Delirium and Detritus

**Najmul** · November 26th, 2012, 04:30 AM

absolutely amazing, im loving the chalboard signage art, its the first time ive seeen anything like this done in such an awesome way! keep on rocking!

**MrFrenik** · November 26th, 2012, 05:09 AM

Wow, dude, great sign work! It's the first time I've seen any work like that on here and am blown away by it all.

**MasterTroglodyte** · December 3rd, 2012, 11:15 PM

@ Velocity: 1) Thanks, very much! I do what I can. I've realized as I struggle with the fluidity of the digital medium that I'm more of a draftsman than a painter in some respects, and I miss the connective nature of feeling a medium on my fingers. I want to have a "touch" tablet that doesn't require the stylus. I'm sure that a Cintiq could do that... but I digress. 2) I don't know what "graf," is, so I'm thinking that's a no. Sorry for the very tardy reply.
@Mr. Najmul & Frenik: Thanks! It's much appreciated. I work in the back room of a grocery store right next to boxes of bananas, so I don't usually get feedback on what I do. This is a tiny neighborhood "experiment" a local grocery chain is doing here in Utah. Still, to be a concept artist/illustrator. Since I'm working for peanuts now I wouldn't mind doing the same to paint necromancers or hulking robots. Again, I digress.

Don't think I posted these here. Just to prove I do sketch from time to time, though I think these are a couple of years old at this point... And I apologize for the weird "lightness" of these. Don't remember them looking that way before...
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**MasterTroglodyte** · December 4th, 2012, 12:07 AM

Can't remember if I posted these... but there are more on the way... need to get back to paintin'!

Guy in our store posed for a leprechaun portrait...
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An irresistible Adam and Eve sign that still hasn't seen the light of day...
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Self-explanatory (maybe)
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Gift Card Mall sign (Spring)
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Gift Card Mall signage (Summer)
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Not only did I come up w/ the sign below, but I had to conjure that awesome schpiel after looking at the website. The chef (despite being award-winning, etc.) was no help.
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Hawaiian Fish sign details
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Halloween signage
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**MasterTroglodyte** · December 6th, 2012, 02:14 AM

**SEVANS** · December 6th, 2012, 04:30 AM

Some very cool sketches, and some damn good signage.
Great thread. I'll be back for more looks.

**MasterTroglodyte** · December 7th, 2012, 12:23 AM

Promise this is the last of the old sketches. I'm going to try to post something new here every day, whether it's good or not is another story...

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**MasterTroglodyte** · December 8th, 2012, 01:36 AM

A sketch from a few days ago...
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**MasterTroglodyte** · December 8th, 2012, 11:07 PM

Current progress on "Life" CHOW

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**Hayden_Zammit** · December 8th, 2012, 11:48 PM

Lovely pencil work.

**MasterTroglodyte** · December 10th, 2012, 10:20 PM

A lil' doodle...
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**Kamiru_** · December 11th, 2012, 05:24 PM

Awesome sketchbook dude!

I love the pencil drawings and I really like your current CHoW concept!

**MasterTroglodyte** · December 14th, 2012, 12:28 AM

Bah... need more hours in a day. Should quit the day job lol.

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**MasterTroglodyte** · December 14th, 2012, 08:15 PM

Working on an "Audrey H." project for a Christmas present...
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**MasterTroglodyte** · December 15th, 2012, 12:20 AM

Gah... Need to work on mah colors... Ack... Did a bit o' color sampling from the ref to expedite this before Christmas, but realized just how little "color realism" I'm able to do... I'll have to do those famous color studies from movie stills

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**MasterTroglodyte** · December 20th, 2012, 06:26 PM

**MasterTroglodyte** · December 29th, 2012, 01:40 AM

Something I'm semi-proud of (hence the indulgent photo-taking). Did it on vacation in Cali.

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Post-apocalyptic Santa... I listened to ZZ Top for inspiration...

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**Cojac** · December 29th, 2012, 10:22 AM

I like your paintings very much. Is it acrylics on gessoed board?

**kamikazel33t** · December 29th, 2012, 01:00 PM

I really love your work, there something I find really appealing about them. I wish I could say more, or at least offer some kind of critique or something. Well anyway awesome work overall I hope to see some more from you.

**MasterTroglodyte** · December 29th, 2012, 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by Cojac

I like your paintings very much. Is it acrylics on gessoed board?

I don't know to what you're referring... Some of my stuff is "chalk ink", chalk in an aqueous solution dispensed from a marker, and the rest that could be called painting is digital (as in the Audrey Hepburn).

**MasterTroglodyte** · December 30th, 2012, 01:48 AM

Some Christmas chalk (marker) art:

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The Christmas (sushi) mascot "Tony Chopper"

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Sketch page... still trying to figure out the ideal scanner settings...

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**MasterTroglodyte** · January 10th, 2013, 11:32 PM

Yeah, yeah... Christmas is over... I know.
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**MasterTroglodyte** · January 14th, 2013, 11:32 PM

This is a quick "thank-you" fairy for my father-in-law. Christmas thank-yous are long past due...

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**MasterTroglodyte** · January 15th, 2013, 11:20 PM

**MasterTroglodyte** · January 20th, 2013, 02:18 AM

romantic gelato...
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spy cherry...
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**AronDraws** · January 20th, 2013, 02:57 AM

Your work is beautiful and I can't get enough of the signage! Are you using a soft pastel for those?

**MasterTroglodyte** · January 21st, 2013, 01:10 AM

Originally Posted by AronDraws

Your work is beautiful and I can't get enough of the signage! Are you using a soft pastel for those?

Nope. It's a chalk marker. Specifically, Chalk Ink. Hella difficult getting a decent gradient, but they're kinda fun.

**MasterTroglodyte** · January 24th, 2013, 12:01 AM

**MasterTroglodyte** · January 24th, 2013, 11:09 PM

Man... I find that my pencil technique is reaaaaaaaaaaalll messy. I'm usually relatively happy with some of my sketchery until it finds its way into a scanner. I want to be as good as some o' the moleskine greats I've seen.