"Jack" cosplay

One of my favorite recruits in MASS EFFECT 2 is the tattooed sociopath, Jack. She's got a great look, and while Google imaging her to show Randy what she looked like, I came across one of the most well done cosplays I've ever seen. Not only does this girl look like Jack, but she devised means to replicate all of Jack's elaborate tattoos and surgical scars.

First, here's a model of the character from the game:



Not the best shot (it's surprisingly tough to find good ones) but you can get the basic look from it. And here's the cosplay chick, pretty much looking like she stepped right off the screen:







You can see by the folds near the elbow in the last one that she actually made a thin bodysuit for the tattoos. She documents the process HERE

Some interesting advice for artists I read today.

Steal Like An Artist
Don't wait until you know who you are to start making things
Write the book you want to read
Use your hands
Side projects and hobbies are important
The secret: do good work and put it where people can see it
Geography is no longer our master
Be nice. The world is a small town
Be boring. It's the only way to get work done
Creativity is subtraction

Details on each point at How to steal like an artist (and 9 other things nobody told me)

DUNE coloring books and more...

Yep, it was real:





More insanity HERE, courtesy the good folks at Comics Alliance.

Speaking of Zelda...

I can't seem to embed this image at a size big enough to do it justice, but even if non-fans of Zelda should JUST FOLLOW THE LINK to witness a truly epic tribute to the series.

And, yes, "follow the link" is awesomely pun-tastic in this case!

Also: listen to this while you view it for maximum Zelda experience:

Bitchin' GAME OF THRONES fan art

Saw this on Robot 6 - a guy on DeviantArt doing portraits of all the big characters from the series. Pretty sweet, even if his take on Tyrion (not pictured) was a little disappointing.

Ned Stark


Robert Baratheon


Jon Snow


MORE HERE

I have an idea, and of course it's great because it came from me...

Here's a page from Project Sketchbook 2011 I recently did. Don't know if I mentioned it before, but that's not my great new idea anyway, so moving on! There's a new project, called Project Fiction, from Art House Co-op. Both of these projects will go on tour around the country (the sketchbooks will be at SXSW).
My great idea: I'm gonna sign up for Project Fiction, which is basically a graphic novel. But, it has to be made, and my plan was to have some "guest writers/artists" help me out. I think it'd be fun! (and force me to actually *share* what I do and keep up with it better)
I posted about it more on my facebook page (I think most of you are FB friends) so you can read more there, if interested. Thought I'd repost here, just in case. I have about 3 people that have expressed interest but I want more! XD

Found this to be kind of awesome

SUPERMAN the Movie told in six comic book panels by Chris Samnee.

Wow.

I don't think I really understood how enveloping an experience the Sistine Chapel is before seeing this. Go HERE. It's amazing. It's like you're in Super Mario Land! The new Super Mario Holy Land!

Think I'm gonna do this

Ultimate Ghostbusters tat

35 Movies in 2 Minutes

35mm from Pascal Monaco on Vimeo.

The 22 Most Uncomfortable Album Covers Ever

This is my favorite internet thing of the week. FULL LIST HERE

And a few samples to get you started...

A mathematical function to describe the beauty in a pile of sand

io9 article

Simulated Bloodletting, Skull Sawing, Murder, Heart Removal, Staple Chris, and Cannibalism

...make this link a wee bit NSFW, but there ain't no boobies.

Click here to see a slideshow of this very blog's Chris in what is easily THE most metal and gore filled photoset I've ever done.

Note: I had to flag the content as adult, so you gotta be logged into Flickr with your NSFW filter turned off to see even a single photo.

Another Note: This is a "narrative" set that tells a story, and there's 75 images to the set. Believe it or not, it doesn't "feel" that long though. (just timed it; it takes 5 minutes and 2 seconds to play the slideshow)

Even More Notation: Chris asked me not to post this on Facebook or anywhere his professional rep might be tarnished, so no cross postin'

Randy Told Me to Use the Blog Hog Tag

I've got a showing at Bennu through April. It's on the wall now! Go get your ass down there and check out some of my work on the wall! Ya know, if you want to.

It's for sale too. Hint, hint. Just kidding... Kinda... Maybe...

how get there?

Fer'iner Shows Americans How to Design Book Covers

Awesomely mind-bending covers for Philip K. Dick books, courtesy Italian artist Antonello Silverini:

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep



The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch



Martian Time-Slip



A Maze of Death

More at the artist's blog.

I think this guy makes awesome stuff-- I wish I had a studio I could make stuff like this in! :( ...(I *did* just order some metal clay that I can fire with a handheld torch, tho-- how cool is that?!)

LOST Valentines

A day late, sure, but that show's got time travel and shit.

Transformers "Fan" Art

So these artist collective websites where a bunch of artists post theme sketches every week seem to be catching on. Given the Transformers game a few of you are playing in, I figured this might have some general interest:

Eclectic Micks (Irish artists blog) becomes Eclectic Wrecks for the week, and has produced work like Kup (a.k.a. Shitpiece), pictured below:



Also cool: Comic Twart, who this week are doing The Rocketeer and probably couldn't have picked a nastier-sounding name if they'd tried:



And finally, proving that it's not just that all artists are horny, but that drawing sexy girls is just fun, there's Girls Drawing Girls, featuring... well:

click for biggie wallpaper size