tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52790928415022418402024-03-18T21:44:42.365-07:00Skinny ElbowsThe blog of Artist Neil RobertsNeil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-90951433439595605582012-08-17T05:08:00.000-07:002012-08-17T05:08:00.016-07:00First Look: Cover: The SigilliteSo, here's the first of a few new artworks revealed over on the <a href="http://www.blacklibrary.com/Blog/you-sigillite-horus-heresy-art.html">Black Library blog</a>, my cover for <a href="http://www.blacklibrary.com/Authors/Chris-Wraight.html">Chris Wraight</a>'s new audio drama, 'The Sigillite':<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Malcador, The Sigillite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Wait... what are those two skulls with the II and XI there for...?</span></div>
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Here's a few close up shots showing the details in more... umm, detail:<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">A flaming '<a href="http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Aquila#.UC4zjKB4_YU">Aquila</a>' atop a staff, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">great for going to the lavatory at night.</span></div>
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So there you go! Something to chew over until next week, whereupon we shall be riffing on Hot Fuzz and getting all moody in the caves under Calth...<br />
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Until then, my friends! <br />
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<br />Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-91749209696045153722012-07-30T04:37:00.000-07:002012-07-30T04:37:22.299-07:00Cover: Judge Dredd Megazine: Issue 326Well, it's been a long time, hasn't it!<br />
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I've been away on secondment recently to Holy Terra, drawing some people fighting - but more about that another time...<br />
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In the meantime, here's my cover for this months <a href="http://www.2000adonline.com/meg/326">Judge Dredd Megazine: Issue 326</a> - "Big Trouble in Hondo-City":<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">The final cover, I love that tagline... </span></div>
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The brief was as follows:</div>
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I gathered a few reference materials*, namely the fantastic 80's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiju">kaiju </a>posters by posters by <span class="st"><a href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Noriyoshi+Ohrai&hl=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=2m8WUJTqEufT0QWSk4GIAQ&ved=0CG4QsAQ&biw=1600&bih=1039">Noriyoshi Ohrai</a> and others...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">that wouldn't be very professional, would it...</span></div>
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Tharg liked the second one, which had more interaction in the image, which always makes for a dynamic cover.<br />
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I might add that I didn't use any reference photos this time, as I wanted to keep this a strictly fantastical affair - I just wanted to try painting my way out of any problems on this one...<br />
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After that, we jump a few stages (namely blowing up the pic in Photoshop and painting over it in finer detail - and then painting A BIT MORE) on to the final piece:</div>
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So, feel free to go and buy a copy, support your home-grown comic publishers, writers and artists, enjoy the stories and then buy the next issue.<br />
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That's that, until next time, where I think I'll be talking about Paris Comic Con... <br />
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<i>*Alas, no gurning in this one, sorry Pete ;)</i><br />
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<br />Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-79963974891835290052012-06-18T08:52:00.000-07:002012-06-18T08:52:30.595-07:00Last in, first out...So, by way of kick-starting my blog, Nikki Sixx OD'ing style, I'm going to start by posting my most recent items first.<br />
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First up is a sample from this weekends <a href="http://www.drsketchynottingham.co.uk/index.html">Dr Sketchy</a> sessions, where we were treated to performances and poses by the stunning <a href="http://vonbourbon.com/">Beatrix Von Bourbon</a> and funny <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/velmavonbonbon">Velma Von Bon Bon</a> and others...<br />
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I've recently been reading up on my <a href="http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/golden-age.html">Golden Age illustrators</a> and I'd like to think that their influence is creeping into my work in some small way.<br />
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<br />Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-61466097591540688342012-06-13T08:45:00.001-07:002012-06-13T08:45:59.677-07:00Holy Blog, Batman!Right, the blog has been dormant too long now... time to remedy that...<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b> </b></span>(...in the next few days)<span style="color: red; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div>Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-7859351074775783322012-03-08T02:36:00.002-08:002012-03-08T02:42:25.806-08:00Cover: 2000AD Prog 1773Another week and another cover for <a href="http://www.2000adonline.com/">The Galaxies Greatest Comic</a>!<br />
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You know the drill... first some sketches, references (incl. gurning) and painting - Et voilĂ ! You have a cover...!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.2000adonline.com/prog/1773"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5kkLO8TmC3ymYL15VO5LagloKyMNPfW8OUdYWGXtSCHXeIlm_tnxyehG6YU1GB5ICW8tJygMKn4N-wHml7qUDwSJBrMDInanoTHWFagJ7CCFxtMwAwfD97qq9STuDAsJxZagSpF5Nxis9/s320/1773.jpg" width="243" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Above)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Dante, on the cover. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">A brilliant story - I'm proud to be a small part of it. </span></div><br />
...and a Very Happy (Belated) 35th Birthday to Tharg and his Droids at <a href="http://www.2000adonline.com/">2000AD</a> - Thank you for being the best and most consistently brilliant comic going and long may you reign over us ;)<br />
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</div>That's all for now, currently on the drawing board - Jetbikes vs Orks...Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-56253949112112085352012-02-08T02:45:00.000-08:002012-02-08T02:46:09.794-08:00Horus Heresy: Know No FearIt's out.<br />
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Go <a href="http://www.blacklibrary.com/horus-heresy/know-no-fear.html">here </a>to get your copy...<br />
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...and <a href="http://www.blacklibrary.com/">Black Library</a> are <a href="http://www.blacklibrary.com/horus-heresy/know-no-fear-wallpapers.html">selling wallpapers</a> of it as well, if you like that sort of thing. <br />
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Check out my <a href="http://skinnyelbows.blogspot.com/2011/07/first-look-cover-know-no-fear.html">previous post</a> about the cover.<br />
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Coming up - <a href="http://www.fantasyevents.org/cicae/index.html">Cardiff International Comic Expo</a> and <a href="http://www.blacklibrary.com/blacklibrarylive">Black Library Live</a>...Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-25356644600544784482011-12-23T14:41:00.000-08:002011-12-23T14:41:53.425-08:00Season's Greetings!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal">A quick festive post to wish old friends and new, personal and professional, a Merry Christmas and the most prosperous of New Years!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yw7Oc3_QMFA/TvUDST9R5hI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/CgER34HFSb4/s1600/NR_CHRISTMAS_2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Yw7Oc3_QMFA/TvUDST9R5hI/AAAAAAAAA1Q/CgER34HFSb4/s400/NR_CHRISTMAS_2011.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">"Look to the future now, it's only just begun..."</span></div>Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-57279739900393191842011-11-09T02:24:00.000-08:002011-11-09T02:24:01.969-08:00Skinnyelbows on Game Art at Confetti NottinghamHi All,<br />
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I'll be doing a quick lecture about Game Art in all its forms at <a href="http://confetti.uk.com/">Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies</a> in Nottingham tomorrow at 4pm (that's Thursday, November 10th from 4pm, fact fans!)<br />
