Art Thread: E. Spears

[E. Spears]

Tad--Thanks, I'm glad you liked the spacegirl :).

Petersen--I see what you're saying about the cattleprod thingy in the gasmask girl picture. I might go back and try to fix that at some point. And thanks, I actually plan on coloring it in the same watercolor-ish style as the last couple color peices.

Johann--Thanks! I actually liked doing the spacegirl so much that I did a companion for her--Space Pig! And another little sketch of another spacegirl.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/spacepigsketch21005small.gif

Enjoy, tell me what you think.

-ers

[yukon]

Piggy has quite a belly. I dig spacegirls retro look( kinda reminds me of Ms. Peel from the avengers) can't wait to see these colored.

[E. Spears]

Thanks, Yukon. I haven't seen any Avengers episodes, but I think my friend has some of the show on tape.

I tried to color the spacegirl in the same 'watercolor-esque' way as the gasmask girl, but it didn't work. then i tried to mess around with a brush in PSP9 that imitates an oil brush.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/spacegirlcolorsAsmall.jpg
I don't like it, but it was fun.

Then I looked at almost every picture on Ashley Wood's site (http://ashleywoodartist.com), and I felt like I should mess with the "oil" brush some more. Here's the result of that experiment:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/charactersketch21405Asmall.jpg

*edit* for both of them I did the coloring under the inks, so it looks kind of weird.

Enjoy, tell me what you think.

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[Johann]

nice, experiment some more! :)

[E. Spears]

Thanks, Johann.

Here's a bunch of new crap. I've hit another drawing rut, I haven't been able to make something decent for a while. Usually a good chat with Claire fixes that, but not this time. These are all pretty uninspired, so veiw with caution.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/facesketch21905small.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/charactersketch21905small.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/panelssketch21905small.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/charactersketch21905smallB.gif

Enjoy, tell me what you think.

-ers

[E. Spears]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/girlsketch21905small.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/girlsketch21905smallB.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/girlsketch21905smallC.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/characterssketch21905small.gif

Enjoy, blahblahblah.

-ers

[JohnThompson]

Here's a bunch of new crap.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/facesketch21905small.gif
Far from being crap, I think this is one of the best pieces I've seen you do. Nice construction of the head, great inking and composition of the subject within the frame. This is a really cool piece!

[E. Spears]

Thanks a lot, John. I appreciate it.

I was talking with my friend Claire on Yahoo IM, and she made me draw a picture of her for her (made isn't quite the right word, I would've done it anyway). I finished it just a few minutes ago, here it is:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/clairesketch22005small.gif
I'm not sure what I think of it, but she liked it. I did it on the computer.

EDIT: i know it's like the same pose as a bunch of other one's i've done, i couldn't think of anything else to do. i'm working on that, though.

enjoy.
-ers

[Johann]

Nice additions, and I know how you feel, I'm always catching myself doing the same pose, I can't help it! I too have to work on that.

[E. Spears]

Thanks, Johann. woo, glad I'm not the only one who repeats himself.

In Yahoo IM, there's a sweet little drawing tool. I took a few screen shots of some portraits I did for my friend Claire.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/claireportraitIMcropped.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/claireportraitIM2cropped.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/claireportraitIM3cropped.gif

Enjoy.
-ers

[E. Spears]

They guys that work on WASD with me came up with a funny idea to get more hits on the site: T and A. Here's the rough draft of the new opening image:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/coverpage1.jpg
There's still a lot of things that I don't like about it that I'm planning on changing, but it was more fun to do than taking Calculus notes.
It's not on the website yet, but It will be as soon as I think I'm done with it.

Enjoy, tell me what you think.

-ers

[Petersen]

Robert,
I REALLY like this one. I like the layout and design, you seem much more confident with your lines and the color is very complimentary to the stylization.

[Conundrum]

HOT! Great job Robert! That is really striking.

[kid cthulhu]

Robert, your work is improving like mad!

Great layout, colors, framing...

Keep 'em comin'!

[JohnThompson]

Well, Robert, I think you've found your calling. Your drawing really seems to shine when your subject is the female form. You could be the next "Ace ti**ie artist" like Adam Hughes!

[morna]

I'd say, if your audience is guys... post it right now!

[morna]

actually I like it too. When it first came up in its window it was cropped just at the lower curve of the waistband (sure you cut off the words but any idiot would know to click on the flower) - that was an even sweeter composition - but I'm a girl... and an OLD one at that. Probably not your target demographic!






nevermind

[yukon]

this is a real knockout! great composition! I love the way you utilize the frame in this peice, I think in some of your other drawings the frame is a formality, but in this one its a real part of the subject !The negative space here also isn't just standard it reaally work with the subject. I wish it was a teenie bit wider so that the widest part of her hip just grazed the edge, but that is just a matter of taste.You seem to do really nicely with long vertical formats, you should really check out Japanese prints.http://www.degener.com/lndscp03.htm (not the best example but it will do)
Asian art has a tendancy to use more extreme horizontal and vertical proportions, in comparison to western art. I think you might get alot out of looking at this type of work
awesome job!

[Johann]

Great job, what do you need to improve?
-That will give visitors more incentive to enter the site. :)

[E. Spears]

Petersen--Thank you! I wasn't too sure about the colors, so I'm happy you think they work :D.

Conundrum--haha, thanks a lot Beau.

Kid C--Yay! Jeremiah! Cool that you've think i've gotten better, and it's really cool to see you posting more :D. Thanks.

JT--wow, I don't think I'm quite at AH!'s level of boob-tastic-osity, but thanks a lot!

Morna--You confuse me very much, but thank you :).

Yukon--Thanks to you, and those are sweet pictures. Thanks for the sweet link, it's got a ton of really great stuff.

Johann--Thanks. I was actually thinking of redoing the drawing itself, the line in the middle of her stomach got read as a lightning-bolt tatoo by a lot of people. But I'm afraid that it would lose the same feeling as this one, it wouldn't have the same energy (my redraws never do).

Thanks again for all the comments, I can't say how much I appreciate them. Every comment helps me.

Since Howie (one of the guys who does WASD stuff) decided to just put the picture up as-is, I probaly won't worry about a redraw just yet.

No pictures today, probably new ones in a few days.

-ers

[E. Spears]

uh, here's a thing i did today in Government. It's not very original, but i was trying to force myself to draw something, for the last couple days i've been kind of unable to make a picture i like enough to ink.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/sketch30105small.gif

Enjoy.

-ers

[E. Spears]

haah...

so i finished the painting that the principal of my school wanted me to do for him.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/paint30205A.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/paint30205B.jpg
Ripping of Mr. Petersen again, but he wanted it in the same style as the old clown picture that was kind of in Petersen style, he said it reminded him of Peter Max, who is sweet.
I like this one a lot, i don't want to give it to him :).
*edit* this one was done with watercolor-pencils. i like those things a lot.

So enjoy, and tell me what you think.

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[Jan Bentzen]

Great picture Robert.
Watercolour-pencils ? Tell me about those.

- Jan

[Hellsaint]

Wow! Great painting! Nicely done robert :)

Aren't watercolour pencils pencils with lead that smudge really well with water? :confused:

[Petersen]

I like the cropping on the detail version better than the whole composition. Very cool heads. They would make awesome sculptures.

[E. Spears]

Jan--Thanks a lot! Watercolor pencils are sweet, they're like colored pencils that act kind of like watercolors when you apply water with a brush. i like using them a lot.

Hellsaint--Thank you :D.

Petersen--haha, thanks. Yeah, the composition is kind of iffy on the whole peice. I never thought of making sculptures of the heads, that might be pretty sweet! I'll have to steal some clay when I'm TAing in Sculpture next time :D.

I've been struggling to make a drawing I like, and I didn't like this one a whole lot untill I colored it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/hellboycolors30405small.jpg

Enjoy, tell me what yous nerds think.

