Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Missiles!

There's a little extra "volume" in this piece I know.
Ahem.
It's a gift for a couple friends... friends who are a couple. You know what I mean. There are two of them. Friends I mean.
Anyway she's their creation HyperJen.

I was going for more of a retro 50's version of the character.


I couldn't decide which version of the scan to post, so you get both! I like the crispness of the high contrast scan but I also like the cool variations in materials that you can see in the color scan. Including the zip-a-tone on the space stuff and rocket.


Inking is fun. I need to get back into it more.



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36 comments:

  1. Kristina BustamanteMarch 11, 2009 at 11:11 PM

    Yeeuh! SPACE GIRL!!! The cleanup work on this is rock solid. Way to go!

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  2. DesireeMarch 11, 2009 at 11:15 PM

    Oh, very retro indeed ^-^

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  3. Larry LevineMarch 12, 2009 at 2:13 AM

    Your work is awesome!!!

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  4. Fabry Fab WorkbenchMarch 12, 2009 at 3:05 AM

    I LOVE THE ROCKET!!! :) NO, I PREFER SPACE GIRL DEFENITELY

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  5. ScribblerMarch 12, 2009 at 3:06 AM

    Wow!! Fanatstic work!

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  6. Odd VoodooMarch 12, 2009 at 7:02 AM

    Holy asteroids! Great pic!

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  7. UnknownMarch 12, 2009 at 8:43 AM

    I like the second one the best! the contrast adds a whole lot you don't notice in the first!

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  8. ShaneMarch 12, 2009 at 10:37 AM

    Bill, you are easily one of my biggest inspirations right now as I struggle to learn to realy draw girls ( LOL seriously ) and this kind of stuff is why.. Fantastic man... thank you for sharing..

    WOW!

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  9. BrianMarch 12, 2009 at 10:57 AM

    I love retro space girl stuff and this one is - excuse the pun - out of this world.

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  10. Nicolas MartinezMarch 12, 2009 at 11:47 AM

    Very nice! :)

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  11. Liana HeeMarch 12, 2009 at 12:35 PM

    Bill..you're funny. I love this girl and her humongous boobs!

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  12. AnonymousMarch 12, 2009 at 12:53 PM

    Liana, you know the person who she is modeled after! Thus the boobs.

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  13. Joey LeeMarch 12, 2009 at 1:55 PM

    I love you.

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  14. monkeyfeatherMarch 12, 2009 at 3:06 PM

    Great drawing, and your inks are KILLER.

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  15. Liana HeeMarch 12, 2009 at 4:39 PM

    Ikumi..I knew right away! I think it's a fantastic representation of her!

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  16. VanhoozerbotMarch 13, 2009 at 4:25 AM

    Really brilliant.
    Big fan.

    JV

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  17. Michael DooneyMarch 13, 2009 at 6:39 AM

    Great pose and girl, endowed or not. I know what you mean about the color scans of bw artwork...it definitely shifts from warm to cool when it's strictly bw. There are some great full color scans of Dave Stevens bw ink art in the new book about him Brush with Passion you should check out if you don't already have a copy.

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  18. Adam KaszyckiMarch 13, 2009 at 9:26 AM

    Stellar! And, YES, more inked pieces! Keep up the killer artwork.

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  19. Tatevik AvakyanMarch 13, 2009 at 9:41 AM

    Beautiful work!

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  20. bpresingMarch 13, 2009 at 9:55 AM

    Thanks everybody. I'm really happy with the piece.

    Mike,
    I do have the Dave Stevens book, it's fantastic! I'd forgotten how big an influence he was on me when I was young, and didn't even realize his continued effect on me know.

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  21. MeesimoMarch 13, 2009 at 10:32 AM

    Excellent drawing man, from inception through cleanup, great stuff.

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  22. Kei AcederaMarch 13, 2009 at 2:42 PM

    SO Cool!!

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  23. Dave DickMarch 17, 2009 at 9:28 AM

    Looks beautiful! It's nice to see the
    zip-a-tone, too!

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  24. Jason JohnsonMarch 17, 2009 at 12:52 PM

    You have great work, Bill. So much energy, and the girls are super cute.

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  25. James DylanMarch 18, 2009 at 2:48 AM

    Bang Zoom, to the moon Alice! awesome work dude.

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  26. Nathanael LarkMarch 19, 2009 at 9:05 PM

    Gorgeous work! Thanks for posting the preliminary sketches as well.

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  27. Totoche TannenenMarch 23, 2009 at 3:03 AM

    Sacrée paire d'obus.

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  28. Lydia SanchezMarch 23, 2009 at 4:43 AM

    So cute!

    ^___^

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  29. William BradfordMarch 25, 2009 at 9:51 PM

    Thanks for including the different stages of the art (like on the valentine one, too). It's nice to see the process.

    I love the extra arc that the billows on the boots add.

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  30. Pedro VerganiMarch 27, 2009 at 6:07 AM

    Amazing Work!
    I've just became your fan.

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  31. LindsayApril 2, 2009 at 11:00 AM

    just wanted to let you know how inspiring you are to me.... and tell you that this girl is too sassy... i love her :) golly gosh your women are cute. hah

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  32. Francesca PaolucciApril 5, 2009 at 7:49 AM

    Great piece!

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  33. XAVApril 5, 2009 at 8:06 AM

    your friends are lucky !

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  34. Floyd NormanApril 13, 2009 at 1:06 PM

    The late Dave Stevens and I were pals back at Disney and Hanna-Barbera. We both worked for Doug Wildey.

    I think Dave would have loved your drawing.

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  35. XOXOApril 14, 2009 at 3:30 PM

    What a fantastic piece! I came across you completely by accident, but am totally smitten.

    Cheers!

    XO

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  36. bpresingApril 18, 2009 at 11:53 PM

    Thanks for the sentiment Floyd, Dave is one of my heroes.

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