Lives! Lives for The Master!

A couple images from Coppola's 1992 adaptation of Dracula, and an evil Bilbo thrown in for good measure.

Vincent Price as The Joker

Next illo for The Occultists podcast. Owen suggested this and as soon as I saw the phrase 'Vincent Price as The Joker' in print, it had to happen!

Horror pics - inked & toned at last!

Had an exhausting few weeks and been fighting off the lurgy continually, but here at long last are the 3 Hammer/Universal horror drawings from last month inked up and toned. Inspired by Dark Horse Comics Patric Reynolds' masterful ink & wash work, I decided to try my hand at something similar with the Mummy pic. This was inked with a Winsor & Newton series 7, a larger Pro arte 5/8" brush and a toothbrush for the splatters. Quite pleased with the results actually, but then I got the fear and went back to the Pentel brush pen for the next 2. Will practice though.

Princess Ankhesenamón

As played by the beautiful actress Zita Johann in the 1932 Universal Studios version of The Mummy (today's warm-up inks & tones).

The Bride

This one's a birthday pressie for a relative.

Marilyn commission

The hair's not quite finished yet...

Bruce Lee

In a moment of rare repose, right before destroying some motherf*cker (probably).

American Werewolf

Practicing quick tones in PS.

Come quietly or there will be... TROUBLE

So the long-rumoured remake/reboot is gearing up again, this time with The Killing's Joel Kinnaman in the title role. I was hugely excited for a time when Darren Aronofsky was attached as director - that conjured up all kinds of cerebral sci-fi weirdness in my head anyway, but alas that time has passed. Still, it could be great.

Will it ever live up to Verhoeven's original though? Well, that's a different matter. And Dick? You're fired!

I just cannot believe any of this voodoo bullsh*t

 Keith David as Childs in Carpenter's The Thing. First of a batch of new commissions:

1. Pencil roughs with quick tones added in PS
2. Inks
3. Inks with finished tones

Johnny Rico

Hot off the press! Getting a little bit bored of heavy inks so decided to do something different - and here's the result. Pencil and (digital) tones study of Casper van Dien as Johnny Rico in Starship Troopers.

The Mummy

Boris Karloff as Imhotep/Ardeth Bey/The Mummy.

Ming the Merciless & Princess Aura

Done for the Weekly Themed Art Blog. First one I've managed in a while, but a recent re-watch of the 1980 movie convinced me I couldn't let this one pass me by!

Myrna Loy (unfinished portrait)

Another A3 pencil portrait copied from a photograph, of the actress Myrna Loy (getting some more practice in drawing 1930s/40s glamour pusses in preparation for 'Last Road to the Backwoods'). I say unfinished but I think I'll leave it as it is now.

Gyrocaptain

Another quick one for TWTAB. This week's theme is proving to be great fun.

You're dog-meat, pal!

Drew this today for The Weekly Themed Art Blog. Another character I've been wanting to draw for ages, the current theme (1980s Action Movies) gave me the perfect excuse.

Lords of Death

Time for another John Carpenter pic I think.

Dragon Tattoo

Bit of a departure, but you've got to experiment haven't you?

You found him in a junk pile?

Sketching Star Wars stuff makes me feel like a contented eight year old again. Colour version is unfinished.

Toshiro Mifune

Last one tonight. Not a fantastic likeness, but lots of fun nonetheless. As far as I can recall, I've never drawn a Samurai before, so this at least remedies that.