Art Thread : Ron Boyd

[rhboyd]

Oy Vey.

Okay... at the behest of my good pal, the estemable Sir John Thompson, I am embarking on the official RB art thread. I'm kinda nervous about it... in deference to the fabulous stuff seen on the baord, and a general loathing of my own work, but what the heck... I'll put it out there and try with all my humility to accept the opinions and tastes of the honourable members herein.

Enough pre-amble... on with the goods...

Let's start with a collage like look at some of the commercial projects I've done over the last few years. Advertising... gevalt...

http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/3iaB01.jpg
http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/3iaB02.jpg

I do like that Springsteen, though...

http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/Bruce-sm.jpg

It seems I can't do too many in one post... so I'll split this over a few...

...to be continued...

-r!

[rhboyd]

Some comic related goodies... one of which was actually published! Most just for fun...

http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/MainComics.jpg

re-used a pose I liked in a pin-up for a pal...

http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/RB-Spidey-DD-sm.jpg

...more to come!

[rhboyd]

My first attempt at sculpture from a few years ago... a gift for a pal!

http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/RB-Concrete.jpg

I dunno.... weirdness from another board, but I actually like it!

http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/DarthSpidey-c.jpg


....

-r!

[rhboyd]

Now to a few Hellboys...

Sketch for a friend...

http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/HellBats-sm.jpg

A pencil doodle that I acutally like...

http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/HellboyPencil-sm.jpg

the study for my "Summer Art Exchange" piece

http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/HellPaint-study.jpg

and the final product... ( acrylic on canvas - 9" X 12" )

http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/HellPaint-final-sm.jpg

I think that's about it for now... and really... don't you think it's enough?!

Ok then... the floor is yours... go to it!!!

thanks for looking,
-r!

[E. Spears]

ooh! ron boyd art! Rockin' stuff all around. I really dig the Springsteen piece, as well as the Batman/Hellboy pic. Lovin' your exchange peice, also! Wonder if I'm gettin' that one? :D

The sculpture dude is sweet, sculpture is one of the many things that is completely beyond me.

-ers

[Petersen]

Ron,
Good to see you put work up.

I really like the little robin hooded kid (with the hood) and the cowgirl from your commercial grouping.

and in your comic stuff, The Superman and wonder woman images are stelar.

but mostly...wht on earth don't you sculpt more!?!?!?! That Concrete is great!!! I like the thin marks to show the 'creases' for his armpits. The finish on him is great as well.

I think I'll post a scan of your exchange piece I got from the 1st holliday exchange.

[rhboyd]

Thanks guys...

David...

Your wish is my command...

the first 3 pieces I did for the inaugural Hellboy dot com Holiday Art Exchange...

http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/RB-Hellboy-Leyendecker-01-sm.jpg
http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/RB-Hellboy-Leyendecker-02-sm.jpg
http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/RB-Hellboy-Leyendecker-03-sm.jpg

-r!

[rhboyd]

And the other two...

http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/RB-Hellboy-Rockwell-01-sm.jpg
http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/RB-Hellboy-Rockwell-02-sm.jpg

cheers!
-r!

[Mike Cross]

I own one of those!
Also, Ron, did i ever inquire about commission prices from you? I'm still trying to put cash together for JT, but those Spidey's are great..

Mike

[JohnThompson]

You've been holding out on us, Ron! You should have posted this stuff a long time ago. I've been to your website many times, so I know what you're capable of doing, but the rest of the world needs to see your work!

I love those solid chunks of black you use in your inks! That most recent Hellboy (with Batman over his shoulder) looks like a woodcut. Very "groovy" style!:rolleyes: Like everyone else, I really dig that Springsteen too. Your work looks much more dramatic in black and white, in my opinion.

That Concrete sculpt is wonderful! Who needs community theater when you can do this? Please do some more sculpting-- it helps your drawing, you know!

I'm glad you took my advice!:) That doesn't happen often... :(

[Maija]

Yay! I'm glad you followed JT's advice! (Hey JT, I've followed your sculpting advice!)

But speaking of sculpting, Concrete is FANTASTIC!! You HAVE been holding out!! ;)

Your other work is great too. I really like your inks and I demand more of them! I DEMAND IT, I SAY!! (This is what starting an art thread gets you. :p )

[E. Spears]

Those Art Exchange pics are great. wish I'd been a part of that one, but I was barely aware it was happening when it did :(. I would also like to see some more inked stuff!

-ers

[Conundrum]

Wahoo!!! Ron Boyd art! Wonderful, wonderful stuff. I, too am very fond of the Batman/Hellboy piece and I really love the Nightwing.