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I look forward to meeting new faces, inspiring them and hopefully shedding some light on the realities of working in game development...<br />
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I'll see thee then, then!Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-62857560888232134552011-11-04T09:42:00.000-07:002011-11-04T09:44:45.196-07:00Skinnyelbows: Now on T-shirts, Hoodies and Stickers...!Hello All! <br />
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Feel free to pop on over to my <a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/skinnyelbows/portfolio">REDBUBBLE </a>page to see some of my original designs that you can get on Men and Womens size t-shirts, hoodies and also in sticker form. Here's a sample of the first wave:<br />
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Hope you like. We shall see if I sell any, it's a nice way to get some extra use out of my doodles.<br />
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I'll be adding more and more as I make them, so be sure to check back from time to time...!Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-3702836124986132922011-10-28T04:31:00.000-07:002011-10-28T04:37:00.887-07:00Cover 2000AD Prog 1757Here's my cover to this weeks <a href="http://www.2000adonline.com/">2000AD </a>Prog 1757, "Flight of Angels!":<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As always it kicks off with a brief from Tharg, who wanted Angel Zero on her glider, zooming at the reader - guns blazing. BLAM!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I knew John Burns was drawing the strip, so I started to think about the strips he did for Look-In but, as I didn't merely want to imitate Johns superlative style (one of the finest comic draughtsman right now) - I wanted to be sympathetic to the artwork and story - that led me to <a href="http://www.bookpalace.com/acatalog/Home_Arnaldo_Putzu_Art_1926.html">Arnaldo Putzu</a>, cover artist for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look-in">Look-in</a> magazine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Me and my sister used to get Look-in when we were children and, while I never knew his name at the time, I LOVED his covers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Using his bold use of colour as my starting point I ran up two thumbnails based on the brief:</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tharg liked the one on the right here, but he made sure I kept her eyes on the reader in the final piece - a small but VERY important point for many covers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's the eyes that can grab the viewer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now, the reference shot - here I am rolling about on the floor to get an idea of how you'd hold the guns if you were in that position. I look daft, I know - but you've got to break a few eggs to make an omelette. And I sure look like a stupid egg...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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From there I hit Photoshop hard and painted up the final piece you see below. <br />
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Here's a detail of the piece so you can see it close-up - hopefully the eyes are fixing you with their gaze...<br />
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And with that, Tharg was happy, I was happy, so we're all happy! Right?<br />
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Another fun cover for the Galaxies Greatest Comic, it really has to be one of the best gigs in the Universe!<br />
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<a href="http://www.2000adonline.com/news/26-10-2011/flight_of_angels/">2000AD Prog 1757</a> is in the shops now! - you'd be crazy to miss out ;)<br />
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Until next time, my fellow Earthlings!Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-8291398395515855232011-09-19T05:22:00.000-07:002011-09-19T05:22:41.163-07:00Reminder: Games Day 2011Hello All,<br />
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Just a quick reminder to say I shall be attending <a href="http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/home.jsp">Games Day 2011</a> with those lovely folk from <a href="http://www.blacklibrary.com/">The Black Library</a> this coming Sunday the 25th September, 2011 at the Birmingham NEC LG Arena!<br />
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So, if you have any of you have copies of my Black Library covered books, Horus Heresy books or posters (there may also be numbered and signed limited edition prints available on the day), feel free to bring them along to get signed. I believe I'll also be taking part in a seminar about the Art of Black Library!<br />
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Oh, and there'll be a bunch of people who <a href="http://www.blacklibrary.com/Events/games-day-uk-2011.html">write words</a> as well, so you can talk to them about sentences and paragraphs or something... ;) <br />
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There may even have a special sneak preview of upcoming artworks on my iphone for anyone who asks very, <i>very </i>nicely...<br />
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Tickets available here: <a href="http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod2150004">Games Day UK 2011 </a><br />
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UPDATE - it looks like all tickets are <a href="http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?aId=10500052a">sold out</a>, see you all there!Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-56675497374736028432011-08-30T02:22:00.000-07:002011-08-30T13:23:12.547-07:00First Look: Cover: AurelianHello All, <br />
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So, we've had the Pledge, The Turn and now, the Prestige moment... <br />
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3eMuIjiARpMz_7Y8Mo5LdJM2CO2Ifo4YhTbqiVSeKugh3W3GRHRqBRs0h9Pj0hTL9JQ3o4QTwmDlWVniSqHdfMTLJgOSuquCVzwWrRurBjB3kpMDYIKfOqLcpPTs43Ue4gf7BZY6M0XK/s1600/aurelian-art_03.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 468px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3eMuIjiARpMz_7Y8Mo5LdJM2CO2Ifo4YhTbqiVSeKugh3W3GRHRqBRs0h9Pj0hTL9JQ3o4QTwmDlWVniSqHdfMTLJgOSuquCVzwWrRurBjB3kpMDYIKfOqLcpPTs43Ue4gf7BZY6M0XK/s320/aurelian-art_03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646579094165826146" border="0" /></a>Those nice folk at <a href="http://www.blacklibrary.com/">Black Library</a> have now revealed my artwork (in their <a href="http://www.blacklibrary.com/newsletter">newsletter</a>) for the new Horus Heresy novella by the ĂĽber-cool <a href="http://aarondembskibowden.wordpress.com/">Aaron Dembski-Bowden</a>, titled: Aurelian <br />
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</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV8ql0BpXVW9Su_EWSkXiYXSUIwZxrjgZxmyzAtk8WrRssf5WVu8qOQO_dMS9xc8QrHMRrYnT1JgoJUHGfIq_Q7LGJhVCep5Gmc4yzsjloNiFXOZsJJEOFy9ELgcXx8eD7AJ2kIl9xYSRW/s1600/aurelian_nroberts-4-964-x-708.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV8ql0BpXVW9Su_EWSkXiYXSUIwZxrjgZxmyzAtk8WrRssf5WVu8qOQO_dMS9xc8QrHMRrYnT1JgoJUHGfIq_Q7LGJhVCep5Gmc4yzsjloNiFXOZsJJEOFy9ELgcXx8eD7AJ2kIl9xYSRW/s320/aurelian_nroberts-4-964-x-708.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646581258038862002" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)</span> <br />
<span style="font-size:78%;">Intense! </span> <br />
<span style="font-size:78%;">The result of a lot of</span> <br />
<span style="font-size:78%;">Hans Zimmer soundtracks </span> <br />
<span style="font-size:78%;">and a well outlined brief...</span> <br />
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</div>Needless to say the messageboards have been getting a lot of heat, people seem to like it, which is always nice to know. <br />
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Either way, I'm proud of it. Aaron has a knack of pushing the boundaries of what to expect in a cover and this one didn't fail to push against that. Check out his <a href="http://aarondembskibowden.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/aurelian-cover-art/">'blog</a> for a far wittier take on the cover art. <br />
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Sheesh, that boy's a GREAT writer... Cheers Aaron - you wonderful bundle of talent! <br />
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Next up on my drawing board, assassins and aliens... <br />
Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-7078377338313108322011-08-25T02:41:00.000-07:002011-08-25T02:54:06.877-07:00Music To Paint By...Hello all,
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<br />I just finished a nice big cover for my brothers and battle-sisters at <a href="http://www.blacklibrary.com/">Black Library</a> and, by way of a teaser (kind of), I wanted to share the musical inspiration for the piece (the best bit comes in at 2:50 in):
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<br />Without giving too much away, this summed up perfectly the mood I wanted to achieve with the piece.
