The League of Robots and Monsters

Dressed in Drag

2009-03-26T18:58:00.000-07:00

Don't worry, he's more scared of you than you are of him. Seriously.

Indybot

2007-05-27T20:40:00.000-07:00

Those caves can really take it out of ya.

Monster Chicken

2007-04-08T21:22:00.000-07:00

Well, he's not really a monster chicken, but he plays one on tv.

Bowl-Zilla!

2007-03-21T16:36:00.000-07:00

My Son's birthday is coming up, and we are having his party at a bowling alley...AND he would like it to be Godzilla themed. :) So, I made this invite to send out to his friends.

Now, as far as I know...this is the only Godzilla bowling themed birthday invitation around.
If you find some...be sure and let me know. In the meantime, If you like this, and want to use it yourself, I made a blank version that you can print out over at my blog.

Paul C.

Next up, I'm going to try and make some table stands, etc... to help theme out the party!

Go Go Godzilla!

Ironclad Jackson

2007-03-11T13:08:00.000-07:00

Dr. Thadeus E. "Ironclad" Jackson

One of the founding members of the league, long standing advocate of the Whig party and still serving in an advisory and reserve position on the league since it's inception in 1835.

Hot Lead and Cold Feet

2007-03-10T20:45:00.000-08:00

Lots of step by step stuff on breadwig.com too.

Sharpie

2007-01-19T17:22:00.000-08:00

The Seven Metal Miners

2007-01-12T11:39:00.000-08:00

This was for

Drawergeeks

this week.

These little guys are off to the mines early one fine morning.
The marshmallow fluff mines.

Owchie

2007-01-10T18:08:00.000-08:00

The good folks at FreakyKids.com have shucked outa shirt based on this painting, wheeeeee! Check it out.

Santaclops

2006-12-15T08:05:00.000-08:00

Be afraid....be very afraid.
Well, only if you're naughty.
Santa cooked up this guy to get through the snow, when Rudolph and the boys just can't cut it.
He's a man ...er robot, on a mission.

Nightmare

2006-11-20T09:15:00.000-08:00

I was just playing around with an idea for a new technique for me, where I layer a bunch of old photographs and then using layer masks slowly reveal different parts of the illustration until it's a complete image.

After layering a bunch of photos and adding a mask to each layer, I start erasing the layers one at a time.

I just continue this process as the image slowly reveals itself.

I wonder if subconsciously, even though the main forms of the pictures have been layered and obscured, if we still react to them back in the recesses of ourselves.

As the layers increase, so does the weight coalescing around the little nameless fellow.

As the forms in the image become more concrete, the photos they are made up of become more muddled and textured.

Painting in the mask for a more bluish photo adds some depth and atmosphere.

Computer graphics are so yin and yang. On one hand, they can easily dictate to the artist what the art will look like. On the other hand the possiblities for experimentation are endless, if you're willing to push the computer around, and let the spirit of your art be driven by you, not the box.

Bryan

Wuv, Twoo Wuv

2006-11-12T20:21:00.000-08:00

This illustration is more about Fay than it is about the King. I think. Well, it’s about something, I’m pretty sure of that.

2006-11-04T20:44:00.000-08:00

The latest DrawerGeeks assignment was to take a drawing done by a child, and then so an illustration based on that drawing. So I picked this drawing by my five year old daughter:

I decided I wanted to do the illustration so that it looked like painted clay, while following the spirit of her drawing as closely as possible. So here’s what it looks like:

I posted a step by step on breadwig.com if'n you wanna take a looksee. http://www.breadwig.com/2006/11/03/my-daughters-alien-2/

Caleb's Creatures

2006-11-03T07:43:00.000-08:00

Here's a couple'a monsters my boy Caleb drew.
Hyde...

& Drac

And then my "versions" for Drawergeeks;

Roger

2006-10-27T20:27:00.000-07:00

Roger knows something you don't.

Phil

2006-10-27T11:58:00.000-07:00

Finally, after waiting patiently in line, Phil stepped up to the counter and ordered his warm cinnamon sugar pretzel.

Grim Reaping Indeed

2006-10-20T21:13:00.000-07:00

The Grim Reaper

2006-10-20T04:08:00.000-07:00

"Bob was dying to go to the bathroom..."

He must be listening to death metal.

Hey Kids!

2006-10-17T18:54:00.000-07:00

Scary Punkin

2006-10-15T19:52:00.000-07:00

A sculpted Halloween treat!

This was a "quickie" done by my friend, and sculpting ninja Robert King. And he actually sculpted it right onto a real pumpkin!
So darn cool.

And lets all yell at him for not having a website.

JV

Zombie Brothers

2006-10-06T18:16:00.000-07:00

There's a party going on at the Zombie brother's apartment.
Ben, who always wore grey, was more interested in the beer. Bill, in his new tee shirt he bought online, was out for chicks. Cause, chicks dig zombies.

BATTLE ROYALE

2006-10-06T13:01:00.000-07:00

Was doing a little housecleaning and found these two guys going a few rounds...Mighty Marvel style!!
Watch out Franky, he'll bite your hand off!
:)

Robo Birdie of Love

2006-10-03T07:03:00.000-07:00

Here's an illustration I just finished up for a digital illustration contest, and a little step by steppage on how I created it.

First some sketching action. I was going for that classic “friendly, deadly, and dazed” look that is all the rage with the kids nowdays.
Next I built him in 3d. Here’s the wireframe mesh. I’ve been thinking about naming our next dog Wireframe Mesh.

And here’s our little robot birdie rendered out with some shading. Much like my personality, he’s only made of white plastic at this point.

I wanted him to be flying through space, mainly for no reason at all. So I created a quick space backround for him. I also used it as a reflection map.

And then I lit and rendered him, and bam, there you go. If you like, feel free to vote for him. If you don’t like, I’ll still love you anyway.

Monster of ROCK!

2006-10-02T19:02:00.000-07:00

An illo I did a few moons ago for my buddy Chris at Pantelope.

Momma Said To Knock You Out

2006-09-29T04:00:00.000-07:00

As the fighter entered the ring, and saw the towering green opponent in front of him, he noticed the chest Tattoo. "Mom Rules" he muttered. "What a pansy."

What a pansy indeed.

Mister "M"

2006-09-28T11:53:00.000-07:00

Izzy a Monster...or izzy a just a slightly freakish Hero...
I think he's a little bit of both.

ya gotcher version WITH scales and WITHOUT...;

HIGH NOON

2006-09-20T18:29:00.000-07:00

The saloon grew quiet as the mechanical gunslinger made his way to the bar. A lone stranger sat drinking there, still calmly seated despite the commotion going on around him. The robot stopped a few feet from the occupied bar stool, and in a wheezy growl ordered the stranger to stand. The man quietly downed the contents of the shot glass in front of him, and pushed back from the bar. Most of the patrons had fled at this point. They knew what was going to happen next. The same thing that always happened when the steam powered gunslinging machines called some unlucky sucker out. A meeting with your maker, followed by a long dirt nap.

rollin' rollin' rollin'

2006-09-15T07:39:00.000-07:00

The Rock

2006-09-08T08:09:00.000-07:00

..2 or 3 versions later....

The Stone Cold Truth

2006-09-07T20:06:00.000-07:00

Sergeant Rock. No, he's really made of rock.

And check out these snazzy new digs, here at "The League."

And with a name like "The Leage of Robots and Monsters",
I would imagine that there will be some cool goings on here.

I would imagine.

JV