Wm.B.Hand • SHARPIE CREATURES!! -- (Apr.16th)

[MsMaverick]

Agh, the tech stuff! That last version of the jet is perfection. Gah, your sketchbook is full of gems like that. The beard-hair thing reminds me of some kind of... like one of those microscopic imaging things with the crazy colors; "and here we have an AIDS virus latching onto a white blood cell..." Fantastic stuff, man!

[entdroid]

Hey Bill thanks for stopping by my SB again!
I love this latest SuperFuchsia character, the style and colors work great.
I'm also very much fond of those sharkdogs from a couple pages before, they're golden!

[jedininjaman]

helmet seems to ride way low on her cranium. but the walbug is awesome
get some sleep man
-jedininja

[Farvus]

Wow. You got insane design skills. I'll try to pay a closer attention to this thread.
Keep going .

[William b. Hand]

Josef K. - Thank you! Tech is a whole 'nother realm, thas fo sho. Okay... will try to keep posting.

MsMaverick - Thank you!! I'm still really pleased with how my jet turned out. And -- Yes, I actually think I'll be doing some fantasy medical illustration in the near future. You don't see much (any?) of it, really, but I've always been impressed by the organic abstraction of so much medical illustration, and am definitely gonna mess about with it.

entdroid - Thank you! I should stop by your book more often. Glad you liked my shark dog doodles! Also glad you like my FUCHSIA... I was actually hoping you would like it, so it worked out good.

jedininjaman - Aah, you are quite right about the helmet/cranium thingy. I'll be more careful with future headgear. Oooh, Walrus Bug... I keep forgetting about that poor creature! Thank you for liking! Promise I will finish him up one of these days!

Farvus - Thanx! Yes, pay closer attention! [ *snaps fingers* ]

Welp, I've got an art show at a local establishment opening on Friday. It's all stuff from the past few shows over 2oo7-8, with one new painting. I'll include the promo flier, as well as the new pic, below. The new pic looks much better in-person... The scanner picked up the canvas texture something awful. I think the little bird creature might be my favourite part of the whole thing. Jeez, it looks so flat here. Oh, well. See whatchya think, anyhows.

First it's: HAND LAND Flier, then it's "NOTION OF CONSTANCE" - Acrylic on CanvasBoard, and finally a DETAIL SHOT

[Idiot Apathy]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~! congrats.

[Texahol]

sweeeeeeeeet!!

congrats dude!

[coldrum]

Holy shitbags! sorry I'm not one for words.. but this is an incredible sketchbook. I airbrushed for years before changing to digital so it's really cool to see the transition here. Well I feel very inspired, you have a wicked imagination

Nice cheetah btw.. yeah i prefer the original one too

[Vorace]

variety here!! nice to see

blue sketches on page 11 are just insane!

[TheGnoll]

so thats what the "B" stands for!

that last painting looks really beautiful
congrats for the show man, take some picsssss ^^

thanks for sharing, as usual

ciao!

[DanielC]

Congrats sir ! Very well deserved

[William b. Hand]

Idiot Apathy, Texahol, DanielC, TheGnoll - Thanks guys! I don't really know that congratulations are in order, though. It's just a little local show, and god knows what the outcome will be. I've dropped prices through the basement, though, in hopes that I will sell as many as possible... I was factoring in the economy, the location, and my desperation.

coldrum - Aah, a fellow AbArter! Thank you, glad you like! Stop in again.

Vorace - Thanx! Yes, I like to think that there's a bit of variety here. Glad you like my blue pencils! I'll do more...

TheGnoll - That's what it stands for. No more mystery here. Sory, I didn't take any pics. I thought about taking my camera, but I didn't wanna have to hold it all the time, and also it really tends to make everyone blurry. Was a good time, though.

One of the pieces somehow got damaged, and I felt compelled to replace it. The result was this guy... It made me late for the opening because I was still working on him, so I didn't have time to scan it in, but I did take this crappy snapshot to show you. He makes me smile. See whatchya thinks:

HAPPY DOG • Airbrushed Acrylic 2o"x3o"

[jedininjaman]

woah that is awesome man, i love the color palette you used on it, It is some what hard to crit technically though.
thanks for sharing
-jedi

[loveandasandwich]

wahhhh i it!!

[towy]

really cool stuff again :]

[William b. Hand]

jedininjaman - Thank you!

loveandasandwich - Good.

towy - Thank you!

Here's a tiny alien bug, inspired by a ladybug photo desktop that I use. It's PS7.

TINY ALIEN BUG

[William b. Hand]

I was playing around with DOG MAN PORTRAITs for the current DSG, and these are what I came up with. I'm new to using the pressure-sensitive Opacity setting on brushes, and am happy to have found how effective a control/approach it can be. Probably A. is my favourite, but I like things about each. (I'm kinduv embarrassed by C, actually... It's so friggin flat.) I also like working at this size, and am thinking that I might try doing enviro paints this way...

[Iridyse]

Aww that bug is adorable! I really like the dog portraits too, the 1st and the 3rd are my favs.

[William b. Hand]

Iridyse - Thank you. Although it's rather crude, I had you in mind when I was messing about with dogman A, and also when I was creating the tiny alien bug.

Here's a random doodle.

[Josef K.]

have to say it again: damn cool stuff! thx for sharing!

[El Jeremie]

The best Tiny alien bug ever.

[sevarenge]

nice skech book !!! sek mayn awut if u haw the taym ! sory for the englichhttp ://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=149972

[Bigtayter]

i like the third dogman portrait myself.shows the most personality in my opinion.

[lennon]

WoW totally cool stuff! Congratulations on the art show! I really dig how you handle traditional media.

[sevarenge]

Thank you it means a lot to me! i'm just wondred if some of you're pictures are made with airbruch? And if you have time check out my sb again, i will upload som sketches tomorrow i think! and congratulations by the way!!!

my sketchbook:http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=149972

[Vulgar`]

Sir William still bamboozles the masses?

[Joey-b]

U sure have an interesting SB, those acrylic paintings are Great!, i just started painting with acrylics myself and its amazes me what u can do with it
thanks for showing this!

[Clochette]

Gniaaaaaaa alien bug!! Hihihihi!
The eyes are always pretty intense as you draw them, i really like it!

[bat]

More beautiful work, as always. How is the show going so far? I wish you the best of luck with it.

[Quinn Simoes]

Love the design of "Happy Dog", wish I could see these in person.

Keep sharing!