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<br />More often than not, I listen to soundtracks when working, mostly Hans Zimmer. Or have my iPhone on shuffle, so it'll keep me amused when it bounces from Lady Gaga to Dragonforce to Ennio Morricone ;)
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<br />So, anyone else use particular pieces of music to get them fired up?
<br />Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-38481262024466437642011-08-10T09:28:00.000-07:002011-08-10T09:38:32.088-07:00Art Prints at Games Day 2011Hello All,
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<br />A quick note that <a href="http://www.blacklibrary.com/Blog/The-psyker-and-the-wolf.html">Black Library</a> will be selling limited edition prints of the 'Path of the Seer' cover at <a href="http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?prodId=prod2150004">Games Day 2011</a>, alongside <a href="http://www.jonsullivanart.com/">Jon Sullivans</a>' awesome <a href="http://www.blacklibrary.com/Images/BL/blog/2011/08/fangart.jpg">'Battle of the Fang' cover</a>:
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<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGqGukgXt1kiz4h1pqOuLPORYMtFmHtvkrIbdCcui9VKb3q_bBBHTVijYIV8jkne0Y-Z7MiUfAchdLWyFhK9-8-325G3xcqX66DAAQ4Jvt0DyJX2rUp9Hxo5DAxl32T6COLeI3pNhtW4u/s1600/eldart.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGqGukgXt1kiz4h1pqOuLPORYMtFmHtvkrIbdCcui9VKb3q_bBBHTVijYIV8jkne0Y-Z7MiUfAchdLWyFhK9-8-325G3xcqX66DAAQ4Jvt0DyJX2rUp9Hxo5DAxl32T6COLeI3pNhtW4u/s320/eldart.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639266317669782338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)</span>
<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Come buy me at Games Day!</span>
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<br />You'll be able to see all the insane* amount of detail that went into the cover in this print, there's even a special tribute to an 80's band in there, if you can find it ;)
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<br />See you there...!
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<br />* Well, 'insane' may be a bit extreme, but I did dream about swirling lines for nights after...
<br />Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-68768594659651342402011-08-02T01:15:00.000-07:002011-08-02T02:22:27.174-07:00Cover: 2000AD Prog 1745Here's my cover to this weeks <a href="http://www.2000adonline.com/">2000AD</a> Prog1745, 'First Blood':<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkiFGV5X6E4xw4XBgPGGXrrnhepiBKI-ZT-t7K7-HzGrV3fP1eocbfYyJYyiVsHSrBMa-slvadg9aEt8ZiCDD2c0IPBI1AmmNBhWMhF8tnAhO2giZYJ9BY4e3jR36Wa6YCW615fY1zMTA/s1600/2000AD_Prog_1745.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkiFGV5X6E4xw4XBgPGGXrrnhepiBKI-ZT-t7K7-HzGrV3fP1eocbfYyJYyiVsHSrBMa-slvadg9aEt8ZiCDD2c0IPBI1AmmNBhWMhF8tnAhO2giZYJ9BY4e3jR36Wa6YCW615fY1zMTA/s320/2000AD_Prog_1745.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636183311131687058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">2000AD Prog 1745:<br />The MkI Blackbloods<br />in their menacing glory.</span><br /></div><br />A neat little brief from Tharg, with the BlackBlood MkI's looming over and reaching out to grab the reader... What's not to inspire an artist!<br /><br />I took a few reference photos - as always, to get an idea of poses and look for any of those subtle shapes that can sometimes lift an image. In this case it was the angle of the little finger when the hand opens like that. Yeah, that was my big discovery in this pic. Little fingers! GO ME!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07e0V6HCkMot5h4JGQ_nWdictGRqbz2leVkfQRuEsnMLEbbZrbuoS_w1uM6O33KEEm1OHCJzmW1LwXbWAIADpbF8phaQCvLVSb8FDy20uSl5X_rvP6ZfnKC7jqLgU8-Ve1M-E3ba4aJbm/s1600/Savage_ref_example.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07e0V6HCkMot5h4JGQ_nWdictGRqbz2leVkfQRuEsnMLEbbZrbuoS_w1uM6O33KEEm1OHCJzmW1LwXbWAIADpbF8phaQCvLVSb8FDy20uSl5X_rvP6ZfnKC7jqLgU8-Ve1M-E3ba4aJbm/s320/Savage_ref_example.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636175993363403138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)<br />The little finger, the way it's angled - LOOK!<br /></span></div><br />Anyways, I drew up a thumbnail I *felt* delivered on the brief, luckily for me, Tharg the Mighty liked it:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjyl0y6seScNVsWxJayzOkUT6bE5Z1DprS8IryRhL3gir-h20MtYeeh6M61X8bNT9cnQWr-hKLOI2EAIOv3uVulHwdUqlWMOsp47drVP5JIzEmM_BDYmnA5q78Jg26Zr-553Nt3xod9LS/s1600/Savage002_cover_thumb.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjyl0y6seScNVsWxJayzOkUT6bE5Z1DprS8IryRhL3gir-h20MtYeeh6M61X8bNT9cnQWr-hKLOI2EAIOv3uVulHwdUqlWMOsp47drVP5JIzEmM_BDYmnA5q78Jg26Zr-553Nt3xod9LS/s320/Savage002_cover_thumb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636183208800472514" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">I submitted just the one thumbnail this time,<br />sometimes a risky approach, as I felt it most accurately<br /> portrayed what Tharg was looking for.