WEEK 8: Historical figures as superheroes or villains

It's said that any superhero can be traced...or is in some part tied to mythology. And if that's the case we should be able to base them on historical figures as well. Benjamin Franklin as Electro? Bill Gates as Galactus? Hilary Clinton as Black Canary? Richard Nixon as a nunchuck wielding psychopath? You get the gist of it....have at thee then.

Week 7: Oscar

I wanted to be sure I at least posted something...these next few weeks will be tough to get anything for the blog finished...or in a finished state. Mucho commissions..and a benefit piece to finish this week. (Hey, Papa needs a new pair of shoes.) So I'll post the unfinished inks...and strategically cropped as to not give away my concept. Of all the muppets Oscar has always been my favorite. I'm not sure if it's his demeanor...or that he lives in a garbage can....or hair envy because he has so much of it and I live my vicariously through him..or...uhm..his hair.

Week 7: Super-Grover Sneak Attack On Doomsday

Another "quicky" this week.  I had a couple different ideas in my head, but when I started sketching it just turned into Super-Grover vs. Doomsday.  I remember looking at coloring books and other drawings of Muppets in the past and thinking that there was something off about the way they looked.  Drawing this reminded me of what that is: a lot of there features are limited to the point where adding anything takes away from their look. Their mouths don't really bend or curve and some don't have eyelids or eyebrows.  Adding those features in the drawing takes away what they look like.   Its a real testament to the abilities of those puppeteers that they are able to produce so much expression and life from them.

Netflix Instant just added the documentary "Being Elmo".  I watched it yesterday and highly recommend it.

See the original sketch at my blog: Still-Reaching.blogspot.com

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Week 7: Mee Mee Mee!

This is a CRAZY week. I wanted to really spend time on this... but I guess I'll have to settle for a 10 minute illustrator sketch. I think we should make a topic later that is a "Re-Do Challenge".

Anyway....

Mee MEEEE!!

Week 7: Doooooooooooooooom!

I get smacked with the Robert Crumb comparison both in my work and personal life a lot nowadays, so I figured the Muppets would be a nice time to let my Crumb flag fly high.

If I had my druthers I'd draw like this all the time, it's the most fun.  Although I foolishly thought it would somehow be faster than doing it digitally.

Week 6: The Crow..final

I wanted to experiment with this one...especially after picking fellow monster, Craigs brain during Art Club. This is pen and ink, masking fluid, ink washes and a bit of white acrylic and white paint marker. The background however was an experiment. Craig had mentioned working with bleach..so I did attempt it here. I had splashed and brushed the bleach on..but it did not seem to have any affect on the inks. That was until I took a sanding block to it....this was the end result.
I chose a background story for the character. After seeing numerous times in the news of young kids getting killed for sports jackets and tennis shoes. So I combined that premise of story along with my love for Forrest Whitaker in Ghost Dog. If you head to my blog...http://www.chelzostudios.com/..you can check the sketches.

Wk7: You got your chocolate and my peanut butter!

Just so happens that this week's topic coincides with a commission I just finished. A couple friends of mine are getting married and approached me with this amazing amalgam of ideas that represents the both of them. Sweetums with Chewbacca's bandoleer on and Red Fraggle wearing Gryffindor house robes. Of course! I love that I have friends that think like this!
The technique used here was oil pastel, colored pencil, ink and acrylic on vellum. Drawing on the front side of the vellum, purpley-red oil pastel under painting on the back with whites erased out. Then flipped back over to the front for all the colored pencil, ink and acrylic. There's a little more to it if you guys have any questions I'd be happy to share. But there ya go, Red Fraggle, student at Hogwarts in love with Sweetums the co pilot of the Millennium Falcon . Makes sense to me!

Tim W7: The grass is always greener!

Some people say that it is not easy being green, nobody knows this better than Kermit the Frog.

Inky lines are over  here, check em' out: timswitalski.blogspot.com