tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49970841179854866412024-02-19T08:29:05.759-08:00john forcuccidrawings and thingsJohn Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049499501840202669noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997084117985486641.post-41745439791637974522016-11-13T06:29:00.000-08:002016-11-13T07:08:26.120-08:00INKTOBER and DELETERSome Daily Sketches for Inktober 2016. This was the first time I tried Screentones. DELETER makes the best available (I have tried others). In fact I find all of their art supplies top-notch and highly recommend their paper, ink (black and white) and pens. <br />
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Inktober was a fun challenge. It was great getting away from the computer once a day to make art with "paper and pen".<br />
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The Process:</h4>
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I met with my art director to discuss his ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These were translated into a handful of
character designs, thumbnails based on a script and a finished “test panel” to
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Given the super tight deadline it was decided to keep the
images black & white and use the company’s iconic blue as an accent color (though green managed to slip in just under deadline). <o:p>
The finished images were prepared for a PowerPoint
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Below are some final panels - and some WIPs.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A few quick ideas for a composition. Image size is 11 X 17 so I try to keep things interesting within the format. Experimenting with portrait and landscape </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ideas.</span></div>
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My friend Bill passed away last Saturday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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He was much loved and touched many with his wit and artistic
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We talked weekly (often daily) about what we were working
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He had an encyclopedic knowledge of cartooning, theater and
pop culture, would draw whatever he wanted with ease, wrote on a professional
level and performed regularly in local community theater productions<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- he had professional-level chops in
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Richard Pryor, George Carlin and Bill (good company).</div>
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I’ll never forget when he mentioned meeting Sharon (again) –
he knew of her from the neighborhood when they were kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was the light of his life, lending
a skip to his step that was noticeable in many ways including the new projects
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">My wife and I were blessed to attend their wedding - which was, as expected, very sweet and packed with hilarity.</span></div>
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I had the good fortune to travel with them to New York Comic
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He was a magician with a pen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember him scribbling out a “Thank You” image (his dog Rocco, I believe) for the hotel
maid that blew my mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No pencil
necessary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He had a “direct line
from his head to his hand”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A cartoonist
super power that was the envy of those of us in the field who actually have to "work" at it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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He was a fantastic artist and had worked on many titles for
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Here are a couple of pieces I’m blessed to have in the collection<br />
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We often discussed Darwyn Cooke’s work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bill raved about the animated<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Justice League:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The New Frontier” and often quoted
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. all I need is a penny for a book of matches.”<br />
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He was a great friend and encouraging teacher who always
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This was recently done for one of the jams . . . I'll continue to post these weekly sketches here.<br />
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Rad Sechrist: <a href="http://radhowto.blogspot.com/">http://radhowto.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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. . . and a lunch-break sketch.</div>
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Been working on a project using established characters in the Marvel "Super Hero Squad" style: Three fingers, shorter legs, bigger heads. etc. </div>
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I've also been having an absolute ball recently reading Marvel Essentials reprints (Avengers and Defenders currently). The nostalgia fix aside I get a real kick out of seeing the art from my current POV and am pleasantly surprised that much of it holds up today.</div>
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Some of those 60's and 70's covers still give me a jolt. </div>
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So in tribute to one of the greatest, here's a take on John Buscema's Silver Surfer using a style similar to that used at Hasbro over the past few years.</div>
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It was fun - and I plan on doing a few more of these as time permits . . . </div>
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Thought I'd post a process piece - pencils for a Wonder Woman (52) piece for the Third Rail Design Lab forum. Inks and colors to follow . . .John Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049499501840202669noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997084117985486641.post-14330333164676484112012-01-07T09:36:00.001-08:002012-01-09T07:36:49.312-08:00cover painting - the monkey king's daughter - book4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I've had the pleasure to work with Todd Debonis on all 4 covers of his fantastic <a href="http://www.themonkeykingsdaughter.com/" target="_blank">"The Monkey King's Daughter" series. </a>Book 4 is a "wrap-around" cover so our goal is to have an image that tells a story both as a front cover and a panorama of sorts. Here's a peek in the process . . . </div>
