PhotoReference Can't Be Bad

The older I am, the more I wonder why did I resist the use of photos for the reference..?

Could it be the youthful pride that 'I don't want crutches if I can walk' or fear that I might become 'too dependant on documentation'..?

Or, is it plain lazyness?
Whatever.

This is the gorgeous Denise Masino - https://www.facebook.com/DeniseMasino1?fref=ts - and on this link you can find the photo referenced for this thoroughly digital drawing, no paper sketch at all, just Wacom Intuos4 tablet and a wee program called SAI plus touch-ups in CS3.

Okay, I've posted here some photo-ref'd drawings already, I no longer want to hide the fact that besides pin-ups I sometimes grab compositions for my comics panels from photographic images that suit the storytelling needs.

There.

I said it.

Gelukkige Verjaardag aan mij

http://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dukic_bojan.htm

So... for my very birthday I accidentally discover that the revered LAMBIEK site has included moi on the list of comics creators worth mentioning.

Oprechte dank u, fijn Nederlanders.

 

Today on April 9th I celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of my 27th birthday.

 

Every day a new life begins ...

(c)MARVEL/Disney

Cartoon drawing of Ivy 'Doomkitty' Turner cosplaying away as Ms Marvel.

Look her up on FB and elsewhere.

Are the Holidays Already Over..?!?

I can't believe it -- busy with my comics` deadlines and Holidays I forgot to post anything made for the occasion..!

Okay...

If it's true that late is better than never ... here are the drawings.

The FIRST one is (c)DarkBrain LLC, penciled roughly on an A4 piece of paper, scanned and inked, coloured & lettered digitally. The Kitty [Pissy Pussy] is out of the bag and Santa's caught with his pants down.

The SECOND one is (c)Respective Copyright Holders [Vampirella] and thoroughly 'analogue' [2H pencil on paper then lightboxed clean-up on fresh A4 paper, inked with - an ordinary BIC ballpoint pen - or 'biro' as it's called in Ye Olde Englonde].

As the tresspasers tend to say - 'Wait, I've got an explanation'.

Mine's that, being a Christian Ortodox, our church follows still the old Julian calendar which is late exactly 13 days after the Gregorian, standardly used 'normal' calendar.

That means, Serbian Christmas Eve is TONIGHT on 6th January - and our ever-lovin' New Year is on 13th January..!

So there - I'm not THAT LATE, as it happens.

Peace everyone,
B.

Frazetta-inspired Kitty Poses

(c)DarkBrain LLC ~ a tier from DarkBrain Quarterly #3. 'Analogue' inking with No.2 sable brush on paper.

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Skimmed through some of my old posts here and noticed that certain pieces of my artwork have been 'substituted' with a triangle containing a " ! " inside of it. Am I missing here something..? Censorship or something I need to be enlightened about..? I mean, there are some spicy and quite racy nasties drawn by me remaining here, so why certain illustrations deleted and swapped for an exclamation mark triangle..?

Better Late than Never..?!

(c)DarkBrain LLC ~ my VERY LATE realisation that I forgot to observe Hallowe`en. D'oh..!

Drawn on ordinary A4 printer paper with 0.9 Pentel H lead in Pentel mechanical pencil. Inked, coloured and lettered in Photoshop after scanning.

OverGround Alternative of Sorts

AT THE BEGINNING of September Belgrade - Serbia - was blessed with the presence of distinguished visitors - the incomparable Mr. Robert Crumb and Gilbert Shelton, Esq. - with their gorgeous spouses, Aline Kominsky-Crumb and Lora Fountain.

The Underground/Alternative Comix royalty came a bit earlier than the start of the 10th International Comics Salon, Belgrade ...

http://www.skc.org.rs/2012-02-19-16-19-01/international-comics-festival-medunarodni-salon-stripa.html

... but nevertheless, Serbia's capital was ... well, keeping on trucking the whole week, between 3rd & 9th September 2012.

Instead of showing off with the SMASHING elaborate drawing Mr. Crumb did for me (let's face it: I don't want my Blogspot shut down and me arrested and banned for life by Google) I'm sharing the modest cartoon I tried to execute in the drawing manner of The Man, stretching a bit the credibility of one of the dialogues we've had on an occasion. Drawn with the modest gel-ink roller pen that I gave to him as a souvenir (he liked the fact that I've inked some of my actual comics pages along with brush and ink with the very pen) and shared first @ FaceBook.

Salut.