fanart: making of. Plus more recs

[astridv]

I just finished #4 of ten double-spread pages for that project I've dubbed whatafuckloadofwork. As of this moment, I'm (yes!) back on schedule. I'm just hoping there won't be any extensive revisions on the rest of the pages. Right now, I'll just enjoy that cozy back-on-schedule feeling. *basks*

Also, I got time to post now. *cracks knuckles* 'kay. more fanart recs, both for paintedspires (which was, in case I haven't said it already, one of the best things *ever*.)

Stargate: Atlantis (1974) by _phoon_
Prompt: Stargate: Atlantis (1974)--what if the show we were watching now was the remake of a show originally aired thirty years ago? What might the original show look like?
This, this is exactly what it'd look like. So wonderfully cheesy, and it's got that totally authentic look.

Teyla as Waterbender by ratcreature
Prompt: "SGA/Avatar the Last Airbender crossover"
Very nice layout and coloring

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Still no time to work on the comic. I'll have some free time in July, I hope. But I got these few scans that I'd uploaded and forgot about... a couple in-progress scans of my Wraith pic for Painted Spires. That thing practically drew itself, and so quickly that I got impatient and stopped pencilling in the middle to go straight to the inking part, just to keep up. Which I normally don't ever do. I made a few scans in the process, in case I did screw up. (#5 is my one aborted attempt at coloring in Photoshop.)

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linkage (youtube): Dick Hardt, Identity 2.0 Keynote. [edit: link fixed]
Interesting topic, and the presentation is pretty cool. (this got rec'd to a friend as an example on how to make an Power Point presentation that doesn't put your audience to sleep)

Comments

[atomicbear.livejournal.com]

Nice work Astrid.

Since you love comic and watercolors, have you seen this:

[atomicbear.livejournal.com]

have you seen this: http://pierrealary.blogspot.com/2008/05/blog-post_22.html

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Interesting, thanks for the link. I like the quick line art... though the coloring is a tad too monochromatic for my taste (but then, I think the kids' stuff has messed with my color perception somewhat fierce. My preferences used to be much more along the monochromatic bluish shades.)

[atomicbear.livejournal.com]

I can see how work on childrens books can alter your color sense. I have been playing with more limited pallet stuff. Blue and Brown are great together. (Sample here: http://atomicbearpress.com/2008/03/30/sketch-crawl-3-29-08/(Scroll down)

Pierre Alary is one of my favorite European artist right now. His 'Sindbad' comic looks sweet and 'Belledona' has always been stunning.

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Blue and brown go well together, yeah. Btw, I remember reading that blog entry... that sketch crawl thing sounds like a lot of fun! Pity we don't have that here. Though I bet someone could organize it; we got plenty of artists in town. Hm.

[atomicbear.livejournal.com]

From what I can tell from the official site, the weather might have scared everyone away. There is one coming up in a few weeks, you could start a group and post it on the official blog.

On the official sketch crawl forum:

One person in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany - solo http://www.sketchcrawl.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=2982

Hamburg - Germany http://www.sketchcrawl.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=2911

Berlin - Germany http://www.sketchcrawl.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=2921

[(Anonymous)]

I meant post it on the forum, not the blog. Whoops.