Loveavble Rouge

Bit late here, sorry I'm working on a book of my own at the moment so work on this blog has kinda taken a back seat. This is Barbara Thorson, if you do not know the splendor of this loveable rougue, then check out a book called "I KILL GIANTS" you will be happy you did ;)

Loveable Rogues: Bill Murray

Sorry, ridiculously late post, but I had to find the time.  I chose Bill Murray cause he always plays those kind of roles. I had some fun with it though.  I think I have 4 or 5 movie references there.

Humanity 2.0

"Of course there clearly had to be a Supreme Being. But since the universe was a bit of a mess, it was obvious that the Supreme Being hadn't in fact made it.

If he had made it he would, being Supreme, have made a much better job of it, with far better thought given, taking an example at random, to things like the design of the common nostril. You only had to look around to see that there was room for improvement practically everywhere.

Terry Prachett - Small Gods

If you had an opportunity to rebuild humans from scratch, what - if anything - would you change? Are we as good as we could be, or is there, in fact, room for improvement? Let's find out.

Loveable Rogue

This was a really great theme this month. It gave a lot of room for interpretation and my problem was focussing on just 1 idea. I decided to go with a image of a roguish child or dog, who you can't help but love. After trying out a few different compositions, this one was my favourite. Dogs and shoes just don't mix!

Tyrion Lannister - Loveable Rogue

Since I'm on a total Game of Thrones buzz lately I decided to draw my favourite character for this month's post. Here's Tyrion Lannister :D

April's Theme

Apologies, I hadn't realised that it was my turn. April's theme is 'Loveable Rogue'. Cheers.

Existential Zombie

Sorry I'm late with this. Here's Zombie post for March. :)

Zombies

Alice in Zombieland - I'm by no means efficient in photoshop or Corel, so this was a tester piece to see if I could do a full sketch and finish using the tablet only in corel...no rough sketch on paper. It's alien to do it this way but it started to go somewhere at least. Anyways, hope you like! :)

Zombie!!!

The animation isn't quite finished yet, so I'll have to upload it another time! Here's a still!

Zombies

A lot of people are still worried about Zombies, despite the fact that one man has come up with a comprehensive solution to all zombie-related problems: the chainsaw suit, as proposed by the legendary Kris Straub.

Also did a bit more work on my night girl:

Zombie portrait

The Truth about Zombies!

It's been a long time since I last posted, but I couldn't possibly resist the topic of zombies!

The Truth about Zombies


Through the means of books,
films and folklore,
We have come to associate
zombies with gore.

We think of them as
relentless and driven
With an insatiable need
to feed on the living.

But the zombies are tired
and frankly, distressed
At the public's perception
and all the bad press!

There's no denying it;
yes, they are dead,
But they claim their presence
is not something to dread.

The first misconception
is their terrible moan,
But a decomposed voice-box
makes only one tone.

Their feeding on flesh
is the second big issue,
Though they say they'd be happy
eating non-human tissue.

Being bitten and turned
is the biggest nightmare,
But they say it's genetic
and incredibly rare.

So perhaps the zombies
aren't as bad as we feared,
Though they smell pretty bad
and act a bit weird.

Now they have me convinced.
Zombies are grand.
Then one lunges forward
and grabs onto my hand!

I'm pulled to the ground,
rotted hands restrain,
But they ignore my screams
as they devour my brain.

So I roam around now
with my intestines hanging out,
Because I made the mistake
of suspending my doubt.

But that's the thing
'bout those filthy brain-suckers.
You can't trust any
of those rotten, dead fuckers!

Zombies... Aw crap.

That sudden calm moment of resignation when you know there's no way out this time.

Zombies!!

Okay, so it's m0re the zombie hunter than the ACTUAL zombies, but you say 'zombie' & I hear 'Zombieland' :D The idea of putting Emma Stone's red hair against something dark was appealing...plus it's Emma Stone haha!

Zombie Queen of Hearts

Aghhh I've been so crap at posting :( Sorry! So here is March's theme....Zombies! I love card games. I just wish I could remember how to play them, even Snap gets a bit fuzzy now and then.

Zombies

Abandoned in space after the Cold War, astronauts CHMPy and Mira Gagarin battle the zombie apocalypse. Characters by me and Peter Loftus.

The Things That Protect You at Night

I've been going back to basics and avoiding my MacBook Pro a lot lately and I'm loving it. I'd forgotten what it's like to try and make a marker last 'till the entire background is coloured in, haha. Anyway, I'd given up on submitting anything for this month's post until I heard the familiar sound of the Garda Horses passing my bedroom window. I wanted to do something different to my usual stuff (whether that worked or not is up for debate though) so I broke out the marker and coloured pencils. I messed about with the levels a wee bit after scanning and darkened the black ('cause thanks to the aforementioned marker-wastage it was a tad patchy), but aside from that it's 100% traditional.

welp

It wont let me delete this.