-ers

[E. Spears]

uhh, here's another thing i colored:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/underwater30405small.jpg

I was trying for a kind of dave stewart-ish color scheme, it didn't turn out as well as i had hoped though.

enjoy.

-ers

[Petersen]

I think you're pretty damn close. try using a different color for the 'snow' and the mask and the filters and robe

And thet tenticle kicks all kinds of ass

[gary bolt]

These two recent drawings are great, Robert. The colouration combined with heavy blacks is working very well. What Petersen says about the tentacle and kicking and ass is true.

[Johann]

MMM Good color, i love the snow. Looks ALOT better colored.

[Maija]

I think you're getting close on the colouring.

I agree with Petersen, the painting you posted is best in the cropped close-up. I've noted this before in the paintings you've posted-- the way you choose to crop the photographs often makes for a more interesting composition than the original painting. In general (though not always) I find compositions that have the subject partly out of the frame are more interesting-- keeps you guessing about what you can't see. When you're sketching up a subject for a painting, play around with framing it simply by laying four sheets of paper over the edges to see what different cropping gives you.

You've done this brilliantly with many of the sketches you've posted, like the girl's torso with the flower tattoo.

[E. Spears]

Petersen--Thanks a lot, especially for the color tips. Coloring's always been hard for me.

Sir Edward--hah, thanks! I'm glad yous guys liked the tentacle :D.

Johann--Thank you! I appreciate it.

Ruta--Thanks for the help. Yeah, the cropped image is more interesting than the rest of it as a whole. I'll try 'cropping' the original sketch before I paint it on one of my next ones.

here's some colors for one of my newer pictures:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/facesketchcolors30505small.jpg

Enjoy.

-ers

[Petersen]

I think you generaly make good color choices! sometimes it's more the value range. A hint is to change it to grayscale and see if the elements still pop from one another, that will tell you about your values and contrast.

This last one is great. I like the background color, the yellow-green highlight on the shirt, the skin tones...for someone who is unsure of your coloring, you did a great job. the only crit I have is that there could be a slight bit more contrast in the leaves to seperate them from the background. Perhaps more orange, or daker...but it's 99% there!

[yukon]

These look great colored! I'm impressed with your skill with digital coloring, are you doing all of this in photoshop? I love the fact that you leave the edges ( in this case the black edge) raw and wobbly and then drop the whole piece in a perfect rectangular form. It reafirm the touch of the piece. I also dig the noise you leave in the blacks ( by not exactly filling it in solid ) for the same reason. MORE!

[E. Spears]

Petersen--Thanks a lot! Cool that you think i'm on track with coloring :). I didn't think about looking at a greyscaled version to check contrast, that's a good idea! i'll do that on future coloring projects for sure.

Yukon--thank you! yeah, i'm doing all the color on the computer, Paint Shop Pro 9. I don't have photoshop, I used it in my Yearbook class and I couldn't figure it out for the life of me.

I got the first two volumes of Sin City earlier this week, and I read 'em both fast. Holy shit, best stuff ever. I showed to my friends, and they loved it. My friend Mikey wants to grow up to be Marv.

Speaking of Marv, I did a picture of him today, he's hardhard to draw.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/marvsketch31205small.gif

enjoy, and thanks again.

-ers

[Johann]

Nice.

yeah..I finally grabbed the first volume a few weeks ago myself, I like the design on the new editions so i waited.

[E. Spears]

Thanks, Johann. Isn't sin city sweet?! I'm mad at myself for not picking it up a long time ago.

here's a Kill-Bill thing I just finished. Yeah, it's miller inspired too.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/killbillsketch31305.jpg

And a picture of my friend Cowboy. he wanted me to do a picture of him a long time ago, but I only got around to doing it last night.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/cowboysketch31205.jpg

Enjoy.

-ers

[Johann]

nice Bride, -it's great, tarentino directed a scene for Sin City.

Sweet pics.

[kid cthulhu]

Kee Ripes, Robert. Every time I turn around you've pumped out a dozen new pieces!

It just keeps gettin' better and better...

[E. Spears]

Johann--Thanks! And I am super pumped about Sin City. Everything about it is awesome, I am supersuper pumped.

Kid C--haah, thanks a lot :D.

No new art tonight, I've been swamped with ridiculously hard calculus homework/tests and retarded government essays/tests and anatomy homework/tests and just school in general. At least this week is the last week before spring break.

Thanks again guys.

-ers

[Hellsaint]

I really dig the Marv pic. Very VERY cool :)

[gary bolt]

Great new drawings, Robert. I think the heavy use of black looks good in the Marv and Black Mamba/Uma pics but is more succesful in the Cowboy pic where you used a large area of white to create more energy in your composition. :)

[E. Spears]

Hellsaint--Thanks a lot.

Sir Edward--thanks yo. I see what you mean, the marv and bride pics are kind of static.

here's another Sin City picture.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/sincitysketch31505small.gif

and a batman.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/batmansketch31505small.gif

enjoy.
-ers

[E. Spears]

uh, this one was a little bit of an experiment. I'm not completely happy with how it turned out, but it's better than it was before I colored it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/hellbats31605COLORSA.jpg

Enjoy.

-ers

[Maija]

The first Batman sketch is great. I like the simplicity of it.

I think a lack of simplicity is what's hurting the coloured drawing. I like the Batman part of it. I think the HB part of it would be improved by limiting the colour range, ie. one shade of red and one shade of brown and letting the black do the shadow work. I would take the green lights off of the Batnoculars™ and make the charm a soft yellow colour so that the green glow of the charm becomes a single focus.

[E. Spears]

Thanks, Ruta! Glad you liked the batman sketch. I completely understand what you're saying about the hellboy/batman thing. I'll try to remember to fix it, and I'll keep what you said in mind for future pictures in that same vein.

-ers

[E. Spears]

Ok, some colors. This time not terrible ones, I think.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/marvsketch32005colorsA2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/marvsketch32005colorsA1.jpg

I don't know which version I like more. I like them both a lot, but what do you nerds think?

Enjoy.
-ers

[Petersen]

Sweet job Robert.

I thought you would like Miller.

I commited a few blacks (the one over Kevin's chin line was the one that got me thinking about it.)

added a gradient to Goldie's hair so it wasn't as flat and played with the color balance...
hope you don't mind...

Great energy on Marv!

[E. Spears]

Wow, Petersen. That's really great. You're absolutely right about commiting to my blacks, it really helps the picture. And the gradient really helps, it breaks up that giant block of yellow perfectly. And the purpley tone you gave it is sweet.

Thanks a lot for the tips and the re-color, Sir Petersen :D.

-ers

[Hellsaint]

SWEET! You two have done a great job! More, more! :D

[Johann]

The Sin City piece looks alot better with color, even though the original source material is in entirely b&W, there is something about the colors that make it really nice.

And Peterson, you re-color brings this out fantasticly.

[E. Spears]

Hellsaint--Thanks. Glad you liked it.

Johann--Yeah, I wasn't sure if the color would even work at all, but it worked out well this time.

Petersen--I had to try to recreate what you did on my hi-rez file, and this is what i came up with:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/marvsketch32005colorsB.jpg

Enjoy, and thanks again.

-ers

[Petersen]

That looks great! And having done that you can see how very little I altered your color version from before.


More?

[E. Spears]

Thanks Petersen. The gradient actually took me a long time--I spent an hour trying to figure out how the damn things worked, but once I did It wasn't that much work.

Here's a sketch of Hartigan--I read That Yellow Bastard today, and it was awesome.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/hartigansketch32305.gif
I did a lot of editing on the computer, he was much sloppier originally.

Enjoy.
-ers

[morna]

That Is Sweet!

[fitzroy]

The colour pic is great Robert. Nice Lyn Varley feel to it aswell

[Johann]

very very nice... color?

[Petersen]

That one is great Robert. I don't think I'd color that one.

