tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post7811750201250253943..comments2023-11-27T01:40:12.441-08:00Comments on EATEN BY DUCKS: Devil DollMarcel Ruijtershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00364661262187868819noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-22529921747292468162009-07-31T09:31:37.548-07:002009-07-31T09:31:37.548-07:00I'll get it tonight probably, I've been ge...I'll get it tonight probably, I've been getting a few.Robert Adam Gilmourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03030109275684859704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-18276769214663646652009-07-30T02:48:52.617-07:002009-07-30T02:48:52.617-07:00http://www.amazon.co.uk/Baroques-Giovanni-Careri/d...http://www.amazon.co.uk/Baroques-Giovanni-Careri/dp/0691116903/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248946767&sr=1-1<br /><br />Do you have this one Robert?<br />It's very good, and only £14 "used"<br />at the moment....<br />PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-5607725123371592692009-07-24T13:47:31.209-07:002009-07-24T13:47:31.209-07:00Thanks guys for the wishes.
Thanks Paul for the ...Thanks guys for the wishes.<br /><br /> Thanks Paul for the info on etching. <br /><br /> PickledPunk, I have just over a third of the Mighty Max toys and they certainly were very clever, not all of the worked perfectly well, but most of them were very complex and worked with all those landscape shapes and character pieces able to close into one object.<br /> I have yet to aquire "The Hand", it is one of my favorites and that recent big drawing I posted started as a drawing of that toy, but I ended up changing it into what it is now.<br /><br /> Thanks for the book recommendation, I'll put it in the list.Robert Adam Gilmourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03030109275684859704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-56738657197867261432009-07-23T23:19:25.518-07:002009-07-23T23:19:25.518-07:00Hey Robert. Happy belated birthday! I’ve been away...Hey Robert. Happy belated birthday! I’ve been away for a bit as well as doing some other summer stuff so I’ve haven’t checked on EBD in awhile. Thanks for all the excellent info and links and such! That’s funny about he MIMP cards because I just bought a set of them recently. I agree they are a bit awkward and cheesy but there is a charm to them. Seems like the artist was creating the 2-D art after the actual look of the plastic figures. I’m also glad you mentioned Mighty Max toys. I have a nice collection of them. I bought most of them new in 1995-96. Those really are great monster toys...Very very clever. I’ll hafta take some pics and post them. One of my favorites was the severed Zombie Hand playset. <br /><br />So your still buying books and more books ehh? One great book on mythical and legendary monsters I found is “Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth” by Carol Rose.<br /><br />I dig Brunovksy’s work. Never heard of this artist till now...pickledpunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10944881218523936643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-5600388820421364282009-07-23T08:09:28.742-07:002009-07-23T08:09:28.742-07:00Happy Birthday Robert! and thanks for the beautifu...Happy Birthday Robert! and thanks for the beautiful Brunovksy's picsPaleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648456757924978943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-7291006457844667632009-07-20T03:13:19.212-07:002009-07-20T03:13:19.212-07:00Aeron, I am always seeking a blacker black, and wi...Aeron, I am always seeking a blacker black, and with etching, where the damp paper is forced into the grooves on the plate, the lines are raised on the surface of the paper like black worms which gives a sort of furry velvety black.<br />I have not tried litho on stone. I did some photo litho about 36 years ago at college, drawing in ink on acetate and also directly onto the photo plate with wax crayon under a green light, but it is the effects of etching that I like most. All those textures.<br />Another great thing about etching is that you can work on it anywhere, you can even sit in bed scratching an etching. <br />PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-64381681042783748702009-07-19T20:27:58.651-07:002009-07-19T20:27:58.651-07:00Paul, I'm surprised you're not more of a L...Paul, I'm surprised you're not more of a Lithographer given the charcoal pencil medium that can be used on a limestone or aluminum sheet. <br /><br />I spent several years in artschool in the etching studio and the lithography studio (other side of the school) and was completely spoiled by all the amazing equipment at my disposal at the time. I really wish I still had access to all that ink, acid and printing presses! <br /><br />And I'm incredibly envious of the equipment you mentioned acquiring in that recent email!Aeronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743156867815095055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-64856218763377960352009-07-19T17:14:54.682-07:002009-07-19T17:14:54.682-07:00And etching is perfect for fantastic detail,- as i...And etching is perfect for fantastic detail,- as in the work of Francois Houtin, Phillipe Mohlitz, Erik Desmazieres and Gerard Trignac.<br />PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-64298647080909601372009-07-19T14:47:48.990-07:002009-07-19T14:47:48.990-07:00Thanks Robert. Etching is very easy. You should be...Thanks Robert. Etching is very easy. You should be able to learn everything you need to know in a couple of hours. Perhaps you can find a print workshop and classes near you?<br />You etch on zink,(about £10 for A4 sheet), you put on a layer of wax stuff with a roller, scratch through the wax with anything sharp,-pen,pin etc, put it in dilute nitric acid for about 10 mins, ink it up and pull a print.<br />You make alterations with an etching tool which has a scraper at one end and a burnisher at the other. <br />As I said, it is easier than working with pen and ink because you can make alterations (look at all the stages of some Rembrandt etchings)<br />That's why I work with charcoal on thick paper and erase with rubber and sandpaper, it means I can work fast without the anxiety of making mistakes. In fact the more mistakes and corrections I make the better it looks, because it builds up a texture. The same happens with etching, look at Goya's Disasters of War or Hercules Segers landscapes, the more alterations they make the more atmospheric the etchings look.<br />Paul.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-40399866233974471352009-07-19T09:18:57.418-07:002009-07-19T09:18:57.418-07:00Thanks guys.
