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Title: I draw stuff
Post by: SA on October 09, 2013, 03:54:29 AM
Scribblings, really. Inspired by your settings. If you recognise something feel free to take it home with you.

A magnificent bastard (http://www.thecbg.org/index.php/topic,209970.0.html)
(http://i40.tinypic.com/qsth5f.jpg)
At least, I was thinking Bastard's Bastards when I drew it.
The aesthetic is probably more WH40K than weird dieselpunk.
You can still have it if you want it, Superbright!
The others will look right I promise...
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: Rhamnousia on October 09, 2013, 04:21:15 AM
Good Lord, you have no idea how happy this makes me. While I agree it's rather light on the diesel and even lighter on the punk (no colours!?) it still has a really neat, "used" sort of quality to it that's both elegant and a little gritty. The shoulder plate looks like it was pried off an eldar before having the unit number stenciled on, the cybernetics look like something out of a Moebius comic, and the androgynous features are just icing on the cake of badass.
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: SA on October 09, 2013, 04:26:32 AM
Quote from: Superbrightno colours!?
Just a pen and a sketchpad. I'm pathologically averse to polychrome.
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: Rhamnousia on October 09, 2013, 04:35:14 AM
I meant the jackets that all Bastards (tallboys being the obvious exception) wear in lieu of formal uniforms.
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: SA on October 09, 2013, 04:38:01 AM
He's wearing an undersized bombardier jacket. It's ill-fitting and concealed 'neath assorted scavenged oddments, but it's there.
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: Rhamnousia on October 09, 2013, 04:46:15 AM
Okay, I see it now; I originally read the upturned collar as being attached to the cape and the garment beneath as some sort of tunic. In my head, the Bastards are made of nothing but Jamie Hewlett art, Frank Frazetta posters, and HBO military series like Band of Brothers and Generation Kill, so seeing them filtered through the lens of someone else's artistic vision is both jarring and exciting.

Not to belabor the point, but I fucking love that beautiful face. The vaguely almond eyes and aquiline nose just work for me.
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: SA on October 09, 2013, 05:02:18 AM
Quote from: SuperbrightI fucking love that beautiful face
Momma always said "make the art you'd most want to see". Which begs the question: why do I draw so many blood orgies?

Disclaimer: no blood orgies real or imagined will ever be featured on this thread.
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: Rhamnousia on October 09, 2013, 05:24:02 AM
Quote from: Salacious AngelDisclaimer: no blood orgies real or imagined will ever be featured on this thread.

Of course not; this is fanart of the Bastards, not So Spins the Lonely Moons...
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: Weave on October 09, 2013, 02:15:55 PM
This is really good, SA. I love the sort of soft, unfinished-yet-complete style of it - there's something unsettlingly horrifying about it, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what. Is this done in ink?
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: Steerpike on October 09, 2013, 02:31:11 PM
Quote from: Salacious AngelDisclaimer: no blood orgies real or imagined will ever be featured on this thread.

I'm sad now.
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: SA on October 09, 2013, 06:19:50 PM
Quote from: WeaveThis is really good, SA.
Thanks. It was a labour of... well it was certainly a labour. Haven't drawn anything in several years.
QuoteI love the sort of soft, unfinished-yet-complete style of it
Sure, you could call it that. It's actually just unfinished. I drew his legs but they sucked hard.
Quotethere's something unsettlingly horrifying about it, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what.
Perhaps you are allergic to transhumanism?
QuoteIs this done in ink?
Yes. Most things I draw on impulse are drawn in ink. Now I'm going to start drawing with intent, which happens in pencil.

Quote from: SteerpikeI'm sad now.
Just because they're not in this thread doesn't mean they're... not.

[spoiler=uhhh...](http://i39.tinypic.com/ioqa7l.jpg)
last night was a strange night.[/spoiler]
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: Weave on October 09, 2013, 07:01:25 PM
Quote from: Salacious Angel
Quote from: Weavethere's something unsettlingly horrifying about it, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what.
Perhaps you are allergic to transhumanism?
I'm allergic to many things. I wouldn't be surprised if this was one of them. I guess it'll have to be a love-hate.