[E. Spears]

Morna--Thank you!

Fitz--Cool that you think that, Lynn Varley is sweet :D. I appreciate it.

Johann--Thanks, but I think Petersen's right about the no-coloring. There's hardly anything to color in anyway there's so much black ;).

Petersen--Thanks a lot, man. :).

I just now realized that the wind is blowing the snow to the left and Hartigan's tie and coat to the right at the same time. Ooops.

Nothing new today, haven't felt that great today.

Thanks again!

-ers

[Johann]

Johann--Thanks, but I think Petersen's right about the no-coloring. There's hardly anything to color in anyway there's so much black ;).


I realized that after i posted that comment, although i was lazy and did not edit and just figured it could be read as: asking for color or asking if you'll color. meh, It looks good, i didn't even notice the mistake. :p

color wise-its not about the amount of black but more that there is no need for color, if that makes any sense. If you imagine it with color it just wouldn't seem right, the single figure would look kinda out-of-place in tecnicolor. i dunno, don't mess with it.

[E. Spears]

I understand what you're sayin', Johann. Word up.

Yesterday was sweet, I went on a ten-mile hike with a bunch of my friends. Now, I've never been one for hikes, but I figured that a ten-mile hike wasn't going to be very hard.

But Damn, it was hard.

By the end of it, I could barely move my legs. And I was fairly dehydrated, according to Mountain Man Jesse, my buddy that organized the hike. It was sweet.

We had lots of obstacles, like calling that Jake had to carry a giant peice of metal and cement as far as he could on the hike, and splinter-celling our way past a little camper that was probably the home of some deranged person with a meth lab and a shotgun (splinter-celling quickly turned into sprinting the hell out of there). And there was some ass with a shotgun shooting targets on his house, but he was a complete idiot; he was wearing camoflage, presumably so the targets on his house couldn't see him :rolleyes:. And we had to climb lots of fences, and then we had to make our way under a bridge, which was fun, and we almost had to fend off some dogs, but they ended up being nice doggies. And i rolled in this giant plastic pipe for a while while some other guys pushed it, that was sweet.

Today my legs are so sore, but that only means that I'm going to have super-buff legs. So I'm okay with that.

I'll try to have some more art today, but I'm probably going to the gym to get super-buff.

-ers

[yukon]

10 mile hike! that sounds fantastic! I think I'm going to take advantage of this fantastic spring weather today and take the doggie for a hike on beach. It won't be 10 miles( I don't think either of us have that in us after a lazy winter)

[E. Spears]

Yukon--sounds fantastic, but is really just a dumb idea :).

Today I did some Incredibles fan-art.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/incrediblesketch32605.jpg

Enjoy.
-ers

[E. Spears]

aaaand here's a quick sketch I did today. I didn't have a pencil, and I just started doodling with my sharpies. I got this, it doesn't make sense but I like it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/boxedinsketch32705.gif

Happy Easter. Enjoy.

-ers

[E. Spears]

one more quick (crappy) doodle today, it's spiderman. he's pissed for some reason or another.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/spideysketch32705.jpg

I know this one's not very good, but I got bored with it halfway through the pencils, but I felt like I should try to finish it.

ENjoy.

-ers

[Petersen]

I don't think you should do a thing to the Spiderman drawing. Love the spot reds. Reminds me of a Tim Sale drawing. Good Job!!!

[Ken O]

Way pissed, but way cool looking. I like it.

[E. Spears]

Petersen--Thanks a lot! Tim Sale's one of my favorites :).

T-Wyrm--Glad you like it, my good man.

Here's a couple drawings I did today.
did the lines for this one a few weeks ago, did some 'colors' on it today.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/abesketch32805GS.gif

And this one that I did today. I have two color versions of it, like with the marv pic.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/vampsketch32805A.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/vampsketch32805B.jpg

Enjoy.

-ers

[Ken O]

I like the black and white more then the color version. I think the blood stands out a little more.

[E. Spears]

Thanks a lot, T-Wyrm :D.

I'm working on some new stuff, but for some reason I can't it right. I'll share new stuff soon, yo.

-ers

[Johann]

i really like the B&W version of that last one, i like the set up also. The abe pic is also very sweet, but i find the monster rather silly looking...
-it's like a savage, killer worm. nice.

[E. Spears]

Thanks, Johann. Glad you liked the pictures. Yeah, the monster is kind of silly, but I bet you don't want to have one of them in your pool :D.

This last week Claire's friends Phoebe and Liisa came down from Washington to visit. We hung out, and it was sweet. They left for home early this morning (which sucks hard), but not after having one of the most fun nights ever last night. We went driving in the desert, listened to David Bowie, and had a real good time. They're some of the coolest people I've ever met, and I wish I could go and visit them right now.

I did a quick drawing of Phoebe the phoetus, and there's a picture of Liisa coming soon (hopefully, if I can figure out how to draw her).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/phoetussketch33005.gif
and no, she's not missing a finger.

Enjoy.

-ers

[Johann]

nice, sounds like you had a good time.

[E. Spears]

Thanks, Johann.

Here's a drawing I did for a friend a couple weeks ago. It's for his future T-Shirt company.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/zombiefightersketch40105.gif

had another desert adventure last night. me and a few friends got a little lost in the desert behind my friend's house, he lives in the middle of nowhere, so it's kind of easy to get lost. We went to jack-in-the-box when we finally found a road, and it was good. We also went to a 7 Eleven to get some other stuff, but then we had to go back to another adventure. and it was a good adventure again.

Enjoy, more stuff to come soon (i hope; i go back to school tomorrow, yarrrgh!)

-ers

[kid cthulhu]

Today my legs are so sore, but that only means that I'm going to have super-buff legs. So I'm okay with that.

I'll try to have some more art today, but I'm probably going to the gym to get super-buff.


HA!

Oh man, that cracked me up! (I'm not supposed to be lookin' at this stuff in class, so I got a couple of looks. 1st day of this new class, so it's nice to give everyone the impression that I'm a total dork!)

I really miss having adventures like that. Hell, an adventure of any kind would be very welcome these days.

Hey Robert, if you'd still like to do a trade for the Loligo "foamy", I'd glady make you one for a copy of that gasmask/spear-dude in the snow. Glad to see you're staying busy. Will you be able to keep it up with school comin' back around?

And hey, if you ever come up to Washington to see your friends, we should kick it!

[E. Spears]

heyhey!

glad you thought that was funny :D. Try to go on adventures dude, they're sweet. What class is that you're in? And being a dork is sweet, it makes you like in your own sweet-ass group of sweet-ass people. Or not, i don't know what i'm talking about actually ever.

Art trade--dude, sweet. You're gettin' that one for sure dude :). I feel like I need to add something else to that man, name it you got it. And a PM comin your way.

And if I ever make it up to Washington, we will kick it. And it will be sweet. For serious.

Here's the first sketch of the month, a punk dude rockin' out.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/punksketch40505.gif

Saw Sin City for the third time today. it was sweet. for the third time. some douche-bag that came with us didn't like it, he said it was too violent. I called him a retard without any junk, that shut him up good.

Enjoy.
-ers

[Johann]

Is that the slam-dancing goon guy? it reminds me of this sculpure i saw on the shifflet bros. board... i don't think it is but it has a similar resemblance...

http://www.shiflettbrothers.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=216&highlight=slam+dancing+goon

[citymadeofash]

Johann, I found THIS (http://www.shiflettbrothers.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=359) on the website you linked to for the circle jerks figure... nice to see someone trying a full body Hellboy sculpture.

[E. Spears]

Johann--haha, no I hadn't seen the slam dancing goon :D. But he's a sweet lookin' dude, and there is an obvious resemblance ;).

City--That's a sweet lookin' figure. Thanks for the link yo.

I added some quick greys to the picture. I don't know if i really like how it turned out, but it's what I got.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/punksketch40505B.gif

Enjoy.

