HOME | DD
DrabRats — In a Bad Place
Published: 2006-01-03 02:23:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 415; Favourites: 9; Downloads: 75
Redirect to original
Description
Haunted by mistakesIn the ruins of wasted
Opportunity
Marker Illustration
Related content
Comments: 34
I like your style! That cop to the left is terrifying!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
You seem to have a real good handle on facial expressions. My husband is into comics and there is one guy in particular (Vigil?) who I am reminded of when I was looking through your gallery. Although his is all in black and white, no color, but the expressions and detail in the faces particulary.... fucking great! You have a nice talent, keep it up. I think I may have to watch you 
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
The key to the markers - xerox your line art onto the appropriate paper (heavy stock w/ a smooth finish) and color the photocopy. That way lines stay crisp and clean and if you screw up you can always start over on a new copy. When you're working on the right surface however, professional markers are actually pretty forgiving. If I get color somewhere I wish I hadn't, I can use a lighter colored pen to lift it back off the page. It's not a perfect erase but it does help.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Good to know, thanks for the tip.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
The coolest thing about this is how personal to you it is. Your style is always awesome, technique is unique and I could recognize your art anywhere, but the YOU that you have put into it is fantastic! I especially love the girl on the right, I can only imagine what kind of trouble you got into with that one
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thank you soo much. To hear that really does feel great, and especially because I can't seem to get rid of myself
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
This must have taken you some time. It is very well done and the character shapes are superb. Well done.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thank you. It probably took about 6-7 hours or so. I wish I'd spent another 1or 2 on the line drawing, cause I can tell where I rushed it near the end.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Wow. You colored this all by hand?
That rocks. Im always impressed to see hand finnished works.
Death to photoshop.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thanks. Yeah, while I'm compitent in Photoshop, I like working in marker better. For one thing, markers tell me when I'm done with a piece - PhotoShop tells me "no, it's not quite done yet - keep on fiddling with it"- I can work on something for days and I never feel like it's finished. Also, when I color by hand I have something to matte and frame - an original piece that I can sell, or hang on a wall... not just a digital print.
👍: 0 ⏩: 2
...Awesome work and would be a cool rob zombie cd cover my dark art friend...
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thanks very much. Wouldn't wanna cut into any of Sideshowmonkey's gigs tho - he seems to be Rob Zombie's goto guy.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Wow! Thats really a sweet illustration, love the ink and color work on this one, and you really did a great work catching the expression of fear and desperation in his face, the monsters are original and nicely illustrated wich brings the whole picture to be a top illustration! Great work all in all!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thanks for the compliments. As far as the monsters go, they are representations of a number of mistakes I've made (and/or their consiquences) in the past couple years, so if they're original (and thank you for saying so) it comes from the fact that I was attempting to "Monster-fy" specific ideas/events/persons from my life rather than just coming up with cool creatures.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thats a nice way to go about things, you sure have done a good job by giving them "personalities" so i can see how you have based them on things that have happend to you in the past. Great job!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Cool..I like the color sort of gives a dramic feel to the piece and the marker is awesome.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thanks very much. 
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Once again, great concept & brilliantly executed.
The demons are really well realised.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thanks again. I always appreciate your comments.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
the piece is full of life and is a stronge picture with the colours, as usual, well done
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thanks. As usual, your comments are much appreciated.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
damn, i love the way u handle markers.amazing. also, u seem to have some influences of todd macfarlane; at least it seems, by the kind of drawing..
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thanks. Yeah, I grew up on McFarlane's work, so his influence is certainly in there. I actually like Capullo's work better these days, even though he's really just McFarlane Part 2.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
not the sort of subject matter I'm usually attracted to (I am a wuss when it comes to scary monsters) but- you did this with markers? Wow. Very skilled drawing, exellent communication of movement and emotion.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thanks. Glad you were able to look past the subject matter... & Yep - I love markers.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
