CHALLENGE IX: 2P Cinema

Mash up buddy team video game characters with a buddy flick. For example Super Mario Bros as Blues Brothers. Too late for that one, I'm already doing it. :)

some ideas:

flicks
Shawshank Redemption
Thelma & Louise
48 Hours
Red Heat
Men in Black
Robin Hood
Chinatown
Strange Brew
Clerks
Deliverance
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Trading Places
Se7en
Lethal Weapon


games
Double Dragon
Bad Dudes (I'm baaaad!)
Golden Axe
Gauntlet
Castle Crashers
Rampage
Russian Attack
Toe Jam and Earl
TMNT Arcade
NARC Arcade
Gears of War
Army of Two
Ratchet and Clank
Jak and Daxter
Kane & Lynch
Contra
Streets of Rage
River City Ransom
Metal Slug
Left 4 Dead

Supreme Commander

Near the end of the original Supreme Commander I needed some diversion to keep me sane so I made this sketch for fun. It would've been cool if SC looked like this!

Some Dude

Whoa! No false advertisement here. Here is a quick sketch of some dude.

More Bailout Art!

That's right, Dr. Zimmer. This blog will never die. President Pun, that's me, will keep pumping out bail out art until "real" art by other artists are posted. So here is another DS sketch that I drew last night while watching ID4. Listen to me now and understand me later. Draw dammit!

Nintendo DS Wolverine!

Here is an image done using the Nintendo DS and a program called, Colors! It took a little while to get used to because it is extremely basic compared to Photoshop. But the big thing about this setup is that it is ultra portable. This painting was done while sitting in the bathroom, the couch, the mall, etc... 'nuff said. Bye!

Biggy Big Big

random doodle and brush fun.

Alien Invasion 1962

Been a little quiet around here. Some stuff from last week I did for an art test. My spin on the Resistance universe. They didn't go for it. Not Gears of War-y enough I guess...:)

Let's make a book

What's up fools? Copying and pasting from my Facebook:

I was reading a graphic novel called Flight yesterday. I've had it for a long time, but decided to pick it up again. If you don't know what it is, it's basically a collection of illustrated short stories from various artists. Some are amazing, and some are well... let's say it got me thinking, "hell, me and my friends could do this easy". It's not a new idea, we've talked about it before at various times, but never really followed up on it.

A couple of months ago I came across this site called www.blurb.com. It's basically a site for creating your own books, which, if you so choose, you could also publish. My brother and I used it to create a photo album of our trip to Asia earlier this year. It was simple, cheap and very efficient. It's free to create the book, and then you can order as many or as few as you like. Prices are very reasonable for what you get, and the range of binding and size options are impressive. Anyhow, I got to thinking... if even a handful of my friends got together to put it together, we could have a book in no time. I figure if each artist dedicated themselves to 12 pages (6 pages front and back), at 2 pages a month, we could have a book in 6 months. I say 2 because it's achievable, and I know that you're all very busy. You guys are so talented though, and I've seen what you can do when applying it to your work. I can only imagine what you could produce for something that is close to your heart. I know you guys all have ideas rolling around in your heads and personal projects you've always meant to get around to, so I thought this would be a nice opportunity to make it happen. Ideally, we could meet one night every month to give feedback and support and check on our progress.

If you're interested, please let me know, as I'd like to get things rolling while I'm inspired. In the meantime check out these links:

pricing:
http://www.blurb.com/create/book/pricing#standard-portrait

flight:
http://www.amazon.com/Flight-One-Kazu-Kibuishi/dp/0345496361/ref=pd_bbs_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223332348&sr=8-3

flight comics:
http://www.flightcomics.com/

You can contact me through facebook if you're on it. Otherwise you can email me at jone mnemonic at hot mail . com (all one word. sorry for all the spaces, but don't want webcrawlers getting my email address).

ZOMBIES vs COWBOYS!!!

Hi all, here's a thing I just finished. Zombies vs Cowboys! This is a bookcover I did for my friend William Harms. His book will be published late this year or early 2009. You may see another variant cover emerge in October...:)

If you'd like to see a timelapse movie of my somewhat chaotic process check this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AngqeFtdjQ

Anyway thanks for looking -Ray

Street Fighter Late Submission

My version of Dhalsim in photoshop vs my Balrog in Painter i just drew.. Drew both quickly.. i always thought of Dhalsim as a magician.. hence the pose... no colour on this sucker.. .. balrog ... what i think he would look like in my eyes. just the usual portrait shot.. trying to learn how to use painter x .. hehe. any critiques are welcome.

Chun Li - Pun ver.

Here she is. My other super late Street Fighter challenge picture. There was another version of this picture but it started to look very hentai because it was in a worms eye view of her doing a high kick. At least this one, I can use the shadows to hide the crotch a little easier.

IMC Final Project

It's been a while but I've been busy:) Here's the final barring any tweaks...

The illustration is from a design brief for a book called Green by Jay Lake that is due to be published soon by Tor books. Dan Dos Santos has the honor of illustrating the real cover and it's a beauty. I'm fortunate enough to have had some great input from Dan, Scott Fischer, Greg Manchess, Donato, Boris and Julie, and the rest of the IMC alumni of 2008. Thanks all! I could not have progressed as far as I did without your help and encouragement!

Medium: Digital and Oil on Panel

Hulk Smashed

Hulk head doodle sculpt I did awhile back, based off the Ed McGuinness art for Red Hulk.

Sagat!

Here is my super late Street Fighter entry. I orginally wanted to do a Chun Li picture but Sung did it faster than I could so I am back with another naked dude. Hope this doesn't become my "thing". Ha ha.

3D Total 4 Hour Sculpting Challenge

This is for a Speed Sculpt Challenge at 3dtotal. The topic is realistic cartoon. Its a four hour challenge where you take their provided generic base mesh and speed sculpt it into a realistic interpertation of a cartoon character. Yeah, its not very realistic but its in glorious 3d!!

Yubaba from Spirited Away at 4 hours of sculpting.