Art Thread: HellboyOne

[hellboyone]

Something I haven't done in a while. Sketched people at the coffee shop as zombies. Forgot how much fun it was!

http://www.rickcortes.com/zombies001.jpg

R.

[Zombie!!]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

[morna]

Wow ...that does look like fun. I guess you have to sit with your back to the wall so people don't get overly flattered when they sneak a peek over your shoulder.

That one in the middle looks like she could really go for some brains. The other guys don't look as hungry.

Zombie Rick's still my fave tho'.

[fitzroy]

Very cool Rick. And a great practice that I may steel. Thank you :)

[kid cthulhu]

Nice work, Rick!

We need to get you on a BPRD project!

Why do I suddenly have an overwhelming desire to eat brains? Now where'd that cat of mine disappear to...

[icbm1987]

Good work man.

that's a cool idea.

icbm1987

[Otto66]

Mmmm... more Cortes art. Thanks, great idea.

[Maija]

HAHAHAHA!! Those are great. It looks like a good exercise for thinking about skeletal structure, but then you end up with cool zombies. Genius!

[petriacce]

Excellent zombies. Rick, weren't you working on a comic zombie project at one point? What ever became of that?

[Teratomarty]

Wonderful painstaking detail on the withered flesh, there. And a much more interesting exercise than simply posing a classroom skeleton.

One minor critique, which I wish I hadn't thought of in the first place: the 3/4 view zombie on the left is... nippling. For taphologic and aesthetic reasons, I believe that she should not be.

Excuse me, I'm going to rinse out my brain now.

[hellboyone]

Thanks, all.

Petriacce: I put New Yarrgh! aside last year and did a short with my character Reckless Eric instead. And funny that you bring it up because I'm now thinking of retooling the old zombie story and jumpstarting it again.

Here are some pages from the Reckless Eric story. He's not normally this cartoony but I chose this style since the story would eventually end up in a humor book:

http://www.rickcortes.com/final_01.jpg
http://www.rickcortes.com/final_02.jpg
http://www.rickcortes.com/final_03.jpg
http://www.rickcortes.com/final_04.jpg

And, yes...Eric is based on Elvis Costello. :)

Here's Eric and partner Jack Argus when they're not so cartoony (Eric on left):

http://www.rickcortes.com/eric_argus.jpg

R.

[Maija]

"Nipple" as a verb.

Applied to zombies.

Pass me the brain bleach when you're done, Marty.

[icbm1987]

Fun stuff man... fun stuff.

Poor gorilla...

If the batsuit has nipples... then zombies should too.

icbm1987

[zefo]

hahaha, rat givin him the finger. the cat. love them all

[petriacce]

Thanks, all.

Petriacce: I put New Yarrgh! aside last year and did a short with my character Reckless Eric instead. And funny that you bring it up because I'm now thinking of retooling the old zombie story and jumpstarting it again.

R.Reckless Eric is funny. I knew a guy like that once. He just up and disappeared one day. Hope to get a look at the retooled New Yarrgh! when it's out. I like your zombies.

[Maija]

AAAHH! Cliff-hanger!!

That's great but I really like the look of the non-cartoony Eric & Jack Argus. Will some of this stuff be available in print at SDCC?

[petriacce]

AAAHH! Cliff-hanger!!

That's great but I really like the look of the non-cartoony Eric & Jack Argus. Will some of this stuff be available in print at SDCC?...and secret online links for Hellboarders who can't attend the con?

[hellboyone]

ruta: the Reckless Eric story appears in Zowie! no. 1 and will probably be available at the Zowie! table (H1 or H2). The actual cliffhanger's even bigger in the rest of the story. :) However, it's also available here:

http://www.sketchbooksessions.com/shop/

For those who weren't around last summer, my sketchbook Bulljive! is also still available from this site.

http://www.rickcortes.com/promoimage.jpg

Petriacce: hm...interesting idea...

R.

[bushpig]

wow. that stuff is great. you never cease to amaze me. (except for that one time...)

anyway, i love the stuff and can't wait to see more.

[petriacce]

Petriacce: hm...interesting idea...R.:) *waits by PM mail box*

[kid cthulhu]

Wow, looks like an excellent package.

The sketchbook I mean, the sketchbook...

I'll be droppin' by your table, Rick.

[hellboyone]

kid: Lookin' forward to meeting you! The sketchbook will now also be available at the con starting Friday and I'll be there Friday and Saturday. Look for the guy that looks like Zombie Rick, but with more skin.

R.

[Lobster Johnson]

schaweet zombies. i mean, seriously, that is a really cool idea. i salute you :cool:

[hellboyone]

As suggested by Tad....Zombie Mt. Rushmore!

http://www.rickcortes.com/zombierushmore.jpg

R.

[Johann]

HA! great stuff rick, I love your style, I was wondering about that Eric guy i saw him as your avatar at sketchbook sessions but did not know who he was, now my questions answered.

And as i just posted in another thread, Good job on the pin up in the 3rd Gloom Cookie TPB(I figured it would make more sense to post it here than there.)

[hellboyone]

Sometimes you get an idea in your head and it won't
come out until you get it down on paper. You poor
people have Otto and Morna to thank for this.

I give you....zombie Rockwell:
http://www.rickcortes.com/zombierockwell.jpg

R.

[icbm1987]

That's great man...

That's great.

Too bad the Taddles hasn't dropped by to color...

icbm1987

[Otto66]

Rick? A...F******...mazing. You are the Zombie Master.
Nice job morna.

[Ken O]

Every time you post art, I'm floored.

[icbm1987]

Every time you post art, I'm floored.

At least art doesn't leave you with a hangover.

[Johann]

Wow, amazing.

[hellboyone]

Okay...one more before lunch to cleanse a bit. A portrait of my girlfriend, Lindsey. She was due. :)

http://www.rickcortes.com/linds.jpg

R.

[Otto66]

Lovely lass. You, lucky, you. :)

[morna]

Sometimes you get an idea in your head and it won't
come out until you get it down on paper. You poor
people have Otto and Morna to thank for this.

I give you....zombie Rockwell:
http://www.rickcortes.com/zombierockwell.jpg

R.
Yaaay Otto and morna!!!!

[Otto66]

See, morna. Rick can be decent guy. Sometimes.
Just gotta catch 'em in the right mood. ;)

Rick? Its a treat to see all this art. Draw, more, more.

