Enlistee's art gallery!

[MonsterArt]

This is my second experiment with Prismacolor markers. Tricky medium, but I'm kinda digging it...

[Inkfink]

Great job! Looks less like markers and more like paint!

[Meek]

   Markers are a bugger to work with; my past attempts ended in a bleeding Technicolor smear and a contact high from the pong of the markers, so high marks to you Frank for your end result.

    "Meek"

[ChrisW]

This has been quite an experience catching up on all of the great art in this thread. There are some outsstanding examples. Frank - what can i say? Outstanding style and prolific as all get out! Meek - nice work, Illoman...really all are commended on the submissions.
I just started a photobucket album to upload some of my art. I'll put in some things that you won't see in other locations. But for now, here's a copy of my new art for Moebius models - The Invisible Man. The image quality isn't the best - I shot the photo in the driveway on an overcast day, but you can catch the drift. i look forward to seeing more samples from others and submitting more of my own.

[Illoman]

*Awesome* painting, Chris! Is it oils?

Thanks for posting it, and please post more of your work.

Mike

[MonsterArt]

Really great piece, Chris! Welcome, and share more!

[ChrisW]

Here's the one that started it for me with Polar Lights, the Wolf Man. The Wolf Man was the first aurora kit my mother bought me when I was 6, so it was serendipity for it to be my first for PL.

[ChrisW]

This one has a special meaning to me. My dad introduced me to monsters at an early age - I was 5 when he woke me up for a midnight showing on TV of King Kong! He was very proud of the work I  was doing for PL - one of the joys of my childhood was the two of us working on models together.He passed away as I was working on this piece.

[ChrisW]

I'm sorry I didn't respond Illoman - all of these are done in Acrylics. Frank, thanks for the kind comment!

[Illoman]

That is just *stunning* work. Especially in the dreaded acrylics!!

Please feel free to post more!

Mike

[ChrisW]

Thanks Mike! Here's one more - this was an alternate cover design for the Wolf Man box.

[Jim Bertges]

Chris, your work is a wonderful addition to the pantheon of brilliant artists here who share their work with us mere mortals. Please everyone keep posting your fantastic art.

[MonsterArt]

Chris, I actually prefer the original sketch to the final piece. I just think the pose has more of a dynamic to it, and more captures the essence of Chaney. Both are terrific, mind you, but I just immediately responded to the sketch. What were your feelings about the difference between the two?

Frank

[Meek]

   Chris:  Zounds! So perhaps a major award of some sort will be in your future----say, a Rondo when you get nominated as Monster Artist of the Year? Your work makes me think of book covers(but then I work in a library, so that's natural) and *record album covers--remember those? *For you wet puppies out there, before there were CDs there were LPs and some of the cover art was amazing.
  Would've posted sooner but duty calls in the form of extra work hours, an out-of-state dr.'s appointment and putting the finishing touches on my wooden chair for charity--the last strokes of paint went on this morning and now must antique it, varnish it and assemble it because it's time to be auctioned draws alarmingly nigh(next week).

   "Meek"
 

[ChrisW]

Thanks again everyone!
Frank, personally I prefer the one chosen - the larger face and hands tend to draw the eye, I think. The pose on the alternate  is more natural - in the painting the raised left arm clutching the branch looks awkward to me now. But it still holds a warm spot in my furry l'il heart.
Meek - what is the "wooden chair for charity"? My guess is artists invited to customize a chair that is then auctiohed off? There is something incredibly satisfying doing art for charity. Using skills you love to benefit others - it doesn't get any better than that.