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[citymadeofash]

I defintely like the tonal gray's you added to the picture. Looks nice!

[E. Spears]

Thanks a lot, City. Glad you like it.

here's a t-shirt design i did. it's for the senior class at my school, one of the teachers wanted me to do a picture. she wouldn't tell me what of, so i ended up doing this stuff:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/tshirtsketch40705A.gif

Enjoy.

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[Johann]

hahahaha, that got a laugh outa me, i take it the gorilla and the knight are school mascots of sorts(i recall them in you're other school projects) and the zombie-guy...just sure randomness.- too cool.

Having excellence above the zombie with the cleaver in his head is also great, subtle humor(intended or unintended)

[kid cthulhu]

Haha!

Nice, Robert!

[E. Spears]

Johann--Thanks! Glad you thought it was funny. The Knight is actually the mascot, and gorillas can be worked into anything ;). I didn't realize that excellence was over the zombie, but hell yeah it is funny.

Kid C--Thanks a lot, yo.

I'll try to have some stuff to share today, but I've got some calc to study and some anatomy to catch up on.

oh SHIT, I went to a LAMB OF GOD concert yesterday. It was at the Glasshouse in Pomona, it was so amazing. The ENTIRE FLOOR was one huge circle pit, it was sweet. It was my first time pitting anywhere, it was ridiculously fun. I fell down a couple times, got in a fat-dude sandwich in a four-guy pile-up, but it's sweet cuz people don't want to trip on you so they help you up if you can't get up.

And Randy, the singer, is so incredibly cool. He said he was having the time of his life, and whenever he said he came here just to hang out with us awesome kids he jumped into the crowd and started screaming his songs. HOLY CRAP that was sweet.

I'm kind of sore from the pit, my legs are messed up and my feet are ruined. When I got out of the pit, all of my clothes and my long hair were completely drenched in sweat, but then i realized that half the sweat in my shirt probably wasn't mine.

And it was so sweet, being with a couple hundred metal fans in a pit, cuz there was an instant connection between everyone. Like when I was buying water, me and this guy looked at each other and screamed "F*CK YEAH! F*CK YEAH!" at each other really loudly, then we went in the pit again and it was sweet.

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[E. Spears]

little doodle i did in crayone today.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/crayonsketch41005.jpg

Enjoy.

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[Maija]

Ha! That T-shirt design is great. I expect to see you modelling it at SDCC!

The gorilla's good too, but I wouldn't try to go with lighter tones with the crayons and instead just get hard contrast with solid lines of colour and let the white paper be free. Or you could make the background solid black and the floor solid purple and just let the Grape Ape be his own thing in the middle (but you're way to young to remember Grape Ape :p ).

[E. Spears]

Thank you, Ruta. The principal ended up not approving the picture witht he monkey and the zombie, he says it would cause problems. I told him it would cause no problems, and he said yes it would. Essentially, he's a douchebag nazi fascist. So I'm making some t-shirts with the zombie monkey knight picture on Cafe Press (don't know how many yet, probably just a few for friends).

I might go back fix the monkey at some point, your tips are making the sense!

Here's some new stuff from me from yesterday:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/girlsketch41305thumb.gif (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/girlsketch41305.gif)
Click for full picture, but contains nudity, so watch out.

a monster face
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/monstersketrch41305.gif

Enjoy.

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[JohnThompson]

I'm kind of sore from the pit, my legs are messed up and my feet are ruined.
NOOOOoooo!!!

Not your super-buff legs! Were they insured?

Hey, just wanted to comment on the "nude"-- there is a nice flow to her form, and a very elegant movement. Me likey the monkeys too!

[Tad]

I told him it would cause no problems, and he said yes it would.

I teach improv one day a week at a high school. You wouldn't believe what parents will raise holy hell about. It's depressing. Trust me, zombie with cleaver in head would cause problems. Not for you or your classmates but for the principal.

[E. Spears]

JT--I'm okay now, they were just really tired from running in that circle for like a billion years. Glad you liked that one, I did it instead of taking notes in my Anatomy class.

Tad--Maybe. But none of the teachers besides him felt it would cause problems. So I still think he's a total d-bag.

So here's some random sketches from today:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/crazyguysketch41505.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/girlsketch41505.gif

Enjoy.

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[morna]

ers I love the first one - really nice composition and the wee little skull rocks of course ;)

[shade13]

Jeez! You my man, have nabbed a style I love...Awsome!

[Tad]

Really nice. These are more authoritative than your earlier, sketchy style. Nice work.

[Petersen]

I like that you are choosing 1 line to define a form now. That plays into the authority Tad was talking about. Glad you got turned on to miller, I see the influence and it's only makin your stuff better..

and i really like word balloons with images inside of them

so when do we get new art?

[E. Spears]

Morna--Thanks! No suprise you liked the skull ;).

Shade--Thank you, I'm glad you like it :D.

Tad--Really cool that you think I'm improving, it's hard for me to tell a lot of the time.

Petersen--Thanks a lot. Miller is the man, his art's just completely amazing. Ha, and new art comes when I sit down and draw some. I've been sick for the last few days, i haven't been able to draw anything worthwhile. And I'm not at school, on break, and for some reason when I'm on a break I'm less productive about drawing.

More stuff soon, though. Thanks again, all!

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[Tad]

Tad--Really cool that you think I'm improving, it's hard for me to tell a lot of the time.

Generally what happens is that you're excited about your art, then you hit sort of an okay plateau, then you start thinking it really sucks. What it means is that your taste and critical eye is improving faster than your fine motor skills. Right now you've hit another plateau and it's looking good. Just keep drawing! It's neat to see the progress.

[Johann]

Great progress, Could we get a painting? i'd like to see how your new stuff translates into a full piece.

can't wait to see what you turn out for the summer exchange.

[E. Spears]

Tad--I see what you're saying. Sweet.

Johann--Thanks a lot. I just finished a painting in my class, but it's real crap, but when i get it back I'll share it.

new stuff from the last week:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/rogersketch42605.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/onfiresketch42605.gif

Enjoy.

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[E. Spears]

wanted less pictures in a post, here's the rest.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/girlsketch42805Apencils.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/girlsketch42805Acolors.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/girlsketch42805B.jpg

Enjoy again.
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[Ken O]

I really like the ax one. Looks great. The last picture is really strong too. Nice work.

[citymadeofash]

holy crap! the picture of roger as well as the zombie are both great! You're style and skills are definitly improving with practice, even over the span of this thread. Keep it up :)

[E. Spears]

T-Wyrm--Thanks! Glad you liked the zombie. The last picture is another picture of my friend.

CitymadeofAsh--Thanks a lot, glad you liked them. I was pretty not happy with them, I wasn't feeling like they worked by the time I had finished them, so I appreciate it.

Here's my exchange piece, I figure it's safe to put it here now that it's on the website.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/hbexchange42305colors.jpg

and the original inks:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/hbexchange42305inks.gif

Enjoy.
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[citymadeofash]

wow... the colored one really knocks my socks off! The faux watercolor effect behind HB is a nice touch. You're style just keeps on improving, nice work!

[Petersen]

Very nice robert..I like the squggled color variation in the coat. I understand they they are wrinkles & folds and get a kick out of how they also look like tentacles

I assume the lucky recipiant will get the original and a color version??

[Maija]

Coolness, Robert. It has a sort of early 20th century woodcut feel to it.

[Tad]

Super nice piece! I know this one was for the exchange but you should do a series of all the main characters in a similar style.

[E. Spears]

Thanks a lot, Citymadeofash! i'm glad you like my progress.

Petersen--Thank yous. heh, i just noticed they do look like tentacles. Sweets. And yes, whoever I send my exchange thing to gets the original inks and a good print of the colors.

Ruta--Thanks!

