Curse of Anubis

"Curse of Anubis" ... digital by Robert Elrod.

My Saturday Morning Cartoon Favorite was always Jonny Quest. I fell in love with the show from my first exposure. I've always been a fan of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Jonny Quest combined a lot of those elements and made it fun. Here's my homage to one of my favorite episodes.



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The Tentacled Brains of Space Station 613

"That IS a moon! AND a space station!"

When the theme of 80's black & white comics explosion was brought up I knew immediately that I wanted to do a piece of art paying tribute to Mike Baron & Steve Rude's "Nexus". For me, Nexus was the coolest indie comic at the time. I still love it!

I didn't expect to get quite as a tied up in the piece as I did. Hopefully you can see that I spent a little time on it and had a great time doing it.

This piece was done with ink, ink wash and liquid watercolor on 11"x17" Strathmore 500 bristol (part of their "sequential" series of papers). This was my first time using that particular paper and I have to say I really like it. There was just enough tooth to get the dry brushing effects that I like and not so much that I couldn't lay down a smooth line too. Hope you enjoy the piece!

Go read some old Nexus comics!
Robert

"Pokelien!"

I must admit that I never really watched the show. My kids did when they were younger. I never really got it. Maybe that's because I grew up with Johnny Quest and superheroes battling it out in their underwear. The whole cutesy Japanese cryptozoological beasts didn't click with me. That said, I really enjoyed doing this piece. I have to give thanks to Jeff Herndon for suggesting this mashup, whether it was inadvertently or not. :-)

"Pokelien!" ... ink, ink wash, liquid watercolor and markers on 11"x15" illustration board by Robert Elrod.

Now I kinda want to draw him looking into a poke ball while wearing his space suit. Haw!

"Queen"

Who you callin’ bitch?

Colored pencil (white) on black (Strathmore Artagain) paper by Robert Elrod. Measures approximately 9"x9" or so.

"Until the Last Light"

Here's my "settings & environments" piece. It was done with ink, ink wash and liquid watercolor on 15"x11" illustration board. Hope you enjoy it!

All the best!
Robert

"Smash!"

I left the theater (after both viewings of The Avengers) wanting to draw the Hulk. Thank you, Patrick, for choosing The Avengers for this week's subject!



This is the green goliath done in colored pencil on Canson Mi-Teintes paper by Robert Elrod.

(Working like a) Slave Leia

Somebody's defiant-to-the-last / smart mouth just landed their cute little butt on maintenance detail for Jabba's repulsor sled.



"(Working like a) Slave Leia" ... ink, ink wash, watercolor (on watercolor block) + digital colors by Robert Elrod. Thanks for getting me out of my comfort zone, Jeff!

Thark Week

That's right! Stay out of the water. Er ... um. Stay out of the sun! Yeah. The sun. It's "Thark Week". Gah!

Well I’m not going to lie. I kind of phoned this one in. Not due to lack of interest, but I haven’t read any of the books nor have I seen the movie. I just ended up drawing from a picture I found in a movie magazine. LOL

Ces’t la vie. I’ll just sit back and see what everybody else does.