| Catwoman
 Sadman  TV and Movies  2005/8/6 7:42
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Batman Returns film version.
Oil on harboard. |
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| Mystique caught by Storm
Sadman Marvel Comics 2005/8/27 6:50
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| WTF: Crisis
Sadman Monthly and other challenges 2011/2/21 14:06
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Heromorph Challange Feb 2011: Pencil & digital.
DC's bumping off Supergirl in issue 7 of their 'Crisis' series transposed to the House Of Mouse.
Dora The Explorer, prepare for a day out At The Mountains Of Madness! |
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| Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Sadman TV and Movies 2006/10/26 14:56
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| Behind Yoooo!
Sadman TV and Movies 2008/12/23 15:14
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Season's greetings all. Christmas is a time for - ghost stories! And it looks like the one my favourite girl detective has found is about to go interactive.
[This was done with oil on hardboard.] |
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| Callisto & Gabrielle
Sadman TV and Movies 2007/4/28 9:26
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Oil on hardboard.
I really wanted a more dramatic expression on Gabby's face, but after going through loads of photo reference, this was the best I could find to fit the pose. Just pretend she's approaching blackout here. |
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| Three Mysterious Geezers.
Sadman TV and Movies 2006/11/23 13:55
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But who are they, and why are they here?
Because the first ever episode of Dr Who was broadcast 43 years ago today (23rd November 2006). Nothing special about the number 43, so being perverse I decided to mark the occasion. |
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| Jabba's Staff Problems
Sadman TV and Movies 2009/2/22 8:12
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[Pencil on paper.]
What if the dancer with the buxom tentacles hadn't dropped out of the picture so early on? Would she have resented the presence of Jabba's new plaything? Given the big fat slob's reputation for redundancy pay offs - big time! |
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| Ninja of Traken.
Sadman TV and Movies 2009/2/9 13:44
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Pencil on paper.
Thanks to the kind soul who left the Kill Bill still of Uma Thurman in the cookie jar. It gave me the pose.
I'm sure I read an interview with the chap who wrote the story that introduced Nyssa into Dr Who in which he said he'd visualized Traken akin to feudal Japan rather than the Italianate Renaissance that the designers put on the screen. What might have been! |
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| The Intendant.
Sadman TV and Movies 2007/7/28 8:02
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[Pencil on paper.]
Mirror Universe Kira gets to grips with rebel Jadzia. |
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| Zoe (Dr Who)
Sadman TV and Movies 2009/5/2 7:10
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Blubeetle3 reckons there should be more classic Who on the website. Can't argue against that, so here's a bit of revisionist nostalgia.
"When I was a child, I saw with the eyes of a child only monsters and spaceships, now I am an (old) man, I see with the eyes of a (dirty old) man, through glasses, lecherously." |
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| Day Job: Black Canary - Supply Teacher
Sadman Monthly and other challenges 2011/3/30 15:25
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(March 2011 Challenge.)
Dinah Lance helps out at an inner city school. |
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| Darn It, Velma!
Sadman TV and Movies 2013/3/21 15:49
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| Pencil, paper and PaintShop Pro X5. |
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| Lost Planet In Forbidden Space
Sadman TV and Movies 2007/5/8 12:10
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Robbie the Robot's younger brother in emulation of that famous film poster.
Seeing Vincent's Robbie The Robot posting in the members' gallery prompted me to rake this out. It's not in the same league, but it is in the public gallery!
(Apologies, LIS fans: the attempt at an older Penny Robinson went quite badly!)
(Oil paint on hardboard.) |
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| A Little Mermaid's Surprise
Sadman Fantasy 2017/4/29 12:58
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| Smilenator Lapel Badge
Sadman TV and Movies 2009/11/6 14:57
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Two modern icons in one.
Made mostly from scrap. |
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| HEROES 5 concept sketch II
Sadman TV and Movies 2010/3/6 13:52
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Digitally coloured version of previously posted B&W pencil drawing.
'Weapon H emerges from a tank of eveantium electrolyte, & reveals her recent enhancements.'
A knowing post-modern homage to comics culture iconography. And an excuse to get the cheerleader naked.
(As a ratings chaser, a lesbian love interest could work, but might look a touch desperate?) |
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| For Wolf: Doctor & Romana II
Sadman TV and Movies 2012/10/7 13:59
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| For Wolf: Dalenatrix v1.1
Sadman TV and Movies 2012/12/10 7:17
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This is an updated version of my previous post. I lightened up the shading on the face in response to a couple of comments.
