Sorry for the dearth of posts of late but I’ve been away for the past few days (University is starting which means I have to help my daughters move into their new digs). While I haven’t been able to post quite as much as I want to, I have kept up with my illustrations and … Continue reading Sketchin’ 7, 8, and 9
Shortly after finishing up the Robert Conrad picture, I took on another iconic movie image. In this case, Steve McQueen from the movie Bullitt… Art is a funny thing. The Robert Conrad picture (you can see it here) I thought was a total knockout. A complete success. This one? Not so much. Don’t get me … Continue reading Sketchin’ 6
Though I haven’t had a chance this past week to do any iPad sketching, this past half hour I found and did this image: Love the image… And I think I have the whole “image size” thing figured out. The gentleman in the picture is Robert Conrad who is best known for playing James West on … Continue reading Sketchin’ 5
Here you go, from yesterday… Looks like I once again made the picture’s dimensions too damn small…must have been a slip of the finger when configuring the image size. Once the image is “set”, the iPad you doesn’t offer information on the image size unless you double check it. I consider that a lesson learned. … Continue reading Sketchin’ 4
Last night’s work, a classic pose/photograph of the absolutely stunning Raquel Welch for the film One Million Years B.C. Never saw the film and can’t say I’m all that interested in doing so (cave men type films, even tongue in cheek ones, interest me very little), but the image of Ms. Welch is one that’s … Continue reading Sketchin’ 3
So yesterday I posted a way too small image I made of Ash from the Ash vs. The Evil Dead show and, while it was near impossible to see the image to any great degree because of how small it was, I was encouraged by the results and wanted to experiment a little more on … Continue reading Sketchin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo
Not to brag, but I finally broke down and picked up the new iPad and, with it, an Apple pencil. To those who don’t know, I worked as an inker in comic books for a while back in the 1990’s and have always had an interest in improving my artwork. The problem was that getting … Continue reading Sketchin’
The other day I reviewed the film Sweetheart (2019) (you can read it here). I liked the film, but concluded: (Sweatheart’s) a very good film, but not quite a great one. There are many, many films that can be summed up like that. Films you enjoy, even recommend, that you nonetheless feel don’t quite go that extra mile, don’t … Continue reading Kiss Me Deadly (1955) a (Darkly) Belated Review
After finishing that last Mad Max picture, I was thinking about Mel Gibson’s career and the movies featuring him. As should be obvious, my favorite Mel Gibson role is certainly Mad Max and my favorite film featuring Mr. Gibson is The Road Warrior aka Mad Max 2. Easy peasy. But then I thought: With The … Continue reading Random musings…
Today we have the release of a very belated sequel. I’m referring, if you haven’t paid attention to the headline above, to Blade Runner 2049, the Ryan Gosling starring vehicle -though Harrison Ford is back as well- of the 1982 film (duh) Blade Runner. Which means this sequel comes an astonishing 35 years after the … Continue reading Blade Runner(s)…