Showing posts with label Paint. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paint. Show all posts

Aug 19, 2010

American Graphitti: Hulk vs. Thing!

I'm driving my kids to work this morning, taking our usual route past the scenic refineries (pretty much exhaust, trains and big trucks), and my daughter shouts out, "Look, Dad!" I whip my head over and what a treat for the eyes!

There, painted on the side of a box-car, in super-bright colors, was the Incredible Hulk about to throw down with the ever-lovin' Thing! I thought you folks might dig on it, so I pulled over and snapped a few pics.


These refineries don't like for people to pull over and take pics so I have to be quick.


I tried to stop and snap a picture of a Louisiana habitat mural painted on the side of  an oil tank once and was quickly run off by Citgo security.


Driving by the refineries every morning is a big time bummer. Nothing nice to see there. A graphitti treat like this is kind of rare, but it's really nice to see. In fact, a while back I posted some cool Space Ghost art from the same rail-yard.

I always wonder how long it takes to pull something like this off. I don't know much about graphitti art, but I imagine that the artists would have to be really quick, or the box-car would need to be in one place for a really long time. If anyone has any info this then I'd love to hear from you.

May 29, 2010

An Ink And Water Color Sketch. "Super" In Name Only.

I've never used water colors before, but I went to Hobby Lobby with the family this afternoon and a cheap set of water color paints caught my eye. I experimented with an India Ink wash last week, so I kind of figured that this might be something like that. I wanted to start with something simple, so I picked "Supergirl."

Like most of the comic characters I do, I started with a quick pencil sketch first...


Then I moved on to the inks...


Added the India Ink wash...


And finally tried my hand with the water color...


For a first try, I'm pretty pleased. It's definitely like trying to control chaos, but I think that I could learn to like working in water color. If it anything, it was nice to do something different. I hope you folks dig it.

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