Morkul's Art

[Morkul]

Nice work, Morkul! I really like how you do the eyes on some of your pen & ink figures - they're an interesting mix that reminds me of Edvard Munch, Edward Gorey, and Charles Addams all at once!

thanks. i have gotten the Edvard Munch comparison before, but mostly because of my paintings rather than my drawings...

i have been using this thread to motivate myself to draw more, so i have not posted any old stuff. maybe i will at some point so that you and others can see what i mean (about the Munch comparison). id honestly rather just paint some new paintings though. the map that i am working on is the first thing (outside of houses) that i have painted in four or five years. it is all acrylic and latex, but i plan on getting some oil paintings going this winter...

 

[jaerdaph]

thanks. i have gotten the Edvard Munch comparison before, but mostly because of my paintings rather than my drawings...

...that's interesting, because I also saw the Charles Addams similarities as well before I looked at your Influences thread!

 

[Morkul]

...that's interesting, because I also saw the Charles Addams similarities as well before I looked at your Influences thread!

ya, the original Addams family comic strip and television show are definitely a big influence. they are very goofy in their creepiness...

i dig a lot of things that are Halloween themed, like that Rankin/Bass film Mad Monster Party, old 'B' horror and sci-fi films and pulp magazine art. i dont like the new horror films at all...

 

[jaerdaph]

i dont like the new horror films at all...

You are a man after my own heart.

 

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[formidonis]

Wow, how many hours do you have in your floor, so far? Looks like it's really coming along quite well.

 

[Morkul]

Wow, how many hours do you have in your floor, so far? Looks like it's really coming along quite well.

im honestly not sure how many hours i have put into it yet. the late night wine warps my sense of time and the display on my phone is broken from getting caught in the rain while working...

i have been going in with acrylic washes over the Kilz primer. the blue was mixed from some secondhand flat white latex and ultramarine acrylic paint. i had no concrete plan when i started, so i have just been making it up as i go. i am going to paint a large forest onto the north central and north eastern portion of the map, so i will be going in with some darker green. the western portion of the map is either going to be desert or just a grey waste, like Mordor. i will also be hitting the shorelines with a sandy color. that should go down tonight...

 

[Morkul]

 

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