Where does the time go?

Well where oh where have the first few months of 2010 gone? Incidentally, for you anime fans out there, this is supposed to be the year the Macross lands if you believe in Robotech mythos, LOL!
I, myself, will be sitting somewhere in the South Pacific on a yacht watching intently through my binoculars with baited breath, but I digress.
I finally checked back with this dusty blog and was surprised to see some comments on the good Doctor Jones piece as well as a few requests for color.
I thought, "well, it's not anywhere NEAR to being done but why not oblige and show the process, "warts and all".
This is a color sketch and nothing more. The background color is a tonal placeholder so the other colors have something to play off of, albeit temporarily.
It's only a portion of the bigger piece but here it is in lieu of a finished illustration!
Back at work after a long, "at home" vacation so now I will be able to work back in on this Indy piece and finish it before the next film comes out,....which should rightly be titled Indiana Jones 5,...the apology. ;)
Happy 2010 everybody! More drawings to do!

And without further adieu,...

Step two!

Dare I?

This one's giving me the shakes a little bit.

I mean,....there are few movies in the world of geek-dom that inspire such reverence as the original Raiders of the Lost Ark. Something tells me there's no middle ground on this one. You either capture it or you don't.

But if I put it up HERE then I HAVE to finish it because the sketch bears witness to the drawing to come and so I guess I'm gonna do Indy,...scars and all,....and perhaps I won't make too poor a showing for the old boy.

I was pleased enough with the initial sketch that I didn't throw myself off of a cliff like a screaming Nazi in a jeep but this one's got me on edge.

If I'm able to pull this one off then I'll HAVE to do one with Marion,....("I always knew one day you'd come walking back through my door", springs immediately to mind),...and trying to translate Karen Allen to an animation design and still retain her Karen Allen-ness is gonna rob me of sleep! LOL!

Wish me luck, readers! Some Indy-style, not-dying-in-a-hail-of-angry-Bible-ghosts kind of luck!

I think I'm gonna need it. :p

Venky

A very,(belated),Christmas Story!

Awright, so I'm late!....

I feel bad. I really do, (not that any of you are gonna fall down crying because I didn't make the Christmas Illustration on time), but it's year-one of this silly experiment known as my art blog so I'm still working out the kinks!

Merry Christmas everybody! Several weeks late but now that I am back in town and finally have access to all mah drawin' things, I was able to finish this little tribute to one of my favorite Christmas films of all time!

A Christmas Story. Based off of Jean Shepherd's charming little story In God we trust, all others must pay cash and directed by the saintly, (rest his soul), Bob Clark.

You know the scene! Randy jams his little face into his food with Melinda Dillon coaxing him on with her infectious laughter as the rest of the family looks on in horror.

It took forever to get the feel of the Parker's kitchen right and while I cannot say I am 100% pleased with it, (though I think my learning curve is getting shallower), I felt okay with abandoning, (works of art are never finished), it at this point.

So here is "Mommy's little Piggy!" until next Christmas when, I assure you my dear blog readers, I WILL have an illo done on time. ;)

Stay tuned for a peek at a certain whip-cracking archaeologist as well as a new bunch of studies that I think I will call, The Amity Series.

No,....not the house in Long Island but rather an island that is long.

"Amity, as you know,...means friendship."

Venky

...Tis' the season!

Greetings fellow blog-lookers!

A few things,....

First, a big thank you to all who participated in the Hey You Guys charity auction. Those of you that showed interest helped make it, from what I understand, the most successful one they've ever done and I am personally speechless at the response to the Ghostbusters piece. I cannot thank you folks enough.

Second,... It's been a busy end of the year but I am working feverishly before my sabbatical to do my first annual Christmas illustration!

It's entitled, "Momma's Little Piggy" and for all you fellow nerds out there,.....I'm sure that's clue enough. If not,.....perhaps I will go sketch the rest of this piece by the light of my leg lamp,...which, as we all know,...is a major award!

Ghostbusters!

That's right, Movie lovers!

Took me a while but I finished the illustration for the Hey You Guys charity event my buddy Josh is participating in!

http://www.heyyouguyscharity.com/

I believe the piece will go up into an art auction and while I dunno if this image will actually get sold off, it was a blast to participate in the process and a great reason to dip my feet into the GB pool, get the old motor revved up and do a bunch more illustrations of the boys in grey cause God knows, there are enough moments in that film worth drawing to keep me going till kingdom come! ;)

This series is still "evolving" stylistically and I'll be working out the kinks as I go along.

Hope you all enjoy! Thanks for looking!

Venky

More sneak peeks!

Did a little more work on the illustration today. It's actually for my buddy Josh's charity art auction in December! I dunno if the piece will sell but I'm gonna do my level best to produce a nice piece of movie-related nostalgia, which, as luck would have it,...happens to be the theme of the auction this year.

They're also gonna have a screening of a little film called Ghostbusters, which I've heard of,...

I think I'm in the ballpark with this one. ;)


More to come as I slowly progress on this!

Lunch times and late-nights! ;)

Venky.

A little tease,...

I was happy enough at a first pass of this scene to put up a little WIP,...(that's work in progress, for the uninitiated).

Now, I'm sure it aint' gonna take a rocket scientist to guess what I'm working on but for those who may not be as rabid film-geeks as the miscreants in the circle I travel in, I'll give you a little hint,...

"Well,..Most of the original staff knows about the twelfth floor,...the disturbances, I mean!"

That's all you're gonna get but most of the folks I know who'll be seeing this guessed it before they read a single word! LOL!

I've been meaning to do these drawings for years.

I'm completely psyched that I'm finally starting! LOL!

This one may take a while but I promise, it'll be worth the wait! ;)

Venky