2nd Punch Bag Robot Maya build

This is the start of the second type of industrial robot in Punch Bag. This one is a welder; able to get into smaller spaces than the big heavy robot.

It s adapted from a pencil design  for a War Droid that I drew while on the train returning from last years Bristol Animation Festival (I was reading ABC Warriors from 2000ad at the time).

Obviously the weapons are being replaced with tools' etc. The polygon model is sticking pretty close to the original. I really like wanted to make that odd spine joint with the two pistons and hinged joints. Should be interesting rigging!

Still trying to get my entry for charactr #4; Nuns with Guns, ready. Pencil design is going well but the legs are a bit off at the moment.

 I have less than 24 hours to get it finished and a very busy day tomorrow. Its going to be close...again.

The final nuns are starting to come in to the forum; http://www.charactr.co.uk/final-voting-thread-for-charactr-3-t105.html. Some good ones already.

I set the new task on Friday. This one is 'Tattooed Spider Woman'. That means I could get anything from a shadowy, smouldering femme fatale from the days of film noir, to a mutated spider-human cross-breed. Should be some interesting submissions.

I made the sheet below to give some inspiration, and to show that there are many ways that this one could go.

Mark Making #7: John Hicklenton; part II

Back on the 'Mark Making' odyssey James Newell; http://meanwhiletv.blogspot.com/ contacted me as he has some original Nemesis artwork by the late, great John Hicklenton. James was kind enough to send me a high quality scan of the piece so I am showing it here in glorious detail.

 The real plus here is that the level of detail is so high that we can see the techniques used, different pen line qualities, varying inks, the use of photocopies and white paint. All these things are normally hidden, married into one smooth two-tone, black and white, high contrast image.

It is only when you see the original artwork that you can get a real sense of the artist at work.


As usual I have cropped a load of close-up images but this time they are in pairs so that you can see the original art, warts and all; then the finished high-contrast print version.

Enjoy!

Mark Making #6: Mike Dory

Mike Dorey started in 1979 on the short lived Tornado and 2000ad. He instantly struck me as being apart from the other artists in his ability to portray muck and grime. Hence he was the natural choice to draw The Ro-Jaws Memoirs.

Dirty marks, rough brush stokes and stippling.

Mark Making #5: Simon Harrison

This mark making blog looks in close-up at the line work of Simon Harrison. When he started in 2000ad his work stood out clearly from everyone else by the mark making alone. His use of delicate wispy lines in contrast to the stark uncompromising subject matter creates a visual contrast that pulls the viewer in to a very organic and phantasmagorical world.

Take a closer look...