[hellboyone]

Thanks guys. I'm having a good drawing day. Speaking of which...

http://www.rickcortes.com/hellboygd.jpg

R.

[icbm1987]

Nice work Rick...

but for some reason something keeps telling me that he would look better with a Bigger RHOD.

icbm1987

[petriacce]

Thanks guys. I'm having a good drawing day. Speaking of which...R.I bet it ruined their day to have Hellboy outside the recruitment office. :eek:

[Maija]

Cooooooool. I take a break from the boards and come back to find it loaded with awesome Rick art. I LOVE the Zombie Rockwell!!! All the others are terrific too but there's something so... right... about Zombie Rockwell. :)

[Otto66]

Rick? morna and I would like to see a monkey zombie.
Zombie + monkey = 2 Hellboard favorites.
Oh, and just for reference.
http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/blip2.jpg

[morna]

Thanks guys. I'm having a good drawing day. Speaking of which...

http://www.rickcortes.com/hellboygd.jpg

R. M

Mmmm gorgeous

Otto ... honey , you're on your own...

[Gene Poonyo]

Wow...you are on a roll, aren't you? The Rockwell Zombie is so very cool. I am awed by your speed. March on, HellboyOne, march on.

Have a great time at the con.

[hellboyone]

People seem to like the Zombie Rockwell quite a bit. But I think that has more to do with Rockwell's great painting than my take on it.

Here's s'more. Otto, I don't do blatant requests. Oh, wait--yeah, I do. :)
http://www.rickcortes.com/zombiemonkey.jpg

Wouldn't it be cool to see Abe in a film noir story?
http://www.rickcortes.com/detectivesapien.jpg

R.

[jinnaboy]

awesome, and inspiring drawings as usual, rick. now here's a real nooby question. i have been trying my hands at drawing sequentials (gotta stop using that word) with what i can find arnd the room. and the best i can come up with is a piece of A4 and a 3b pencil. the end result is

this thread i posted (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=10273) (hope that worked)

yeah, i know i looks horrid, specially when i got a faulty scanner

what i wanna know is, what ARE the tools to draw a good clean comic with (up to the stage of inking)??? and if there are any other barbie tossing aussies out there, where can a true blue like me find them tools??

[hellboyone]

All any artist will tell you is use the tools that fit you best. Ask 10 different comic artists and they'll tell you 10 methods. At the end of the day, I'm most comfortable with my col-erase pencils and plain ol' typing paper. Since most of my work eventually ends up digital, the paper I draw on isn't all that important.

R.

[jinnaboy]

thanx for the advice, HB1. greatly appreciated, i'll try out your style and se if it suits me as well, since i'm only startin out

[Otto66]

Otto ... honey , you're on your own...
morna... sweety, when I ask using your name and mine,
Rick makes more art. Please be my "beard"?
It got us a monkey zombie drawing. :)
Thanks for the art, Rick.

[THE REAL kirk]

Rick - loving all of it. Reckless Eric is awesome. Love the style - works great for that story. Need more!!!
Zombies are cool to though one of them reminds me of someone I know. Yikes!

Keep that pencil dancing!

[Lobster Johnson]

Heheh, Abe Sapien in "The Bureau". Heheh...

[icbm1987]

Rick's work is inspiring.

Just don't go and take advantage of him to have your zombie zoo.

Bad Otto, Bad.

icbm1987

[E. Spears]

Rockin' zombies. Monkeys and all.

What about a zombie pig? ;)

-rOberT

[kid cthulhu]

Rick just keeps blowing my mind...

Or is that brains?

BRAaaAAaaaAaaiiIIiiiIiiinnssssss...

[morna]

morna... sweety, when I ask using your name and mine,
Rick makes more art. Please be my "beard"?
It got us a monkey zombie drawing. :)
Thanks for the art, Rick.

Otto darling... "beard" ??





ok ok you're right more zombies is better
I just got distracted by that SWEET hellboy drawing

[Otto66]

Otto darling... "beard"??
morna...angel. A shill, a front, a con, a coconspirator,
a confederate, an abettor, an accomplice.
When ever Rick thinks hes doing art for both of
us, he draws it right up. Is that too much to ask? :confused:

[Hellsaint]

URK!!! Zombified people and a monkey?! thats cool. :D Really great sketches rick.

What about a zombie pig?
Jeez. Is this Dawn of the Dead or something? ;)

[morna]

morna...angel. A shill, a front, a con, a coconspirator,
a confederate, an abettor, an accomplice.
When ever Rick thinks hes doing art for both of
us, he draws it right up. Is that too much to ask? :confused:

Otto schnookums... please stop clubbing me over the head and lets get on with our next joint request...it has to be something juicy and fun to draw.




... I still think "beard" is a bizarre term!
I wonder what the etymology of it is

[zefo]

carefull morna, or he will kidnap you too. oops said to much.

[hellboyone]

... I still think "beard" is a bizarre term!
I wonder what the etymology of it is

beard - Pronunciation Key (bîrd)
n.

1. The hair on a man's chin, cheeks, and throat.
2. A hairy or hairlike growth such as that on or near the face of certain mammals.
3. A tuft or group of hairs or bristles on certain plants, such as barley and wheat.
4. One who serves to divert suspicion or attention from another.

[Middle English berd, from Old English beard. See bhardh-- in Indo-European Roots.]

:)
------
Thanks for the nice words, everyone. Morna...Otto...what's next??

R.

[Otto66]

morna...cupcake. See, Rick was nice enough to supply
just what you asked for. ;)
So, Rick, morna and I would like to see Zombie Abe.
zefo? Is another visit to the basement necessary? :evilsmile

[hellboyone]

Rick Cortes: A Life in Pictures.
June, 1944: Rick (far left) is seen here with his fellow computer scientists
posing proudly in front of ENIAC, a room-sized computer used to figure
World War II ballistic firing tables. He would later be ejected from the
project due to heavy drinking and some undisclosed "tube related matter".
http://www.rickcortes.com/eniac.jpg

[morna]

Here's what the Pocket Oxford Dictionary says

beard 1. n. Hair of lower face (excluding moustache and whiskers); chin tuft of goat etc.; gills of oyster; awn> 2. v.t. Oppose openly, defy, (esp. ~ the lion in his den, fig.). [E]

...doesn't seem to jive does it... words FASCINATE me!