</span><br /></div><br />So I went ahead and painted up the final image, as you can see here:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLdTxVUvgyX4ggmPs4GB9egCTWvsS7c7kkCmmnw_OipAJzsoZrm08kjHcaBEDHcT95oo81omOWOEBzSR5AbjXTge7PM9EvDfkVikKKhHSGKNjMytaSXcVteahqk9TrpQLfyHeNU1Guv-r3/s1600/SAVAGE_002_FINAL_lo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLdTxVUvgyX4ggmPs4GB9egCTWvsS7c7kkCmmnw_OipAJzsoZrm08kjHcaBEDHcT95oo81omOWOEBzSR5AbjXTge7PM9EvDfkVikKKhHSGKNjMytaSXcVteahqk9TrpQLfyHeNU1Guv-r3/s320/SAVAGE_002_FINAL_lo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636183215239206818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">The final image, painted in Photoshop.</span><br /></div><br />Tharg was happy, I was happy, we're all happy! Am I right?<br /><br />I still get a thrill doing covers for the Galaxies Greatest Comic, it really has to be one of the best gigs in the Universe!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.2000adonline.com/">2000AD</a> Prog 1745 is in the shops on Wednesday - you'd be crazy to miss out ;)<br /><br />Until next time, my fellow Earthlings!Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-80729212170559140662011-07-19T03:21:00.000-07:002011-07-19T03:29:59.908-07:00Interview: Scotch Corner<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://scotchcorner.blogspot.com/2011/07/july-guest-neil-roberts.html"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 418px; height: 195px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFuSQeM9RyPXi8VxPlN8LF-HWBwSfTrlMmcbCaemGRIvCkeWgSr99Aoo3WCThcTc3OLnZy4JsgYdBUuMw3sz6Pco1jUO8PuGVQor_OsTheEUdvUekAf6VY7TCe0BR6RobRx9ynUAK0-Q/s660/SC-Title.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Just a quick post to point you to a neat little <a href="http://scotchcorner.blogspot.com/2011/07/july-guest-neil-roberts.html">interview</a> with the lovely people over at the <a href="http://scotchcorner.blogspot.com/">Scotch Corner blog</a>, where I talk about how I started off my illustration career and my work in general - <a href="http://scotchcorner.blogspot.com/2011/07/july-guest-neil-roberts.html">go read</a>!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_It63v7hEFkgQPMY-lxc92RzCKjqZvYYGsNpjPB-0w5_jmef_p01_OlY0-D5XvD1-8-wMPfXFhjqjkF6kBC8QfoXGnvnd1Z5d1b5mI-OOzFR2VfSbLUKwUDJHP6xdaIfRBn8HTU0Rxc/s1600/FINAL_Zarjaz_WULF.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 417px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_It63v7hEFkgQPMY-lxc92RzCKjqZvYYGsNpjPB-0w5_jmef_p01_OlY0-D5XvD1-8-wMPfXFhjqjkF6kBC8QfoXGnvnd1Z5d1b5mI-OOzFR2VfSbLUKwUDJHP6xdaIfRBn8HTU0Rxc/s1600/FINAL_Zarjaz_WULF.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Cool as der cucumber, ja?Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-49954787973069616702011-07-15T05:30:00.000-07:002011-07-15T05:50:43.520-07:00First look: Cover: Path of the RenegadeWhat a week! First off, space marines <span style="font-style: italic;">actually </span>in space; now I introduce you to my new Dark Eldar cover for Andy Chambers' new novel "<a href="http://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/path-of-the-renegade.html">Path of the Renegade</a>", from <a href="http://www.blacklibrary.com/">Black Library</a> - out early next year.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSoZilzn44gFwEMT098XtGig8fzv0Sldcwr0gj94hHGsAWk-WbW7-EdgvxJ9rSFbYRWdirvaz1DeAtas-GlK-e3EJyGWZstChkeGLiGgt90Um_PhameEODKZbr527jv-qRqdEUo9-866A/s1600/DEmedium.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSoZilzn44gFwEMT098XtGig8fzv0Sldcwr0gj94hHGsAWk-WbW7-EdgvxJ9rSFbYRWdirvaz1DeAtas-GlK-e3EJyGWZstChkeGLiGgt90Um_PhameEODKZbr527jv-qRqdEUo9-866A/s320/DEmedium.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629556100849867010" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Like the Eldar novels,<br />I lavished little details on<br />this image - not immediately<br />visible in this preview...</span><br /></div><br />And here's the piece in it's front cover glory:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6U-j7eWV5I8_DwI7vT9acJ8HIgt4splc-lVQQBetQMn-D5QBn9unvpLzWBBDzKKMr0VzqT8x8iUy9N7AwSTjo9r8L1MQvMmwOMjhsNVQxnS6DCX-FPD_q4iQA7tU_TrkfrZ4NbCFaUxt/s1600/Path-Renegade.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ6U-j7eWV5I8_DwI7vT9acJ8HIgt4splc-lVQQBetQMn-D5QBn9unvpLzWBBDzKKMr0VzqT8x8iUy9N7AwSTjo9r8L1MQvMmwOMjhsNVQxnS6DCX-FPD_q4iQA7tU_TrkfrZ4NbCFaUxt/s320/Path-Renegade.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629557923493567122" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">The design and type always<br /> sets off the image to a tee!</span><br /></div><br />I'll do a proper post with process, as and when the book comes out - Excellent!Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-4189097949621633482011-07-14T01:25:00.000-07:002012-02-08T02:41:13.154-08:00First look: Cover: Know No FearHello one and all!<br />
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So, <a href="http://www.blacklibrary.com/">Black Library</a> have put the final (lo-res) image <a href="http://www.blacklibrary.com/Blog/Know-no-fear-artwork.html">up</a> for the new <a href="http://theprimaryclone.blogspot.com/">Dan Abnett</a> <a href="http://www.blacklibrary.com/Horus-Heresy">Horus Heresy</a> novel, "Know No Fear" and here it is for your perusal:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUXrDhAcqvh1b72FwFPwBGlPdcRK8eFjf6VxfmE4UOr9nsItzpIoxf9IBNmdBOWBP7jgHSW9UvwVh3yuuV75gm3Wof5vFNzcUW9OKccXt0eI92YV7g63vOvlX7fV9uH_urY2dl9AlVCpK7/s1600/Know-no-Fear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUXrDhAcqvh1b72FwFPwBGlPdcRK8eFjf6VxfmE4UOr9nsItzpIoxf9IBNmdBOWBP7jgHSW9UvwVh3yuuV75gm3Wof5vFNzcUW9OKccXt0eI92YV7g63vOvlX7fV9uH_urY2dl9AlVCpK7/s320/Know-no-Fear.jpg" width="198" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-size: 78%;">(Above)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 78%;">Zero-G punchup!<br />