Quote from: Salacious Angel
Quote from: WeaveIs this done in ink?
Yes. Most things I draw on impulse are drawn in ink. Now I'm going to start drawing with intent, which happens in pencil.

Huh! I seem to work backwards. My sketches are in pencil and my more "finished" productions are in ink. Your way makes more sense.

Also, the other drawings make me wish I could somehow enter your head and understand how you come up with such brilliant and bizarre creations. Well done!
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: SA on October 09, 2013, 07:07:05 PM
Quote from: Weavethe other drawings make me wish I could somehow enter your head and understand how you come up with such brilliant and bizarre creations
The same way I come up with my settings: let my mind wander until I end up in the Bad Part™ of my subconscious, then beat feet with whatever I can carry before my Id can catch me.
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: Steerpike on October 09, 2013, 10:23:01 PM
Mmmmm monsters!
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: Humabout on October 10, 2013, 11:22:28 AM
Me likes!  I may raid your drawings for some ideas, if you don't mind
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: SA on October 10, 2013, 04:51:15 PM
Quote from: SteerpikeMmmmm monsters!
Sometimes they are crunchy and delicious but sometimes they pop and gush with disquieting salty thickness.

Quote from: HumaboutI may raid your drawings for some ideas, if you don't mind
I'd mind if you didn't!
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: Humabout on October 10, 2013, 05:12:51 PM
Sweet!  I have need for weird and creepy things.  Also, love the WH-esque quality of the bastard.  I love that style of drawing.
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: khyron1144 on October 14, 2013, 08:45:40 PM
I like what you've done here.  That second drawing with the weird monster things was well weird and had monster things, and that's the sort of art I generally think is nifty.


Any chance you could take a look at Terra (http://www.thecbg.org/index.php/topic,24955.0.html) and see if anything is drawable?  Maybe somebody from the Rogue's Gallery thread (http://www.thecbg.org/index.php/topic,209948.0.htm)?
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: SA on October 14, 2013, 08:54:53 PM
Quote from: khyronThat second drawing with the weird monster things was well weird and had monster things
Man, it's like you... know me.

QuoteAny chance you could take a look at Terra and see if anything is drawable?
[spoiler=Hmm...](http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2012/208/6/2/challenge_accepted_by_ragefaceicons-d58u7d1.png)[/spoiler]
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: khyron1144 on October 14, 2013, 10:01:29 PM
Cool!
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: SA on October 17, 2013, 03:39:15 AM
Yo.

Khyron.
[spoiler=A wild Knobby appears](http://i42.tinypic.com/6fbibm.jpg)[/spoiler]Unrelated...
[spoiler=This is also a thing](http://i40.tinypic.com/fmmhcm.jpg)[/spoiler]Don't know what though.

[ooc]Anyone else, other than Superbright, want a thing?[/ooc]
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: Humabout on October 17, 2013, 10:27:29 AM
Holy crap that's awesome!  Both of them!
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: TheMeanestGuest on October 17, 2013, 12:35:54 PM
I really like your whatever-it-is. For some reason I can't help but think there's a person wearing it like some kind of demon armour. (or maybe it's the other way around)

You could always draw something from Our Terrible Purpose! I would be interested in seeing that.

Edit: I also of course always enjoy seeing things from the Cadaverous Earth realized.
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: Magnus Pym on October 17, 2013, 01:56:57 PM
Damn, you're a talented artist.

It seems to me like you like drawing demons and dark creatures. If you are interested, below, in my signature, is a link to one of my custom worlds called Plaguelands. There is such a thing as the Seven Horrors (a nod to the Seven Wonders) and a few great demons, of which a description is made available under the ''The Cinqus Demones'' part of the long thread. At least, I hope it can inspire you.

If you ever wanted to draw something more tribal-ish (very ancient civilization), I also have a custom world called Primeval, which is also in my signature below. That could always provide you with some inspiration, especially since I have a text coming out soon that's about a jungle tribe that will be colourful enough to inspire images.

Anyways, I look forward to seeing more of your work, and if you got any questions about mine don't hesitate.