Anyway Rick, Otto, my little stud muffin, and I would humbly like to request a zombie Abe (I hope it doesn't freak EL out too much)

ps ... love "support Otto's Johnson" ha!

[morna]

PS again ...Rick, I printed out the hellboy drawing and it is up in my painting "studio" and he can watch me PAINT ALL DAY!!! That's right ...morna's makin' art!

YAAAY

It's all too rare an occasion these days

[hellboyone]

That's great morna. I had no idea you painted too. Make sure to post your efforts!

R.

[morna]

nah... i don't think it would be appreciated - it's abstract (tho' elements of hellboy are creeping into the work which often happens with things I'm passionate about - Otto would say self-serving claptrap and it is! so what!)

and it's embedded in glass... maybe later

[hellboyone]

All right...I'm goin' back to bed. Next!

http://www.rickcortes.com/zombieabe.jpg

R.

[morna]

OOOOooooohhh Kool Look Otto beloved, what our banter hath wrought!


Don't look EL!

did he say next??? what a machine! Ok ....Zombie Lobster Johnson - are you with me otto?

[Otto66]

morna...angel. See what we can do with the power of two?
Thanks, Rick. Looks great. Dude is on a role. LoJo is a Zombie
killer, but for you, and just this once, Zombie Lobster Johnson.

morna...pookey. Please post yer art. We'd all like to see it.
And ya may need to check an online dictionary. Those pocket
dealies just don't cover everthing.

(Hope Gary knows we're just kidding) :rolleyes:

[hellboyone]

All right...I didn't go back to bed. Although I'll be more selective with the suggestions that enter my head next time. Because this image disturbs even me. :)

Morna, post paintings, please.

http://www.rickcortes.com/zombiepig.jpg

R.

[zefo]

angel? pooky? my god, otto has turned into cassius curio! the perverted guy from my game!

[Abe_sapien]

Fantastic stuff Rick. That zombie sketch studies ideas I'll have to nick too. You have such a knack for zombie-fi-ing you need to speak to a Mr Robert Kirkman and ask if he needs a few pin-ups for his The Walking Dead book. Serious, ask him.
I know this is Rick's art thread, but I came across some art by a good old friend of mine, Chris Christian. He too had a knack for zombie-fi-ing. So he did pics of all his mates as zombies. So for your entertainment, I present....

ZOMBIE MATT!!!!

I know I've not posted in the 'What do you look like' thread yet. And Fitzroy, under that silly hat I was wearing, I've got quite the mofo afro going on.

[E. Spears]

YEESSSSS! Zombie pig!
Thank you Rick :):).

reminds me of the "lord of the flies" pig on a stick.

-Robert

[morna]

(Hope Gary knows we're just kidding) :rolleyes:

silly silly otto

Duh!

[Johann]

That Pig reminds me of Pig Dissection in Biology.
-And Zombie Lobster Johnson was practically done in Conqueror worm.

[morna]

Rick ... the nails are an awesome device. Just that much more gruesome!

and thanks for doing all these zombies. You rock!

oops... should be painting

[Tad]

You guys aren't getting it. Morna paints glass at Starfish Glassworks (http://www.starfishglass.bc.ca/). Putter around the website and you'll see some neat stuff.

Here's Morna at work (more redheads!):

[hellboyone]

She paints glass...we get it. Sooooo why can't you post painted glass??

R.

[morna]

TAA-AAD damn you.. I thought you were out of town. Ohhhh.... ok...OK

allright if it will shut you guys up - one teaser

sigh

The image is a detail from a painted plate which would be around 23 inches wide. The painting is done over the course of several days/ weeks and is completely encased in the clear glass. This piece is in a private collection in Vancouver! (yaay - they usually end up in the 'states) The colour is badly reproduced and it was a rush in-house photo job.. end qualifiers

oooh this is uncomfortable tad rick otto :evilangry

[Tad]

Morna, no matter how much people whine, you don't have to post stuff. Eventually, they give up, scenting fresh blood in the waters.

But you did so I'm giving you a crit:

Unless I'm reading it wrong, you put the RIGHT hand of Doom on the left side. Typical noob mistake. I appreciate that you used the comic Kroenen instead of the blade wielding version from the movie and Ilsa looks lovely, too lovely. She has a sort of dew-kissed, fraulein-next-door innocence that I can't see as being part of her nature.

Seriously, it's a neat piece but a photo can't capture seeing this sort of thing in person. A photographer goes out of his way to keep highlights out of an image but it's the high gloss surface that adds depth (for me, anyway) and the relationship of the "graphic" to the overall shape of the piece that creates the visceral, "cool!" reaction.

[Elegance Liberty]

See, now THIS is why you're one of my highly admired posters.

I *LOVE* the crits and things you give out. =)

[Otto66]

-And Zombie Lobster Johnson was practically done in Conqueror worm.
But not as done by Rick Cortes. :rolleyes:

Tad? Whine? I question your choice of words. If Rick and I coaxed
or prodded morna into the posting, well, so much the better.
She finally did and we got to see a nifty piece with enough
background to better understand it.
So? Is Tad the only one allowed to ask folks to post art? Don't
remember seeing that clause when I signed up for this forum.

morna...turtledove. Thanks for the posting. Its a lovely piece.
Were you involved in just the clear glass process?

[icbm1987]

Typical noob mistake.

I did not just see that.

Tad has rended the fabric of the universe... oi...

And Pestering people to post is fun... you get so much good stuff out of it.

icbm1987

[Otto66]

angel? pooky? my god, otto has turned into cassius curio! the perverted guy from my game!
Well... she started it. :D

[morna]

morna...turtledove. Thanks for the posting. Its a lovely piece.
Were you involved in just the clear glass process?

Otto, littul darlin' pie... I don't understand the question. (catch the Kaluta reference?)

Tad ... (hahahah) You're right, I'm such a noob .. sigh.. once again I should not post after a party. And yes the work does not come across well in photos. I know it's not for everyone.