(For some reason I couldn't update the picture in the original post, only the text, so I deleted the whole thing and reposted.) |
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| Macabre Christmas!
Sadman Original Characters 2010/12/17 12:00
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This year's front door decoration at Sadman Towers. I think it's what serious artists call 'assemblage' - i.e. 'Thrown together from cheap bits and pieces.'
Have a good Christmas. |
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| Gorillangel
Sadman Original Characters 2009/12/15 14:48
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Christmas greetings from the arch gorillangel Guybriel.
Hanging decoration: acrylic on hardboard cut-outs. And a brass curtain ring for the halo.
Lettering added to digital image using PaintShop Pro 7. |
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| Leela: line and stipple.
Sadman TV and Movies 2009/4/18 7:41
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Ink on cartridge paper.
One from the archives. Back in the last century, before the Internet and even before desk-top publishing, fans had to share their interests on paper. This was how fanzine editors liked their illustrations done back then - compatible with the cheapest possible printing processes! |
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| Leela: Stipple and Colour!
Sadman TV and Movies 2009/6/8 14:12
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Coloured version of a previous posting.
I've been trying on and off for years to find a way to electronically apply some sort of colour wash to my drawings. Something that would add colour without destroying the original shading. Too early to tell what the limitations are here, but maybe, just maybe...
For anyone interested this was done as follows.
Scanned drawing contrast adjusted for best definition.
New raster layer added on top with blend mode = multiply.
Colours painted on this layer with soft-edged brush.
Once fully painted, layer duplicated twice.
Lowest layer (directly above drawing) blend mode set to colour.
Next layer up blend mode set to burn.
Top layer blend mode set to multiply.
Transparency of various layers tweaked to give best effect.
(Tests were done along the way when selecting colours to paint with to avoid undesirable results.)
Any other techniques, anyone? |
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| Dora The Explorer At The Mountains Of Madness
Sadman TV and Movies 2013/5/6 7:49
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I started this for the Darkened Stage challenge, but then had 'a better idea' which I failed to get on with and so wound up missing the deadline altogether. Story of my non-career.
Line work: Inkscape. Colour: Paint Shop Pro X5. |
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| Dalek 50th Anniversary Special: Barbvros.
Sadman TV and Movies 2013/12/14 8:31
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To mark 50 years since the first Dalek glided across a TV screen, (and just in time for Christmas!) a special commemorative Barbie doll.
Affectionate celebration of two modern icons - or sarcastic comment on the milking of the collectables market? That's entirely up to you.
Built in Real Space 3D with Real Materials. |
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| Hero Out Of Time: Iceman In The Ice Age
Sadman Monthly and other challenges 2017/5/4 14:38
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| Probably the biggest non-event in the history of time travel. |
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| Merry X-mas
Sadman TV and Movies 2012/12/10 7:20
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| Have a mysterious Xmas and happy future. |
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| UFO: Does My Head Look Big In This?
Sadman TV and Movies 2018/6/21 15:20
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Another little idea that turned into an epic voyage of trial and error. To anyone considering drawing the interior of Shado's Moonbase control room, my advice is: don't!
(For those too young or too old to remember, UFO was a 1970's Gerry Anderson live-action TV series.
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| Harley Quinn: Graffiti Artist
Sadman DC Comics 2015/9/1 12:51
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The poster forming the backdrop here caused a furore earlier this year when it appeared on London Underground stations. Cries of sexism, objectification of women and psychological manipulation through body image led to its withdrawal. But not before a certain porcelain-skinned minx had taken issue with it herself.
Harley was painted as my first attempt to get to grips with Corel Painter Essentials 5. The poster was scanned from a newspaper article and manipulated in Corel PaintShop Pro X7, which was also used to assemble and size the final composite. Harley's apparent bad hair day is purely down to my inexperience and in no way due to a lack of proper shampoo and conditioning on her part. |
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| Scooby's Avengers
Sadman DC Comics 2017/1/29 8:05
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| Okay, bit of a problem with the category here. WB/DC characters parodying Marvel characters with a nod to an old TV series which had nothing to do with either of them. |
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![X-Statix [Pencils: Kevin Newburn]](http://heromorph.com/heromorph2/uploads/thumbs4/19124.jpg "X-Statix [Pencils: Kevin Newburn]")
