devilsrain

1 minute ago, kav said:

well drawn but yes delete or you will probably get one week suspension for that.

Lol you think so?  Only if someone humps the report button.  
 

it’s artwork. If they want to censor me it ultimately means that the artwork influenced their emotions. Which is what art is supposed to do. 
 

10 minutes ago, kav said:

I do a lot of portraits.  Like tens of thousands.  Often people request oh can you draw us together?  No.  I cannot.  For some reason I get overloaded trying to draw 2 people-while drawing one I am thinking about drawing the other and I go sub par.  Its just the way my mind works and I can do nothing about it.  Of course if its from a photo then its no problem I can take my time.  In real time live portraits-nope.

You have to be pretty good at this point. My favorite is when I’m at dinner and someone says draw me then hands me a sharpie. It’s like great thanks.  
 

Slightly off topic, a friend of mine is friends with an artist who is a die hard liberal (as most artists are).  He loves to buy lunch for him but the guy can’t leave his booth. So I always make sure to do a drawing on the to go bag. He rips me but still has a great sense of humor about it. 
this is my political post of the day. Hope it doesn’t trigger anyone. 

3 minutes ago, kav said:

Agree there-profile sketches are amateur 101.  I am beginning to understand now-you asked for a tattoo of a front view hulk and you got a weird side view.  doesnt matter how well drawn it is its not what you wanted.  

Yep sorry I wasn’t more clear about that. 
 

I agree with you though. It’s executed perfectly. Every line has a purpose. And as artists that’s what we should aim for.  Having said that, artists are crazy and ultimately will do whatever they want.   It’s the game we play when commissioning someone.  You know how that is.  

3 minutes ago, kav said:

It could be like a tattoo-you start seeing  flaws and get more disatisfied with it over time unless it is absolutely perfectly executed.

I think it’s the fact that his back is in the drawing that makes me see it as a 3/4 from the rear.  Since you’ve pointed out that it’s more profile I’m actually more angry about it now.  Since i despise profile sketches. See most neal adams....or maybe Adam Hughes is a better example of cutting corners. 

3 minutes ago, kav said:

are we talking abt this drawing?  it is a side view not 3/4.   It could not be better drawn in my opinion.

Glad you like it. 

“Oh ya, don't go after anyone  and to that point, Joe Rubenstein last year had a bunch of half started sketches... and I picked one for finishing, he started by doing one thing and I think may have ended with another. It was obvious it would be Logan, so I was happy, I asked if he'd give him a cigarette..... He labeled him "Happy Logan" when I picked it up  

But sometimes just knowing the intent of something takes the sting out of a "different situation", imo, from this experience I've learned that if Sinnot had a bunch of stuff out for sale, he probably just wanted to make each "unique for that day". While unintentional and not meaning to be difficult, he probably thought it was the most unique of the hour or day  I'm glad you seemingly got through it ha. I'm glad you didn't say everything you were thinking at the time  makes for a good story!“

Yea I’m not crushed over it.   I’ll be ok hahaha. 
 

Joe Rubinstein is a cool guy. And that’s a good sketch, I’m sure it was a reasonable price too. Hes funny, he rips me every time I see him because he considers me to be too tall. 

1 minute ago, kav said:

I think I'm confused-are we talking about a different drawing?  the one i commented on is a side view.

Yes you are correct. It isn’t the complete back of his head. It’s not exactly a side view though is it.  Since you can see the back of his head.  It’s like a 3/4 shot but in reverse. 

6 minutes ago, kav said:

what dont you like abt it

Well, it’s the back of his head. So there’s that.  Is it rendered very well? Sure. Is it the back of his head? Yea.  
 

Its not like Wolverine is charging him and Joe had to draw the Hulk with his back to the viewer.  Again it’s just I expected a regular head sketch facing forward. I wasn’t expecting a full figure or anything. (Meaning my expectations weren’t that high)

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3 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

It was hard not to chuckle too for me...