Tad--I was actually thinking in those terms. I tried a little sketch of Roger in the same way as this one, but it wasn't working for me. I'll try one of abe soon, I think.

More drawings soon, I'm thinkin'.

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[hellboyone]

Grizzled...like Hellboy visited Sin City. Very cool.

R.

[E. Spears]

ha, thanks Rick. Cool that you liked it :D.

Here's a sketch for a painting that I'm starting next week (probably) in my painting class.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/postersketch50505_2.jpg

Enjoy.
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[kid cthulhu]

Cool!

The BPRD's first Black Panther. Love the medallion!

[E. Spears]

Thanks Kid C! The assignment for this one was to make a poster advertising something, like a movie, but you can't use words (for some reason my teacher hates integrating words and pictures). So I just put together random bits of imagery that i thought would look neat together and I called it a movie poster.

Here's a "painting" i did today, using a sketch from last month.
First version:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/girlsketch41505paintsA.jpg

version with original sketch layed on top:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/girlsketch41505paintsB.jpg

I'm not sure which I like best yet, but I had fun doing it.
Enjoy.
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[kid cthulhu]

I'd have to say I'm somewhat more partial to the first one. Sort of a more fine art style.

Maybe its just something I'd like to get better at doing myself.

[E. Spears]

Thanks! that one's growing on me also, I think the addition of the inks on top of the "paints" kind of takes away from the colors themselves.

Here's another digital painting I did today. Started and finished on the computer. I give you--Cowboy Robot!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/cobwoyrobot50805.jpg

Enjoy.
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[Mikolaj]

God!! You make us pitifull non gifted people feal envious!! ;) AWSOME work!! Especialy the robo-thing!!

[Johann]

nice cowboy robot- it reminds me of Ashley Wood's art. Mainly due to the technique and of course it's a robot!

and mainly this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0971977593/ref=sib_dp_pop_ex/104-9927601-1210328?%5Fencoding=UTF8&p=S004#reader-link

:D :p

[Johann]

Oh yeah, i also really like the first painting without the lines. Very cool.

[jnapper]

Cool!

The BPRD's first Black Panther. Love the medallion!

No kidding-- neat! Makes me want to see a HB story set in the 70's!

[Rob H]

Rock on Cowboy Robot. :) Love your work mate.

[E. Spears]

Khan Doalyn--Thanks a lot.

Johann--Thank you! Glad you liked the paintings. Ashley wood was definitely an influence on this, he's the man. I wasn't aware of that image though! I think Mr. Wood wins the cowboy robot fight.

Jnapper--Thanks!

Dr. Flem--Thanks man!

Here's a little sketch I did today. It's one of my best friends.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/girlsketch51005.jpg
Sigh.

Enjoy.
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[E. Spears]

one more update today:
a reallyreally sloppy hellboy digital painting, in the style of the cowboy robot.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/hellboypaints51005.jpg
not very good, but i had to get something done tonight that was happy.

enjoy.
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[kid cthulhu]

You're friend's kinda cute. Reminds me of a certain firestarter.

And that HB is sweet! I like his burlyiness (?)

[E. Spears]

Kid C--hah, I think she is also. I'm glad she ca't start fires for real, the whole world would be burning. And I'm glad you liked the hellboy. I did it fast and it shows, it's so sloppy.

Sketch Page from today!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/sketchpage51105.gif

Enjoy.
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[Ken O]

The Hellboy is great, but you have to stick with the Cowboy Robot. Great character.

[Rob H]

I second Tequila's comment. Awesome looking hellboy but that Cowboy Robot concept is imprinted in my mind. :p It's very cool.

Love the friend sketch.

[Maija]

Wow. There's lots of great stuff on that page. I especially like the center panel, but also cowboy + robot = greatness. I dig the taunted gorilla as well.

[kid cthulhu]

Robert, I know I've said it before, but you just keep getting better and better!

The comp of that last page is great.
I know you'll keep 'em comin'...

[Johann]

oh..That last comic is just awsome. too cool.

[E. Spears]

T-Wyrm--Thanks! Me and my friend (the one I drew up there) have plans to do a big thing that has Skelebot and Cowboy Robot being awesome at the same time. No idea if that plan will ever actually happen, though.

Dr. Flem--Thank you! She liked the drawing also.

Ruta--Glad you liked the page, it's hard for me to just fill a page with sketches. The center panel is my friend again, with some Against Me lyrics on the bottom (the whole line is "If it's not angry, young, and beautiful, I don't want any part of it).

Kid C--I really appreciate it man. You're no slouch yourself dude!

Johann--Heh, wasn't really intended to be a comic, but I can see how the panels flow together in the most abstract sense :). Thanks.

Here's some colors I threw on to the middle panel. It was the first one I did on the page, I hadn't really intended to do more little drawings.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/sketchpage51105centerpanel.jpg

Enjoy.
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[E. Spears]

ehh. here's some doodles I did before I took a big writing placement exam.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/doodles51405.jpg

Enjoy..
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[yukon]

skelabot naked is AMAZING! Nice use of the frame and the negative space!

[morna]

agreed yukon!

I also think there's something goin' on with "I think I'm seein' double" esp. the one on the left - nice - um modeling!

sweets!

[E. Spears]

Yukon--Thanks! If I get a chance today I'll try to do a more finished version of Skelebot.

Morna--heh, thanks. It's supposed to be a girl from my school on free-dress-day (we wear uniforms, so short skirts only happen like 3 times a year). and I had just listened to some Louis XIV, and I had that song stuck in my head so i stuck some lyrics on top. Word.

More stuff later hopefully...
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[E. Spears]

monkeys!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/monkeysketchA51705.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/monkeysketchB51705.gif

Enjoy.
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[kid cthulhu]

Those are the coolest things you've ever done!

Freakin' Love 'em!

[Maija]

I must agree with Kid C. Those are awesome!! Great composition and great balance of solid black and white. The lines are confident without appearing too laboured while remaining loose and free enough without seeming haphazard.

[morna]

wow those rock. i must concurr with ruta.. great confidence...great style

[Petersen]

When do those get printed on t-shirts???
Solid work Robert

[gary bolt]

The Cure, you have created pure sweetness, and by that I mean to say that the monkeys are sweet.

[E. Spears]

Kid C--Thanks a lot dude! Cool that you think so.
Ruta--thanks! I thought the first one was really sloppy myself, which is why I did the second one :).
Morna--Thank you!
Petersen--heh, that never occurred to me actually. I'll see what i can do, and thank you!
Sir Ed--Glad you liked 'em good sir.

uh, but I forgot to post the reference picture I used for the monkeys: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/synchronicity/Chimps.jpg

how embarassing :o .

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[kid cthulhu]

That photo is great!
(Mind if I photoshop around with it?)

And it doesn't cause the art to be any less terrific.

[Tad]

Again, nice to see more confidence in your line and placement of blacks. You're taking bigger risks and it's paying off.

[fitzroy]

Very cool Robert

[jnapper]

monkeys!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/monkeysketchA51705.gif

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/monkeysketchB51705.gif

Enjoy.
-ers

It's been said before, but-- fantastic, Robert!

[kid cthulhu]

I suck at Illustrator, but there's only one way to learn, ya know?

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/jemaha/monkeysketchA51705.jpg

[citymadeofash]

I like the stars, but the lens flare? The lighting effects in photoshop are terrible, and rather easy to spot.....

[Conundrum]

Hey Robert,

Your "sketch panels" kind of inspired me. I'm working on something right now called the Ministry of Silly Characters with a similar layout. You'll have to check it out.

[kid cthulhu]

I like the stars, but the lens flare? The lighting effects in photoshop are terrible, and rather easy to spot.....

Oh, I know.

It's mostly a joke to display my lack of Illustrator skills.

And now for a display of my lack of Photoshop skills...

