The Good Doctor(s) Part 2

Hello folks, hope that you all had a very pleasant Thanksgiving here in the US and if not, then I hope that you all had a very pleasant week. This is the final batch of Doctors that I had drawn up specifically for the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. I must admit that this is my favorite of the two batches.

This is the suave, vegetable wearing, cricket enthusiast Fifth Doctor and he was played by the Peter Davison and his reign lasted from 1981-1984.

This garishly colored gentleman is the Sixth Doctor and I'm not altogether too sure why he was, but he was one of my favorites to draw. The Sixth Doctor was played by Colin Baker and his reign lasted from 1984-1986.

 

This quirky little gentleman with the bumbershoot is the Seventh Doctor and he was played by the equally quirky Sylvester McCoy (to most modern audiences, he is the one who played a great version of the eccentric wizard Radagast the Brown in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey). His reign was rather spotty, it lasted from 1987-1989 and then he popped up in 1996 for a one-night-only TV special.

This Lord Byron-like Doctor was the Eighth Doctor and he was played, rather magnificently, by Paul McGann. This Doctor started off in a one-night-only TV special in 1996 and ended his reign, in a manner of speaking, this year with the Mini Episode "The Night of the Doctor" and if you haven't seen it, then I highly recommend it.

This rather gloomy gentleman was the Ninth Doctor and he was played by Christopher Eccleston. He revived Doctor Who successfully in 2005 and he ended his reign that year, lasting only from March to June. Although it was short, he did help tremendously by reviving the series. Now the Ninth Doctor actually came into being in this past episode "The Day of the Doctor," for those who don't know SPOILERS (well, kind of), he is regenerated from John Hurt's "War Doctor" (I suppose that is his name).

This long-coated, gravity-defying haired gentleman is the Tenth Doctor and he was played, rather brilliantly by David Tennant and he is actually the Doctor that I grew up watching, so I have a bit of a soft spot for his particular Doctor (although the Fourth or the Seventh have to be my favorites). His reign lasted from 2005-2010.

This bow-tie wearing, chin-tastic gentleman is the Eleventh Doctor and he is currently being played by the equally brilliant Matt Smith and his fading reign will end this very year and was started in 2010. I do find that this Doctor is very well up there on the list of favorite Doctors, with his childish, yet professorial, persona that won me over quite instantly. Even after his reign ends, Bow-ties will still be cool.

 

 

Alrighty folks, that's it for now, but I hope to keep posting some brand-new things on this grand list of ramblings and hope that in the coming year that I will keep updating it, more than I have this year. Again, hope that you folks are having a wonderful week and I shall post something new, soon.

 

Cheers,

A. Taylor

The Good Doctor(s)

Howdy Everybody! It's been a while since I've posted anything up here and thought that it was about time. I've been very busy working on various projects, including a very successful art show in which ALL of my pieces, much to my surprise. Anyways, this past weekend was the monumental 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, my all time favorite show! In commemoration of the event I decided to draw and paint all the Doctors.

 

Here is the First Doctor, which was played by the great William Hartnell. His reign lasted from 1963-1966.

The Second Doctor played the whimsical cosmic hobo and was performed by Patrick Troughton. His reign lasted from '66-'69.

The Swashbuckling Third Doctor was played by the dandy Jon Pertwee. His reign lasted from '70-'74.

The Fourth Doctor with the cumbersome scarf was played by the great ball of energy, Tom Baker and his reign was, by far, the longest. Spanning from '74-'81.

Right, now I just wanted to keep you folks out there in the ether in the know and wanted to inform you that my grasp on technology has branched out some since the last post. If you would like to follow me on Instagram then my username is 3dullahans or if you would like to follow me on tumblr then I can be found under either brandybard or 3dullahans (because I am zealously creative). I hope to post the rest of the doctors up here, soon.

Cheers,

A. Taylor

Time to do something AWESOME!!

Sorry about the whole posting-once-every-month thing. I've been trying to keep some sort of regular schedule, but obviously it hasn't really worked. In the meantime, here are some doodles that I've done quite recently. Both of these drawings were drawn with a point 01 Micron pen on Moleskine paper. I've been testing different characters and such and these are the result.

 

This particular drawing was just an experimentation on how I could draw shadows. I mainly looked at the works of W. Heath Robinson and Mike Mignola, who is undoubtedly the master of working shadows into his work and Robinson is just another Golden Age master of drawing.

 

Anyways...hopefully I'll be posting some more NEW drawings before the month is out.

Cheers,

A. Taylor

It's...

(This theme just popped in as soon as I wrote the tite of this particular post)

Holy Mother of the GODS...it's been a while. Sorry about the prolonged absence, but I haven't really had the time, at least before I didn't have the time. I could list out the woes and such, but I don't want to bore you kind readers, but now I have....DRAWINGS!!! (or, more specifically, two paintings and a drawing)

This character was...well...I don't quite know what he was, but I had done this particular character before in some of my other, older, sketchbooks from when I was in high school. He was drawn with a Micron point 01 pen and painted with watercolor paint, his little scarf decorations there were drawn with Sharpies.

I started reading The Once and Future King, by T. H. White, it's a good book, but there's a sequal to that particular book entitled The Book of Merlyn and it was illustrated by Trevor Stubley and I was inspired by one of the illustrations of the book. So, I decided to draw and paint up my own version of Merlin. It could also be Dumbledore, but don't all the legendary wizards look alike, admit it. This was drawn and painted with the same materials as mentioned previously.