Thanks for the kind words tho' you two.

[morna]

Well... she started it. :D
Whaat? ...oh yeah I guess I did.

[icbm1987]

Fully grown adults should NOT be saying "noob"... that is just messed up.

Double posting is also messed up... but I can't do anything about that...

And Where is Ruta? Shouldn't she be the one who's making advances on Otto?

[Otto66]

Otto, littul darlin' pie... I don't understand the question. (catch the Kaluta reference?)
morna... chocolate sauce. I was asking if you did the piece from
start to finish or just the clear glass process at the end. This is a
clay plate with a glass covering? Right? Is this a glass plate? Answers,
please.

*sigh* you and yer lemon chiffon messages. :)

[Otto66]

Fully grown adults should NOT be saying "noob"... that is just messed up.
Thought you were out of town.
Double posting is also messed up... but I can't do anything about that...
No. No you can't. And the more you complain, the more folks will do it. Fact, for the rest of this week I'll double post EVERYTHING.
And Where is Ruta? Shouldn't she be the one who's making advances on Otto?
ruta is on her way to San Diego.

[icbm1987]

Not out of town... just away from the comp for a day.

I'll get you for it someday... asshat.

icbm1987

[Otto66]

icbm? You may have heard about the Con being held there
this week? And you need to get over this idea that ruta and I have any interest in each other besides meaningless
banter. :rolleyes:

(The first of many double posts)

[morna]

morna... chocolate sauce. I was asking if you did the piece from
start to finish or just the clear glass process at the end. )

Otto sweety-face, Gary will now explain the process for these ALL GLASS pieces... Thank-you Gary...

Hem, hem... Thank you Morna, dahling. O.K. first she blows out a thick egg shaped blank about six inches tall. After it cools she sandblasts the whole thing, giving the surface tooth. Then she sits at her desk and stares at it for a long time. Eventually, she lays out a fluid drippy line drawing with Black Paradise Paint. After the layout is dry she mixes colours and covers the whole egg shaped blank with coloured Paradise Paint. (Paradise paints get their name from Paradise, California and are high temperature enamels. I think that they are made from super densely saturated coloured glass that has been ground into a very fine powder and mixed with pine oil). Once the colours dry she loads the blank into kiln, heats it up, picks it up on the end of a blowpipe and heats it in a furnace until the paints fire polish and fuse onto the surface. Then she gather successive layers of molten glass over the blank and blows it out using traditional glassblowing techniques into a final form. Because they are looked at from the inside the plates and bowls have the further technical challenge of being "reverse painted". Paradise Paints come in the three primary colours, brown, green, black and white. Because heat is involved many of the colour mixes change and reds and purples are actualy hard to pull off. Her large plates have a seperately blown outer rim and require a team of four people to pull off. A thousand pardons for not making this a twenty world essay. Gary

wow... thanks Gare


and now the edit...

Oh, yeah. About the imagery. Morna often says things about how she heavily abstracts thoughts and feelings into her compositions and usually gives them crypitic titles, encouraging viewers to interpret what they will. I have watched the work evolve over the years and developed a theory that often they are about stuff like me leaving my socks lying around.

[icbm1987]

Thanks For making it so that Otto could not double post... mwhahahahaha.

Rasputin's ships never go down... ever... just because my dice rolls are awesome when it counts.

icbm1987

[morna]

I don't think he' through with you yet!

[morna]

Rick... I would like to get this thread back on topic.. so zombies... yeah!


hey look I double posted!

[Elegance Liberty]

Fully grown adults should NOT be saying "noob"... that is just messed up.

Double posting is also messed up... but I can't do anything about that...

And Where is Ruta? Shouldn't she be the one who's making advances on Otto?
Dude, get over it.

'Sides, Tad is cool enough to the point where he can get away with saying 'noob'. :p I've hung around pleny adults who've used that term before... nothin' suprising for me.

Then again, I've always HATED the whole 'Oh, they're [insert age here], so therefore they can't do/say [insert something here]' mindset that some people have. It's just so... immature.

[hellboyone]

Yep. I saw the thread starting to careen out of topic. :)

http://www.rickcortes.com/zombiejohnson.jpg

R.

[E. Spears]

I love that LoJo! Just like that one panel in CW.
-Robert

[Tad]

Sorry, young ones. I meant "noob" as a shortened form of "newbie." Is there some other meaning that requires coolness to use? And you'll note it's buried in a totally ridiculous crit of Morna's dish so that any language used is strickly tongue in cheek.

Otto? My comment had nothing to do with requesting art. It had to do with the pressure Morna was feeling to post. Yeah, I'm glad she posted but she shouldn't feel she has to. And "whine" was just as caricatured as the rest of the sentence... unless you really can sense blood in the water.

[icbm1987]

Blood smells like Iron. Blood tastes like iron. I like the taste of iron.

And from what I've heard, cow brain tastes a bit like eggs (relatives... who cook things that I find disgusting).

w/e Tad, Rasputin's ships still never go down.

Zombie LoJo is cool... fun stuff... making a corporeal ghost thing into a zombie...

zombies... oooooooooo... Nuklear Kitchen!!!

icbm1987

[Johann]

(in reply to rob)Exactly what i was thinking when it was suggested, i have been proven wrong, it has not been done until it's been done by rick, -thank you otto...

[morna]

Rick ...zombie Lobster Johnson's a beauty! Thanks!!

[kid cthulhu]

Rick - The fastest draw in the West!

(insert ricochet sound here)

Rick O'Shea?

[Otto66]

(in reply to rob)Exactly what i was thinking when it was suggested, i have been proven wrong, it has not been done until it's been done by rick, -thank you otto...
Dude. :cool:

Gary? Thanks for the insight. Just how long does all this take?
And, knowing wimen, yer right about the thought process. :D

[Otto66]

Rick? I'm running out of superlatives.
Must say, looks like LoJo go his ass handed to him
just before he turned zombie. Amazing!

[icbm1987]

Nutcase... stop browsing invisibly so that I can berate you for double posting in a timely manner.

[Otto66]

...........Never.

[Otto66]

......Ever.

[fitzroy]

Very cool Zombie LoJo

Otto, you so...

[fitzroy]

... Funny :D

[icbm1987]

Otto......