Ultramarine Primarch, Roboute Guilliman<br />
PUNCHING THE HEAD OFF<br />
a heretic WordBearer</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgutSmqdZ_vmDBgtPtn89jVE-t0Do-rh5ti-QnVZJbainXKeyIXoY9HxQc4i3OUYAdwzE8AraTvx3BGDo5v5TDIvhI8hM33zvVjqhFdGLSlyJ7n6pauyx5wecVvfNkxfX81_gr86OWjQ6bj/s1600/HH_Know_No_Fear_N.Roberts+smash2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629122982569986226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgutSmqdZ_vmDBgtPtn89jVE-t0Do-rh5ti-QnVZJbainXKeyIXoY9HxQc4i3OUYAdwzE8AraTvx3BGDo5v5TDIvhI8hM33zvVjqhFdGLSlyJ7n6pauyx5wecVvfNkxfX81_gr86OWjQ6bj/s320/HH_Know_No_Fear_N.Roberts+smash2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 175px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 286px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 78%;">(Above, detail)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 78%;">The face was inspired<br />
by the previous Ultramarine I painted<br />
for 'Battle for the Abyss'<br />
</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNwKgg2cAZu6zHh6rirUiWrlrQGPIk-2S7QadY_axEhiJOCzWWwKDG2emX5kkXYzUtP-k1f1TumHf-Yz69QTixpWht9idbX-AhkwOH7Bjkoh2H8x0-aMCJrLOCZ-awZ_wcnjr7bSozQy4/s1600/HH_Know_No_Fear_N.Roberts_DETAIL001.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629122987575301618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyNwKgg2cAZu6zHh6rirUiWrlrQGPIk-2S7QadY_axEhiJOCzWWwKDG2emX5kkXYzUtP-k1f1TumHf-Yz69QTixpWht9idbX-AhkwOH7Bjkoh2H8x0-aMCJrLOCZ-awZ_wcnjr7bSozQy4/s320/HH_Know_No_Fear_N.Roberts_DETAIL001.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 266px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 78%;">(Above)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 78%;">I LOVED adding the details<br />
on this one, the blood globules hanging in space,<br />
the ship detailing and all the rest.</span></div><br />
The idea for this image was to have a true 360 degree punch up, so the cover was designed to show some combat if you turned the image round to any angle.<br />
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I added a harsh lens-flare with lens dust, the kind of which you see on the <a href="http://history.nasa.gov/ap11ann/kippsphotos/apollo.html">NASA Apollo Moon-landing photographs</a> (a great inspiration for this piece)<br />
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Well ,that's all for this time, when the book's out I'll do a full process post - sketches and reference. But for now, enjoy the hard vacuum of space...!Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-72760882140156084722011-06-27T04:43:00.000-07:002011-06-27T05:10:35.796-07:00Process: Oil Paint: Still Life 2011Hello All,<br /><br />A quick diversion, if you will - to the realms of oil painting...<br /><br />Here's a process summary of a little still life I finished in-between jobs:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEckJ8pUNc0XLmovjWovs9KCLVbvKkEyeYNshKUYHQbh8npi-vc6iXKrpsJqXzGsAIWRG3PWsMMjXPXL6bxw8Fd5HG-oFcZfoTD5bqkYYkQW1FS0QYk0olMbUJhF3gkufi_Thk-0IlHiQ/s1600/NR_STILL_LIFE_003_SETUP.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEckJ8pUNc0XLmovjWovs9KCLVbvKkEyeYNshKUYHQbh8npi-vc6iXKrpsJqXzGsAIWRG3PWsMMjXPXL6bxw8Fd5HG-oFcZfoTD5bqkYYkQW1FS0QYk0olMbUJhF3gkufi_Thk-0IlHiQ/s320/NR_STILL_LIFE_003_SETUP.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622869592267766274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">The basic set-up in the studio.</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">An oil decanter, grapes, silver bowl<br />and a platter.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirbHYjbyP8Gf3JbzRNrG9SU78WqQE4q-v28F40QAni0HfJs6IsTG-_wJPvJm1sJpTdkaFBRZfOwl3sX83hFEEj2-oq-VsEzrtEcFceoUTA0BJzfqxgQyt0WifkJcX8J-gGZYofaSOj4M8O/s1600/NR_STILL_LIFE_003_PROCESS.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirbHYjbyP8Gf3JbzRNrG9SU78WqQE4q-v28F40QAni0HfJs6IsTG-_wJPvJm1sJpTdkaFBRZfOwl3sX83hFEEj2-oq-VsEzrtEcFceoUTA0BJzfqxgQyt0WifkJcX8J-gGZYofaSOj4M8O/s320/NR_STILL_LIFE_003_PROCESS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622865826532809698" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)<br />Process.<br />The bowl feels overworked.<br />Next painting I'm going to vary the<br />rendering between looser strokes<br />and refined areas of detail<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisInCiNHm3ZqYNrU1xLriVg4IozOLin88-CfuE59y3w8_NRYBZ1hbLAX47Aai1LpBg8uVC9ECse7Cr1OByfqWcW4054vTdzVX3dGI2g0opYPxtPvnEy8szuYhPllAx_DUjBO7LDlfxqbWn/s1600/NR_STILL_LIFE_003_MED.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisInCiNHm3ZqYNrU1xLriVg4IozOLin88-CfuE59y3w8_NRYBZ1hbLAX47Aai1LpBg8uVC9ECse7Cr1OByfqWcW4054vTdzVX3dGI2g0opYPxtPvnEy8szuYhPllAx_DUjBO7LDlfxqbWn/s320/NR_STILL_LIFE_003_MED.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622865832086086306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Still Life, 2011<br />Oil on Canvas<br />8"x10"</span><br /></div><br />It was done in one afternoon, approx. 