No rhyme nor reason to it, I just wanted to see if I could sit down and crank out a few characters.
The two on the left are based on a little painting I did of a Mad Scientist and his Robot-Bride. It was just a head-and-shoulders doodle of a guy who looked vaguely like Basil Rathbone next to a bosomy robot. I've been wondering what the rest of them might look like and now I know.
The guy in the middle is pretty dull. My working name for him is "Guy with ponytail wearing pants." Not a lot of clever design going on there, that's for sure. I thought it was pretty a pretty lazy effort so I forced myself to give him some alternate heads just to add a little to the presentation. I like #2.
Gal with a derby and a tommy-gun. Eh. S'alright.
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p.s. Hey, I found that mad scientist painting on my website-- I don't remember putting that there! Here 'tis:
p.s. Hey, I found that mad scientist painting on my website-- I don't remember putting that there! Here 'tis:
very coool illos!! The bottom piece has a classic reto touch!! GREAT stuffs!
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ReplyDeleteWow! Beautiful work all over your site! I can't believe I haven't run across your blog until now. I'll be back often! Great stuff, sir! And I love these sketches!
ReplyDeleteWow Jeff!! These are great!!!More!:)
ReplyDeleteNice stuff. Was Alex Raymond an inspiration for some of these?
ReplyDeleteBrandon: Thank you very much, sir! I try to put something up twice a week just to keep myself moving. I'm very glad to hear you like what you've seen and I'll try to keep the positive impression rolling! Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteMartin: Okay, okay! I'm working on it! And thanks!
Dominic: I haven't seen a whole lot of Alex Raymond, I'm embarrassed to admit, but I think I'm chock full of trickle-down Alex Raymond. I really dug Buster Crabbe's Flash Gordon when I was a kid and I am a big fan of Al Williamson, Wally Wood--you know, that crowd-- and I know they were Raymond fanatics. Heck, the whole look of early American comic sci-fi was defined by his work.
Great character designs! I guess when you start like that you can't help but become inspired!
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