The Flaming C Done At Last!

If you're a regular browser of my blog, then you probably saw the line art I put up two weeks ago of the Conan O'Brien comic book character The Flaming C. Well, I finally got around to painting it today, and I'm pretty happy with the results. 

I used the same pose from the old Ahnuld movie, Conan the Barbarian (the poster pose). 

I liked the pose, I liked the background colors, and I liked the play with Conan's name being the name of the movie (yes, it's cheesey, just deal with it). I didn't like the birds in the background, so I left them out. 

Everything was done in watercolor, except for the original line art. Tell me what you think in the comments down below.

Enjoy. 

The Flaming C

If you're not a fan of Conan O'Brien (shame on you), then you probably haven't heard of the comic book character that was created for him by Bruce Timm (Warner Bros. head of animation for DC animated movies, creator of the 1990's Batman animated series, Superman animated series, etc.). The character is called the Flaming C. Pretty funny stuff that Conan asked Timm to add to the character. Well, Conan's website last week asked for submissions for people's rendition of the Flaming C, so I figured what the hell. Here's my line art so far...

I decided to have a little fun with Conan's name and the pose in this one, so if it looks familiar you're not imagining things. I decided to use the pose from the Conan the Barbarian poster (the Ahnuld movie from the 1980's). 

I'm going to finish it off using watercolors, and I'm going to set the background colors in the same palette as the movie poster colors. I'll post the finished picture when I'm done. Let me know what you think so far.

Enjoy.

M.O.D.O.K.

One thing about doing these window displays bothers me...lots and lots of leftover scrap foamboard in irregular shapes. Sure, there are times when I get to use the scrap to reinforce one of the displays (like Thor's outstretched arm), but for the most part I've got a lot of bits and pieces that I'd like to make something from. So I decided that since the villain side of the displays were a little less than the hero side, that I'd make a few of the lesser known villains. 


First up, M.O.D.O.K. (Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing). M.O.D.O.K. is a villain that started off as a serious baddie, but soon became more of a punchline in the comics. He's been associated with Captain America, who (surprise, surprise) has a movie coming out next month. So you can all guess what the next window display will actually be up at The Comic Outpost in a few weeks. Anyway, enough backstory, here he is in all his miniature glory...M.O.D.O.K.

Taken with a flash

Taken without a flash

Same specs as the others, 3/4" foamboard, hand cut, painted with acrylic paint, and finished with markers. Every now and then I get the inquiry as to how much one of my pieces would go for (since they are all on sale), and this little guy is priced at $150. Yes, I know it isn't cheap, but neither are the hours put into making a one-of-a-kind piece.  

Enjoy.

Wonder Woman, In Color!

A few days ago I posted a drawing of Wonder Woman that I did for a friend of mine. Well, I finally finished the watercolors on it, and it didn't turn out half bad if I do say so myself. Here, check it out for yourself.

Lit with two lights

Just lit with a flash

So there you have it, my rendition of Wonder Woman done in watercolor. This is really only my third piece done with watercolor, and I'm starting to get a better feeling for it and the techniques needed to work with it competently. Tell me what you think either in the comments down below, or on Facebook. I'd appreciate the feedback and critique of the piece. 

Enjoy.

Wonder Woman

Doing a little bit of artwork for a friend of mine. Here's the final inking of it.

With a flash

Without a flash

So that's my take on Wonder Woman. Still not done with this piece yet, since I'm going to color it with watercolors (hence the thicker looking paper). Oh, and her magic lasso spelling out the letters 'CME' was by request, in case you were wondering what that was all about. I'll post the finished picture soon. Let me know what you think of the piece so far.

Enjoy.

Green Lantern Window Display Completed

So last week I posted a few pics of Star Sapphire (a Green Lantern villain) that I did for the Comic Outpost window display. Here's a reminder:

Today, I finally finished the Hal Jordan version of Green Lantern for the other side of the window display. Here he is:

Taken without a flash

Taken with a flash

Want to see the whole thing together and with lights? Sure you do:

A little bit of glare on the windows...

Later on into the evening when the lights could be seen a little bit better.

So there you have it. Green Lantern and Thor vs. Star Sapphire and The Destroyer. Yup, these are movie related theme windows that I'm doing for the Comic Outpost. 

As per usual, these are all done on 3/4" foamboard, hand cut, Gessoed, painted with Acrylic paint and finished with Sharpie markers. Each one is unique, and did I happen to mention that they're for sale too? Anyway, enough whoring myself and my artwork out. 

Enjoy.

Art Challenge (or Art Exercise)

So I've been trying to get into watercolor painting for a little while now. I bought a book on the subject, dabbled very little with the paints and brushes, but now I want to get into it. So taking a little cue from comic book artist Ben Templesmith, I've created a simple line art drawing that I intend to work on with watercolors.

Now this is the part where you say, "Great, another wannabee artist is showing me his shitty finger paintings...again." Well, yes and no. See, Templesmith had this great idea to post the line art he was working on to let any Joe (or Jane) Schmoe have a crack at coloring, shading, etc. the piece in question, any way they wanted (PhotoShop, watercolor, acrylic, sand, fire, etc.) and then posted the results on his blog. So here's the challenge (or exercise), I'm going to post the (very simple) line art I did, you guys (and gals) work on it and post what you've done, and I will post my watercolor attempt up here in probably about a week.

Here's the line art (click on the picture for the full size version):

Yeah, it's good ole Robbie the Robot from Forbidden Planet. I'm actually shooting towards making a little collection of drawings of all the famous movie and tv sci-fi robots. Shoot me a question down in the comments section if you have any, or you can also get in touch with me on Facebook. Have at it, and have fun.