General Officially Done Work/On Holidays

[RussfromNH]

Interesting, here is an article I just found by some art expert comparing Boris vs Frazetta. He also concludes that Frazetta whups his ass:
Frank Frazetta Vs. Boris Vallejo... Resolved (expanded teaching edition) — Sequential Artists Workshop

Frazetta girls FTW:

great read but for me it's never been a question

 

[Masato Toys]

great read but for me it's never been a question

Agreed

Are you an artist in any way? Usually only those who've tried to actually draw or paint or learn anatomy etc can appreciate the skills of someone like Frazetta, or distinguish it from all the knock offs

 

[Masato Toys]

Head back to England tomorrow. Been 6 months and 1 week since I was home. First thing I gotta do is go to the estate agent and get a new key, they switched the locks out at my home. Then Saturday it's the Xmas pub crawl with the guys I usually work with back in derby. No real plans after that, just kick back and relax. Yourself?

perfect

enjoy!

not good to fill up precious holiday time with too many things imo. Some do nothing days are important.

 

[RussfromNH]

Agreed

Are you an artist in any way? Usually only those who've tried to actually draw or paint or learn anatomy etc can appreciate the skills of someone like Frazetta, or distinguish it from all the knock offs

yes, 4 years of art school, long before any software. Everything was done by hand back when "cut/paste" meant actually cutting and pasting art work then photographing it. back then art covered so much illustration, photography, film developing, manipulating of photography (touch up w/airbrush), mechanical illustration/blueprint-drafting, pen and ink and ink wash, water color, oil, acrylic, pastels color theory.....

i've taught both my kids to draw as well, my daughter has stuck with it, she is in art school now and is working as a tattoo artist

my love is pen and ink, stipple, hatch-cross hatch, ink wash, scratchboard

 

[SongExotic2]

yes, 4 years of art school, long before any software. Everything was done by hand back when "cut/paste" meant actually cutting and pasting art work then photographing it. back then art covered so much illustration, photography, film developing, manipulating of photography (touch up w/airbrush), mechanical illustration/blueprint-drafting, pen and ink and ink wash, water color, oil, acrylic, pastels color theory.....

i've taught both my kids to draw as well, my daughter has stuck with it, she is in art school now and is working as a tattoo artist

my love is pen and ink, stipple, hatch-cross hatch, ink wash, scratchboard

 

[ShatsBassoon]

Fucken Bill gates

 

[Rambo John J]

Agreed

Are you an artist in any way? Usually only those who've tried to actually draw or paint or learn anatomy etc can appreciate the skills of someone like Frazetta, or distinguish it from all the knock offs

@Vagabond is an artist FYI
He had a video or something of him doing a cool mural on the ground of Hendrix

 

[Filthy]

Frazetta was the pioneer of fantasy art. He set the bar. Few have been able to reach it.

He is a true master, and yes his pen and inks are freakin gorgeous

My friend and I have been gawking over his work since highschool, we used to hang out and study his stuff and draw after school. Now as old men we're going to see an original. A painting I think.

I used to think seeing originals were no big deal but this dude showed me its not true. Paintings you've seen online and in books 1000 times just don't cut it compared to the real thing. Colors are always more vibrant etc its a whole different thing.

I'll take some photos if they don't make a fuss about it. Don't know which gallery yet.

i was pretty 'meh' on original paintings, until I went to through Netherlands/Belgium.

the size, texture, and colors added a whole new dimension to the paintings.

 

[SongExotic2]

i was pretty 'meh' on original paintings, until I went to through Netherlands/Belgium.

the size, texture, and colors added a whole new dimension to the paintings.

Did you get a duvel?

 

[Filthy]

Did you get a duvel?

is that what you call that thing your mom does with her thumbs?

 

[SongExotic2]

is that what you call that thing your mom does with her thumbs?

Nah that's a trippel

 

[Rambo John J]

Interesting, here is an article I just found by some art expert comparing Boris vs Frazetta. He also concludes that Frazetta whups his ass:
Frank Frazetta Vs. Boris Vallejo... Resolved (expanded teaching edition) — Sequential Artists Workshop

Frazetta girls FTW:

Ya I like his females better so far

 

[Masato Toys]

i was pretty 'meh' on original paintings, until I went to through Netherlands/Belgium.

the size, texture, and colors added a whole new dimension to the paintings.

