The Great Orator

Here's a comic that I quickly drew up when I was bored one day. I had a ball coming up with this bombastic, over-dramatic character. This was drawn with waterproof ink and a dip pen. I should have a good, and painted, version of this little comic.

Here's a darker copy in case the previous wasn't that legible.

Cheers,

A. Taylor

HAPPY 100th BLOG POST, EVERYBODY!

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 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.

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

Good Ol' Fashioned Adverts

These were taken at the Auburn Cord Duesenburg Museum in Auburn, Indiana. I just thought these were interesting. I'll have some actual drawing work up here sometime in the near future (maybe some motorcars?).

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