Sorry for the late status post. I was in this hospital this morning from 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 due to a complication with my medication. I spent the rest of the day recovering. (I’m okay)
Hospital
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Scuttlefish!
This one is a request from a coworker. Yesterday he requested “a cuttlefish with a jetpack.” Thus, the scuttlefish was born.
While I didn’t look at the image as a reference while drawing this, the composition was inspired by a w00t shirt that I bought a while back. It’s one of my favorites.
Out to Lunch
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Went to lunch with coworkers today, no sketch.
Moongate – Supplemental
After drawing this sketch I realized that I’ve always wanted a moongate behind my house. Since they don’t exist, I suppose this will have to do for the front of my house:
Moongate
Moongate
Reference: Moongate
Another Denis Loubet illustration. I took some sketchy liberties with this one. Not much to say today.
Argentrock Isle (sort of…)
Reference: Argentrock Isle
Another Loubet illustration today. This one is from Ultima VIII, the game my mother wouldn’t let play as a kid because it had a pentagram on it. >_>
Anyway, I took some liberties with this one. And by “liberties” I mean “I didn’t do a good job of planning and proportions went to hell.” Oh well. I really wanted to draw the clouds but I didn’t leave enough room for them. Derp.
Keep Britannia Clean – Send the Gargoyles Back!
Inspiration:
Original Keep Britannia Clean Scroll – Ultima 7
This is from scrolls found in Ultima VII: The Black Gate. I’ve wanted to make this poster for pretty much a decade now. The idea first occurred to my in printmaking when I was at Ball State. I wanted to hang these all over campus but I never got around to it before transferring. Nearly a decade later, I finally made it!
The subtext here is Richard Garriott addressing racism in the world that he created, Britannia. I always thought the race issue in Ultima VII was very powerful as it was one of the many threads of life and realism he was able to weave into his simulations.
Original gargoyle artwork by Denis Loubet from the Ultima IX instruction manual. I modified it a bit to make them look more evil. The font is Free Press from DaFont. The parchment is is from DeviantArt’s Empty-Dreams and can be found here.
(If you’re curious, I have a DeviantArt entry for this poster here.)
Ludwig von Koopa
References: Ludwig von Koopa – Joseph Karl Stieler‘s Beethoven portrait
Some days I feel like drawing something utterly ridiculous. Today is one of those days.
Happy 4th!
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No work day, no sketch. 😉
Super Aprimo Hires!
References: Pixel graphics from Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, and Super Mario World
I get to write the new hires on the board at work. I’ve been having more and more fun each time it happens. Today’s artwork took long enough that I can’t justify an independent lunch sketch, so here you go. 🙂
p.s. We’re hiring! Check out our jobs page if you want to see your name spotlighted on our new hire board. If any of the open positions strike your fancy, leave a comment on this post and I’ll get back to you. 🙂 (Your email address will only be visible to me, so don’t worry)