I like to create a mood and then kill it with a machine gun

[secondlina]

We artist be giant teases, amiright?

Pity I don't have a female model I can command around like this.

I don't draw from life often. As a matter of fact, I always kinda sucked at it and hated it. Too used to draw things from my head. But once in a while, there's this one, extra-complicated pose that annoys me. So I tell my boyfriend to strip down to his underpants and torture him. For art.

Also...



A few of the French artists I follow online did these amazing re-tellings of Popeye for the "24 hour comic jam" at the Angoulème festival this year. Many of these are GEMS. If you can read French, give it a go... [link]

I just wanted to add my own Popeye and Olive to the mix.

Trying out some new coloring tricks with this piece. Oh, the background texture is a print by the Japanese artist Hokusai.

Comments

[neocloud9.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, nice. :)

[pip25.livejournal.com]

"Well blow me down!" ;D

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

Having fun with different art styles, too, I see. ;) It's not a perfect solution, but a lot of artists have a mirror on hand to help, probably when they lack an actual model. Or heck, you can get one of those cool little wooden models. They amuse me far too much! (I always pose them when I see them in stores.)

[spankingfemme.livejournal.com]

LOL! Poor Link :P Although it is always boss to be able to get them to obey such commands quickly *eyebrow wiggle* XD

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

LOL, poor Linkage. Of course, I'm sure there's a visceral pleasure for you as well, eh?

And I must say, I love the new technique you tried! Very lovely! And I think Popeye looks weird (in any art form), mostly due to his body shape. Glad to see Olive Oyl with some meat on her bones though!

[brendala.livejournal.com]

You'd think he'd have learned by now to expect this kind of weirdness when dating an artist.


That Popeye drawing is awesome. I think you made Olive Oyl WAY too curvy to be recognizable. But I understand why you did it (her regular noodle-body would look too sick/emaciated in a more realistic art style).

My French is terrible, but I had no trouble navigating the website you linked (the layout is easy to figure out even if you don't know the language). Some of those drawings were....bizarre. But at least they were creative.

[amelia-seyroon.livejournal.com]

Aww, Popeye and Olive!

[transientkarma.livejournal.com]

It's FOR ART OKAY. Mind you, you might get a little more posing than you were aiming for when you boss them into nakedness LMAO.

aww it's Popeye and Olive! :D Much more attractive than I remember them.

[angelchan-2004.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha! He probably gets all sad, "Why fore there is no nekkid times?"

I really love the soft coloring in this one<33

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I think a lot of guys wouldn't mind standing around in their underwear, even if they didn't get anything else out of it.