[icbm1987]

You are....

[icbm1987]

An @$$hat...

[E. Spears]

I'm sorry...

[E. Spears]

...did you mean "asshat"?

[Hellsaint]

I hope u guys aren't double posting to irritate icbm, that would seem so...

[Hellsaint]

...so stupid :D

[Otto66]

Asshat? I've been called worse.

[Otto66]

At least ya didn't throw a drink at me.

O.K., Show of hands. How many have had a drink thrown at them?
My personal best... 2 different wimen in one evening.

[Catlin]

O.K., Show of hands. How many have had a drink thrown at them?
My personal best... 2 different wimen in one evening.

Same place? or two seperate places?

[Otto66]

Same place? or two seperate places?
At the same Bar.

[Otto66]

But in different rooms. First one, in the Bar area.
Second one in the game room by the pool tables.

[morna]

Oh this poor poor thread!




Gary? Thanks for the insight. Just how long does all this take?
And, knowing wimen, yer right about the thought process. :D

Gary... may I?

Otto, muffin, One of those big plates, if all the conditions were right and all the ducks in a row (which never happens in real life) could be pulled off - from start to finished piece - in probably six days. I have rather low output of this work having averaged around ten per year. That's partly why they're so expensive.

Sorry Rick

[Catlin]

Good job. *applauds*

[hellboyone]

Sorry Rick

Eh...what are ya gonna do. I thought I needed a lot of attention. :)

Anyway....one for the start of the week...

http://www.rickcortes.com/hbvszombie.jpg

R.

[morna]

Yaaay Rick... he swoopes in and saves his thread. And in a second that zombie's head is just gonna pop right off.. Nice one! You're clearly having a ton of fun!

[Petersen]

this thread makes me tired
Love-ly LoJo Rick. And the Monkey was amazing as well...(did I already comment on that one? I'm too lazy to try and find it.)

How about..Zombie ICBM?
or does otto/morna need to request it to happen?

[JohnThompson]

Rick, I haven't been following this thread for a few days, and look what I,ve missed. I love the zombie monkey and pig. Hell, all the zombies are great, and your Hellboy is one of my favorite versions of the character.

If you're still taking requests, I'd like to see a zombie Guillermo, and I know he'd love it too. Would double posting increase the chances of you drawing this up? :D

[Ose]

Hehe, instead of double posting, how about I second the zombie Guillermo? Maybe it's just that I've been up til five in the morning the last three or four days and the lack of sleep is finally getting to me, but that idea amuses me greatly :D

And so I finally say something instead of just ogling the pretty art - I love your stuff Rick! I should have said it before, but I love the zombie pig. For some reason it makes me think of the demon-ized boar gods in Princess Mononoke. And the Hellboy pics just rock, of course.

[JohnThompson]

Hehe, instead of double posting, how about I second the zombie Guillermo?
See, Rick? Two requests, now you've gotta do it! 'Cause, whenever 2 or more gather in your name.... or something like that.

[Johann]

I third this reqest, Guillermo would make an awsome zombie and he would want it done, so follow those who know best and bring to life the undead !

[Johann]

Dude.


Otto, I was cringing as i typed.

[fitzroy]

Still cool
And a great thread
Asshat?
Drinks, none thrown but have been kicked out of a girls house naked. Way before Athena's time. OH MY GOD, Athena would have been 8 at the time. sob

Good stuff Rick

[fitzroy]

Very good stuff.

Zombie LoJo still favourite

[Otto66]

Otto, muffin, One of those big plates, if all the conditions were right and all the ducks in a row (which never happens in real life) could be pulled off - from start to finished piece - in probably six days. I have rather low output of this work having averaged around ten per year. That's partly why they're so expensive.
morna...bunny. I had no idea. As, I'll bet, most folks don't.

[Otto66]

If I could suggest? Have someone take pictures of you
working through the process step-by-step. Put all the pictures
together and display it in a corner of your shoppe just
to let folks know what it takes to make yer art.

Rick? Rock'n good art. Thanks.

[Petersen]

Morna,
Beautiful pieces. I love to see artists working in processes that are difficult. I have a printmaking degree, and if you know anything about printmaking (etchings in particular) you know it's a very long and slow proccess.

Non-print majors, asked why would I take all that time and effort to do something that I could have done in a quarter of the time just by drawing the image, or doing on the computer. It's hard to explain, but there is a huge reward to doing work with your hands, the old way, the way people don't do anymore, the way that makes the item that much more special: the long way.

Oh and Rick, Zombie GdT would be fun..so would Zombie ICBM.....

[hellboyone]

No offense to the requests, but I'm gonna avoid drawing zombie ICBM in order to not have to draw zombie versions of everyone here. :)

However...

http://www.rickcortes.com/zombiegdt.jpg

R.

[petriacce]

Ha...that's great Rick.

Zombies are so dang clumsy. They're always breaking their glasses.

[Johann]

Damn i can't see the last two you posted my computor ain't loadin pics today, is that last one a GDT?

ooh i hope so.

[icbm1987]

hehe... GDT!!!!

and yeah... having to draw a zombie Otto would be a pain... seeing as almost no one here knows what he looks like.

icbm1987

[JohnThompson]

Yes! Zombie GDT! Brilliant, sir. Only thing I would add is flies!

Even as a zombie, he's a happy guy.

Thanks, Rick!

[Petersen]

It's square...which means it would make a good avatar ;););)

[zefo]

ROFL! i love it!!!

[hellboyone]

Thanks, all. After a long dry spell, it feels really good to draw again.

Morna: thanks for the post and process. Your work is really quite something. Feels like one of those lost artforms.

And speaking of which...

Petersen: you got a step-by-step for us somewhere? Love to see you at your collegiate craft.

R.

[morna]

Thanks Rick...and I'm really sorry about your thread... I'm such a lame noob

sigh

[hellboyone]

Thanks Rick...and I'm really sorry about your thread... I'm such a lame noob

sigh

Stop it! Sheesh! :)

R.

[Petersen]

Petersen: you got a step-by-step for us somewhere? Love to see you at your collegiate craft.

Oooh. I wish I did....I didn't get many (if any) scans of work 'in-process'. When I get home I will see if I can start putting together a step by step using my or other folks plates and prints.

