| Inktober #7: Mel
 pijon  TV and Movies  2020/12/7 20:55
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| Tooned take on someone... |
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| Inktober #6: Wolf
pijon Original Characters 2020/12/7 20:53
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| Inktober #5: Turtle
pijon Original Characters 2020/11/30 20:30
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| Inktober #4: Man-ape
pijon Original Characters 2020/11/30 20:27
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| Inktober #3: Dino time
pijon Original Characters 2020/11/21 13:37
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A slightly more fun and challenging scribbling.  |
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| Inktober #2: Big Bird's Bad Day
pijon Original Characters 2020/11/14 9:31
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| Loosely based on a lousy pencil drawing I'd done. Largely just having fun scribbling away here. |
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| Inktober #1: Pissed Off Saytr
pijon Fantasy 2020/11/14 9:27
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Actually managed to scribble out a few real ink drawings (as opposed to digital). October was half over by the time I even realized Inktober was going on. Still didn't manage to do one every day but at least I drew a handful. This was the first one. I was half in the bag and drawing nearly in the dark on this one.  |
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| Cover Redo: Action 395
pijon Monthly and other challenges 2020/11/7 7:51
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| These things pretty much write themselves after a couple beers. Just a little silly fun. |
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| Shredding the key-tar...
pijon TV and Movies 2019/6/5 14:30
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Just some ancient pencils refurbished with a fresh new coat of digital ink.
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| Return of the Spectre
pijon DC Comics 2019/5/10 10:55
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So maybe I can't change the past. I can still try to re-do it though. Inspired by the sort of stuff of I'd seen Ozzy and CDA doing, decided to dust off an old one of my own and rework it.
Revised: basic cleanup, removed a bunch of random lines and blotches that weren't supposed to be there. |
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| DDJJ: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
pijon Monthly and other challenges 2019/1/29 17:37
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| You decide which is which... |
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| DDJJ: Red Sonja
pijon Monthly and other challenges 2019/1/19 15:00
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| Well, since she's a redhead.... |
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| DDJJ: Bandcamp Vampire Slayers
pijon Monthly and other challenges 2019/1/17 16:03
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Mashing up 2 of Alyson's best known roles for this theme...
...and, uh, Kevin Hart, still hangin' around. |
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| DDJJ: Hart to Hart - the movie
pijon Monthly and other challenges 2019/1/11 23:28
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| Anyone remember the old TV show?! |
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| DDJJ: Kevin Hart as Blade
pijon Monthly and other challenges 2019/1/7 20:20
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| Well, since Dragondack kicked things off with a Marvel movie character, figured I'd keep that trend going... |
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| Jack Banyon Cover
pijon Other Comics 2018/11/14 17:57
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First off, I've always considered myself more of a guy who occasionally illustrates than an actual illustrator. This is one reason why I prefer coming up with my own images to doing commissions. Still, every now and again, I'll make myself available for this kind of work and that's kind of what happened here when I agreed to do the cover for the next issue of Roger Keel's Jack Banyon. Roger had a very specific idea of what he wanted... and it's a fine idea, I just wasn't sure I'd be able to pull it off but I guess we need to challenge ourselves sometimes so I did here. In the end, I'n not entirely happy with what I did but I'm not entirely unhappy either. I tried to do a little bit of a golden age style to match the tone of the book but I was having a hard enough time just trying to get him what he'd asked for! Anyway, for any who might be curious, here are Roger's directions:
"In the foreground we can see Jack at the right of the cover, he is standing in the rear of a boat. He has one foot on the gunnel of the boat and is in a struggle with a man in a Nazi uniform. The Nazi is on another boat a the left of the cover in a similar pose. The Nazi has a gun (Luger??) in one hand. Jack is holding that hand and it is pointing up in the air. They are grabbing each other with their other hands. We can see a woman ( dark hair) holding a young boy( dark hair), in Jack’s boat. She is near to Jack and in the foreground.
In the Nazi’s boat we can see the driver, man with thin mustache. (see notes at the end)
In the middle of the cover, behind Jack and the Nazi we can see the long neck and open mouth of a sea monster (Nessie).
If possible show a ruin castle in the far background, on the land.
Notes:
The driver of the Nazi boat: Rupert Jones: About 5’ 10” thin, longish face. Thin moustache, slicked back hair. Smokes cigarette in holder. Has snooty expression on his face at all time. Well dressed. Perhaps with a cravat around his neck. He is about 40 in age.
I can send you a sizable Stone Island Comics logo.
You can create a cover logo to suit the art.
Add Mine and John Lambert’s name to the cover. "
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It should be available sometime next year from Indy Planet (as the first couple of issues are now).
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| HM Classic Horror: The Thing with 2 Heads
pijon Monthly and other challenges 2018/9/18 17:20
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| Not sure how classic it is but... |
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| Lady Mix-A-Lot: Casper and Wendy
pijon Monthly and other challenges 2018/7/5 10:30
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| Marvel, DC, Harvey and me. |
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| Influence Map: Comic Based TV Toons
pijon Monthly and other challenges 2018/6/26 17:26
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Thought an On Demand menu for the format might work...
I thought I was done with these but Ozzy's nitpick on my last one ended up providing inspiration for another. So I went in the other direction this time and rather than making it about the comics on which the media was based, I focused on the media this time (TV toons) rather than the comics from which they were derived. Thanks Ozzy!  |
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| Influence Map: Comics That Made Movies
pijon Monthly and other challenges 2018/6/20 9:43
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I'm sure I could have filled this up with just the Marvel movies but I wanted to include others as well. My credits are spread pretty randomly in the Influence Map so I've included a list below more specific to who did each comic although that's a little dicey too as in some instances, I've credited the character's creators while in others, I've credited those whose story got adapted into the films. Not all of these films were great but the comics were and that's what I'm paying tribute to.