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

[E. Spears]

Kid C--heh, i actually like what you did with the monkey sketch. The lense flare makes him look like a robot monkey, which is always sweet in my book. and the one with lil HB makes me laugh, he is suprised to see monkeys!

Tad--Thanks a lot!

Fitz--thank you, kind sir.

Jnapper--thanks.

Conundrum--wow, sweet. I'm flattered that you'd get any kind of inspiration from my junk, especially when it's you! can't wait to see it.

Here's some paintings that may or may not be next year's yearbook cover for my school:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/YEARBOOKcover52105paints.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/YEARBOOKcover52205paints.jpg

Enjoy.
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[Johann]

amazing, very different and beautiful.

[E. Spears]

thanks a lot, Johann. I'm still messing with that style, I don't know where I want it to go, but I'm having fun with it so far.

pair of sketches from today:
space monkey.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/monkeysketch52305.gif

my friend at Prom on Saturday night, after she stole the Prince's septer thing.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/girlsketch52305.gif

Enjoy.
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[gary bolt]

Those are both great, Robert. I guess you can't really go wrong with space monkeys. Great use of heavy blacks and I love the chimps stubby legs. Too bad he lost his banana.

My only criticism on the prom sketch is that it might have looked better with a clean background (pure white, maybe?). It is a good compostion and I like the negative spaces between her body, arms and frame.

[E. Spears]

Thanks, Sir Ed. The space monkey is going to be put on my art teacher's wall in her classroom. I think you're right about the prom sketch, I might draw another thing from the dance's events soon.

Here's a hellboy 'painting' i did today.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/hellboypaints52505.jpg

edit: senior ditch-day was yesterday, a bunch of the class went to the beach. we all got burned, but it was sweet. i did a few sketches from that day, kind of documenting the goings on. i'll post them as soon as i fix up a couple of them and get 'em scanned.

Enjoy.
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[E. Spears]

The sketches I did on Senior Ditch Day! whatta day it was, also. lots more awesome stuff happened that I tried to draw, but I couldn't cuz i'm not good enough.

drawing in the car is fun.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/ditchday1.jpg

they look calm, but they's CRAZY waves.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/ditchday2.jpg

crab-friend!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/ditchday3.jpg

the fire was awesome. and that picture is misleading, it wasn't that spectacular.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/ditchday4.jpg

Enjoy.
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[E. Spears]

sketches, part 2:
Space Monkey! Again!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/spacemonkey52705.jpg

Enjoy. again.
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[Rob H]

HA! :) That's pretty cool. I love the LJ and Space Monkey.

[Petersen]

That space monkey is a t-shirt waiting to happen.

tell me you are going to do more with the monkey ERS?

[Ken O]

I demand Space Monkey meet Robot Cowboy.

Well maybe not demand....

How about ask....

or Beg?

[Johann]

Beautiful monkey and i love the crab-friend.

[E. Spears]

Flem--Thanks! Glad you liked 'em.

Petersen--I plan on drawing the monkey until I'm completely burned out on monkeys. I almost have a cool idea for a comic with him, but I can't tell just yet.

T-Wyrm--That's an awesome idea, dude. I'll start brainstorming on something to have them both do that is maybe hilarious.

Johann--Thanks dude. Crab friend was fun, until we had to leave him.

Nothing new to share yet today, maybe later. Or maybe not! I'm crazy like that, you never know what I'm going to do.

edit: no, wait, I lied. Birthday present for my friend.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/batmanpaints52605B.jpg

Enjoy
-ers

[E. Spears]

hellboy from today:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/hellboy53105.jpg

Enjoy.
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[Ose]

Looks good Robert! I'm really loving the skull-demony thing in the background.

[E. Spears]

thanks, Ose! I used a fake skull we had in the art room as ref for that.

I didn't realize how bad the composition in that one was until i finished it, so I fixed some stuff up. no color on this, but I like it better this way.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/hellboy53105compfixsmall.gif

Enjoy also.
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[Tad]

Love that last Space Monkey and enjoying the painting experiments. Just like you did in your sketching, don't be so quick to call a painting "done." See if you can add in some detail. You can always take it out as a stylistic choice but you should push yourself to see what you can do.

Try going back into the Batman painting and just work on Bats, leaving the Joker as flat shapes.

Cool stuff.

[E. Spears]

Thanks, Tad. I definitely see what you're talking about, I've gotten a couple comments on tightening things up in those paintings. I'll definitely keep it in mind in future paintings.

Here's a sketch from today:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/lightbulbink60105.jpg

and a sequel for that page of sketches. It's a disappointing sequel, to say the least. but the caption in the almost-bottom panel basically sums this and everything else up for me.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/sketchpage60105.jpg
edit: fixed the pic, and by the way, the caption is lyrics from NIN's new cd.

Enjoy.
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[E. Spears]

i need sleep, but I did some colors for that lightbulb guy.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v57/amputee/lightbulbink60105colorssmall.jpg

Enjoy.
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[Conundrum]

Robert- I LOVE the lightbulb guy. You should name him Edison. And the Stickman on the Pig is great!

[Ken O]

Ditto on the lightbulb guy. Great design.

[Maija]

Pieces like Crab-Friend and Space Monkey! Again! really show a great sense of composition and balance of light and dark. I also really like "Edison" (good name suggestion!) and although the latest sketch page might not be as sponateous because you were trying to do a sequel, it contains some really nice sketches as well (monkey!). I'm not as crazy about the Hellboy piece because of the heavy line weight and the indistinctness of shapes-- just a bit too much black, maybe and not enough clear lines. I like the winged cow skull as a motif though and tentacles are always good.

I also demand that Space Monkey meet Robot Cowboy in an Epic Battle for Galactic Supremacy.

[kid cthulhu]

I also demand that Space Monkey meet Robot Cowboy in an Epic Battle for Galactic Supremacy.

...with "Edison" supplying mood lighting!

[E. Spears]

Conundrum--thanks! edison sounds like a sweet name, I'll take it.

T-wyrm--thank you, my drunken friend.

Ruta--thanks, I appreciate it. I definitely see what you mean about the hellboy peice. I was thinking it was getting to dark and indistinguishable when I finished it.

And Kid-C and Ruta--i think that they'll meet. somehow, I'm going to do something (hopefully) sweet with all of them.

new Edison sketch from today--i was putting some india ink on a couple paintings in art class (the paintings were horrible, just done to get shit done, it's the end of the year and I don't want to do anything). I had about five minutes left in class, and I still had the brush and the cup of ink, figured I should play.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/edison50205.jpg

Enjoy.
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[kid cthulhu]

You have way too much fun.

All of my art classes right now are very specific. Kinda takes the joy out of art.

*That last sentence was translated by brain as an anamoly and now I have a headache*

[E. Spears]

that sucks in a big way, kid c. the teacher in my painting class has been asking for real specific assignments, but it's the end of highschool, i've just been blowing them off and turning in the crappiest things. motivation = no, I'm basically checked out of there in my mind.

good luck with the classes, though, and good luck with that headache. i understand what it is that you are meaning.

edit: looking back on this, there are things that don't make sense. i was tired, got back from the gym several minutes before writing things in this thing that is what it is that which you are reading. with your eyes.

-ers

[E. Spears]

playing around with Edison some more.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/edison60305.jpg

and in my Anatomy and Physiology class, we're dissecting fetal pigs as a for-fun project. I got kind of inspired.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/piggy60305.jpg

Enjoy.
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[E. Spears]

sketches from last night and this morning:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/shockerinks60405.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/girlsketch60505.jpg

cowboy robot returns!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/cowboyrobot60505.jpg

Enjoy.
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[kid cthulhu]

No rest for the wicked, er, I mean Robert!

[E. Spears]

heh, never man! I'm teachin' myself to get by without a lot of sleep, actually.
I colored that Cowboy Robot drawing, took me a million hours because I was trying something new.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/cowboyrobot60505colorsB.jpg

Enjoy.
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[citymadeofash]

dude, your style just keeps on getting better the more you produce, so in the spirit of positive motivation, WORK work work! MORE more more!