[hellboyone]

Sweet news. There's something cool about actually knowing how to make prints and getting that print look authentically rather than faking it digitally.

Okay...because I feel the need to post something every few hours in this thread, I thought I'd post some of the studies I did for New Yaargh! a while ago. This is likely a re-post...I'm sure I posted these here back then.

http://www.rickcortes.com/z001.jpg
http://www.rickcortes.com/z002.jpg
http://www.rickcortes.com/z003.jpg
http://www.rickcortes.com/z004.jpg

[note: please avoid including images when you quote me in your post. It's murder on bandwidth. Thanks!]

R.

[morna]

:) :) :)

[Jelly Meets Jam]

very nice sketches. "**** you! that's who I am!" priceless. and nice avvy by the way morna.

[Johann]

HEH i can seeeee! those are great, GDT in night of the living dead....one happy zombie.

[hellboyone]

very nice sketches. "**** you! that's who I am!" priceless. and nice avvy by the way morna.

"No-prize" if you know where the quote's from. :)

R.

[Otto66]

"No-prize" if you know where the quote's from. :)
R.
Ben-Hur?????????

[Otto66]

"Herbie goes to Spain"?

[hellboyone]

"Herbie goes to Spain"?

You're close! Except for the "Herbie" and "Spain" part. And the "goes to." :)

R.

[fitzroy]

Got to be Kill Bill

[hellboyone]

Got to be Kill Bill

Not all movies were made in the last 10 years. :) The line's paraphrased. It's actually, "What's my name? F#$% you! That's my name!"

R.

[fitzroy]

God I hate it when people quote badly.

Let me ponder

Would it involve the first prize being a car, and the second prize a set of steak knives?

[petriacce]

Not all movies were made in the last 10 years. :) The line's paraphrased. It's actually, "What's my name? F#$% you! That's my name!"

R.Sure sounds familiar as in a somewhat recent movie that I saw. Was it the "Dawn of the Dead" remake? Sounds like something one of those loser security guards would have said.

[hellboyone]

God I hate it when people quote badly.

Let me ponder

Would it involve the first prize being a car, and the second prize a set of steak knives?

Fitzroy's got it! Now let the rest of 'em guess it with these clues!

R.

[petriacce]

GGR


.......

[Otto66]

"Marty"?.......

[Otto66]

"The Farmer's Daughter"?

Something by David Mamet? :rolleyes:

[hellboyone]

You got the Mamet right. Yes, as Petriacce guessed internet lingo style, it's Glengarry Glen Ross, one of my favorite movies.

R.

[morna]

That was an awesome movie - so dismal!

[zefo]

No offense to the requests, but I'm gonna avoid drawing zombie ICBM in order to not have to draw zombie versions of everyone here.

you posted him! iw ana see other zombified memebers!

[Petersen]

Zefo, I posted icbm....and he is the only one I will draw as a zombie

[morna]

Morna,
Beautiful pieces. I love to see artists working in processes that are difficult. I have a printmaking degree, and if you know anything about printmaking (etchings in particular) you know it's a very long and slow proccess.


Thanks! I have actually done quite a bit of printmaking - tho' not lately - mostly etchings and aquatint. I love the feeling of those processes. Have you ever done - now I can't remember what the name of it is - it's where you take this crazy rocker tool and burr up the whole plate and create the image by pressing the burrs back down - now THAT"S a lot of work... but the effect is incomparably gorgeous and atmospheric. Now that I think of it your watercolours remind me a lot of aquatints. Is that intentional?

[Petersen]

the technique working black back to white on a rockered plate, is called Mezzotint.

I was mainly doing etchings, although later I got into wood block printing (knowing that it was healthier for me, and I could continue to do it after I graduated and lost the posh University studio.)

Of the etched techniques, I enjoyed hardground mines best...I stayed away from aquatint as much as I could. I went to 2 differnt art schoolsfor my degree, one used the powedered rosin for the aquatint, the other used enamed spray paint. I wasn't a fan of the flatness aquatint tended to give anyhow, but once I had to use enamel, I quit. Instead I would coat my plate with soft ground and roll a texture of sandpaper, then etch that..very similar to the look of aquatint, but more controlable...

oh, and sorry to all of you who have no idea what I'm talking about...
I have a week off coming up here..perhaps I will put a printmaking basics page together (and I can throw in examples of the process like Rick wanted)

oh, and no, my watercolor technique has more to do with not painting tightly. My paintings can get really cramped and fall flat if I overwork them the slightest bit, so to compensate, I work as loose as I can.

[icbm1987]

Zefo, I posted icbm....and he is the only one I will draw as a zombie

I don't know whether to feel special or some other more negative feeling.

And all that paint stuff just went right over my head... seems that I have a built-in zone out to prevent mass confusion.

For some reason... this thread has made me think of the movie "Bloodsport"... maybe it's all the exposed bones.

icbm1987

[JohnThompson]

I don't know whether to feel special or some other more negative feeling.
How about "specially negative"? Isn't that the preferred instruction method at Tranquility Bay? Your parents asked us to get you familiar with the technique.:D

[fitzroy]

That, and tell Kevin to clean his room and not to take too long in the bathroom. ;)

[Otto66]

That was an awesome movie - so dismal!
Mamet makes good movies, but he's never made a great one.

[Otto66]

If you haven't seen them, "The Spanish Prisoner" and "State & Main"
are 2 of my favs. And "Ronin" and "Heist". And "Spartan" wasn't bad either. :D

[hellboyone]

I love The Heist. Not so much for the movie but for the lines of dialogue. Every character in this movie's got a mouthful every time they talk.

"Cuter than Chinese babies."

Only Mamet can get away with that writing.

Spanish Prisoner's great too. Haven't seen State and Main.

Mamet loves Rebecca Pidgeon, who appears in all these movies. I think it's because she delivers his dialogue so cleanly, without any doubt about what she's saying. She seems stilted at times, but you'll never think "What's she say?" because the delivery is spot-on.

R.

[E. Spears]

since Petersen won't do any more zombie drawings of board members (lazy bum ;)), here's one of yours truly as a zombie.
http://img43.photobucket.com/albums/v133/n00bkilla/zombie_me.gif

-Robert

[hellboyone]

Creepy, Robert!

