.
The last one is a scene I'd really love to see Mike tackle at some point in the comics - Big Red visiting Trevor's grave. Maybe a whole issue of just HB telling the Prof all of the crazy stuff that's happened in his life and in the world since he passed. I think it would be great.
This one definitely needs some more work - the RHoD thumb seems weird. I'll post the finished piece when it's, um...finished?
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/hb1.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/hb2.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/hb3.jpg

[kid cthulhu]

A flyer for my upcoming show. Has undertones of Amphibia me thinks.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/jerichoflyer2.jpg

[kid cthulhu]

A cover I did for Redefine magazine.

Can you tell I like birds> :)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/redefine4smaller.jpg

[TheCableGuy001]

Wow, those look great, especially the flyer.

[gary bolt]

I like the flyer and the cover images and, yes, I can tell you like birds. What I really love is the HB sketches you posted prior to them. Somehow I missed that post when you made it. Nice Kid C / Mignola fusion on some of them.

[kid cthulhu]

Thanks guys. Appreciate the kind words. Think I need to redo the head on the flyer character. A little pixelated...

[E. Spears]

nice job on the flyer, real nice composition and sweet colors. I dig the hellboy sketches, too.

-ers