Apparently I didn't have enough reasons to be envious of George Perez and the career he's built based on his incredible talent.
I mean, seriously, as much as I admire his talent - he's my absolute favorite artist, after all - I can't help but be at least a little bit envious. Why'd you have to go and hog all the talent, Mr. Perez?
And of course he's put that talent to good use in his long and acclaimed career, so, as someone who's squandered what little he does have in the way of talent, yes, I envy the hell out of him, even as I idolize him.
But no, those things weren't enough, as evidenced by this video, in which he gets to sketch on Amber Love's butt:
Though to be fair, this also serves to make me admire him even more.
Here's to you, Mr. Perez.
Oh, and the song is kind of catchy, too.
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Sunday, September 26, 2010
The Good, The Not-So Good, And The Naughty
So here are some pictures I've done recently, two of them good, one not-so good. One of the good ones is naughty and totally NSFW, and thus only a link is provided.
Up first is a picture of the lovely Amber Love looking, well, lovely:
Next is a picture of one of the ladies who was cosplaying as Ms. Marvel at the Baltimore Comic-Con. Specifically, the one I didn't get my picture taken with:
All things considered, it's a decent picture, but I'm not entirely happy with it. The main problem with it is that the source image was a screen capture from a YouTube video rather than an actual photograph. There are better pictures of her out there that I could have used - and likely will use at some point to draw a better picture - but none of her in this pose, and, for a variety of reasons apart from the obvious reason, I really liked this pose.
I was going to do a picture of the other Ms. Marvel from the Con - and, again, most likely will - to post along with this one, but I've had this one finished for a while, so it was bothering me that it was sitting on my hard drive unposted.
However, the third, not safe for work picture, is of yet another Ms. Marvel. I've joined a site called Cosplay Deviants (also NSFW). As the name sort of implies, the site features pictures of people in - and out of - costume.
One of the "Deviants" there by the name of Kandie did a set as Ms. Marvel. And while I really liked the costume, it was one of the, err, de-costumed pictures that I really liked and decided to draw (and sent to her, as it turned out - I had not idea when I was working on the picture - on her birthday; happily, she loved it, and gave me permission to post it).
The picture, which, again, is not at all safe for work, can be seen here.
And that's it for completed pictures for right now. I should probably be doing some work on some sample images of kids (and families - another popular request) for Heroic Portraits, but the odds are I'm going to work on a picture of Nadia.
Up first is a picture of the lovely Amber Love looking, well, lovely:
Next is a picture of one of the ladies who was cosplaying as Ms. Marvel at the Baltimore Comic-Con. Specifically, the one I didn't get my picture taken with:
All things considered, it's a decent picture, but I'm not entirely happy with it. The main problem with it is that the source image was a screen capture from a YouTube video rather than an actual photograph. There are better pictures of her out there that I could have used - and likely will use at some point to draw a better picture - but none of her in this pose, and, for a variety of reasons apart from the obvious reason, I really liked this pose.
I was going to do a picture of the other Ms. Marvel from the Con - and, again, most likely will - to post along with this one, but I've had this one finished for a while, so it was bothering me that it was sitting on my hard drive unposted.
However, the third, not safe for work picture, is of yet another Ms. Marvel. I've joined a site called Cosplay Deviants (also NSFW). As the name sort of implies, the site features pictures of people in - and out of - costume.
One of the "Deviants" there by the name of Kandie did a set as Ms. Marvel. And while I really liked the costume, it was one of the, err, de-costumed pictures that I really liked and decided to draw (and sent to her, as it turned out - I had not idea when I was working on the picture - on her birthday; happily, she loved it, and gave me permission to post it).
The picture, which, again, is not at all safe for work, can be seen here.
And that's it for completed pictures for right now. I should probably be doing some work on some sample images of kids (and families - another popular request) for Heroic Portraits, but the odds are I'm going to work on a picture of Nadia.
Saturday, September 04, 2010
That I CAN Do
When I made my little video slideshow of pictures from the Con, I mentioned in the slide with the picture of the Rogue cosplayer that I'd taken a picture of another person who was dressed as Rogue, but that it hadn't turned out. (It's a blurry mess)
Because I can't ever seem to get it to work when I try to post videos directly, I uploaded the video to my YouTube account, which had previously only been home to one of the Heroic Portraits ads, which tells you how often I post videos there.
(I am, as should be apparent, neither much of a photographer nor much of a videographer.)
Given that, as a result, my YouTube page gets even less traffic than Threshold - and even less than Heroic Portraits, which is really saying something - I was surprised when I got an e-mail telling me that someone had commented on the video.
Turns out it was a comment from the "other" Rogue, who remembered me. (That still strikes me as odd, because while I may be many things, memorable typically isn't one of them.)
After reading her comment - and her follow-up comment in which she explained that remembered me because I look like Chris Gore, on whom she has a "mad crush" (Note: !) - and found that she posts video reviews of comics. From there I went on to her site and found that she had lots of cosplay pictures posted, so naturally I snagged as many of them as I could, and got to work on painting her.
Because while I wasn't able to photograph her as Rogue, painting her as Rogue is something I can do:
The lovely lady in question is named Amber, and her YouTube page can be found here, and her site (some of which is NSFW, just as an FYI) can be found here.
I gotta tell you, I impressed the hell out of myself with this picture. It came out so much better than I could have hoped or expected.
(Of course, as you know, I'm never satisfied with my work, so I'll mention that I could be happier with the jacket, but that thing was a colossal pain to paint as it was, so that's as good as it's going to get)
Happily, Amber herself thinks that the picture is beautiful.
I'm always glad when the subject of my work actually sees it - which is seldom the case, given who my usual subjects are - though only when they, you know, actually like it. I'd be all, "Man, fuck letting my subjects see my work!" if they didn't like it.
In any case, working on that picture was how I spent most of my day, and I'm sure that you'll be seeing more pictures of Amber here in the future.
Because I can't ever seem to get it to work when I try to post videos directly, I uploaded the video to my YouTube account, which had previously only been home to one of the Heroic Portraits ads, which tells you how often I post videos there.
(I am, as should be apparent, neither much of a photographer nor much of a videographer.)
Given that, as a result, my YouTube page gets even less traffic than Threshold - and even less than Heroic Portraits, which is really saying something - I was surprised when I got an e-mail telling me that someone had commented on the video.
Turns out it was a comment from the "other" Rogue, who remembered me. (That still strikes me as odd, because while I may be many things, memorable typically isn't one of them.)
After reading her comment - and her follow-up comment in which she explained that remembered me because I look like Chris Gore, on whom she has a "mad crush" (Note: !) - and found that she posts video reviews of comics. From there I went on to her site and found that she had lots of cosplay pictures posted, so naturally I snagged as many of them as I could, and got to work on painting her.
Because while I wasn't able to photograph her as Rogue, painting her as Rogue is something I can do:
The lovely lady in question is named Amber, and her YouTube page can be found here, and her site (some of which is NSFW, just as an FYI) can be found here.
I gotta tell you, I impressed the hell out of myself with this picture. It came out so much better than I could have hoped or expected.
(Of course, as you know, I'm never satisfied with my work, so I'll mention that I could be happier with the jacket, but that thing was a colossal pain to paint as it was, so that's as good as it's going to get)
Happily, Amber herself thinks that the picture is beautiful.
I'm always glad when the subject of my work actually sees it - which is seldom the case, given who my usual subjects are - though only when they, you know, actually like it. I'd be all, "Man, fuck letting my subjects see my work!" if they didn't like it.
In any case, working on that picture was how I spent most of my day, and I'm sure that you'll be seeing more pictures of Amber here in the future.
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