Here's one more before I split for SD. It's the sketch I've been promising Spyda the past few months. Enjoy!

http://www.rickcortes.com/ilsa.jpg

R.

[icbm1987]

Hot business Man!!!

Me likes.

Is that Kate in the foreground?... or am I mixed up? Really looks like Kate...

icbm1987

[JohnThompson]

Is that Kate in the foreground?
Its Ilsa. But you are mixed up. :rolleyes:

[hellboyone]

Correct. She's Ilsa Haupstein...She-Wolf of the SS! By request from Spyda MONTHS ago..

Oh...I'm back from SD. More later...

R.

[Otto66]

Lets go, Cortes. Us folks want SDCC news.

[morna]

ya ... what he said!

[zefo]

hmm, that picture has lead me to beleive ilsa is kates evil twin! or, is she the good one....DUN DUN DUUUN!

[Celtic_Fiddler]

No offense to the requests, but I'm gonna avoid drawing zombie ICBM in order to not have to draw zombie versions of everyone here. :)

However...

http://www.rickcortes.com/zombiegdt.jpg

R.

OH MAN! I have to quilt that..... May I?

Luv yer zombies, Rick. Zombie Lobby is my fave after this one. Just because I like saying Zombie Lobby! Zombie Lobby!

Andrea

[hellboyone]

Lets go, Cortes. Us folks want SDCC news.

Heh...look no further than MY con report in that thread, as only I can deliver it: in photos.

Celtic Fiddler: I'd be honored. If you want a hi-res version, email me.

R.

[kid cthulhu]

That zombie Guillermo is too cool!

Is he still funny? You can still eat brains and have a sense of humor, right?

[Maija]

A few things:

Printmakers rock. I went to SDCC with a couple of them.

The term "noob"/"newb"/"newbie" was in coined around the time ICBM was a "newbie" to the world. Oh wait, you still are, at 16.

Glad to see Morna is starting to share art stuff.

Seeing Rick and a lot of this Rick Art in the (rotting) flesh was one of my personal highlights of the con. He and the art are even better in person. I wish you'd been able to stick around at the con for longer, Rick, but I'm glad you were able to be there at all.

Guillermo really looks like that. I saw him trying to eat Mike's brain at one point when he thought no one was looking.

[icbm1987]

Ms. Snark returns and hasn't lost her bite I see.

oz is 17 now. Gogo R rated movies!!!

icbm1987

[Petersen]

Printmakers rock.

I whole-heartedly agree.

[hellboyone]

I thought printmakers rolled?

R.

[Petersen]

only if it's relief printing.....

intgagllio printers wipe

[E. Spears]

I hated doing intaglio prints. They are really really hard to do, and I wasn't satisfied with how they turned out. I did like doing lithographs, though. I had to beg my teacher to let me do those instead of silk screens.

And cool Ilsa/Rasputin drawing, Rick.

-Robert

[morna]

I think it's time for another zombie - Rick!!

[icbm1987]

I think it's time for another zombie - Rick!!

I wonder if Von Klempt could be made into a zombie.

icbm1987

[hellboyone]

I'm all zombied out at the moment. Now, Johann, on the other hand...

http://www.rickcortes.com/johann1.jpg

I also drew this for the Drawing Board. My buddy Rodolphe did an amazing thread where he drew a young lady stripping her clothes off, posting one image a day until the beginning of comic con. Then I posted this saying "this is how I feel every time I look at the thread".

http://www.rickcortes.com/peep.jpg

The thread is here for anyone interested. For the worry-warts, it's pg-13 and brilliantly so:

http://www.sketchbooksessions.com/shanesboard/viewtopic.php?t=19634

R.

[petriacce]

I'm all zombied out at the moment. Now, Johann, on the other hand...R.Rick, excellent Johann.

[icbm1987]

Johann is awesome... the effects are soo cool.

And then there's the eye candy... http://www.wc3campaigns.com/images/smilies/1337troll.gif

icbm1987

[E. Spears]

Haha. RodGuen's thread was brilliant. Brilliant, I tell you!

And rockin' Johann. I dig the smoke!

-Robert

[morna]

I thought printmakers rolled?

R.
well I got it...he he he Rick yur so funny

[hellboyone]

I created this character yesterday at the coffee shop. Tad was there but had left when I came up with this nonsense. Anyway...I'm sure this is hypothermia-induced since I was sitting directly under the a/c and was freezing to death on a warm summer night.

http://www.rickcortes.com/firstcrimony.jpg

And I drew this a few minutes ago...I think I have a new thing to procrastinate about. :)

http://www.rickcortes.com/lunch_sm.jpg

R.

[JohnThompson]

Rick, for some reason I am picturing Jonny Depp being cast in the future movie....

This has merchandising potential! Action figures, Pez, plushies, the works! Does he fight denizens of the deep when he's not angst-ridden over the state of his life? Looking forward to more Cortes zaniness...:D

[hellboyone]

Thanks, John.

Crimony's actually a variation on another character of mine whom I like even more but is a little more rated-R. His name is Nicky McSwelkid. Some might remember him from my old website. I'll post a pic when I find him.

R.

[Elegance Liberty]

I'm all zombied out at the moment. Now, Johann, on the other hand...


AHHHHH!!!! It's JOHANN!!! :D

I *LOVE* it! That is just too cool!! :)

[Tad]

Next week, new seats or I'm bringing a parka. Love the crabhead, Rick. Let me know if any of the comic jams are posted. I really wanted to see the end of some of those.

Comic jam: Illustration paper is passed back and forth. Each person adding a panel with or without dialogue. Comics improv style and like good improv, surprisingly entertaining.

Miss the comfy, overstuffed chairs of the hotel lobby at SDCC.

[hellboyone]

I'll have to get there good an' early to get a seat away from the wind tunnel.

http://www.rickcortes.com/prom_sm.jpg

R.

[hellboyone]

http://www.rickcortes.com/stage_sm.jpg

R.

[Hellsaint]

HAHAHA!!! Is Crimony Crabhead being sold or something? It sure has hell cracks me up.

[kid cthulhu]

Yeah, Rick, Crimony Crabhead is cool!