4hrs, in that quick 'alla prima' approach that I enjoy.<br /><br />The next paintings are a larger format and a more complex subject material - my children!<br /><br />Until the next time...Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-82092874370255858552011-06-17T01:42:00.000-07:002011-06-17T02:06:50.315-07:00First look: Cover: Age of DarknessHello One and All!<br /><br />Here's a nice clean version of the new, NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING ANTHOLOGY "Age of Darkness" from BL Publishing, showing a<span style="font-style: italic;"> slightly</span> evil Horus grinding an Imperial Fist Marine into the dirt (a certain Christian Dunn's idea - so BLAME HIM!):<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqOiGMevEzuVerSNbP-regsXPPUFS5xL78VYhYtzkmD0xvpIsAgnnC6c-CIxdcw1MxwYuThqgcxI9BUETvXD_3Q0F6VmxlJ-ZUNeNOV_iDeInTwMeZc2AmD6G8GXApQ6MCrbPK8oHrj8OF/s1600/AoD_001_FULL.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqOiGMevEzuVerSNbP-regsXPPUFS5xL78VYhYtzkmD0xvpIsAgnnC6c-CIxdcw1MxwYuThqgcxI9BUETvXD_3Q0F6VmxlJ-ZUNeNOV_iDeInTwMeZc2AmD6G8GXApQ6MCrbPK8oHrj8OF/s320/AoD_001_FULL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619109120628288930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Horus is *starting* to go all evil,<br />so he's not TOTALLY spiked up yet...</span><br /></div><br />As is usual, I started off with draughting out thumbnails - just two thumbnail ideas this time, as I had a pretty set idea as to how I wanted this cover to look. Luckily, Black Library were happy with them and chose the first thumbnail to work from. Then it was simply a case of paint, Paint, PAINT!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zuPvZmA1FcLdxqmI5z3riVcG3ODiLxIFzjHGnIjq2xp4Evy9aB-SGxgb3j6CgNdPbWFYbb1RdW0FlVGXSJPqLB5jmdHouFke4uygdnixEghmuE4MeEcjT0GvzZUry7t3OF9IDWfedBIH/s1600/AoD_000_THUMBS.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zuPvZmA1FcLdxqmI5z3riVcG3ODiLxIFzjHGnIjq2xp4Evy9aB-SGxgb3j6CgNdPbWFYbb1RdW0FlVGXSJPqLB5jmdHouFke4uygdnixEghmuE4MeEcjT0GvzZUry7t3OF9IDWfedBIH/s320/AoD_000_THUMBS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619111119375327778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)<br />The initial thumbnails,<br />BL correctly stated I'd made<br />his armour too purple -<br />n00b mistake ;)<br /></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkLJVPqxySssVlw731OTHVHHmNkabxNDUG-fVLsYboh_p1h7P2Xym5wYd59uK4UHyRGFdzOY0ibeGNmkOl7dQfdyTkTgzKU7hxYEF-F7EO5aErr6tQ_1TQ7ClKsOz691G4kwnDdIrUiuaH/s1600/AoD_003_HORUS_DETAIL.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkLJVPqxySssVlw731OTHVHHmNkabxNDUG-fVLsYboh_p1h7P2Xym5wYd59uK4UHyRGFdzOY0ibeGNmkOl7dQfdyTkTgzKU7hxYEF-F7EO5aErr6tQ_1TQ7ClKsOz691G4kwnDdIrUiuaH/s320/AoD_003_HORUS_DETAIL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619109131813126082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)<br />Horus Detail, armour heavily based<br /> on the classic Adrian Smith<br />Horus vs Emperor art.<br /><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisiILdx9NUoPjV_rD782Ff_FcU1FJ0tZC57cTsboZrH9TT-L1wMVurb9fJde59_ibm-iZcN4944gXdbq8usC698lkZ52h2cMYyswuDFH1cOjrvE2ZQZMUwqKb4aCjrq2ZImwVDH6ur3Qm4/s1600/AoD_002_DETAIL.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 175px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisiILdx9NUoPjV_rD782Ff_FcU1FJ0tZC57cTsboZrH9TT-L1wMVurb9fJde59_ibm-iZcN4944gXdbq8usC698lkZ52h2cMYyswuDFH1cOjrvE2ZQZMUwqKb4aCjrq2ZImwVDH6ur3Qm4/s320/AoD_002_DETAIL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619109124879401602" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">OOF! BOOT TO THE HEAD!<br />See his panicked eye behind his eye-lens -<br />that's me, that is ;)</span><br /></div><br />Cool, so that's the skinny on the new Heresy cover - I'm off to finish putting some more spikes on this here certain xenos cover I'm currently working on...Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-29175954385205318172011-06-15T03:45:00.000-07:002011-06-15T04:13:13.189-07:00Unused Star Wars Battlefront ConceptsSo, <a href="http://www.lucasarts.com/games/swbattlefront/">Star Wars Battlefront</a> 3 wasn't even finished (let alone cancelled) when we tried to get number 4 off the ground at the now defunct Free Radical Design (now <a href="http://www.crytek.com/">Crytek UK</a>)<br /><br />So here a few pages of concepts produced for a game that never saw the light of day:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGi-3efAZaBrYUPv3qmYIY1XroQh-fuJyUAbPpYhFhrSPWnDszadFQC7KOo31uZi4vr3nNRziD4cHD0Aij7iJ_-1OSzHhpEZJN7NjFIM37RR1QcUOnZTM3cdboEWjKYcfouGjuHPKg1CJ/s1600/SW_ENVIRON_CONCEPTS_001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGi-3efAZaBrYUPv3qmYIY1XroQh-fuJyUAbPpYhFhrSPWnDszadFQC7KOo31uZi4vr3nNRziD4cHD0Aij7iJ_-1OSzHhpEZJN7NjFIM37RR1QcUOnZTM3cdboEWjKYcfouGjuHPKg1CJ/s320/SW_ENVIRON_CONCEPTS_001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618398703692287010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Environment concepts -<br />chiefly based around<br />an infiltration of a<br /> Kaminoan Cloning Facility.