accidental Stripe

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Vincent

Here’s a little accident I discovered in the aftermath of Stripe struggles. I may use this method deliberately in some self-portraits in the future.

frantic close-up

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Vincent

Here’s another close-up from raging crumple. It’s been sitting on top of the pile for a week now and it finally wormed its way into my brain enough for me to post it. I went ahead and applied a rock effect to it to enhance the crumple.

Stripe struggles, Horror With Training Wheels

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Vincent

(The following artworks were created as part of my participation in Horror With Training Wheels over at Guts and Grog Reviews. See the original appearances here.)

My inspiration for the following pieces was from the very end of Gremlins when Stripe’s skeletal remains pop up out of the fountain. It seems my two favorite moments come from the beginning and end of the film (the second being the hilarious, teary-eyed monologue of the poor girl relating the story of her dumb-ass father’s attempt to come down the chimney dressed as Santa). Anyway, I ended up with three artworks. Enjoy!

My first impulse was to draw Stripe’s skeletal remains in my signature Fuzzy Skeletonian style.

I wasn’t quite satisfied with this so I moved on to painting which produced something much more like “Stripe: Demon From Hell.” This version ended up with much more energy than the previous take.

Still, I felt restless with my efforts and started to get discouraged so I turned to my ever-reliable cynicism and got all Andy Warhol on this bitch. I reduced the screen cap I was working from down to a 4 color gray scale and printed it out on some watercolor paper. After a liberal application of red paint and some dry brush to accentuate the eyes I ended up with a bloody soulless homage to commercialism. Andy would be proud.

Well, that about wraps this up. Thanks to Tromeric for inviting me to participate and giving me a little something to focus my artwork on. Despite my bitching I enjoyed working on these pieces : )

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to check out the avalanche of amazing content that Horror With Training Wheels has turned into!

Mr. Swampy and the end of OPG 2012

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Vincent

Well here it is, my final post of the month! I have Mr. Swampy here to greet you with his green, swampy goodness. I had almost forgotten about this guy until I went through all my art-stuffs at the beginning of the month. This guy kinda grows on you I think. He’s got this cryptic ambiguity about him, all mossy and mysterious.

This pretty much wraps things up for my 2nd Annual Octoberween-Palooza-Ganza. I know this wasn’t the most exciting OPG I’ve ever done but I at least got new original artworks posted each and everyday for your viewing enjoyment. ALSO ALSO ALSO, don’t forget: If you participated you have the right to put me to work for you on a commission of your choosing. Check out my original statement from the beginning of the month for full details.

I hope you had a great Octoberween and I wish you the spookiest Halloween ever! Thanks for stopping by : )

planet eyes

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Vincent

Planets exploding in his beady little eyes.

mutant stomach

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Vincent

Boy, this month did NOT go as hoped. I had hoped I would at least be well rested and fullo creative energy but the only new artwork I’ve produced so far is one half finished marker drawing which I started a couple of hours ago. It’s a good thing I was so productive LAST October or this year’s OPG would’ve been almost nonexistent.

Speaking of last October, please to enjoy my mutant stomach which shares a sandwich background with escape. Wow, only two more days to go. Meh.

cake walk

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Vincent

Here’s the final version of this, complete with head added and allowed to dry. You might recall the work in progress from the past. I’d like to say this was part of my cave skellie idea development but I don’t think it is, it just looks similar. Or maybe it is part of it and I just haven’t figured out how it all fits together yet.

bacon hair

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Vincent

You know, I was working from an image of Clint Eastwood but this really turned out much more like Kevin Bacon, especially in the hair.

Man, I am so blown right now. Heading for bed. Later peeps.

drunken strokes (fnarrr)

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Vincent

This is what I think is some interesting output from the previously mentioned epic night of painting. The disjointed nature of this particular painting I think resulted from one too many brain cells dying from the aforementioned night of drinking. It’s almost as if I painted those very same dying brain cells as they flew apart at the seams. All the parts are present but they’re scattered and broken from my physical inability to keep up with the inspiration I was feeling at the moment, like someone feeling great and trying to dance but stumbling with every movement. You know, I guess I could’ve been drunker because I realized all of this within moments of finishing this piece.

soulful eyes

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Vincent

Here’s some early red eye, before the acrylic. He’s kinda got some sad, soulful eyes goin’ on.

squidatonian

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Vincent

I drew this with several different kinds of markers. This guy turned out to be sort of a fuzzy squidatonian with his crazy cthulhu mouth. Here’s a detail of just the face:

Meh. Kinda low key today. Thanks for taking a look.

fuzzy fire wolf

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Vincent

This guy turned out more than a little werewolfy. I’m pretty sure I intended to create another red eye skull but the brush strokes just became more and more numerous until I ended up with the fuzzy guy you see now.

Hey check out what a simple auto-adjust of the colors did to this:

Really enhanced the definition of the brush strokes and shit. You can almost see how this image was built, stroke by stroke.

Dang, this month is drawing to a close much sooner than I’d like, but October always does, doesn’t it?

the light

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Vincent

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The light I don’t want to see. The light he can’t stop staring at. The blood light. It’s brighter than the darkness. Relative brightness won’t fool me.

OPG 2012 participants, wave 1

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Vincent

Check out Katn’s OPG post over at KickinAssTakingNames, sharing her favorite things about October. Enjoy her tales of winery debauchery and excellent photography of the great fall outdoors!

With this entry she now has the right to put me to work for her this season on a commission of her choosing, as per my original statement at the beginning of the month. And there’s still plenty of time for YOU to participate, so send me a link and join in on the fun!

green lightning

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Vincent

This guy looks like he just woke up and has a bad case of bed-head. Or maybe it’s the green lightning storm blowing his hair back.

snaggle mouth

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Vincent

Thought I’d post some quick pencil to break up all the red eye of late. Enjoy!

blood bruise

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Vincent

Here’s a big bloody bruise of a red eye painting for ya. That was my first impression when I picked this up and looked at it again. A painting completed on exposed wounded flesh.

development needed

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Vincent

Here’s some brushwork from my recent portrait practice with Clint. With this attempt I think I achieved something close to my original idea of an Unflattering Fuzzy Skeletonian Portrait. Something in between a true face and a true skull. Definitely need to do more of these to develop the idea to the level I want.

The Fuzzy Skeletonian

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