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

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

Something Wicked This Way Comes.

Beware the BLACK CAT!

Note: As a little companion piece, here is a video of gala that I had attended a week ago. Before you kind readers take a gander at this video, here's a bit of a back story:

One of the artists who submitted some amazing pieces of work had a stroke about a month ago and some other artists, who also submitted great pieces, as well, are basically sending their "get well soon" greetings to the artist, Jody Franklin, while he is recovering.

Art for SALE!

Hiya Folks, Sorry I haven't posted anything in a while and these two pictures, as well as the Holmes & the Hound picture, are, more or less, my excuse for not posting anything in quite some time. These pictures are for an exhibiton held at the Athens of Indiana Arts Studio & Gallery.

The first picture out of this post is titled "A Very Merry Unbirthday" and is currently for sale for $50, as well as the comic called "The Great Orator" (you kind readers might notice that it was a quick sketch a couple of posts ago, but now in COLOR). To my utter surprise, though, "The Great Orator" has already been sold off and is currently on its merry way to a good home. The "Holmes & The Hound" picture is for $100 at the Gallery if anyone is interested, all the pictures are, approximately, 8" by 10". It was an honor to submit some pieces to this tremendous event for this utterly awesome gallery.

Cheers,

A. Taylor

Thanks to Sharon Gerow, Nina Cunnigham, and the other great friends that helped me get up off my lazy bum to submit these pieces.

Holmes & The Hound

Howdy folks, sorry I haven't posted in a while, but I have recently been working on a series of drawings and paintings for an art show that is coming up in October. This is one of the pictures that I've been working on entitled "Holmes & The Hound," which is a bit of a fun drawing based on The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle. This was drawn with a Micron pen (point 01) and was "painted" using an inkwash technique, using both waterproof and regular ink. I then used a dip pen and waterproof ink to write out the text on the parchment which tells the story of the Hound of the Baskervilles. I used white acrylic paint to do a bit of fog and other effects. I had a great time illustrating this picture and hopefully you great folks will find this in a frame pretty soon.

There will be more drawings and I shall hopefully post them in good time.

Cheers,

A. Taylor

The Dapper Octopus Finale

Right-o, since I haven't corresponded to you folks in some time, I thought that I ought to post this particular work. In the previous post I only had the ink'd bit of it finished, but now, as you can see, it is now in color. This was finished using watercolor paint and some regular ink for the umbrella and the bowler hat.

There's a preview of some doodles to come.

Welcome To Slumberland

Right-o, here is the next article about an artist who I admire,

Mister Winsor McCay.

Thanks, again, to Sharon Gerow & Nina Cunningham for there tremendous help!

Good Afternoon

This amiably dapper octopus is a design that a friend of mine asked me to do. I'm going to add some color on here soon, but for the time being, here is the pen and ink version of the drawing. The was first drawn in pencil then drawn with a black Micron pen (point 01). Hope to have some more doodles up here soon.

Cheers,

A. Taylor

Mary's Critical Times

My sister asked me a couple of weeks ago to create a banner for her blog entitled Mary's Critical Times. She also asked me to incorporate something about film around it so I picked out some of the best films and TV shows and just sort of mixed everything in. The list of films Incorporated into the banner, if you would like to check them out, are as follows:

Hugo (2011) or Le Voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon, 1902)

Doctor Who (1963-present)

Blazing Saddles (1974)

Harry Potter Series (both the movies and the books)

This banner was drawn with a variety of mediums. I drew the moon and the rocket along with the stars with waterproof ink and a dip pen. I then used regular ink to create the inkwash effect. I drew the letters with blue waterproof ink and a dip pen and the red letters I drew with red waterproof Sharpie pen. After that was dry I then used just water, while some of the blue ink was still wet, and then brushed it around the letters for another inkwash effect and then I drew the paisley marks with a blue Sharpie pen. I then drew the rest of it with a Micron pen (01 point) and then used watercolors to color the rest of it (save for the Tardis, which was colored with a blue Sharpie pen).

Here is the edited version:

Cheers,

A. Taylor

Things to Come...