</span><br /></div><br />Also, we were working on some crazy Alternative Star Wars Timeline ideas - where the good guys were the bad guys and vice versa:<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1MjN70XT6cgI24SipoWx11rY1yYcCMAE8jwT5dMf55wDCgh-Ci8hbMiuocHf6EkzrptkxS0ym2ywklzlmxIOgqqAHbtM_inDhRjPMkWayMRg_Q462DBibk0kb_n1SahQGrvFXtii9kZT/s1600/SW_ALTERN_CONCEPTS_001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1MjN70XT6cgI24SipoWx11rY1yYcCMAE8jwT5dMf55wDCgh-Ci8hbMiuocHf6EkzrptkxS0ym2ywklzlmxIOgqqAHbtM_inDhRjPMkWayMRg_Q462DBibk0kb_n1SahQGrvFXtii9kZT/s320/SW_ALTERN_CONCEPTS_001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618401503615236082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">The good guys were the bad guys,<br />and the bad guys were the good guys. </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">WHO'S CRAZY IDEA WAS THAT?</span><br /></div><br />Well, that's a brief snapshot into the brief life of a cancelled game ;)<br /><br />'Til next time, everyone!Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-46669147929996770032011-06-06T02:50:00.001-07:002011-06-06T06:14:48.877-07:00Back from the edge...Hello All,<br /><br />I'm back from the other side of oblivion - AKA, moving house and stuff and I've emerged leaner and meaner than ever (well, not so much of the lean, actually, and not mean at all)<br /><br />So, here's a little of what's been going on in my absence...<br /><br />A little bit of work for the BBC:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kbLQCqS4xLY57WrTUpEV9ON4PHcw58i7gT9Cv9tIYZBcKnC6TBLT9O2WVDRB2rswvAyiGswkU3au5CgMTf5NcZ5OyzJolv_gNFXrIyjxkt1JR_tIf_dwxtmhxj3AIZxUJS0PyDnmYge2/s1600/nr_062011_001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kbLQCqS4xLY57WrTUpEV9ON4PHcw58i7gT9Cv9tIYZBcKnC6TBLT9O2WVDRB2rswvAyiGswkU3au5CgMTf5NcZ5OyzJolv_gNFXrIyjxkt1JR_tIf_dwxtmhxj3AIZxUJS0PyDnmYge2/s320/nr_062011_001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615043026226637282" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Doctor Who for the Sarah Jane Adventures<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrATj6MTkh6J6v9lUbN45MUHXbbplgqzI_ucoUUt62vyf2EZychVeWVMsFzWu4e9es7JknzPDhyphenhyphenDfocrss14wyBS-7AkOlqCThN8RNxKbsl_eAxeKrmwpaDhM53BDdejf1bMjVk1u08tD/s1600/nr_062011_003.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwrATj6MTkh6J6v9lUbN45MUHXbbplgqzI_ucoUUt62vyf2EZychVeWVMsFzWu4e9es7JknzPDhyphenhyphenDfocrss14wyBS-7AkOlqCThN8RNxKbsl_eAxeKrmwpaDhM53BDdejf1bMjVk1u08tD/s320/nr_062011_003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615043033384789698" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">"Affirmative, Master" - K9</span><br /></div><br />And some charity work for the new '<a href="http://www.comicbook.org.uk/spirit-of-hope/">Spirit of Hope</a>' comic from the <a href="http://www.comicbook.org.uk/spirit-of-hope/">Comic Book Alliance</a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAv30BZyDtaa-D8HH0QIL7y0iCSxk8xfZvHfbJEUk4bzHnkbZJeLieKWgAXU08iD2X2BlFKoUaCytQNE3_Pl6_0tHw4JaUFWgTm8NVMiLcvncJCIEUpV3P5vOHo4sLBeTTQJgPQeJqbdS1/s1600/nr_062011_002.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAv30BZyDtaa-D8HH0QIL7y0iCSxk8xfZvHfbJEUk4bzHnkbZJeLieKWgAXU08iD2X2BlFKoUaCytQNE3_Pl6_0tHw4JaUFWgTm8NVMiLcvncJCIEUpV3P5vOHo4sLBeTTQJgPQeJqbdS1/s320/nr_062011_002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615043030701272754" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Spirit of Hope</span><br /></div><br />All profit from the title will go to help disaster victims via Second Harvest and the New Zealand Red Cross.<br /><br />Right - that's us nearly up to speed - what I can't show you is ALL the stuff that hasn't even seen print yet - Mechs, Monsters, Avatars, Spaceships, Robots... y'know, like EVERYTHING else!<br /><br />More soon, I PROMISE...!Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-42384030275341102432011-03-09T01:00:00.000-08:002011-03-09T01:12:28.327-08:00First look: Cover: Deliverance LostHello All!<br /><br />So, Black Library Live! 2011 has been and gone for another year and what a great day it was - it was great to meet up with all those who enjoy the books, hobby and artwork.<br /><br />A big THANKYOU for making all the hard work feel worthwhile.<br /><br />Many folk saw the new Corax artwork for 'Deliverance Lost' by Gav Thorpe and Black Library have now put the final (lo-res) image up for your enjoyment and scrutiny:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPevE6Ujz8QbiTfDgGDKdWH1rqcvTzmUcBmruSiVjsgqyazx3VHQJY0o2RV_R4Sl9mBin9JJyF9Ipkou8b1xIgnqzhMbA3lyM60DCiMUsAGDozyg3b_uhe2ndyG02lwRNhn4DeaI_PT72/s1600/deliverance-lost-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPevE6Ujz8QbiTfDgGDKdWH1rqcvTzmUcBmruSiVjsgqyazx3VHQJY0o2RV_R4Sl9mBin9JJyF9Ipkou8b1xIgnqzhMbA3lyM60DCiMUsAGDozyg3b_uhe2ndyG02lwRNhn4DeaI_PT72/s320/deliverance-lost-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582002853803136050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Corax in orbital drop.