This little character was drawn while I was hanging out with some of my friends. I wasn't bored, it's just that I felt like drawing this little character. He was slightly inspired by the work of an amazing artist by the name of Jean-Baptiste Monge, you should really check out his work (there is a link to his Facebook page). Unlike the previous characters, who were drawn on watercolor paper, this was one of the first drawings to adorn a new Moleskine sketchbook, and it was drawn with a Micron pen, point 01, same as the previous two.

Well, that's all, for now, but if you would like to take a gander at these characters and some other characters, I have two different tumblr blogs that you kind readers can gawk at and a facebook page that you can waste some time on, even though, admittedly, there's barely anything on it. There should be more doodles coming soon. Thanks for sticking around.

Cheers,

A. Taylor

Bilbo Baggins!! I'm not trying to rob you!!

There's some news on the horizon, folks. I'm starting something on Youtube and I think that it will be an interesting experience. In the meantime, here are some actually new drawings. Now, I've recently watched the Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and I've read the book as well (which is a really good read) and I've been in a Hobbit-y mood so I've been drawing various scenes from the Hobbit and the various characters from the book.

This one is the first drawing I've ever draw of Bilbo Baggins. This was almost entirely inspired by the movie with Martin Freeman's portrayl of Mr. Baggins.

This was entirely inspired by my own version of Bilbo that developed as I read the book itself. This was inspired by the scene when Biblo was sneaking through the forest towards the three trolls. Now this version might upset almost every hard core Tolkien fan, but this version seems to make sense to me. Bilbo was a character that would have packed his entire home and taken it with him on the journey, if he could. So I think that he would have looked like a bit of a posh British adventure and pseudo-huntsman, so Bilbo decides to adorn an Inverness cape and his best scarf and just looks like a bit of a well-dressed country Squire. Again, it only seems to make sense to me, but I enjoyed drawing him all the same.

Anyways, I'm very excited about the new things that are about to happen with Youtube and I will hopefully find more time to put some more doodles up here, soon. Right-o, hope you folks are well.

Cheers,

A. Taylor

Notes: the first and second Bilbos were drawn with waterproof ink and the second Bilbo was detailed with just a regular pencil. Still thinking about watercoloring them.

Hiya Folks!

I've been thinking about some things, lately, some new projects to do, more specifically. I think that, since it is a relatively new year, it's time to do something a bit different. For now, just keep tuning in for some updates.

Cheers,

A. Taylor

Happy Birthday, Norman!

Hope it's a good 119th, Good Sir, you are deeply missed.

Cheers,

A. Taylor

The Adventures of Hergé

Here's a new drawing that I did to accompany an article about another one of my favorite artists, Herge' (that's the closest thing to an accent that I can create on here). If you would like to read the article about him click:

here

Cheers,

A. Taylor

Thanks to Nina Cunningham & Sharon Gerow for their immeasurable help.

Notes: the first drawing was inspired by a cartoon that Herge' drew of himself when his career was still blooming and the latter picture was copied from a photo of him in the later part of his career. Both were drawn with waterproof ink (including signature) and painted with watercolors.

HUZZAH!!

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Technology is finally starting to work in my favor, I'm finally able to post some pictures up here on the blog.

Anyways, with that little bit of relief out of the way, now I can explain some of the new pictures up here. These little paintings were done for a contest in which various artists were called upon to draw up some nymphs and I found out that one of the judges for this particular contest is one of my heroes, TONY DITERLIZZI! I could not resist, so I came up with these little cartoons. 

This particular picture is entitled "Sir Orpheus & The Nymphs," and it is my favorite out of the three of them, honestly. I think that it is because the rather melancholy knight was my favorite thing to draw and paint. This was drawn with waterproof ink and painted with Reeves watercolor paint and Prismacolor watercolor pencils. Some of the bark on the tree to the right and the grass was colored out with Sharpie markers.

This particular one is entitled "I Spy With My Little Eye," just because they all seemed to be playing I Spy to me, but that's just me. This one was drawn and painted in the same medium as the first.

As you keen readers will have noticed, the first picture and the second, that the signature is backwards. The reason behind that is that my trusty scanner malfunctioned on me (do you sense a pattern with me and technology), so I had to improvise and use my webcam to take quick shots of the pictures.

This one was entitled "The Trickster & The Queen," and this was definitely inspired by W. W. Denslow's illustrations for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, particularly with the guards at either side of the Queen with the hydrangeas at the end of their rifles. They were my favorite parts of this picture. Done with the same medium as the previous pieces.

Now the results for the contest will be presented the 28th of this month (less than a week away), and, in the meantime you folks can see the other artists' submissions (which are far, far, FAR more impressive than my meager efforts) and you can merely click here.

Hope this spring of luck continues,

Cheers,

A. Taylor

Nymph Contest 2013

There have still been some technological difficulties with uploading pictures onto the blog, but, in the meantime, I've been working on some new pictures for a contest. The contest consisted of drawing nymphs (either forest, mountain, or water nymphs, I think that those are the types) and I submitted 3 today and you can see them on the facebook page. Hope that these problems with the blog get fixed soon, but I'll still be posting things on the facebook page so that you'll see some actual proof of progress.

Cheers,

A. Taylor