[hellboyone]

Great stuff, Ron! About time...

R.

[Yes its me]

Simply wonderful Mr. Boyd. And is the sculpture supposed to be Conrete?

[Rob H]

Fantastic art mate. I'm really digging the Concrete sculp and that Bats/Hellboy piece is a pisser. :)

[Gary_B]

Wow, Ron, what an impressive bunch of drawings. I love it all, including the commercial pieces. I'm glad you listened to John Thompson and started this thread (Thank for convincing him JT!)

Is this an indication of how many images you'll be posting every week?

[rhboyd]

...every....

...week?!?

oy vey... I gotta get to work!!! ;)

there'll be more... thanks for all the kind words, folks... it's very gratifying.

cheers,
-r!

[Jan Bentzen]

Ron - your stuff is great - I like the exchange painting a lot.

- Jan

[J. Bastian]

Layout and inks are frickin -bam!....pow! You have very powerful kung-fu, I like! can't wait to see more.... eh....nudge nudge.

[rhboyd]

Hey... thanks a lot to all for commenting... but it's time for some new stuff!!!

ast year I was really honoured to have participated in a big way with a very special project. It was an anthology comic by many varied folks to raise money for cancer research at two prominant Toronto hospitals... Princess Margaret and the Hospital for Sick Children... the whole story can be found here... http://www.benefitcomic.com and I implore you to check it out.

Aside from showing off my stuff here... we are trying to put together material for book 2... so if anyone want to contribute a 2 - 4 page story, dealing with health and wellbeing... cough... hellboy1... cough cough... Petersen... JT... Tad... cough cough... we'd LOVE to have you. Last year had a great list of contributors, from Chester Brown, to Moebius, to Stan Sakai, to Stuart Immonen... and loads more... so if interested, let me know!

Now then... here's my story... almost all of which I like.....

http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/page01.jpg
http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/page02.jpg
http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/page03.jpg
http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/page04.jpg

gotta make a new post for the cover....

-r!

[rhboyd]

Okay... here's the cover... which started out simply as a gift for my friend, which inspired him to do the book!

http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/Cover.jpg

that's all for now!!!
-r!

[JohnThompson]

Great art, and a great cause too. You are a generous man, Ron.

I could possibly contribute something short, if there were any writers willing to work with me (... ruta?) :confused:

A lot would depend on how close the deadline was.

[hellboyone]

You rock, Ron. Great stuff. You're a total superhero.

R.

[mrsmonster]

ron, your stuff is awesome. good luck with it. you should make prints of your hellboy/rockwell stuff....its amazing!

[kid cthulhu]

Ron, that is just awesome. Short, powerful, and very well done.

[kid cthulhu]

Holy crap!

I just went back and looked at the previous stuff there on page one. I think for the longest time I wasn't able to see it, so I never chimed in, but you have yourself another enormous fan. Those Hellboys are amazing! I love seeing him in a suit (a tux no less!), the Rockwell spin is great, and the little HB gettin a checkup is too cool.

Love the "cow"girl from the earlier stuff. Any chance of seeing it a little larger?

Please keep 'em coming, gotta see more!

[Ash Loomis]

Ha, those are really amusing! You have a great imagination and art skills to match.

[jnapper]

http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/RB-Hellboy-Leyendecker-02-sm.jpg
http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/RB-Hellboy-Rockwell-01-sm.jpg

Yeah, these were too cute, Ron!

[rhboyd]

Boy...

I am totally humbled by your attentions and praise... and I thank you all for it.

JT... and anyone else interested in contributing to the book... the deadline is in late October... so there is time... and it would be really cool to get a contingency of folks from this, the most welcoming board I've ever encountered, to be represented in the book.

Kid C...
Your wish is my command...

http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/cowgirl.jpg

I'll be back soon with more stuff!

-r!

[rhboyd]

Hey guys...

While not an art post, I thought I'd use this thread to announce that I'll be in England, as a guest of the StarFleet Ball... a charity fundraiser Star Trek Convention in Bournemouth in February... the 10th - 12th.

If anyone's nearby, come on by and I'll do all the Hellboy in Star Trek shirt drawings I can!!!!

I'll be posting some more art soon!!!

luv,
-r!

[ADamUnRama]

And the other two...

http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/RB-Hellboy-Rockwell-01-sm.jpg


cheers!
-r!
Freaking fantastic Ron. All of it. The one above, is just great. But its all great. the Concrete statue looks awesome too. You keep this thread full of good art, and I'll keep this thread full of . . . nice things that I'll say about the art.