Story

Things That Protect You At Night

Painted in watercolour and finished in Photoshop. I always wanted to draw Gizmo, Animal and Totoro, so I put them all in one piece! :) They make a great team!!

THINGS THAT PROTECT YOU AT NIGHT

Apologies for being late but here is a quick pencil test of my teddy bear.

March Theme - Zombies

Hey gang. Been busy so no posts from me the last few times - sorry about that! Deirdre got on to say I'm next on the list so I'm putting forward the theme of ZOMBIES...what is there not to love about Zombies? :)

Dire Clan

Yo, so it was a great theme this month. And as a kid whenever I had nightmares, Cuchulainn was the guy that usually came to save the day. But instead of doing another Cuchulainn post I thought I'd use this somewhat Celtic-esque piece.

The things that keep you safe at night.

Possibly not what quite what the topic proposer had in mind, but part of something I'm working on that seemed to fit.

7 Deadly Sins : Wrath

A tad late but sure better late than never right? here's my 7 deadly sins post. I went with a pretty Wrathful Hulk. He's choking the security guard for letting Rick Jones into the testing grounds, Banner is watching in the background.

Suggested topic for this month

Hey All,

Apologies for being missing for a bit and thank you to Elaine for letting me know to put up a topic and kick back into this.

The Topic I would say for this month is "The Things That Protect You At Night". I saw an beautiful image the other day which inspired this. I hope this is okay for people, catch yous soon.

Graham

The Deadly Sinners

A little late, here's my entry for 7 Deadly sins.  I went for (from left) Wrath, Greed and Lust. It's my first time doing a proper image on Sketchbook.  I think I need more practice. I'd like a few textured brush options to be honest. Anywho, I hope you like.

Envy

I chose Envy after reading that in Dante's Purgatory, the punishment for the envious is to have their eyes sewn shut with wire because they have gained sinful pleasure from seeing others brought low.
I couldn't get the idea of that out of my head.... so here we are.

Vanity

Its been awhile since my last post so I tried my best to find time to get something done for this theme. I was aiming to show a mood change from one seven deadly sin to another nut couldn't find the time for that but I got around to doing a vanity test.

The deadliest sin

To be envious of others is in everyone's nature. This my interpretation of this sin. This character has the powers to manipulate people's thoughts using her green eyes of peril. The green flame represents the burning desire to get what she wants and with her mind manipulation she will stop at nothing. Her stealth is another strong point as you dont know she is infecting you with her will. An unstoppable villian perhaps......

Eat Yourself Happy

Given my failure to post anything for the last two months, I decided to draw this up as soon as I'd settled on an image.

They may not wear spandex, but don't let that fool you. Colonel Sanders and Ronald McDonald are as evil as they come.

I've always been quite vocal about my hatred of fast food places, partly because of their treatment of animals, but mainly because their products are almost entirely devoid of nutrients. That's fine if you're the sort of person who mainly indulges in a Big Mac or a bucket of chicken tenders after a night out, or once in a blue moon, but less so if your a 'parent' who feeds their kids there multiple times a week.

I think fast food represents two of the seven deadly sins, Sloth and Gluttony. One 'cause you're too lazy to cook something decent, the other 'cause the 'food' is rarely filling so you've to eat a bucket-load to feel satisfied (or sick, in my case)

Bit of a Favour to Ask...

Hey all...

I've a good friend in the US (Christian Cuff, who I've done album covers for in the past) and he contacted me in the last week to ask if I might be up for doing a piece of artwork to auction off. His brother Jake was just diagnosed with leukaemia and they're organising a bunch of fund-raising gigs to help with the medical expenses. Anyway, he's already setting up to auction off a portrait done by me (portrait of the highest bidder) and I figured it couldn't hurt to ask if any of you fancied doing something similar.

No pressure of course, but it can't hurt to ask :) I'm working non-digitally on this 'cause an original piece will probably fetch more (I hope).

Let me know if you're interested (elainesnowden@gmail.com). Thanks a million.

January theme - Seven Deadly Sins

I was thinking that having over-indulged over the festive period that I'd let it be inspiration. So after being a 'glutton' I was thinking of making this months theme based on the Seven Deadly Sins. So basically pick one or all of the sins and create them as a super villian or team of super villians. Hopefully that will provide some inspiration! :)

Bah Humbug - Nasty Little Grinch

A real quickie for this months posting! I decided to include a little nursery rhyme I made up too :)

'This little Grinch isn't nice or cute.
He carries a big knife in his boot.

So little kiddies hand over the
pressies that Santa brought ya.
Cause this little Grinch ain't foolin'...
He really will cut ya!

Bah Humbug!

