Spud's Art - Ghost of Calico (June 21st)

captainspud · April 09, 2007, 03:15:40 PM

It's sad that I produce art so infrequently that every time I post something, I can't find my old thread.

Sigh.

Aaaaanyway. I drew the Hulk.

No real reason.

Go me.

I've been indundated by school projects for four years and haven't had time to draw... I graduate in three weeks, and I intend to pick up the slack once I'm free. :D

Charmed · April 09, 2007, 03:30:50 PM

Great job on Hulk Spud! Can't wait to see more!

style · April 09, 2007, 04:53:06 PM

Cap that is great work man!!! :thumbup: love that he's makeing minse meat of some one. (wonder who it is?) Nice work with the blood.

Sword · April 09, 2007, 06:31:56 PM

Nice work. This looks like the ultimate result of World War Hulk, after he's torn Tony asunder.

Panther_Gunn · April 10, 2007, 02:57:41 AM

I can almost hear the rant that comes right before this pic:

"What tha....? You cloned Thor?!? What are you, some kind of [expletive deleted]-hole with an ego that could blot out the sun? Oh, wait, I forgot I was talkin to Tony - frickin - Stark! That's like askin if Captain America still salutes the flag every morning. What? He's what?!?!! He got WHAT!?!"

*glares at Tony, really closely*

"Ah, screw it......HULK SMASH!!!"

El Condor · April 10, 2007, 07:29:02 AM

It's sad that the Hulk's waist is probably slimmer than mine :angry:

BRAVO on the draw-ring! :thumbup:

EC

MJB · April 10, 2007, 12:43:34 PM

As a fan of 'ol Green Genes I give this my approval. :thumbup:

-MJB

Spam · April 10, 2007, 08:37:25 PM

Very nice, Spuddy. :)

FORIAMSPAM!

juancho · April 11, 2007, 07:35:00 AM

HULK SMASHHHHHHHH...... hahaha
awsome art spuddy, best of luck for this few weeks left till u become a graduate, we will be expecting new bout that
congrats

Glitch Girl · April 11, 2007, 07:30:35 PM

Like hte use of red and hte splatter. It's very "splutchy", for lack of a better term. Legs look a little odd (the hips I think) but the arms and face work real well.

captainspud · April 11, 2007, 08:34:40 PM

Yarr-- the left leg is anchored too far forward, I'm gonna fix that before I put it on my site, I've just been too busy this week. :)

captainspud · April 13, 2007, 12:13:14 PM

One of my favourite cheesy villains: Swarm! :D

I cannot stress enough how sick I am of drawing bees... >_<

BatWing · April 13, 2007, 12:28:01 PM

thats crazy
some bee guy in the hood :thumbup:

gdaybloke · April 13, 2007, 01:10:30 PM

Sweet! Great Swarm, Spud. Nice to see that I'm not the only one with an affection for d-list marvel villains.

Alaric · April 13, 2007, 02:33:21 PM

Wow! That's... absolutely the best rendition of Swarm I've ever seen (okay, I've probably only seen four or five renditions of this particular villain, but still...). You actually made the concept work visually. Very impressive.

Mowgli · April 13, 2007, 03:10:56 PM

That is sweet. The bees look pretty realistic, what with the darker shading. I like it. ASnd as I said before, this guy would make your skin crawl if you saw him in real life. Good stuff Spud. Keep it coming. :)

UnkoMan · April 13, 2007, 10:03:29 PM

I love it. Look at that one bee, all by himself.

The white outlines really up the creepy factor.

GrizzlyBearTalon · April 14, 2007, 10:44:05 AM

Wow, a very detailed creepy pic Spud. Half the time Swarm just looks like a really bumpy yellowish fellow covered in boils or something. Of course like you mentioned yourself you got sick of drawing bees so I think putting a lot of detail into Swarm over the course of a whole issue would probably drive someone over the edge.

MJB · April 14, 2007, 11:22:31 AM

I really like it. I mean reallllly like it.

The subtle texture in the cloak is a great touch BTW.

-MJB

Spam · April 17, 2007, 04:41:40 PM

Frig-cken-sweetawsomeness!

That's really cool, Spuddy. At first I didn't know what it was, but then I saw the face in the hood. Quite freaky, but overtly awesome. ^_^

FORIAMSPAM!

Glitch Girl · April 17, 2007, 06:45:47 PM

Really like how you did the layered bees effect. Very cool.

psychopanda · April 19, 2007, 03:58:22 PM

Quote from: gdaybloke on April 13, 2007, 01:10:30 PM
Sweet! Great Swarm, Spud. Nice to see that I'm not the only one with an affection for d-list marvel villains.

Bah, they're only "d-list" if you think of them as such. ;)

Great stuff Spudly, glad to see you're getting back into your art! :D

BatWing · April 19, 2007, 07:11:02 PM

no way psychopanda was online!?

psychopanda · April 24, 2007, 08:15:49 AM

Quote from: Raijin on April 19, 2007, 07:11:02 PM
no way psychopanda was online!?

"way"

But you really should be drooling over Spudly's cool art, like I am!

captainspud · June 21, 2007, 08:58:39 PM

This is something I've been working on for a couple months. My friend's friend is is in a band called "Ghost of Calico". The band is vaguely pirate-themed, and they've just picked up a new band member and recorded a new album after nearly breaking up. Soooooo... they asked me to do their CD art, and they wanted something with a pirate ship rising out of the water. Or something. They were kinda vague. ;)

Sooo, yeah. It took me a while to get it looking how I wanted it, but I'm fairly happy with it now. I was gonna send it off to their graphics people tomorrow, but first I wanted to drop it in here to get some opinions and make sure I didn't forget some blindingly obvious error before it goes off to be printed. Feel free to be blunt and brutal-- I want this as pretty as I can get it, and nobody improves when all they hear is "that's great!". :)

MJB · June 21, 2007, 09:34:03 PM

That's great!

Heh. No seriously I like it but that shape in the middle doesn't read "pirate ship" to me.

-MJB

captainspud · June 21, 2007, 09:39:48 PM

Hmm... mmkay...

El Condor · June 22, 2007, 12:22:39 AM

It is really gorgeous. The coloring is perfect and haunting. I agree with Em that the it's difficult to tell that the ship is a ship. Before you mentioned it in your description, I couldn't tell what it was.

EC

Verfall · June 22, 2007, 02:43:46 AM

I think I see what Jeebs means. The sail connected to the...uh...the pointy thing out front(I know what's it's called, but damn if I can remember at 3am) looks out of place. It throws off the shape of the entire thing. Replace it with a smaller fluffier sail closer to the middle maybe?

it really kind of looks like a paper airplane sticking out of the top of the mast, and it's edges look sharp when compared to the smoothness of the other sails.

Uncle Yuan · June 22, 2007, 08:12:23 AM

Yeah, I agree that the spinnaker sail is a little odd, but I also think reducing the amount of seaweed coming off the bowsprit would help - more wood and a more defined hull would make it more obvious it's a ship, IMO. Maybe add a really creepy figurehead?

Still, the colors and the lighting are very evocative - I definitely get the "surfacing in the underworld" feel.

edit: And - oooo - I completely missed the skull clouds on the first glance. Very nice.