[Mike Cross]

Ron, if you stop in Halifax on your way there, that would be good too...

[rhboyd]

a piece of my history... too strange to see in this context....

http://cgi.ebay.ca/KID-N-PLAY-1-DWight-Coye-CHUCK-FRAZIER-Ron-Boyd_W0QQitemZ6578142568QQcategoryZ3955QQssPageNam eZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

check it out!!!

-r!

[Maija]

Whoohoo! Ron Boyd cover art for the Corner Gas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corner_Gas) Season 3 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397138/) DVD!!!

https://www.bruzer.com/cornergas/product_image.php?imageid=344

I like that Hank is Robin-esque. :)

Amazon has better resolution, but stickers all over the art and different colours in the art. What's up with that?

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000ILEOJY.01-A25UEPKZCB0F3D._SCLZZZZZZZ_V41552931_.jpg

Good job, Ron, you jackass!!!

[Lilitu]

great work Ron! I love it! I am just a little envious ,you draw so well! I like the sketch of Hellboy with the coffee and the instructions of Abe, really funny!:D

[Petersen]

I like the sketch of Hellboy with the coffee and the instructions of Abe, really funny!:D


I am very proud to be the owner of that piece!!! Thanks Ron!!!

[jnapper]

Pic for Ron Boyd for no reason.

[Ken O]

Pic for Ron Boyd for no reason.

Damn those hats!!!

Fun game, next sci-fi con you hit take a drink every time you see one of those hats. Dragoncon almost killed me last year. :D

[rhboyd]

hey folks...

I haven't visited this thread in FOREVER... I missed the winter hat fun... sorry... but thanks for thinking of me J... I hope all is well with you these days....

I've been busy doing stuff... but the highlight, which I've not been allowed to mention was that I got to do 106 sketch cards for the Indiana Jones Heritage set!!! Indy was / is very influential in my life, and getting the chance to be a tiny part of the official "family" means a lot.

I'll post iamges of the cards here. Most of them I'm happy with... some of them I'm REALLY happy with and a few just make me cringe and want to crawl away... BUT... here they are for your viewing pleasure!!!

http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/RB-CardPosts01.jpg
http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/RB-CardPosts02.jpg
http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/RB-CardPosts03.jpg
http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/RB-CardPosts04.jpg

More next post!!!!
-r!

[rhboyd]

http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/RB-CardPosts05.jpg
http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/RB-CardPosts06.jpg
http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/RB-CardPosts07.jpg
http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/RB-CardPosts08.jpg

more...

[rhboyd]

http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/RB-CardPosts09.jpg
http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/RB-CardPosts10.jpg
http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/RB-CardPosts11.jpg
http://www.ronboyd.com/ImageHost/RB-CardPosts12.jpg

that's it!!!!

Hope y'like 'em!!!

well... SOME of them at least....
-r!

[Jake Capps]

The sunset ones from Raiders are my favorite, but then again that scene rocks anyway! I think you might have been able to do something different to the map room ones. That scene is just so iconic. Keep up the great work!

[gdeo]

Ron ...those look Fantastic ..my buddy did some cards too!I'll try and post them if she let's me:D

[Neil Hill]

These are great, Ron! If you weren't Canadian, I'd say RON BOYD for PRESIDENT! :p

[hellboyone]

Wow. Great gig, Ron! I have so many friends doing these sketch cards for various properties these days. I'm sort of jealous but at the same time I sort of dread having to draw so many drawings in such a short span of time. (Most of the guys I know have pretty tight deadlines on these cards.)

It'll be fun to see the value of these cards skyrocket. They always do.

[Ken O]

Awesome work sir!

And Shortround! I'm starting to think I need a sidekick.

[hellboyone]

Awesome work sir!

And Shortround! I'm starting to think I need a sidekick.

Don't even think about it, pal. ;)

[TheRonin]

Great job, Ron, gongrats on getting to do something you love :)

Cheers,
Francesco

[Maija]

Hee hee! What a fantastic gig, Ron! Congratulations! :)

I too could use a sidekick. Or a minion. Whichever.

[Mike Cross]

I prefer lackey, or maybe henchman...some of those cards are absolutely fabulous Ron, some are just really cool.

[morna]

wow nice work Ron. They are really wonderful.

[Kelly Tindall]

Good work, Ron. I love your Marion.

[Ken O]

Don't even think about it, pal. ;)

Damn.


:(

[E. Spears]

That's a badass gig, Ron! Awesome set of cards.

[Kees_L]

I have to say especially your b&w Hellboy stuff is exquisite.