Balrog

Lord of the Rings Villains for the third place winner in the Timberline Draw Blog Scavenger Hunt.

"Balrog" ... ink on 8"x6" illustration board by Robert Elrod. See more of my work at www.robertelrodllc.com.

Were-Tiger

Were-Tiger for our second place winner in the Timberline Draw Blog Scavenger Hunt.

"Were-Tiger" ... ink on 8"x10" illustration board by Robert Elrod. See more of my work at www.robertelrodllc.com.

Predator ... an incredibly late entry to the topic

"Predator" ... acrylic gouache on 11"x14" aquabord by Robert Elrod. Yeah, it's very late but it's a painting and sometimes those take a while to finish (or to get back to to finish). Hope you like it!

Visit www.robertelrodllc.com to check out more of my work. Thanks!

Ack Ack Ack

I'm several weeks late with this one. Here's a scan (of the majority of the piece fitted together from 2 scanned sections). I'd started it during the week of the topic but got sidetracked, per usual. Hopefully it was worth the wait.

"Ack Ack Ack" ... acrylic gouache on 24"x12" illustration board by Robert Elrod.



See more of my work at www.robertelrodllc.com.

THE LAW

This is only my second attempt at scratchboard and I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed scratching it.

 "The Law" ... 8"x10" scratchboard (ink on claybord) by Robert Elrod. To see more of my work, please visit www.robertelrodllc.com.

 

"Black Dagger"

My orc piece for the Timberline Draw Blog is entitled "Black Dagger". I did this with a Pentel Pocket Brush Pen and some Pitt artist pens on 8"x10" illustration board. Hope you enjoy it!

To see more of my work, please visit www.robertelrodllc.com.

"Thirteen"

Yep. I'm late with this entry. Here's my tarot card art for last week's topic.

"Thirteen" ... ink on 8"x10" claybord by Robert Elrod. This was my first attempt at using claybord. The packaging said it was a great surface for ink drawing. It's a very slick surface and the ink does NOT react to it the same way that it does to paper, obviously. That being said, once I got rolling with it, I didn't feel too uncomfortable. I think it's a surface that I will probably use again. Perhaps next time I'll get one of their black claybords and trying doing it completely with an X-Acto blade (scratchboarding). I did a little scratching on this to see how I'd like doing that. Honestly, it was kinda fun. I need to get a different blade for it, however.

If you enjoy this piece, please visit www.robertelrodllc.com to see more of my work.

Giant-Size

Better late than never, right?

"Giant-Size" ... acrylic and acryl gouache on 18"x24" green pastelbord by Robert Elrod.

To view more of my artwork, please visit www.robertelrodllc.com. Thanks!

Sea Monster

"Sea Monster" ... colored pencil on 9"x12" toned paper by Robert Elrod.

Yeah, it was fun to draw but I couldn't think up a fun title for it so it's just "Sea Monster". Hope you enjoy it!



Please visit www.robertelrodllc.com to view more of my artwork.

Munster

"Munster" ... colored pencil on 9"x12" toned paper by Robert Elrod.



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Michael Morbius' Hair Club for Vampires

"Michael Morbius' Hair Club for Vampires" ... ink and marker on 11"x15" illustration board by Robert Elrod.

He's got the formula ... and I want it!



See more of my artwork at http://www.robertelrodllc.com.

Krampus

I find the story of Krampus very intriguing and entertaining. I hope this post will prompt you to investigate it for yourself. In the meantime, I wish you and yours a very happy and prosperous holiday season ... and may Krampus not deem it necessary to visit you!

Best wishes!
Robert

"Krampus" ... 11"x14" digital painting by Robert Elrod.

Sasquatch

I hadn't done a digital painting in a bit so decided I'd put a very quick one together for this week's topic. Hope you enjoy it!



I had initially thought about putting a flying saucer up in the left corner above his head, as if to indicate that he's part of an alien invasion or that he'd crash landed in an attempt to escape pursuit. I may go back and add that later. For now, here's my "Sasquatch" digital painting.

You can check out more of my work at www.robertelrodllc.com.

All the best!
Robert

Suddenly ... a future Man-Thing slips through the Nexus of Realities!

So painful to draw this way. So hilarious to use one of Rob Liefeld's awesome poses and try to ape his style (a bit) to create this ridiculous drawing. My Liefeld homage includes some of my favorite things by Rob ... shoulder pads, ridiculously-large guns, an eye patch, pouches, reflective shading on non-metallic surfaces and a spread eagle hero. Oh boy. Hope you enjoy it!

 





















Ink on 12"x9" bristol by Robert Elrod. Yeah, I'm taking the blame for it! See what my artwork normally looks like at www.robertelrodllc.com.

Gentilcore/Elrod Valiant Mash Up

I remember reading the Valiant Comics as a kids but I haven't tried the new ones yet.  When I was looking at the website I noticed that the comics I was most fond of from Valiant (Solar, Turok and Magnus) were not included.  I was kind of bummed they weren't included in this new relaunch.  While talking to Robert Elrod about what we were going to do for this week he mentioned how he wished the Gold Key characters were included and we both kind of decided to do one of those lol.  This Saturday we were both at the Toy Con in the Springs and when I told Robert I was going to do Solar he said we should do a mash up and I thought it sounded awesome.  So I give you our Valiant Comics (90's) mashup!

Surfin' the Void

Did this quickly yesterday at the Dallas Fan Days show. The Silver Surfer was my favorite comic book character as a kid. He was a character that I could really relate to and care about. Still do , I guess.

Here he is ... "Surfin' the Void" ink on 8"x10" illustration board by Robert Elrod.

"That Which Wears My Face"

Self portraits. Gah! I don't like talking about myself and I don't enjoy doing self portraits either. (I also don't like green eyes and ham!) This is my first in about 9 years, I think. The last one was for an anthology (to accompany a story I was having published). This one I think I like better. Anyway, here it is.

"That Which Wears My Face" ... colored pencil on 9"x12" cradled wood panel by Robert Elrod.



For more of my artwork, please visit www.robertelrodllc.com. To check out my webcomic, please visit www.hellbound-comic.com. Thanks!

Lone Wolf and Cub

I feel guilty about having never read this series ... and I've also not seen the movies. *gasp*

Another thing I feel guilty about is not coming up with an amusing title for this. I'd love to hear your suggestions. Here, I'll start with ... "Who Run Japantown?". And ... go!

"Lone Wolf and Cub" ... ink on 15"x11" Strathmore illustration board by Robert Elrod.



Check out more of my artwork at www.robertelrodllc.com and my webcomic "Hellbound" at www.hellbound-comic.com. Thanks!

Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle Yeah!

This blog has me occasionally drawing things that I had really never expected to draw. This week is one of those weeks. I remember the show being on when I was much younger. No. I never did watch it. The closest I've come to watching it was a music video that featured clips from the show to a pretty funny song. Anyway, here's an ink drawing of the title character from "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe". Hope you enjoy it.


Oh yeah, I used a photo of a toy for reference. Haw!

"He-Man" ... ink on 9"x12" bristol board by Robert Elrod. Check out more of my work at www.robertelrodllc.com and my free webcomic at www.hellbound-comic.com.

Living Dead Girl

I don't typically do pinup style art. I'm not sure that everyone would agree that this falls into that category but I'm going to go ahead and say it does. Hope you enjoy it.

BTW, I looked at a bunch of Gil Elvgren pieces before starting this. There is a specific painting of his that I took extra notice of when doing this. I don't know if I would tall this an homage but I enjoy and respect Elvgren's work quite a lot.

"Living Dead Girl" ... digital by Robert Elrod.