MUMBLINGS about whatever happens to trip-my-trigger this week. This might cover books, horror movies, new music I have discovered, photo edits, tweaking panel art from a graphic novel, technical tips for your PC/mobile devices, or any other random topic.
Saturday, December 16, 2023
Cthulhu - Lord of Life Series A postage stamps
Friday, December 15, 2023
Series 1 from the Lovecraft Babies postage stamp release
Here is "Series 1" from the United States Postal Service's LOVECRAFT BABIES stamp series. This series was created entirely within NightCafe Mysterious XL v4. I cleaned up all the ugly AI artifacts, added extra imagery where needed, updated the body parts of several monster babies and then combined them into an actual stamp book using Affinity Photo.
Hi-rez image link.
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Tate McRae CD Single "eXes" Cover Artwork
I created this proposed cover artwork for Tate McRae's latest music release "eXes" during one of my evening TV breaks. Tate is burning a Polaroid picture of her latest eXe.
Hi-rez image link [2958px wide]
Tate McRae - eXes |
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Clash of the Jurassic Cthulhus
"Two large Lovecraftian leviathans emerge from the depths of the ocean to battle in front of a soon-to-be-doomed coastal city. " --- I spent a little time trying out the NightCafe AI image generator over the last week. I went through 8-10 variations of my generating prompts, then pulled 4 of the best images down to my PC. Composite work included manual edits, new brush textures, and other tweaks to fit them into a single widescreen image within Affinity Photo.
NightCafe source link, or Hi-rez image link.
Monday, December 11, 2023
Deadman's Rodeo Flight Group Alpha
Was watching a WW2 documentary and saw a nice leather bomber jacket, so I got inspired to make my own patch. Here is my latest composition with the "Deadman's Rodeo Flight Group Alpha" badge designed within Affinity Designer using vector layers.
Hi-rez image link.
Sunday, December 10, 2023
Unpublished cover for Walt Disney's Donald Duck #85 (would have been released in December 1962)
Using my artwork from the last creation, I have created the unreleased cover from what could have been issue #85 of Walt Disney's Donald Duck if published by Dell Comics. Naturally, I have created this as close to Carl Barks-style as I can, mimicked from many sample comic books.
Hi-rez image link.
Donald Duck as Batman
After tracing/vectorizing my last drawing off a Carl Barks 1950s comic book, I decided to try my hand at making a Batman version of Donald Duck. I used quite a few different Barks duck images to compare against for inspiration and artist reference.
Hi-rez image link.
Saturday, December 9, 2023
Donald Duck Having Problems Mixing a Batch of Cookies
Friday, December 8, 2023
Catwoman jumping over inner city rooftops
Catwoman (Selina Kyle) jumping over inner city rooftops. I like the way the silhouette works on the cloudy night sky backdrop, especially with the water tower.
Hi-rez image link.