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Most of the background elements are in and Meilin's close to finish. Now it's a matter of smaller details. We'll also apply the final green cast which is the "color theme" for Book 4.<br />
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Done! Green cast has been added in addition to our final lighting details, some smoke and the ruins behind our hero. I then send it to Todd and cross my fingers . . .<br />
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<br />John Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049499501840202669noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997084117985486641.post-60117794188076925012011-12-22T09:27:00.000-08:002011-12-22T10:00:38.281-08:00kermit welles<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJ_cjQEqTkCnggaRw-IylaeT8CcdLavy0WpB-Wn0E-u68OtbplcjWH5hp-Pyzt-N2BuHu69SImjU1-8bf55kB_vEuiaNvMapkU7tCan01UREOU3aFOJPO16oinnCi-WzQxK8pPL-TsNZy/s1600/kermit_welles_web.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689010055857037154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJ_cjQEqTkCnggaRw-IylaeT8CcdLavy0WpB-Wn0E-u68OtbplcjWH5hp-Pyzt-N2BuHu69SImjU1-8bf55kB_vEuiaNvMapkU7tCan01UREOU3aFOJPO16oinnCi-WzQxK8pPL-TsNZy/s400/kermit_welles_web.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 400px; width: 289px;" /></a><br />
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I've not yet seen the new Muppet film - definitely on the radar. I do miss Jim Henson behind (under?) Kermit. Miss Piggy without Frank Oz is another character in my opinion - no disrespect to the current, capable crew - just what I'm used to. <br />
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I remember years ago my mom telling me that Sean Connery was the "real" 007. I couldn't imagine anyone BUT Roger <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Moore</span> in the role at that time . . . so I'm sure the new Muppet voices are just fine for many.</div>
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This was done for the Third Rail Design Lab forum as part of the annual "Vlad <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Fiks</span> Memorial <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Noir</span> Jam" in memory of a very talented, generous artist who passed away in 2009.</div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 85%;">acrylic inks with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">photoshop</span> copy.</span></i></div>John Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049499501840202669noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997084117985486641.post-51441909029505771142011-12-20T22:19:00.000-08:002011-12-22T09:24:34.722-08:00my friend chuck<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPiLI56qzB-gMVowvPrO9A_i1yIe_hfuO-PpyLWKaW-mKwLctVAFWamBXhAauakiGdPTlCUxj-wQeXYqk5wTCRghOPU9kbJNDwY-HjG0Y1uJryozxeaHw0Z5pqX85OZiE4Clnl96ETw7t/s1600/friendship_thumbs_03.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPiLI56qzB-gMVowvPrO9A_i1yIe_hfuO-PpyLWKaW-mKwLctVAFWamBXhAauakiGdPTlCUxj-wQeXYqk5wTCRghOPU9kbJNDwY-HjG0Y1uJryozxeaHw0Z5pqX85OZiE4Clnl96ETw7t/s400/friendship_thumbs_03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688464505909224930" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZZ2Wsx8Wvs9z3FHkY5NjLcoeBCWXb11sUNu_0dMpyn_zwFrq7mY5SpcdJ60KQWdFfrHZhm9DpW71A2FVwf3XijYRYEfbCT4ZhLXNRWRfE_oocPKJwSBW8H26fVsptOcw4omZz6TANnbX/s1600/friendship_thumbs_02.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_gciThVcd74WDTLM5vAFwy1zf3nVbhLpvQl4xRz4WHVgw8C2Fnaa_u_BXRBtj4E_X53YVICWScm6sEbkIQGB1L4Ih133GoYhdJopGqV3Q3u-PDFygtqycFRaf8LvaIc9GTvrHVSz45ez/s1600/friendshipstory_pencils_16-17.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; 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margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm7pmfVz8Ka3PA9RYV8KwgmXJkoaDXJcn9ZaIrm1kIwL26DCN0mCG2P6XcEqGjlEoZawPTnF4TyE76F1361ueX1iKDHMcIu13nYkAJS1KbsqxT66Fs6eLRfIu8aaKv1hVk-0PqODx9GkWG/s400/friendshipstory_pencils_24-bkcvr.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688463108415539826" /></a><br /><br />I truly appreciate the opportunity to work as a freelancer.<br /><br />It began with a decade on the bass guitar and subsequent survival of over 600 weddings/functions, countless club dates, studio sessions and an annual Beachcomber 4th of July Extravaganza down in Wellfleet, MA.<br /><br />I do miss it . . . but still get to stay up all night once in a while with a deadline! These days there's no gear to lift or early morning 'cold tea' at Chinatown's finest post-club hang . . . and it's definitely better for one's family life.<br /><br />Post music biz I started storyboarding around Boston and eventual had the good fortune to meet and work with many of the fine folks at Hasbro and their Cake Mix Studios.<br /><br />Here's a thumbnail sequence and a few penciled pages from a Tonka Chuck & Friends kids book which was used as an insert for one of the playsets. I had a great time working with these characters for a fews years - watching them develop into their current 3D selves on Hasbro's Hub TV.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">All images © Hasbro so look but please do not copy!</span></i></div>John Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049499501840202669noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997084117985486641.post-59336937993955766752011-12-19T10:58:00.000-08:002011-12-20T10:48:05.035-08:00<div>Season's Greetings, y'all! Time to roll out the new blog . . . </div><div><br /></div><div>The plan is to post various works in progress, finished pieces and stumblings from the never-ending journey that is skill set improvement. Also featured will be various inspirational books (in print and out) from my ever growing art how-to/sketchbook/portfolio collection. Once an addicted comic book junkie . . . </div><div><br /></div><div>In the meantime, thanks to cartoonist extraordinaire Bill White for the Holiday flame-under-arse that helped get me - and the ball - rolling . . . check out the hilarity here:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://bwhitecartoons.blogspot.com">http://bwhitecartoons.blogspot.com/</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ccHzU_s3k9vdlWLzInj10kn6z6CDekaAjE4Ve72H1te6exN_nb9eNtHdtrbKKCNdZ-4lI6Zn0Pmr39DsRcA8XD4UrzCh37UtwEBTVOmzN1fYon92tfelriqskhj9yKmQo3b8sOGTJHK0/s1600/holiday_card_11+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ccHzU_s3k9vdlWLzInj10kn6z6CDekaAjE4Ve72H1te6exN_nb9eNtHdtrbKKCNdZ-4lI6Zn0Pmr39DsRcA8XD4UrzCh37UtwEBTVOmzN1fYon92tfelriqskhj9yKmQo3b8sOGTJHK0/s400/holiday_card_11+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687915890924838738" /></a>John Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11049499501840202669noreply@blogger.com3