Hellboy - Mike Mignola
The Crow - J. O'Barr
Judge Dredd - John Wagner, Carlos Esquerra
The Punisher - Gerry Conway, John Romita Sr.
Watchmen - Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons
Blade - Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan
The Spirit - Will Eisner
Spider-Man - Stan Lee, Steve Ditko
Batman - Bob Kane, Bill Finger
Snowpiercer - Jacques Lob, Jean-Marc Rochette
Sin City - Frank Miller
Jonah Hex - John Albano, Tony DeZungia
Kick-Ass - Mark Millar, John Romita Jr.
Thor - Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
Heavy Metal - various artists (movie in part based on stories by Dan O'Bannon and Moebius, Rich Corben and Bernie Wrightson)
Swamp Thing - Len Wein, Bernie Wrightson
Superman - Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster
Ghost Rider - Roy Thomas, Mike Ploog
V for Vendetta - Alan Moore, David Lloyd
Wanted - Mark Millar, J.G. Jones
Road to Perdition - Max Allan Collins, Richard Piers Rayner
30 Days of Night - Steve Niles, Ben Templesmith
Captain America - Joe Simon, Jack Kirby
Wonder Woman - Charles Moulton, H.G. Peters
Black Panther - Don McGregor, Rich Buckler
Daredevil - Frank Miller
Old Man Logan - Mark Millar, Steve McNiven
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| Influence Map: Newspaper Artists
pijon Monthly and other challenges 2018/6/10 20:05
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| I figured this one would be an easy one to do and it was but once again, I feel like I've left out more than I've included! A couple of crossover artists here: Eisner started Spirit in the newspapers and later went to comics while Gil Kane started in comics before doing Star Hawks. Some of these others were big influences on some great comic artists, like Raymond's influence on Al Williamson, Foster's on Frank Frazetta and Caniff's on Jim Aparo. |
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| Influence Map: Ditko
pijon Monthly and other challenges 2018/6/8 10:38
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So I decided to try something a little different this time around. Rather than using the template, I decided to break the mold and step out from the grid. I focused on a single major influence on me for this influence map.
Sure, Jack Kirby probably would have been the obvious choice, the artistic giant who practically built the house of Marvel single handedly. But instead, I went with Steve Ditko, focusing on some of the characters he had a hand in creating. I always thought Ditko was remarkably unique and innovative in his comics style. Everybody was trying to be Kirby back in the 60's but nobody could even figure out how to imitate Ditko. So in the spirit of Ditko, I tried a quirkier approach here
It's all about Ditko heroes and art in my influence map:
Top: Spider-man, Blue Beetle, Dr. Strange
Middle: The Question, Captain Atom, The Creeper, Mr. A
(Ditko Self Portrait)
Bottom: Shade the Changing Man, Stalker, Squirrel Girl.
(Background from Dr. Strange)
There's plenty of other oddball Ditko characters like the Hawk and the Dove, Destructor, Speedball, Static, Killjoy and the Mocker but I just didn't have room for all of them!
There is one Ditko design that is an absolute classic that most of you are very familiar with but didn't know it was his. Although Jack Kirby was the creator of Iron Man, that original suit was big and bulky. Iron Man's classic red and gold suit that remained largely unchanged for years... yup, Ditko did that too.
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| Cover Redo: Spragg- the Musical!
pijon Monthly and other challenges 2018/5/10 2:08
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Okay, hopefully my last one
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| Bad Casting 4: Gambit: The Trump Card
pijon Monthly and other challenges 2018/5/9 4:15
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Hail to the King, Baby!
It seems that in my previous bad casting ensemble for X-Men, one bad cast member was conspicuously missing...
Donald Trump IS Gambit!
note: not a single strand of his magnificent hair is manipulated. |
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| April Challenge: Cover Redo!
pijon Monthly and other challenges 2018/5/8 5:23
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Know the ropes...
Sure it's late but...
I had so much fun with this challenge, I may do these all year! |
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| Bad Casting 4: X-Men: Executive Class
pijon Monthly and other challenges 2018/5/1 12:59
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Thanks to Bill Field for the idea...
George H. W. Bush as Professor X
Laura Bush as Rogue
George Bush as Beast
Bill Clinton as Angel
Hillary Clinton as Wolverine
Barack Obama as Cyclops
Michelle Obama as Storm
Melania Trump as Phoenix
...and photobomb lady as Mystique |
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| April Challenge: Cover Redo!
pijon Monthly and other challenges 2018/4/29 18:14
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| It's not a doll, it's an action figure! |
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| April Challenge: Cover Redo too!
pijon Monthly and other challenges 2018/4/26 16:58
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In case you wondered why...
*updated for the wizard, Oz.  |
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| April Challenge: Cover Redo!
pijon Monthly and other challenges 2018/4/19 21:06
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| The bumble in the jungle... |
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| March Madness2: Swamp Thing's New Pet
pijon Monthly and other challenges 2018/3/20 13:37
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Aubrey from Little Shop of Horrors seemed a good pet for ol' Swampy. I wouldn't recommend petting this pet though.
This was pencilled several years ago for a draw-off challenge involving Superhero Pets. OMG, my pencils were horrible! Swampy really looked flat and shapeless. So I thought I'd try to see if some digital inks might help it out. Not that it's any great shakes now but it took a whole bucket of turd polish just to get it to this point! |
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