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

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

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

TALLY HO!!!

I've been having some new ideas in the works, and some new articles in the works for the Athens Art Blog. Perhaps doing some new expanding to different areas of the great web of the aether (?). If you would like to be up to date with the new stuff going on here, just go to the facebook page for this blog by clicking the link entitled TO THE AETHER! located to the right, listed under the pages. Be sure to give an enthusiastic thumbs up on the facebook page by "liking" it.

Thanks & Cheers,

A. Taylor

Here's Some (Hopefully) Good News

Due to recent events, I've been trying to weave my way through the various webs of the Ether-net so that I can have some new pictures to present to you folks. What I'm going to do is give the facebook page a second try, see if anything beneficial comes from it. In the meantime, I'll just be posting up pictures and drawings there, for now, until this (annoying) technical difficulty blows over.

You can just meander on over to the facebook page by clicking

here

Right-o, fingers crossed.

Cheers,

A. Taylor

Well, This is Interesting....

Right-o, folks, still having some difficulties with my blog (at least with the posting picture part of this blog), so I will be trying to find some form of alternative to post pictures. Trust me, it will be some time soon, I hope.

Huzzah for Procrastination!

Well, I did have a cartoon for the new year, but, due to some really frustrating technical difficulties, I am not able to post it onto this blog. Sorry about that, but maybe it will be up here eventually.

Also, about the 12 days of Christmas thing that I said that I was going to do before the year was out: it is still in the works and will be posted as a separate page so that you folks can take a gander at it when you find the time.

Sorry, again, about the frustrating technology,

Cheers,

A. Taylor

P.S. Hope you kind readers have a great New Year!

The (Almost) Twelve Days of Christmas & Harry Potter

Howdy Folks, hope that you are all doing well, and having an excellent Holiday Season, so far. Sorry about the hiatus for about a month, but schooling tends to get in the way of that sometimes. Anyways, I have been working on a little series for the Christmas season entitled the 12 days of Christmas. I know what you folks are thinking: "boy that's an original idea," in a snarky and sarcastic way. Oh well, I've come up with something I think you kind readers might enjoy. While you folks are waiting for that, here's a hand-drawn slide show that I did for a music class recently. It was about the scores and the composers of the Harry Potter film series. It might not be my best work, but I hope that you enjoy it.

Cheers,

A. Taylor

Happy Holidays!

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 Brandybard Balloon

I have been fiddling with the creation of a sort of icon for this blog, if there would ever be on. I was doodling one day and came up with this ink-black balloon.

Then I went onto a website called picmonkey and played around with it further.

This was the "final result," just not quite sure what to do with it, really. It's merely an idea for the time being.

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

Behold, The Auburn!!!

My family and I went on a sort of one-day-holiday to Auburn, Indiana, specifically the Auburn Cord Dusenburg Museum, where these rolling pieces of art were manufactured. This is my favorite.

I've always had a soft spot for the Auburn 852 Boattail Speedster, I had a little Hotwheels model of it when I was a kid and it has, since then, become nothing less than a dream car for me.

These were meticulously manufactured for those who had deep pockets and had a need for speed. These cars were rolling sculptures and were the epitome of the jazz age.

Needless to say, I was in heaven looking at various cars like these. I ran around and found that I had taken over a hundred pictures, my dad, the ultimate car guy in the house, had taken well over hundred as well. We were like kids in a candy store, basically. It was great.

Until next time, I'll be cruising around in a great 1916 Dodge (boy, I wish)...

Perhaps more pictures to come....