~ Morlocks!... ~

Otherwise known as biology undergrads.



I figured since it was the end of the year, what better way to celebrate the future than to watch a movie about the past, where a Victorian scientist... goes into the future... which would be the 1960's...

Anyway, ode to the great campy version of H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine." And why not celebrate by actually watching the entire movie!



(In 11 parts. Full screen version can be viewed here.)

~ Happy New Year, ladies and gents. ~

~ Roboty Sketches ~ ...


...With quick color pass. One's a nautical pressure suit (knock-off from the Alien design) and another's a deep sea explorer, but hey - roboty enough.

~ Bamboo Art... ~

~ Mille Migliocto ~

Baby's got a new set of Cthulhu wheels. (Chthulhu; Chthulu... however you spell it's name.)

Did this one as a bday present for Mr. Tokunaga. Color treatment partly inspired by Robert Williams (part of the Ratfink/Big Daddy Roth crowd).

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~ Viking Fraulein ~

Did this one quite awhile back actually. Has been hanging on the wall waiting to be scanned.

She's enjoying the ocean air, musing over what hair color her future children will have (blond, dirty blond, bleach blond).... and, awaiting patiently to pillage and burn English shorelines.

Alot of inspiration from the Oseberg Ship: The creature on the upper right was loosely based on the prow figurehead , the background patterns were inspired by carvings on the bow.

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Both of these bamboo mats needed surprisingly little color correction after scanning. I'm either getting better at analog coloring - or my computer updated it's monitor settings without me knowing.

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(BTW, here's a cool looking picture of ancient Russians. Is either a Viking funeral or a lamentation over Minnesota losing yet another Super Bowl. The latter seems more likely.)

~ Sketches, various and sundry... ~

So, that backlog of sketches I keep talking about - figured it was time to scan some of them for the sake of not looking like a liar.

...And yes, still hating sci-fi. Some random idea pages:



This one's from about a year or more ago. I like how some of the faces turned out (I think I approach facial construction a little differently now), as well as the patterning on some of the clothing. Not liking the fish oil stain that somehow got onto the middle of the paper. Must've been an awesome dinner.

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Saw some guys hanging out behind the grocery store having a Colt 45 picnic. I like the contrast between the foreground scenario and the cars/freeway in the background, not so much how I drew it (I could've made it clearer) but because for me, is kind of a sign of the times for this country at the moment. Eat your heart out, Dorothea Lange. Drawn from memory.

Some License Plate/ State Union workers having a conversation over a smoke break:

Random watermaid:

Even more random sequential. Probably was a warm-up for something else:

Some Ayin character studies. I try not to use reference when drawing these, so these are (hopefully) several years worth of lifedrawing sessions paying off:

Still don't think I've codified her look completely. Getting there though:

Like how this one turned out; will probably do a color pass on this soon. Loosely modeled the background after the boardwalk/movie theater plaza in Century City. I'm sure the straps on her gun holster aren't correct, but that's what happens when you don't have proper reference for weaponry.