</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">The brief wanted an Art Deco hanging garden city</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">something we've never really seen in 40K before</span><br /></div><br />Thankfully the artwork has gone down a storm. It was inspired by a specially commissioned illustration by John Blanche - Corax has never been seen before, so who better to define his look ;)<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5-QSzgORyn8SSOUkrjYOslXZG3DfX6RBtCbuzweIyYOZ5c1Hh7ZKp7apZ8bOWZT70CLNQvUDNYd4ii-mzM8G8zID6Su13dbNiyCkGCWz8mAyZROTTqvxn0eVCc8vtqHbgamHWEkBYfI0w/s1600/deliverance-lost-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5-QSzgORyn8SSOUkrjYOslXZG3DfX6RBtCbuzweIyYOZ5c1Hh7ZKp7apZ8bOWZT70CLNQvUDNYd4ii-mzM8G8zID6Su13dbNiyCkGCWz8mAyZROTTqvxn0eVCc8vtqHbgamHWEkBYfI0w/s320/deliverance-lost-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582002859100846610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above: Detail)</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">I was inspired by the idea of a 'Dark Knight' style </span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">base-jump mixed with 'Star Trek' orbital drop</span>.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;">WHOOOSH</span>!<br /></div><br />Anyway, here you go - feast thine eyes upon it and feel free to leave a comment.<br /><br />See you soon!Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-46419398356933516882011-03-02T03:44:00.001-08:002011-03-02T03:59:09.182-08:00Process: Oil Paint: Regent Street 2010Hello All,<br /><br />Just a quick process post about an oil painting I recently finished. I wanted to do a contemporary landscape, so I chose Regent Street, London. The aim of doing an oil painting was to re-connect with the notion of being an artist - especially after the busy year that was 2010. I wanted to re-establish those traditional skills that are easy to move away from when you've been working digitally for so long.<br /><br />After a few sketches and reference photo's were taken, I launched into the painting. Below you can see my process:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3dftrunXr2h31jhcf3r8BwtsTnRpoIjJKynKwAUZsczZbK1h2W6d_22h9JuLNuOI6kHklKCqXNCKyJnu4IdUX7nDWJunME09uXjP956_z8Ur3bGsLa3jlmw85q_7z1NWa55gstGJyHFH/s1600/NR_REGENT_STREET_WIP.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 129px; height: 589px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio3dftrunXr2h31jhcf3r8BwtsTnRpoIjJKynKwAUZsczZbK1h2W6d_22h9JuLNuOI6kHklKCqXNCKyJnu4IdUX7nDWJunME09uXjP956_z8Ur3bGsLa3jlmw85q_7z1NWa55gstGJyHFH/s320/NR_REGENT_STREET_WIP.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579447706238690130" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)<br />Regent Street painting in progress<br /></span></div><br />As you can see I used a saturated umber as my ground, mainly because I wanted to get a real warmth to the painting, which would mainly be that rather flat Portland stone colour. Also, I painted it in elements, sky, left side, right - a kind of Alla Prima approach over several days.<br /><br />The final painting (apologies for the poor quality, will get a better pic when the weather is better)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9lcgzFpAF68ujbZicK1gekghebkLg4dy8LvYuFy3-xC6KpwI3GYX8eXxWfs0yQWE2m1qeB6F5FshcQNYjVZOMYKhfaZXRb_xZFhiJ7gMz4C1uR64ftqig9n2Wesi6kYIKIlZu9Q35MR_/s1600/NR_REGENT_STREET_FULL.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9lcgzFpAF68ujbZicK1gekghebkLg4dy8LvYuFy3-xC6KpwI3GYX8eXxWfs0yQWE2m1qeB6F5FshcQNYjVZOMYKhfaZXRb_xZFhiJ7gMz4C1uR64ftqig9n2Wesi6kYIKIlZu9Q35MR_/s320/NR_REGENT_STREET_FULL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579448787747356338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Regent Street, 2010</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Oil on canvas</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">24"x30"</span><br /></div><br />It's exciting for me, as I've been able to acknowledge a more traditional and considered approach that will, hopefully, inform my future work. I've already gessoed a load of other canvases and panels, so I'm looking forward to exploring the posibilities of oil painting, still life and landscapes further.<br /><br />I've got a few other paintings almost finished which I'll post up as and when they're done - keep those eyes peeled!Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279092841502241840.post-80270220771857131402011-02-11T12:18:00.000-08:002011-02-11T12:23:44.125-08:00Cover: 2000AD Prog 1721Hello All,<br /><br />A quick post about this weeks 2000AD, with the cover art by yours truly:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcVvNGDdTnasNxE9PiwrFUS6hW9YaBm5kPsLtXdiG4zOSXdMUW1ZXmYvz2pV6FuHkwwG1_n-VY-pBCKaKgDAKRvhQ1VQBuBTuUcaA4zxxD-DtsGRD97FrolaEU1YjZZK9Sm-tGp_tWxfMI/s1600/1721_FINAL_PRINT.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcVvNGDdTnasNxE9PiwrFUS6hW9YaBm5kPsLtXdiG4zOSXdMUW1ZXmYvz2pV6FuHkwwG1_n-VY-pBCKaKgDAKRvhQ1VQBuBTuUcaA4zxxD-DtsGRD97FrolaEU1YjZZK9Sm-tGp_tWxfMI/s320/1721_FINAL_PRINT.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572529302073161442" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(Above)<br />Basing it on the Henry-Flint-drawn<br />Shakara strip meant I could<br />try a more limited palette<br /></span></div><br />I'll do a proper process post soon and maybe Pete Wells over at the EXCELLENT blog, <a href="http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/">2000AD Covers Uncovered</a> may have more material at some point as well.<br /><br />Right, that's it for now, Dr Sketchy's tomorrow.<br /><br />See you in the funny papers...!Neil Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793954410423858887noreply@blogger.com2