Which is more than can be said for Pete himself sadly. I know that this is highly reminiscent of a particular star trek character but it's still funny. I might round those ears out a little though. Actually, now that I think about it, it's kind of reminiscent of two separate star trek characters from two different star trek shows. 
I decided to throw in a couple of vampire teeth puncture wounds just to see if I could. I think that they may be a little understated though. I may have another crack at it, keep the bites as they are but exaggerate the throbbing veins underneath.
Just a couple of variations on the same painting. Had to keep them pretty tame, the temptation to paint him into a much more debauched scene is almost overwhelming... Stay tuned.
This was the weaker of my two anna paquin sketches. I kind of liked some elements and I've managed to turn around worse sketches so I figured what the hell. Sadly this is just not working out. It is in fact a big giant load and I will discard it at my earliest convenience. The other is the colourized version of an earlier value painting of Steve "why do I appear to be in the desert" Swanson. The truth is I have no idea but that lone cactus in the background looks a bit sinister.
For all of you true blood fans out there... Why? What is it about that show that engenders such loyalty and devotion? Is it the one dimensionality of the characters? Is it a plot that's so thin you could wrap a McDonalds hamburger in it? Somebody tell me please cos I'm at a loss.
Yeah, I'm not so sure about this one at the moment. The structure was all good to start with but the painting seemed to loose a bit of the likeness. When I flipped it around I saw the problem instantly and fixed it and then flipped it back which is around the time I added in the background which as you can see is pretty much black. Well dark and light are relative terms, with the light grey background I had the values sorted out but when I added the darker background the values on Willie were waaaaay too light all over so I kind of have to go back through and get them all sorted out. Oh well, that is part of the fun I guess but I'm tired and I had to sit through Natalie Portman's latest visual nightmare The Black Swan and I'm just not feeling the painting at the moment. Seriously, if you have the chance to go and see the black swan, go see something else. I don't know why but there is this tendency amongst filmmakers lately to position the camera immediately behind the character so that you get to see 15 -20 seconds of the back of someone's head. Usually that happens in the early stages of the film because its still in setup and nothing's happening. When I see it I know I'm going to be in for a bumpy ride. 
That's right folks, his political career is almost over. Hahahahahahaha. At least until we need another governor general or some future labour party leader (not likely with the lineup they've got at the moment) puts him in charge of a recently purchased state owned enterprise that HE sold off in order to give primary school teachers a 3% pay increase. Yes, politicians never die, they just move on to the UN right Helen? 
What a great day. Warm weather, frequent cups of tea, good book to read, the cat's asleep on my foot, I'm cooking stir fry for dinner, the rats in the ceiling have finally succumbed to the poison I laid out especially for them (and it's not even christmas, can't say I'm not a giver) and I just talked to my dad on the phone in Christchurch. Turns out that he and his neighbours are still without power and water but one of the neighbours has a spring in the back yard and a bunch of them have BBQ's which are being put to good use. I have been reading the reports from the news websites and those always conjure up images of misery and horror with a focus on the misery and horror, even when the news is good they manage to put a spin on it that emphasizes the misery and horror.
As part of my own personal big wednesday I have completed the black and white version of my Obama caricature. 
This is part of my Mammoth Wednesday List of Things Do! 
Just a couple of quick sketches before hitting the hay. Well, actually one sketch and a later modified save of the same sketch. Still, it's two images so it counts. Kind of, neither of them has really nailed a likeness. Something's off that I can't put my finger on. That's ok, I'll try again later. Every step forward etcetera etcetera.
At around one in the morning I decided to go to bed and I thought that I would do a quick sketch of something before hitting the hay. As it turns out, that something was this camel. Camel leads to camel toe. Late night drowsiness leads to a mispronunciation and so we come to the worlds funniest breakfast food as illustrated in the sketch page. 
It amazes me what can be done when you don't have the threat of a job hanging over your head. That endless parade of idiocy know commonly as middle management. The bowing and scraping and toadying. The travel back and forth, the endless grooming and let's not forget the fear and self hatred. 
A quick Blender Cookie tutorial pretty much followed to the letter. Basically just learning some new and interesting modeling techniques. I added the flaming eyeball in painter. Gotta love that glow brush.
Started work this morning on a short film. I have a script that I'm really happy with and these are just a visual exploration of some character designs using primitive shapes. Out of these only the guy with the flip top head is worth pursuing. I think I want this character to look a little goofy, just not lobotomized. Still, good to get some ideas onto the page.