[E. Spears]

Thanks a lot, City! I'll keep workin as much as I can, for sure.

got some paintings back today, here's my favorite of the bunch: watercolor and india ink, Skelebot Demands Souls!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/skelebotpainting60605.jpg

the boxes there are because I was overlapping several scans of it (too big for the scanner). I got it to match up pretty well, sort of.

ohh snap. this is my LAST WEEK of high school. So so weird. I have a Calc final, which is going to either make or break my graduating-ness. wish me luck, if you could!

what's scary is that my future rests in me being able to complete 20 calculus problems. shit.

Enjoy.
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[morna]

ooooh calculus... good luck ers!

[E. Spears]

Thanks. It was almost THE worst test ever. I only knew about half the stuff for sure, which is kind of okay, because I only need a fifty percent on the test to pass the class (I don't get how that math works either, but it does). I sort of knew the rest of it, but only sort of.

I'll know tomorrow if I'm graduating (shiiiit).

I'll try to get some sketches done tonight, I need to unwind.

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[Gene Poonyo]

Oh, ers- what a tangled web we weave.

Anyways-Good luck with your finals. Wishing that you will get the passing grades in calculus; never was my favourite subject.

[Johann]

man, i missed alot of great art. Supurb as always. And hey! congats at finishing High School. My sister is graduating in a few days too, It's just BAM! over...wierd.

Best of luck for whatever is to come!

[Maija]

Aaag! Fingers crossed for you, Robert!

I just squeaked through calculus myself. I didn't have a clue what I was doing. I just memorized the examples in the textbook and plugged in the numbers where appropriate. I remember NONE of it.

[Petersen]

Comeon Robert...Don't keep us in suspense.
whatever the result...that last female drawing you did is some of your best work. Real care in the form and contour line

[E. Spears]

heh, I passed the class. woowoo! thanks for the luck guys, it helped :D. I'm never taking a calc class ever again.

today was the last day of classes for me, it was really wierd, like it wasn't really happening. tomorrow is an awards assembly (that i'll prolly go to) and then the Senior BBQ, that's pretty sweet. Then Friday is rehearsal and then graduation. whoa.

Didn't get any drawings done, been too busy thinking about how wierd it is that I'm not going to highschool again after friday.

petersen--Thanks a lot. I appreciate it.

I'll have more stuff soon, I promise.

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[Rob H]

Congratulations. I'm glad things went well.

[E. Spears]

Thanks!

This is all I got:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/vlad60905.jpg

Enjoy.
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[Rob H]

Ooooh, creepy. Good stuff.

[E. Spears]

Thanks!
I cleaned up the colors and took out the words, I think it looks better now.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/vlad60905B.jpg

Enjoy.
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[Ken O]

Congrats on graduating! I still remember that as one of the strangest/scariest time in my life, but also as a whole hell of a lot of fun. Enjoy it.

[jnapper]

Happy Graduation, Robert!!!

[morna]

Hmmm I am trying to remember how I felt when I graduated. Actually I think I was a bit freaked out - cut loose feeling - but just for a while. I had gotten a scholarship so I ran back to school but I really should have taken a year and traveled or something. I burnt out and quit after getting straight Bs (appalling grades for me - I'm an over acheiver too - or was :D )

Ya I do remember... don't worry it'll be fine and you'll probably look back at this time as one of the best!


Anyway...

Happy Graduation ERS all the best :) :) :)

.

[gary bolt]

Congratulations, Robert!

I probably shouldn't be telling this to a young, impressionable fellow such as yourself but back in 1980 when I graduated me and my friends were on acid. I got through high school by aiming for at least a 65% grade. Probably didn't take the whole thing seriously enough, but still, I have great memories and learned all kinds of good stuff in high school.

[Maija]

Congratulations!!!

Yayyyy! Welcome to the "real" world. ;)

[Johann]

Glad to hear you made it...Oh and great pic. Vlad is awsome, i like the impaled figures in the back ground and very nice clean up.

[E. Spears]

Thanks very much everyone! I'm super pumped about being out of highschool. It feels weird already. Even more pumped about going to college.

I really fucked up after graduation when I went out with my friends, I got pretty grounded, but it's not like I didn't have it comin'.

I got some art done in the meantime, it's loosely based on something my friend wrote.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/sketch61105.jpg

Enjoy, and thanks again everybody!

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[morna]

Ya you were a bit wild on the chat that night - I got there just as you left. I'm actually glad to see you're a real live rotten teenager and not this sweet angel you've lead us all to believe you are! :rolleyes:


uh huh


kool drawing BTW. I like the overlap continuing colour thing you've got goin' on

[Ken O]

Man I ended up in Cancun a week after my graduation. Was there for like 5 days and ended spending most of the money I got for graduation on money, girls, and things I've long since left in my past. Still, I've got some great memories, even if some of them are blurry.

[Gene Poonyo]

CONGRATULATIONS ers
College days are but a few months away, unless you plan on taking a break and do something else, of course.

[Petersen]

Interesting color choices Robert. any info on what it is your freind wrote??

[E. Spears]

Thanks for the congrats guys. I'm makin' the most of my thus-far destroyed summer.
Morna--Glad you liked the picture. I wasn't sure about what I was going to do with all the empty space, cool that you thought the smoke thing worked.
Petersen--Thanks. Here's a link to what he wrote (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=3807002&blogID=11819367&Mytoken=a30ff5ca-ec12-478a-adbc-5891068d1362) (can't get a hold of him, not sure if he'd let me repost it here).

and the drawing I did for my dad for Father's Day. He likes bears and the Hellboy movie, so I did hellboy fighting a bear.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/hellbear61805.jpg

Enjoy.
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[E. Spears]

there's a "childhood superheroes" thread on the Drawing Board, people show pictures of characters they made up when they were younger and they redraw them as they draw now! it's pretty fun.
Here's a dude from a few years back: NEXUS!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/nexusold62005.jpg

and here he is again!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/nexusnew62005.jpg

Enjoy.
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[gary bolt]

The Cure - Your latest posts are great. That fathers day/bear image is awesome. The light and shadow, especially around the bear paw/RHOD area is quite convincing. It kinda reminds me of the Bill Sienkewicz' Demon Bear issues of New Mutants back in the 80's.

Nexus is kinda cool but that left hand looks a little stinky.

[E. Spears]

Thanks Sir Ed! Sienkewicz is wicked sweet, so I really appreciate that :D. My dad liked the picture also.

about nexus--it's stinky, and it sucks also! hah!

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[E. Spears]

some artpad things I did for a thing on the Spawn forums.
http://artpad.art.com/?iih0f6hkxnc

http://artpad.art.com/?iih0whhjx5g

http://artpad.art.com/?iih1aa1fmnf4

I like the first one.
Enjoy.
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[E. Spears]

And some more stuff for the childhood superheroes thread.

Aquadart! woo!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/aquadartold62205.jpg

Aquadart! slightly better! woo!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/aquadartnew62205.jpg

Enjoy.
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[Johann]

Wow, you are really handy with that art pad.

[E. Spears]

Thanks, Johann. That thing's fun times.

Batman I just did. Felt kind of shit today, couldn't get anything worth-while done. I forced myself to finish this Batman. Inspired by Eduardo Risso, I just read Broken City and it was sweet.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/batman62305.jpg
Enjoy.
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[E. Spears]

I drew doodles on some 'Thank You' cards I was writing in today.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/thankyouE62405.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/thankyouD62405.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/thankyouC62405.jpg

--to be continued--

[E. Spears]

and the rest--
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/thankyouB62405.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/thankyouA62405.jpg

Enjoy.
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[kid cthulhu]

Aaahh! Can't see 'em in Firefox and Explorer's on the fritz today!