Hey guys, here is my pic for this month's theme. Cant get any more un christmasy than Ebenezer Scrooge. To all the Collective Thinker's out there, Merry Christmas to all, and also to the followers and viewers.

pan am roide

I have been watching too much Pan Am. O_O

Pimp my ride

It took a while to figure out what to do with this month's theme. After going through a few different ideas, I finally settled on this one. I tried out a rough, flat style this time.

December's Theme - Bah Humbug!

Yes, I'm being lazy and going for the obvious Christmas theme, but in fairness my earlier idea was just 'Festive' haha. This is my absolute favourite time of year but even I have at least one thing that turns me into a total Grinch. What does it for you?

Pimp my Ride - Space Sk8r

Pimp My Toy Ride

Here is my drawing for pimp my ride. I could'nt think of anything to begin with then in popped Noddy so I pimped out his ride. It has all state of the art luxurys that any toy could wish for. Noddy especially loves his new sound system as his old car didnt even have a radio! Now he can listen to classic Toy Town hits.

Betty makes Don Draper cakes

a very VERY late halloween post

for anyone that enjoys Mad Men!

Gore of War

Sorry folks running really late on this one, stupidly busy month. but here's the sketch for the post im working on. im painting it up at the mo, ill have it dun as soon as i can.

Ben

November's Theme

Righto Collective Chums, the theme for November is Pimp my Ride.
Pick a mode of transport and pimp it to suit yourself,  from a shopping trolley to a spaceship or anything in between... as long as locomotion is possible. The nuttier the better :)

OCTOBER HORROR Barbed Wire Man...all he needs is a hug

Zombie Boy

Was going to stick to black & white to accommodate time constraints.... but you just can't draw a zombie without splashing some reds around, gore and gruesomeness a-go-go!
Now pick your favourite relative and/or friend, Zombie Boy has just eaten them : )

Sweeney Todd

I had some trouble getting this right.  I don't think I quite got it though. Ah sure I like the colors at least.

Just so ya know. I painted  this in watercolour on A1 Fabriano paper.  I created the blotted effect on the walls and ground with salt. It was taking too long to build up the darkness in watercolour, so when I was happy enough with it I photographed it in 4 sections, photo stitched and applied some filters. :)

It's All Just a Bunch of Hocus Pocus

Watched my fav' Hallowe'en movie tonight and decided to base this month's post on it. Couldn't choose which version I prefer so I'm putting them both up.

http://elainesnowden.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/its-all-just-a-bunch-of-hocus-pocus/

Here is my piece of tasteful horror. Had trouble with my comp colouring this so it's not done to a finish I would prefer but its better than nothing. Went for sort of the same theme as my previous post with the devil girls, wanted a 50's horror style poster. I think it came out well except the colouring......

Happy Helloween

This is just a quick happy helloween I drew a few years ago, just added colour and text recently 4 fun. This is just for a laugh, im in the process of finishing my horror drawing and ill post hopefully this week :)

Ben's birds

Here's my collective post for the theme "Birds Birds Birds".  It features Black and White from Tekkonkinkreet, a favorite film of mine. I've wanted to draw these guys for a while now and I haven't drawn a city-scape in ages so I thought I'd try do the both here.

And as always I tried something new here too. I reversed my halftone dots, so instead of using the actual dots themselves I used the area around them. Just thought it would give me a more 'square-er' feel when sorting out the building silhouette.

I had a lot of fun with this one. I kept it B&W for obvious reasons. Since the theme was about birds I tried my best to keep them as much a character as Black and White are in this piece.  I like the idea of the crow resting on blacks club and White playing with the only dove in the whole city.

White's imagination is a great element to play with. In the film about half the things he's interacting with aren't really there and some times he just floats in mid air. I thought I'd have him play with a dove that may or may not actually be there, that's up to you.

I'll blog again soon, laters!

Aarggh!!

I set out to do an abstract image of a birds eye, but when I did a google search for reference a picture of Captain Birdseye showed up and I had to draw him (plus the parrot, to keep the theme). I should have know that would happen!

totem bird bird bird

i like totem poles!this one's a bit weird,

i actually hate that bird in the middle but anyway. :(

Birds, birds, big feckin' bird!

I think this has inspired a possible series of big bird paintings for me.:)  Got a little bit better this time, I think.  I have my friend Photoshop back now to make it all better.

Octobers theme

As October is the month for horror......lets have a REAL HORROR SHOW! I want to see this blog filled with unadulterated gore, filthy dark thoughts, and stuff you wouldn't want to upset your granny with!

All tasteful, I hope, but will leave that up to the individual artist!

Birds_Birds

    Just some old photos of mine that relate to the theme, I have always liked these picts I took them in the Botanic gardens one day. I used these as reference for my new doodles in flash and on Post-its.