Aeron- I edited and scanned in 3 mor...Thanks guys.<br /><br />Aeron- I edited and scanned in 3 more for you, the big boat one is in one of the links, but I thought it desrved a far bigger scan, because I think it is one of his best. And the two others are the only remaining explicitly monstrous pictures I could find in the book, that are not already in the links.<br /><br />Sean- Good for you, I've been meaning to buy some off of Ebay for years, but never did it yet. I have been having dreams about buying them in little flea market shops for the past few years too.<br /><br />Mollusk- I've just been buying baroque/ornate/gothic architecture/sculpture books and saving all the pictures I can of that sort of thing. I love those places. Simon Marsden is a good photographer for that sort of thing, his site is really good.<br /><br /> The MIMP card art is quite bad in some places, but I think some of them are quite atmospheric in a nicely garish and crude way, especially the six examples I posted on this page. I believe that artist ended up doing some Wilco album covers. <br /> Beyond nostalgia, I think I can make a case for a lot of really dated and crude commercial fantasy art. I think a lot of that cheezy looking airbrushed sword and sorcery and heavy metal art had some atmospheric qualities and powerful themes that you rarely see later on because they become associated with bad cliches and therefore get left behind and everyone is too afraid to go back to those cliches and explore them in a more serious artistic persuit.<br /> I seriously think that "Bad Girl" comics are a great untapped genre with lots of potential, and sometimes I look at those hologram gimmick and all sorts of shiny 90s comics and think that it could have went somewhere, but the association with untalented young artists keeps everyone away from wanting to explore some of those things. I've been forming a bad girl styled strip in my head for the past year and I think it could be pretty good.<br /><br />Paul- I dont have that book,,,, and while Bresdin is extremely talented and I like him, he doesent have the same ethereal flow that makes me love Masianis and Brunovsky so much. <br /> My 4 years in illustration classes taught me very little, the only significant thing I learned about was ink wash((which I havent done for a while))). I dont know anything about etching at all, I dont know what tools and materials to use.<br /> Assuming you are Paul Rumsey, I really love your stuff and it gives me the sort of immediate thrill I associate with the all the best horror art that makes me think of all my lifelong strongest feelings about supernatural fear.Robert Adam Gilmourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03030109275684859704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-71249590213316257812009-07-19T07:29:53.352-07:002009-07-19T07:29:53.352-07:00Happy birthday Robert.
So both your favourite arti...Happy birthday Robert.<br />So both your favourite artists are etchers. Do you have the book on Rodolphe Bresdin by Maxime Preaud?<br />I think you would like. The lines are so fine you need a magnifying glass to see them.<br />Have you thought of doing etching yourself? It would probably suit you more than pen,- the advantage is that it is quite easy to make alterations with a scraper and burnisher.<br />And you can sell about a hundred prints of the same drawing.<br />PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-40322531917233220422009-07-19T06:44:37.943-07:002009-07-19T06:44:37.943-07:00Congrats, Robert.
What's up with the cathedra...Congrats, Robert. <br />What's up with the cathedral pics?<br /><br />Hm, don't hate me but I think the MIMP art is mostly really bad... what am I missing?<br />Brunovksy on the other hand is a wicked renderer, and I can see why you would be attracted to his art. I really like the vomiting hydra guy and the one above that.Human Molluskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18276070138056162278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-14437046286515607982009-07-18T19:09:47.273-07:002009-07-18T19:09:47.273-07:00Happy birthday Robert!
I managed to buy most of th...Happy birthday Robert!<br />I managed to buy most of the first series of MIMP & some of the other ones, all at 50 cents a pop at the flea market. I also got some of the cards, including alot of those ones you posted for a quarter a pack. They are fuckin' cool. I was too old for them when they came out, but now they rule as far as i'm concerned.SEANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18236717038521645585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-17135301401184248592009-07-18T18:06:13.407-07:002009-07-18T18:06:13.407-07:00Yeah, Happy Birthday. I was in a comic shop last m...Yeah, Happy Birthday. I was in a comic shop last month and saw an unopened shoe box sized case of "Monster In My Pocket" cards, I think it was the first series? and I thought of you. I think they were charging 70 some US dollars for it. <br /><br />Anyway, thanks for posting those scans! I've been meaning to do a new post on Masianis with some of the work posted recently at "A Journey Round My Skull" but will now include a few pics from this post of yours. I love those two monster pics, particularly the one with the multiheaded creature vomiting! Are there many other illustrations of things like that in the book? If so, I'd love for you to scan them and post em in the future!Aeronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743156867815095055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-86529111266165652562009-07-18T17:55:16.613-07:002009-07-18T17:55:16.613-07:00Happy Birthday Robert!Happy Birthday Robert!Ulandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338733786961755063noreply@blogger.com