A portrait of Nat Love/Deadwood Dick for Tiki Machine’s upcoming Western-themed art book, which should be debuting at San Diego Comic-Con this year.
Nat was a knockout black cowboy with a pretty impressive autobiography and, not being one to give up any chance to draw bison, I decided to draw from the chapter in his book about a Buffalo stampede:
A Buffalo Stampede—On They Came, a Maddened, Plunging Snorting, Bellowing Mass of Horns and Hoofs.
…So rad. You can check out some more WIP sketches over on the blog, and I’ll make sure to let you all know when the book’s out and available.
-C
oaksandroses asked:
That is so fabulous. Assuming someone wanted to get it as an actual tattoo, what would your thoughts be on that?
I’d be totally cool with that! Flattered, actually. If it was a tattoo I was designing for myself I’d definitely be more protective, but since it’s just for cosplay I’m happy to share it out.
(Source: shoomlah)
Here, have some actual art from me and not just ranting!
I’m planning on doing an Ivy cosplay at SDCC this summer that involves her having a Harley tattoo, so I thought I’d sketch something up that would look good on my thigh.
PRINTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE from the Pokemon Battle Royale art show! A number of artists (including myself) sent in more than one print, so you can go check out the entire lineup over in the Light Grey Art Lab’s BigCartel store and treat yourself to somethin’ nice.
-C
This is the Reade family portrait I was commissioned to do for Frank Reade: Adventures in the Age of Invention, and I finally got my hands on a copy from the lovely Paul and Anina so I could see it in print. It’s credited to Charles Dana Gibson, which is simultaneously flattering and daunting, but a year after inking it I’m actually kinda happy with how it turned out. Kinda.
The original is about 11 x 17”, in pen & ink- yeah, that’s right, sometimes I don’t draw on a computer. Occasionally. Almost never.
-C
The parter piece to my Jack Sparrow painting, also something I drew at work for Kinect Disneyland Adventures. Though it’s a bit of a chore trying to find non-conflicting reference of Mr. Jones, he is still a hell of a lot of fun to paint.
I did a lot of concept work for Kinect Disneyland Adventures and, seeing how the game was released this past November, I finally have a chance to post some of these. I may not have an Imagineering career in my near future, but it was nice to at least have the chance to work on a digital version of Disneyland.
The Pirates game was originally going to feature a lot more characters from the movie franchise, so there were a lot of concepts drawn up to that end. The final character in the game does bear a surprising resemblance to this design, but only from the neck down.
FIRST SET OF FIVE BEEFCAKE PRINTS ON SALE!
Erica is selling prints of the first five pinups in her DC beefcake series! YESSSS. J’onn lying on the pile of chocos slays me.
Edit: durrrr, Chocos, it’s been a slow morning.
Multiculturalism for Steampunk is starting up a weekly art challenge, and it looks promising. SO EXCITED. I’ve had a bunch of ideas for non-Western steampunk outfits floating around in my head, and it’s nice actually having a weekly deadline to motivate me to finish some of them.
This is pretty subtle in its steampunkery (read: no extranneous metal bits), but I was just trying to bring in a few western/Victorian elements to traditional Indian clothing- legomuttoned sleeves, the double breasted, collared choli, and adapting the churidar into buttoned spats.
…Also a sweet hat.
-CI think there are some colonialist questions that get raised when you incorporate specifically British Victorian elements of couture into Indian fashion? A few?
Buuuuuuut I would fight a man on a grizzly bear for this lady’s comic.
I am so glad you said this. I thought I was alone in this. British Empire, anyone? Company Rule? British Raj?
Dear internet, I shan’t assume that you all know about the British Empire. I know not everyone has the same education and it’s problematic to assume this.
But know that British rule in India lasted from around 1757 to about 1948, and that the relationship between the coloniser and colonised is extremely complicated, and still very much has real lived effects today. Sure, the outfit and character look beautiful, but I just don’t think you can go around mashing up Victorian fashion with Indian clothing just for surface steampunk elegance without encountering some problems. I can appreciate the visual qualities, but the history and meaning causes some concern.
/inb4 people start screeching that I am ~*oversensitive*~ and can’t enjoy anything :-{D
No screeching, I promise! No such thing as being oversensitive with this sort of thing. I tried to avoid choosing anything specifically British (or any of the imagery specifically associated with colonization/”exploration chic”, things like khaki and piths), and tried to make it seem like the character had agency. I definitely don’t want to pretend I’m creating this in a void, that there aren’t historical and cultural contexts surrounding the politics of dress, but was trying to integrate elements that didn’t overwhelm the original culture.
Granted, I am of the opinion that Steampunk that erases past racial greivances (i.e. alternate history where white people are awesome and never did anything wrong and we’re all best friends) is kinda shitty and naive- that’s why I drew this as a character, and not as a costume design for something I would wear (as a white chick). If one were designing a Steampunk world, it would be unfair to assume that this cultural crossover didn’t happen and wouldn’t have existed, but I honestly apologize that the original post might make it seem like this was drawn solely for aesthetic purposes- and I’d like to address that and make it clear that I am definitely trying to keep context in mind, and am happy to be called out like this.
Multiculturalism for Steampunk is starting up a weekly art challenge, and it looks promising. SO EXCITED. I’ve had a bunch of ideas for non-Western steampunk outfits floating around in my head, and it’s nice actually having a weekly deadline to motivate me to finish some of them.
This is pretty subtle in its steampunkery (read: no extranneous metal bits), but I was just trying to bring in a few western/Victorian elements to traditional Indian clothing- legomuttoned sleeves, the double breasted, collared choli, and adapting the churidar into buttoned spats.
…Also a sweet hat.
-C
Editing to add commentary in response to toryot: No such thing as being oversensitive with this sort of thing! I appreciate it, honestly. I tried to avoid choosing anything specifically British (or any of the imagery specifically associated with colonization/”exploration chic”, things like khaki and piths), and tried to make it seem like the character had agency. I definitely don’t want to pretend I’m creating this in a void, that there aren’t historical and cultural contexts surrounding the politics of dress, but was trying to integrate elements that didn’t overwhelm the original culture.
Granted, I am of the opinion that Steampunk that erases past racial greivances (i.e. alternate history where white people are awesome and never did anything wrong and we’re all best friends) is kinda shitty and naive- that’s why I drew this as a character, and not as a costume design for something I would wear (as a white chick). If one were designing a Steampunk world, it would be unfair to assume that this cultural crossover didn’t happen and wouldn’t have existed, but I honestly apologize that the original post might make it seem like this was drawn solely for aesthetic purposes- and I’d like to address that and make it clear that I am definitely trying to keep context in mind, and am happy to be called out like this.
(Source: shoomlah.deviantart.com)
