The Thom(p)sons & Snowy (Milou)

These were drawn with a dip pen and waterproof ink.

Cheers,

A. Taylor

The Adventures of Tintin

When I was bored one day, actually when I had a bought of writer's block on a paper I was writing, I got out some of my drawing things and began doodling. The outcome of that bought of boredom was this collection of small portraits of one of my favorite comics, Tintin.

Here is the good Professor Calculus.

The world-weary Captain Archibald Haddock

Here are the heros of the piece: Tintin & Snowy (Milou).

These were drawn with a dip pen and waterproof ink (they might even be watercolor'd one of these days).

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.

Yet Another Tintin Post

Here's just a small doodle of Tintin's dog, the wire fox terrier, Snowy (or "Milou" as he is known as in the original Belgian comics). Unlike with the previous Tintin-based drawings, which were drawn with waterproof ink, this was drawn with a regular fountain pen and pencil. All right, I'm done, for now.
Keep a sharp eye out for my next post

The Detective Scribbles, No. 8, Tintin & Snowy

Although this scribble wasn't meant for this particular section of my ramblings, I decided, just for the halibut, to include the comic book adventurer, Tintin, and his faithful dog, Snowy, in this tremendous undertaking of scribbles.
I have written before that Tintin was one of my favorite heros as a kid, and I had read some of the comic books attentively. This is thanks to the great artist Georges Remi, although he is commonly known by his pseudonym, Herge (an accent over the final "e" for those grammatically oriented readers).
Tintin made his first appearence to the world in his adventure Tintin in the Land of the Soviets in 1930 and since Herge has captivated the world with his tabula rasa hero of Tintin and his great tree of friends and comerades such as Capt. Haddock, Professor Calculus, and Thompson & Thomson.

Honestly, I thought that this was overtly appropriate due to the fact that the movie "The Adventures of Tintin and the Secret of the Unicorn" is coming out soon and I am very excited about it, too. Just like with the drawing of Capt. Haddock that I had posted a couple of days ago, I shall post the watercolor'd version of this very soon. If you would like to take a gander at the fairly new trailer for the new movie, please do see the video just above this very paragraph.
Until next time, keep a sharp eye out for my next post.

Capt. Haddock

Here is a scribble of Captain Archibald Haddock, the amiable, yet mostly inebreated, friend of Tintin, one of my favorite comics as a kid. Here's a brief history of the character of Capt. Haddock...

The artist Herge introduced the character of Capt. Haddock in the story The Crab with the Golden Claws, created and published in 1941. Since then Haddock has accompanied Tintin throughout his various adventures. I have to say that Haddock is one of my favorite characters because of his various curses that he exclaims when he is intensly aggrivated or in a tight spot. Such as "Ten Thousand Thundering Typhoons!" or "Billions of Bilious Blue Blistering Barnacles!" Although he has a bit of a rough-and-tumble character, he has a good sense of moral and integrity, which is what I like about Capt. Haddock.

I thought that it was fitting to post this doodle in light of the new Tintin movie (which I am very excited about). This was drawn with a dip pen and waterproof ink, with the help of a brush to paint Capt. Haddock's suit. I will post this again, soon, but it shall be watercolor'd, with any luck.

Keep a sharp eye out for my next post.

Some Tintin...Well, actually Calculus

Here is the first colored picture to grace this post. Noted, it probably isn't that good, but I had fun painting one of my favorite characters in the Tintin series, the absent-minded and hard of hearing Professor Cuthbert Calculus, or, as he is known in the actual French text, Tryphon Tournesol.
This interesting little character made his first appearance in Red Rackham's Treasure in the Tintin series, the same comic the movie is based off of (see the post entitled "Nostalgia & Comics" to see the movie trailer). The inspiration for the look of Professor Calculus was from an actual person, a Swiss scientist by the name of Auguste Picard. Just as a small history lesson, Picard was a physicist and balloonist and was very tall. Herge once said that he had made Calculus a sort of "mini-Picard" because he would have to enlarge the frames if he didn't. If you would like to look further into the scientist's life click here to see the wikipedia page about Picard.
Also, as a mere side note, I realized that the character's name is actually Professor Calculus, not Doctor, but the ink had already dried before I came to that sobering fact. Most sincere apologies to those diligent readers.
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Nostalgia & Comics

This is merely a post that expresses my excitement for a new movie that is due to come out sometime in the holiday season. The movie in question is called The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. As the post's title clearly specifies, this post is mainly about me reminiscing about the "early days," so to speak. When I was a little kid I loved the Tintin cartoons when it was on TV and I also loved the comics that inspired both this upcoming movie and the cartoon series.

Here is a brief bit of history of Tintin. The creator of the series is named Hergé (a pseudonym that belonged to a cartoonist whose real name was Georges Prosper Remi). He was a popular cartoonist and actually was one of the many cartoonists that inspired me to continue drawing. Some of my favorite characters in the series was Dr. Calculus and Thompson and Thomson, as well as Tintin, of course, and his faithful companion, his wire fox terrier, Snowy. Hergé had taken his lovable characters all over the globe in various adventures, but their adventures only seemed to merely halt momentarily when the creator died, but the franchise of the investigative reporter still goes strong today, and especially with this scribbler. I would recommend to anyone who enjoys adventure stories to check out some of the Tintin exploits and hopefully enjoy them as much as I have. I am, in short, very excited about this upcoming movie and I have here posted the new trailer for the movie. I, also, shall be posting some other scribbles in due time. Thanks for enduring the rambling. (Note: I realize that the subtitles and such are in French, but I believe that you, being a clever audience, will get the overall plot.)