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Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!
01:05 / 10.12.05
I think he's struggling with his door...
 
 
Bed Head
01:08 / 10.12.05
Goodnight, cube. I too have a dad visit in the morning. I’m pretending it’s not happening.

And you’re probably right, suedey. About being in control and maths and so on.

And, 'dreen, I kept previewing this post and then backtracking again because, oh, bugger - I’ve only got some rather old and utterly unserious rubbish to show anyway - and I think you’ve already seen some of this, suedey.

A couple from my aborted Dr-Who-as-drawn-by-Aubrey-Beardlesy A-Z thing. Which, er, I haven’t ever actually told any of you about:

R for Romana:



Aaaand, probably NSFW, so I’ll link (hey, I was ripping off Beardsley’s Lysistrata drawings):

S is for Sharez Jek

...probably only funny if you know the characters.

And, some muppet watchmen: the one I got so far with and then couldn’t be bothered finishing/making into a half-decent Timberlake likeness:



...and the half-baked sketchbook version that never even got properly started:

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...oh, but what a wonderful film it would make, eh? Just as long as the songs are good.
 
 
Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!
01:11 / 10.12.05
HOLY FUCK

You arty fancy elegant decorative motherfucker. I love love love love. You are as a king.
 
 
iamus
01:12 / 10.12.05
 
 
Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!
01:13 / 10.12.05
Seriously, that first picture is just stunningly elegant. My jaw literally dropped.

Can you please do a futuristic sci fi comic where everyone dresses in fancy period wear?

And the muppet watchmen are still way better than you give yourself credit for!
 
 
iamus
01:13 / 10.12.05
Wow.







Wow.
 
 
iamus
01:18 / 10.12.05
Actually, your first picture is stylistically similar to the bigger, beautifullar picture that I'm working on, that I mentioned to Suedey earlier.

I'm not getting to those height with it though.

Seriously. Prostrated in awe.

It's so clean and elegant. I love the inking (blocking?). Blacks on the whites. The flow of the form.


Love it.

Reminds me of Mucha in a certain aspect.
 
 
Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!
01:20 / 10.12.05
eeeeeeeeeee.

Sudden painful urge to do something very beautiful and elegant. Or try.
 
 
Bed Head
01:21 / 10.12.05
I promise you they look better on screen, maybe, than they do in real life. But I think I managed about 12 out of my projected 26-picture Beardsleyesque A-Z before having a proper what the fuck am I doing? moment, and then I never got back to it. Looking at them now, some of them are okay-ish, some definitely need redrawing. The Romana one is probably the most successful.

I always want to *paint* like Mucha but I can't keep the colours clear. It's that squalour and chaos thing doing for me again.


What’s the story behind that tres cheeky jester, Mel?
 
 
iamus
01:22 / 10.12.05
Never heard of Bearsdsley either, cause I'm a bit shit with looking out artists. A quick google tells me it's exactly where my head's at recently. Ta for that.

Beardsley reminds me a bit of Yoshitaka Amano too.
 
 
Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!
01:24 / 10.12.05
But the thing is, in this wonderous day of digital-ness and printing... as long as you get it looking pretty on the screen it doesn't matter so much what the actual art looks like. I battle against this notion sometimes. "Proper art", and whatnot.

You can still get a finished product nice and shiny, like.
 
 
Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!
01:26 / 10.12.05
Seeing as it's late and this shift may well soon die...

Here's a little something.

Page One.
Page Two.

Collaboration with someone well known round these parts...
 
 
iamus
01:29 / 10.12.05
The jester's a little underwhelming now, but it was the starter for my second set of Tarot cards. Not done any more though.

I love Mucha. Went to the museum when I was in Prague about five years ago. Can't really describe what I like about his stuff so much. I like the way it frames itself in the illustration. The way it's so ornate yet flowing at the same time. Like the detail is growing from some organic process, if you get me.

Parallels how I described my drawing. There are strong, sweeping lines that define the form of the compostion, that hold the thing together. But it breaks down like fractals. This incredibly detailed, intricate picture sprouts out of a simple structure that holds the whole thing up like building scaffolding.
 
 
iamus
01:30 / 10.12.05
That's parallels of how I wish to draw.

Basic theory is there.

Craftmanship still has a ways to go.
 
 
Bed Head
01:30 / 10.12.05
*googles Yoshitaka Amano*

ah. Well, yeah, Beardsley being one of the guys that rips off loads of stuff from ‘oriental’ art. Or else just from Whistler, who had ripped off loads of stuff from ‘oriental’ art before him. It being the 1890s, I think they have all sorts of feverish Ideas about the orient being the place for naughty pictures and clean, simple lines.

