Archive for July, 2007

The One with the Cock’s Feather

Posted in Sketches on July 24th, 2007 by Jab

Hahnenfeder.jpg
Hahnenfeder.jpg

The demonic villain of my favourite German book, Ottfried Preussler’s “Krabat” (which I believe is known as “The Satanic Mill” in English-speaking countries). A hellish, silent carter who doesn’t cart grain.

Thanks, Mr DeMott

Posted in Sketches on July 23rd, 2007 by Jab

Big ‘thank you’ to AWN’s Rick DeMott who helped me set the blog’s layout right. (It could have been done earlier but I’m to blame for that!)

Another Discworld character:

Hogfather.jpg
Hogfather.jpg

Two villains from Simon Woodroff’s adventure classic “Simon the Sorcerer” - ah, 2D adventure games in 256 colour VGA. Those were the days …

RuntSordid.jpg
RuntSordid.jpg

By the way, fingers crossed, everyone - “Fly Guy” and “Malfaryus” are now awaiting verdict from Nickelodeon.

Colour Dimension

Posted in Finished on July 11th, 2007 by Jab

Tahsin Özgür, one of my animation teachers, once told me he isn’t too big with colours. Personally, I find the difference a little colour can make very fascinating. Ruff sketches have a charm that’s entirely their own and I love to look at them, but seeing them a bit more tied down and with colour in comparison is something I enjoy just as much.

Fangus Maldoon Colour.jpg
Fangus Maldoon Colour.jpg

I chose a slightly animé-esque, hard shading (which I haven’t down pat) for now. The characters are supposed to be in a video game parody and many great video game classics come from Japan so that feels appropriate.

More Parody

Posted in Sketches on July 7th, 2007 by Jab

I had another idea for a fantasy parody. Here are what may develop into its two main characters.

The Misadventures of Fangus Maldoon.jpg
The Misadventures of Fangus Maldoon.jpg

Hm. Somehow I’d like to see 3-D models of them. Damn, must read up on that.

Fearless Vampire Killers In Technicolor

Posted in Finished on July 2nd, 2007 by Jab

Bit of a delay in posting but at least I’ve got an excuse for last week. I’ve been on vacation, visiting friends in London. One more week to go at home which I’ll spend drawing and colouring some more.

Fearless Vampire Killers 2.jpg
Fearless Vampire Killers 2.jpg

The above is unusually colourful for me but I kind of like it.