The click for me was Group of 7, just a few years ago. The same painter friend was all excited because there was an exhibition, I was like 'man I've seen those paintings to death' (which most canadians have). He insisted I hadn't seen it until I'd seen it so I went along and man was I wrong. I HAD seen them 1000 times in books and online, and wasn't even much of a fan. Didn't believe him when he said real paint has more colors that a computer or printer. But when I saw it live the colors were tripping so hard and jumping out like crazy. Eye candy, baby

 

[RussfromNH]

sorry, i got excited
my hole life and finally another Frazetta fan

 

[Freeloading Rusty]

Tomorrow is my last day of work for 9 months!

Nine months paid parental leave, tagged onto three weeks paid vacation

This is going to be a trip. I have never had more than three weeks off full time work since third year university back in 2004.

 

[SongExotic2]

Tomorrow is my last day of work for 9 months!

Nine months paid parental leave, tagged onto three weeks paid vacation

This is going to be a trip. I have never had more than three weeks off full time work since third year university back in 2004.

I had about the same time off back in 2012. Left the navy in January and moved to America on October first iirc. Just hung out, learned to drive, decided against getting a job, long story short, when I can afford it I really like doing fuck all for long periods of time.

 

[Masato Toys]

They give 9 month paid leave to dads now?

wtf

Amazing. Don’t waste it!

 

[Freeloading Rusty]

They give 9 month paid leave to dads now?

wtf

Amazing. Don’t waste it!

Depending on your job, in Canada, parents have the option of sharing a blended 18 month parental leave. Paid through our Employment Insurance at a percent of your full wage... then if you are lucky, your employer tops up the remainder of your wage while on leave.

 

[Masato Toys]

Depending on your job, in Canada, parents have the option of sharing a blended 18 month parental leave. Paid through our Employment Insurance at a percent of your full wage... then if you are lucky, your employer tops up the remainder of your wage while on leave.

I missed out lol

I left my job and went freelance just a few weeks before my first kid was born, not knowing any of this lol

 

[SongExotic2]

They give 9 month paid leave to dads now?

wtf

Amazing. Don’t waste it!

In Belgium they have some weird shit. A guy I work with gets every Tuesday off for two years after his wife gave birth. The company pays him too (albeit a reduced rate) I think they are trying to promote breeding so they can beat Germany up or something

 

[RussfromNH]

there's more to the this series if anyone is interested

 

[Masato Toys]

^ Badass. Haven't watched but bookmarked and looking forward to it

 

[Masato Toys]

Great day.

Turns out it wasn't just a Frazetta painting in some gallery somewhere... it was a temporary exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum of vintage horror movie-poster art from the personal collection of Kirk Hammett, lead guitarist for Metallica;

Turns out he loves this shit and has a huge collection. The exhibition was just a sampling of that but man was it cool.

Here is a photo of him to market the exhibition. In defence of myself and @RussfromNH , ALL of the images behind him in this photo are Frank Frazetta paintings. Just goes to show out of his whole collection its likely his most valued stuff:

Anyways here is a close up from the main poster. The more I looked at it the more I think it might be my favourite piece from a pure illustration point of view:

 

[Masato Toys]

Here is a video of Hammett explaining his passion for this stuff. They were playing it at the exhibition too but I didn't really sit down to watch. Hope to find some time to watch online:











fucking hell just found a video where Hammett gives a 24-minute private tour of the collection:

 

[Masato Toys]

So here are the paintings we went to see. My friend lost his shit, lol. He is I dare say a genius painter, he wasn't just coming as a fan he was coming to study brushstrokes or whatever to decipher his techniques, figure out how Frazetta approached his stuff.
he said he learned a lot

'The Berzerker' cover for a Conan book as far as I know:

Detail from The Berzerker:

Never saw this one before. My friend guesses he probably knocked it off in a few hours. amazing