An art historian will probably correct me.
 
 
Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!
01:31 / 10.12.05
Wow. Educating myself right now in Beardsley/Mucha for I am an ignorant goon.

Must have prints. Make house pretty.
 
 
iamus
01:34 / 10.12.05
Amano's recent.


Aside from his "proper" print work, he also did concept art for the early Final Fantasy games.
 
 
iamus
01:36 / 10.12.05
This is easily one of my favourite shifts to date.
 
 
Bed Head
01:38 / 10.12.05
I’m going to steal one of those girls from your new comic, suedey, and put her in a crowd scene in the comic that I’m supposed to be doing. Because she gets around on the same scene. So, ta for that. You'll never even miss her.

I know *exactly* what you mean, mel, about the way mucha drawings frame themselves within the illustration. Brilliant stuff isn’t it? Damn, I’m really looking forward to seeing your latest work.
 
 
Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!
01:41 / 10.12.05
What comic *are* you supposed to be doing, BH? I must know! Are you writing?
 
 
Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!
01:43 / 10.12.05
Also, I now realise I'm actually pretty familiar with lot's of Amano's stuff.

Mucha is amazing! I don't understand how everything looks so clear and feels so solid. The colour is amazing. Your piece and subsequent reference points have reminded me how much I want to rip off that "oriental" print-style for something... I don't know what, though.
 
 
iamus
01:45 / 10.12.05
If you can both hold on for about 10-20 minutes, I can show you the beginnings of what I'm working on.
 
 
Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!
01:47 / 10.12.05
Damn you! Sleep was a-beckoning... but this is a shift to remember.
 
 
Bed Head
01:48 / 10.12.05
Eek, no, it’s for The Same Guy, actually. I just picked it up again and rattled off a few pages that I would/should have done aaaaages ago, if only I hadn’t had such an Utter Shit of a year. But, yeah, just filling out a crowd scene. With a sea of trendy young things, all wearing something different and sporting different hairstyles.

Mel: I'll hold on! Yay!
 
 
Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!
01:50 / 10.12.05
Ha! How did you know it was The Same Guy? I was gonna say... had a feeling it might be. I referenced most of mine from a trendy clubnight website somewhere. Uber useful, it was.
 
 
Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!
01:52 / 10.12.05
Sorry to hear about Utter Shit, also. I can commiserate a little there, I'm sure. It's been an odd one.
 
 
Bed Head
01:54 / 10.12.05
Aha! And I had imagined you taking your sketchbook out with you into the clubs and bars of Leicester.

I had that feeling too, about it being The Same Guy. There’s a certain vibe.
 
 
Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!
01:57 / 10.12.05
I did actually make some scribbles on a bit of paper, but in all honesty it didn't turn out to be so useful. But it was a good excuse to go out, I mean, "gauge the feel of it all". Yes.

He sure does love him some hipsters! Ha. Met him when I travelled up to London, actually. Good times.
 
 
iamus
02:00 / 10.12.05
Now I feel left out.

I'm the only one without a The Same Guy™ comic on the go.
Probably for the best, seeing as how long it's taking me to finish Someone Else™'s comic.




Almost there......
 
 
Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!
02:04 / 10.12.05
Hurry, I am waning... !
 
 
Bed Head
02:06 / 10.12.05
I sometimes wonder whether it would be a good idea to actually meet anyone off barbelith. I quite enjoy the conversation-with-disembodied-invisible-people thing, me. Can properly meeting someone off the internet really match that feeling? I can’t decide!

(This is actually really exciting, Mel. The anticipation.)
 
 
iamus
02:07 / 10.12.05
here

This is only the bottom right of the finished thing, and even then it's not finished. Bordering has to be done and whatnot. Pencils and inks still together here. Scanners are shite. Artistic insecurity present and correct.
 
 
iamus
02:09 / 10.12.05
Gah!

Detail! Lost to the Abyss!


Unacceptable!



Suicide etc.!




Anyway, you get the rough idea.

When it's finished, I may actually pay money to get a decent HD scan.
 
 
Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!
02:11 / 10.12.05
Oooh. Pretties! Must really be off to bed now, though.

I know what you mean about meeting people, BH. I've found varying success. I'm by no means a social animal, but I've gottan along just fine with some folk and felt our relationships blossom to new and exciting heights. Also, if it were not for meeting people from the internet in the real world I am almost certain I may never have had a proper relationship. Thank you, internet.

It's been great, guys! Let's do this again in 6 months. I'm bound to have at least three new pictures to show you!
 
 
Suedey! SHOT FOR MEAT!
02:13 / 10.12.05
Seriously, this has been immensely cheering and splendiferous and the like. Yay us!
 
  

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