EDIT: And I completely agree with TMG, something from the Cadaverous Earth would always be very nice.
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: Humabout on October 17, 2013, 02:04:46 PM
I vote for CE as well!  Also, I'd love to see a fomorian from Cad Goleor.
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: SA on October 17, 2013, 05:59:32 PM
TheMeanestGuest and Pymtein Magnushake will both get a thing.

Oh and Cadaverous Earth is coming don't you worry.

EDIT: Oh no Raven! I missed your fomorian. Not trying to diss you or nothing. You get a thing as well.
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: khyron1144 on October 20, 2013, 05:52:08 PM
Thank you.  That was a cool drawing of Knobby.

And if you want, feel to take a Terra badge:

(http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/8817/terars2.gif) (http://www.thecbg.org/index.php/topic,24955.0.html)
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: Humabout on October 20, 2013, 05:56:08 PM
Quote from: Sally AnnEDIT: Oh no Raven! I missed your fomorian. Not trying to diss you or nothing. You get a thing as well.
No worries!  After playing a few sessions with SH, I want to see one!
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: SA on October 20, 2013, 06:36:58 PM
Quote from: Khyron1144Thank you.  That was a cool drawing of Knobby.
I was halfway done before I got the reference. If I was a little sharper from the outset I would have made him goofier, like his namesake.
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: khyron1144 on October 22, 2013, 06:51:27 PM
Quote from: Salted Anchovy
Quote from: Khyron1144Thank you.  That was a cool drawing of Knobby.
I was halfway done before I got the reference. If I was a little sharper from the outset I would have made him goofier, like his namesake.

That's OK, he's fairly handsome for a gnome, Comeliness 14/13, so that's a point of divergence from Discworld Knobby there.

I put it over on Knobby's entry in the Rogue's Gallery thread (http://www.thecbg.org/index.php/topic,209948.msg224799.html#msg224799), if that's OK.
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: SA on October 22, 2013, 09:05:58 PM
Like it says in the first post, they're yours to do with as you like.

Just remember to add my name (which you have in this instance so yay).
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: Ninja D! on November 20, 2013, 12:28:39 PM
Wow. Just wow.
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: Nomadic on November 20, 2013, 03:19:17 PM
These are pretty impressive, don't suppose I could add myself to the list for a drawing.
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: SA on November 20, 2013, 06:17:15 PM
You for sure definilly can.
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: Nomadic on November 20, 2013, 09:46:00 PM
Quote from: SA
You for sure definilly can.

Awesome, in that case I was thinking you could draw the following:

A clockwork whale golem. Its exterior is a mixture of riveted brass plates which show occasional glimpses through openings to a morass of gears, pipes, pistons, and various other mechanical intricacies. Instead of a tail it trails a bundle of tentacular cables, ending in myriad grippers, tools, and instruments.
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: SA on November 20, 2013, 11:41:41 PM
Man Oh Man. That's going to be tough.

But it's going to happen.
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: Ninja D! on November 21, 2013, 08:21:05 AM
If it's something you'd do, I'd add you to a very short list of people to talk to before advertising when I'm looking to hire someone to do artwork for my publishing endeavors. I run a sci-fi / horror literary zine and may publish some novels or anthologies in those genres.
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: SA on November 21, 2013, 08:15:25 PM
All for it.

I should probs get on with my backlog...
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: LordVreeg on December 08, 2013, 11:08:20 AM
No one's going to complain about how long it takes to get free, highly appreciated art.
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: SA on December 14, 2013, 04:25:14 AM
FOMORIAN
as far as I got before my damn tablet broke.
The next one will be in pencil.
(in fact, I may take a crack at the goat-headed fomorian)
(http://i42.tinypic.com/2rptkx2.jpg)
Title: Re: I draw stuff
Post by: Ninja D! on December 21, 2013, 11:55:07 AM
Quote from: LordVreegNo one's going to complain about how long it takes to get free, highly appreciated art.
A thousand times this. A friend of mine volunteered to do the cover art for the first annual anthology of my zine, free of charge. I didn't get the piece for probably four months but now everyone loves it. If what you're doing is worthwhile and you're not dealing with some kind of professional business contract, time shouldn't really matter. And, from what I've seen, what you're doing is well worth the wait.