This is a caricature of an artist that I am using for an article that I am writing over the artist Winsor McCay. I really enjoyed drawing and painting this one. The actual portrait of Winsor McCay and the frame around him, as well as Little Nemo, the boy, was drawn with a Micron pen. The rest of it was drawn (including the hair of Little Nemo) with a dip pen and waterproof ink and the whole of it was painted with watercolor paint.

Of Flying Ships & Cycling Fish

HUZZAH! A recent article that I wrote about illustrator Chris Riddell is now online at the Athens of Indiana Arts Studio & Gallery. Hope you guys enjoy it and thanks to Nina Cunningham and Sharon Gerow for their enormous help.

The Scrivener & The Tartan Doctor

WOO! Good news, folks! As you, kind readers and other folks that take a gander at this set of scribbles from time to time, you may have noticed that there is a new banner adorning this here blog. I recently completed it tonight, according to the date on this post, and I thought that it was high time to some decorative recalibration. I did the little caricature of myself with inkwash, like I did with my recent caricature of Chris Riddell in a previous post, and then did the rest of it with watercolor paint. The title was done in blue sharpie pen. I have to say that my favorite part was doing something I called "The Tartan Doctor." I shall explain later in some other future post, but, until then, keep a sharp eye out.

Drumroll, Please....

Ta da! Although this little caricature won't be up for some time, I just thought I should keep you folks posted as to the whereabouts of my progress of the various art blog posts that I am doing. This is a caricature of one of my favorite illustrators, Chris Riddell, as you can see from the picture. I had a blast looking through various books that he has illustrated and sort of combining my favorite characters from some of his stories. The various characters holding the little drawing of the author were drawn with waterproof ink and then painted with watercolors. The actual drawing of the author was drawn in the same waterproof ink and then I used some regular ink (basically not waterproof) and did a bit of inkwash to create a bit of contrast. Right-o, hope to have the article itself up here, soon. Until then, keep a sharp eye out.

The Imagist & the Novice

 You might remember me mentioning that I am doing an article for an art gallery's blog. Click here to read the article, you might see these two images here, too.

I would like to thank:
Sharon Gerow, for her help in editing

Nina Cunningham, for her vital assistance

Josh Brewer, for helping me get this great opportunity.

Keep a sharp eye out....

Preview of Things to Come

The picture above is a caricature that I did for another blog of which I am posting various articles about illustrators that I admire, this coincides with the previous post here. I shall post the links to the posts up here when available.This painting was done with waterproof ink and watercolor paints.

Keep a sharp eye out for my next post.

Domovoi Awareness Minute (or so)

 These pictures were done very quickly for a school project about raising awareness for Domovoi Preservation and such. The drawing itself (in the center) was drawn with waterproof ink and then painted in watercolor paint.

 This was drawn quickly with a pencil and then painted over with watercolor paint and then outlined again with a fine point pen.

 This was done with the same medium as the previous picture

This was drawn with waterproof ink and then I got a bit tired and finished it up with fine point pen.

More Up-to-date Draft

Here is the most current version of the commission that I have been set to do. As you can see, there are small changes, but the overall format of the picture has remained the same. This was done with black waterproof ink, drawn with a dip pen, the majority of this was painted with watercolors (save for the cameo which was done with a red permanent marker and black waterproof ink), the lettering (and the sort of S shaped decoration) inside the scroll was drawn in Sharpie pen (black, blue, and red), the coat that is hanging up behind the caricature of me was (as previously mentioned) drawn first with a dip pen and waterproof ink and then I used a paintbrush to fill it in with the same ink.
Right-o, that's it, for now. Hopefully you shall see this somewhere else here, soon. I shall post the link to such a page as soon as I am able. Thanks.
Keep a sharp eye out.

Rough Draft Commission

This picture is actually a rough draft of a commission that I have been asked to do for an art gallery's blog. The reason why this is a rough draft is because, if you look very closely, there is a series of spelling errors in the word "recommending" and "mentioning" (there is a vacant place where the first "n" should be in "recommending" and also in "mentioning" it's spelled as "mentiong"). Still working hastily to get a corrected version of this done, just thought I should keep you all posted.