Keep 'em comin' if ya gots more...

[hellboyone]

hellsaint: I don't know what I'm gonna do with 'im yet. We'll see!

http://www.rickcortes.com/busstop_sm.jpg

R.

[Jelly Meets Jam]

Best yet /\
|

[Hellsaint]

Nice one. rick.
Put CC in a sketchbook or something, that will be great with your zombie drawings :)

[Maija]

HAHAHA!! Oh Crimony, will you ever find true love? Or a deoderant that works on your over-powering "low tide" scent?

I can't wait to see his disturbing origin story. ;)

[Hellsaint]

Or a deoderant that works on your over-powering "low tide" scent?
Something smells fishy around here...

[hellboyone]

The girls.

http://www.rickcortes.com/hellgirl.jpghttp://www.rickcortes.com/she-sapien.jpg

R.

[petriacce]

Nice Rick! Were the chopsticks Ken Corrigan's suggestion to Hellgirl?

Abby Sapien looks great too.

[icbm1987]

Abby Sapien looks great too.

Don't forget Lobster Jane!!

icbm1987

[Otto66]

Time travel. The "Quantum Mechanics". Coming to Image in OCT.
QUANTUM MECHANICS GN
On sale 10.27
$6.95US/ $406.83CAN
graphic novel
black and white
64 pages
written & illustrated by ART THIBERT
cover by ART THIBERT


http://images.comicbookresources.com/solicits/image102004/big/Quantum_col_med.jpg

[Tad]

There's one that's right up Rick's alley.


Of course, he's probably travelled forward and has it already.

[hellboyone]

I wish! Sounds good.

R.

[zefo]

what about roberta? didn't see her in there

[icbm1987]

I don't want to see a WBC...

coconut bra...

[JohnThompson]

what about roberta? didn't see her in there
Yes! Wooden Chastity Belt! This must be drawn!

[icbm1987]

Yes! Wooden Chastity Belt! This must be drawn!

Wooden Breast clamp too?

[JohnThompson]

Wooden Breast clamp too?
No, just 2 strategically placed electrodes for re-charging, you doof. Let the professional pervs handle this, please!

[icbm1987]

No, just 2 strategically placed electrodes for re-charging, you doof. Let the professional pervs handle this, please!

Fine Jabba...

But Otto has to be Salacious Crumb.

[hellboyone]

So ANYWAY....

http://www.rickcortes.com/wondertwins.jpg

R.

[E. Spears]

wonderful!

I bought Hawaiian Dick at the 'Con. Still haven't read it, but I decided to take a peek at the guest art in the back. And what do I find? A wicked cool Rick Cortes peice! You are everywhere, man!

-Robert

[hellboyone]

wonderful!

I bought Hawaiian Dick at the 'Con. Still haven't read it, but I decided to take a peek at the guest art in the back. And what do I find? A wicked cool Rick Cortes peice! You are everywhere, man!

-Robert

Right on, man. This book is the coolest. My friend Clay Moore created the character. He has also optioned it to Hollywood and the title character will hopefully be played by Johnny Knoxville, whom I think is PERFECT for the role. Enjoy the book! Let me know whatcha think of it.

Keep in mind too that the amazing artwork was completely done in Photoshop. Pretty impressive..

http://www.hawaiiandick.com/pinup_rick_cortes.jpg

R.

[E. Spears]

Still haven't read it, but I flipped through the book, and I absolutely LOVED the art. The cover was the thing that got me to buy it! The style was what inspired me to color one of my pictures with the 'paintbrush' setting in PSP7 all big and wide. Damn.

When I get a chance (already got lots of calc homework), I'll read the book. I know I'll enjoy it!

-Robert

[hellboyone]

Hey, this thread's still on-topic kinda. :)

http://www.rickcortes.com/lilhb01.jpg
I think I'm gonna color this one.

R.

[Maija]

Schweet!

I like the stone artifact in the background and his wee little tail.

Man, that's great.

[Jelly Meets Jam]

That really is top notch!

[Tad]

Wow, Rick. This is my favorite of all your work. By all means go to ink!

[Hellsaint]

I really wonder what the background is depicting... Its really neat work!

[TheCableGuy001]

Awsome Zombie drawings. Did you use a red pencil?

[hellboyone]

Wow, Rick. This is my favorite of all your work. By all means go to ink!

Maybe you can ink it. I may ruin it!

cableguy: Whatever color it is, that's the color pencil I used.

R.

[Tad]

No way. I'm not touching it.
Give it to Ron. He inks everything.




How many got the Life cereal connection?

[E. Spears]

How many got the Life cereal connection?
I got it :D.

-'robert'

[E. Spears]

Rick--That is a wicked cool Hellboy. Shazam.

-'robert'

[Petersen]

Sorry Rick..I went in to ink it..I swear!!!

[Jelly Meets Jam]

Wow good job Peterson!!!

[hellboyone]

Sorry Rick..I went in to ink it..I swear!!!

Hey...that relief treatment came out nice! Well...no reason for ME to do it now. :)

R.

[morna]

RICK !!! Something just arrived from Burbank !! OOOHHHH I'm all excited!

[morna]

Gasp! PM time I LOVE you!!

[Maija]

Shoooo!! Nice job, Petersen!

(gazes fondly at colour version and pencil again)

Yeah, this is one of my favourite Rick pieces. :)

[E. Spears]

Great colors, Petersen.

[Hellsaint]

I'm using it as my desktop pic now :) Hope you don't mind it rick.

[morna]

Rick... Is it time, perhaps, for another zombie!???

[Catlin]

Rick... Is it time, perhaps, for another zombie!???

Long past time. As soon as the last was posted, it was time for more :p

[hellboyone]

Aww, you guys... :)

Well, these are from last night's "beatnik" coffee shop drawing night.

This is sort of inspired by some Tony Salmons artwork I've been seeing lately.
Salmons is just ridiculous with a brush. Of course, I'm too big of a pussy to
do the same so here's some green pencil facsimile..
http://www.rickcortes.com/hbwolvie1.jpg

And here's a cartoony Hulk. I kinda fell in like with this drawing.
http://www.rickcortes.com/cartoonhulk.jpg

R.

[Lobster Johnson]

the hulk is... wow... :p