Edit: Oh, there they are.
Cool. Those would make great thank you cards!

[Maija]

Those cards are great! I want to collect all five! I especially like Bats and the skull. They're all cool compositions but Batman is especially solid.

(No really I mean look at those abs!)

[E. Spears]

Kid C--Thanks! glad you think so :).

Ruta--Thank you. I had to force myself to do them really, nothing felt like it was flowing. I tried to do another batman picture, but it was a tremendous flop.

Thanks again.

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[E. Spears]

I love going to the gym. I especially love doing benchpress. Fun times, for sure.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/n00bkilla/bench62505A.jpg

Enjoy.
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[morna]

Wow I really like that one ERS. The shadow isn't quite working for me - it may be redundant but I love the understated colours - nice textures as well!

The cards are also sweetcore!

[kid cthulhu]

sweetcore!

Interesting word, Morna.
I see it's also above your avatar and I just know there's gotta be an interesting story behind this!

Dig the bench, Robert. Reminds me I should practice drawing inanimate objects more often.

[E. Spears]

Morna--Thanks :D. Glad you liked the cards. I should've used a different color-scheme for the bench, I've used those exact colors before on the vampire, I think. damnit.

Kid C--Thank you! I needed practice drawing things in perspective, I almost never do that (bad news).

About sweetcore--it came from a CBR chat one day. I think I said something was hardcore sweet. then another guy said 'oh man hardsweet' and i said "more like sweetcore sucka" and sweetcore stuck.

I'm leavin' for UCR today (not for real, just have to spend a few days there for this honors thing). I'll be back wednesday or thursday, so keep it real thugs.

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[Petersen]

This thug thinks you should do more drawings like this one. It is well designed and excecuted.

[kid cthulhu]

Yeah.

It's thugcore...

[E. Spears]

Petersen--Thanks. I''ll try to do more along those lines, it was reallyreally hard to do (I didn't have a ruler, all the perspective was eye-balled, but since it's only one-point perspective it's not very impressive).

Kid C--Thanks. And that's a good one, G.

Sketches I did whilst at the UCR Summer Honors camp. good times, I met some really awesome people that I'm going to have in my classes and some really hilarious people I'm going to have in my dorm-hall.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/n00bkilla/fireskeleton62905.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/n00bkilla/monkeypage62905.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/n00bkilla/doodlepage62905.jpg

Enjoy.
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[Johann]

...Rocket... :D

[kid cthulhu]

...Monkey...
I like the little HB you snuck in there, too.

[E. Spears]

Thanks guys :D.

Here's one of those monkeys, but in color.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/monkeyA62905.jpg

Enjoy.
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[E. Spears]

more old character re-vamps.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/switchbladeold70205.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/switchbladenew70205.jpg

Enjoy.
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[Petersen]

That colored mean monkey is tops Robert!!!

[kid cthulhu]

Agreed! Really cool.

[E. Spears]

Thanks guys.

did some quick paintings on the computer today. The first one is painted over a little doodle I did when I was visiting UCR to register for classes. Guh.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/scarysoldier71105.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/skullpaint71105B.jpg

Enjoy.
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[Johann]

I really like the skull- the colors are nice and the skull alone is just cool.

great word bubble also.

[kid cthulhu]

"I don't care anymore" -- That's awesome!

You should start a line of "break up" cards to give to ex's. :D

[Rob H]

Hehe.. very cool. I love the skull pic and that coloured monkey is crazy.

[E. Spears]

Johann--Thanks! Glad you like it. That one was done digitally without a sketch in the first place.

Kid C--heh, thank you. The words are actually from a NIN song, "Piggy". I liked how the words looked with it. Break up cards? i might look into that :D.

Dr. Flem--Thanks. Glad you like 'em.

More later at some point. or maybe not.

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[Tad]

The skull is really good. Really good choice of colors.

But you know me, I want to push you a bit. Since it's on the computer, save a copy and experiment with adding some detail with shadows and highlights. Keep the loose feel but try to make it pop.

Not that I don't love it as is, I just think this is a great one for you to experiment with.

Morna loved it, btw.

[E. Spears]

Thanks Tad and invisible Morna. I tried to make it 'pop' some more. I don't know how successful it was, but here it is.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/skullpaint71105C.jpg

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[Rob H]

As much as I love the other, this is actually better. The highlights and definition give it more depth.

[E. Spears]

Thanks, Dr. Flem.

here's stuff I drew at Comic-Con.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/whatthefuck71705.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/bugs71705.jpg

Enjoy.
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[E. Spears]

cleaned up the borders of the bug pic.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/bugs71705B.jpg

Enjoy.
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[kid cthulhu]

Those are sweetcore, Robert. I have a secret (well, not so secret) fascination with the insect world.

[E. Spears]

Thanks, Kid C. Glad you like it. You want it?

Here's the colors for it, along with a thing that i was playing around with that i kind of like.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/bugs71705Bcolors.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/watch71805.jpg

Enjoy.
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[Petersen]

I'm not sold on the colors themselves, but the addition of color really adds to that piece!

and that watch is terrific! Nice linework in the band and the restraint on the surface the watch is sitting on.

oh and very nice meeting you btw.

[E. Spears]

Thanks. I'm not super okay with the colors either, i might still tool around with them.

glad you like the watch, looking at it again it looks really sloppy. hurm.

and duh it was sweet meeting you also! we kicked it old school.

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[E. Spears]

oh man.

friday--Sounds of the Underground tour. holy crap, best thing ever. Every Time I Die, Lamb of God, oh man. Best day ever. GWAR ruined my shirt. that was sweet. Strapping Young Lad was hilarious, and i got myself ruined there. that was sweet too.

drawins, yo.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/ghostrider71905.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/girlsketch72405.jpg

Enjoy.
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[BKole]

WOW! Flaming Skull Rocks, Cure.

Totally Awesome!

[E. Spears]

Thanks, BKole. Glad you like it.

I'm thinking about maybe doing some colors for that latest one. Then I'm thinkin' I'm feelin' too sick to do that, so who knows?

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[Ken O]

Very fun drawings.
Glad you enjoyed GWAR. I've had plenty of shirts ruined by them, ever since their Scumdog tour.

[kid cthulhu]

Thanks, Kid C. Glad you like it. You want it?

Heh. I still gotta somehow get that foamcored Loligo to you!

Strapping Young Lad are equal parts awesome and funny. Glad you had a good time!

[Petersen]

I like the drawing of the girl Robert. Especialy where her hands are pulling down on her top. I think the drawing really shows that posturing well. You gonna slap some color on that??

[E. Spears]

TWyrm--Thanks! Hell yeah, GWAR is awesome. Just..whoa.

Kid C--hey, if we're gonna do that table thing at SDCC '06 we can trade stuff then man. I call we have to do it, because think about how sweet. I'm thinking about how sweet hell yes. SYL is so incredibly sweet, Dev, at the end of the set, growled at everyone "WE KICKED ASSSS!!"

Petersen--Thanks a lot. Glad that you think it's a successful peice. I'm still thinking about putting color on it, I've almost got a color scheme in my head for it.

In the meantime, I watched a RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE DVD today. I got incredibly pumped. While I was watching it, I drew this little ditty, inspired by the crowd and how sweet RATM is.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/myimagehost/rage72705.jpg

Enjoy.

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[Rob H]

That looks awesome, man. Can't wait to see how you colour it.

[E. Spears]

Thanks, Dr. Flem. I'm not sure if i'll color that one, actually. I like how the black and white works in this one, but if I think of a particularly brilliant color-scheme I'll color it ;).

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[kid cthulhu]

Okay, Robert, that is now officially "Kid C's favorite Cure piece".

Totally fricken' AWEsome! I wouldn't bother coloring it. I love the perspective of the gas mask nozzle(?) and those badass bullets.

Bold. Cool. Sweetcore!