You must be good natured cause even when you tell the story, you tell it like, "a funny thing that happened to me one day!" 

All In good fun, but I've been on the receiving line of someone's hijinks too

You'd wipe the grin off their face, if you didn't respect/love them so much hahaha 

 

Joe is a little old man. I can’t really go after him. Mark, his son, is a big dude. I CAN go after him.  But yea neither of them were malicious.

Nothing like Claremont losing his mind on me ......or Lee Weeks!

27 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

I'd have to agree, maybe the intent and laughter stung, but I'm glad you still have it  I hope  

Still wasn't ideal, but at least quality work  

Quality work in everything he does. If the drawing is wonky it still looks like a robot rendered it. Yes I still have it. It’s one of those things though where he had a wall of sketch covers that had normal looking hulks. And I said what the F happened with my cover, you got all those other ones face forward!???? 
 

I think they thought it was hilarious. And to be honest I chuckled until I remembered how much I paid for it. 

31 minutes ago, kav said:

as an artist I have to say this is beautiful.  the line quality is top notch.  Is it pencil?  It looks like pencil but I dont know how to make brushpen strokes like that with a pencil.

I too am an artist and can appreciate the line work. It is pencil which is crazy but with someone like Sinnott I have high expectations. REALLY HIGH. So I when the drawing was revealed I was like wtf.  

28 minutes ago, Catwomancomics said:

@devilsrain

OUCH!!!  Hulk with a bad haircut.

edited for picture from issue 162 the before haircut

Ha it could be a What If? Book. 

What If Wolverine became a barber?

8 hours ago, Domo Arigato said:

Do you have a scan of the sketch you can post?

 

1 minute ago, Turtle said:

Well you had to listen to the man.  At that point, it would have been rude not to yell. 

Joe just laughed in my face.  Which I thought was funny but I wasn't sure if I was being Punk'd.

Sadly I wasn't, that was the actual sketch.  The joke was on me! 

Just now, Turtle said:

WE definitely went over to them.  I'm not sure WE yelled at them.  I do remember some yelling though. 

Good times!  Thanks again for helping me get that turtle sketch.  It seems that sometimes a little yelling can yield some results. 

Ok maybe I yelled at him.  And to put it into context I had picked up a sketch from Sinnott earlier that I was so excited to get.  You know because that's pretty exciting to get a sketch from SInnott and I was pumped. 

It was a Hulk head sketch except it was the back of his head.  Im like WTF is this?  And I'm staring at Mark Sinnott and he says " Hey, don't yell at me... Yell at the artist"  So there you go.  

20 minutes ago, Hollywood1892 said:

Some of these creators sound like they are cruising for a bruising 

They are and a lot would deserve it. 

At the show I was just referencing where Adam and I yelled at SInnott, I was waiting for Roy Thomas.  I needed two books signed.  I got there early to be number one on line.  We all waited about an hour for him to finally show up.  When Roy sets his stuff down he looks up at the line (about 100 people) and he decides to go for a 30 minute waltz around the convention center.  When he finally returns he sits down and his handlers start accepting what looks to be 400 books from Desert Wind and Roy proceeds to sign them. 

How I didn't burn down the building that day escapes me.

1 hour ago, Turtle said:

If you were some random dude on the internet, I'd probably think you were some sort of keyboard warrior windbag just making up a story to make himself feel better. 

...But I know you.  Well done!

Didn't you and I go over to Joe and Mark Sinnott and yell at them? Ahahahaha

41 minutes ago, mattn792 said:

Gotta say this isn't really true anymore of Claremont in my recent experience.  The last couple years I've dealt with him plenty, and I had books window boxed every which way and in those blue pre-made thingies which often cover at least part of the logo on an X-Men book.  Never once had a problem.

That’s because I set him straight. 

I know, but it was the only book I had on me. And you’re not going to not get Sean Connery’s autograph. Right?

On 3/4/2020 at 10:08 AM, seanfingh said:

Ah ok. So that was a ridiculous rumor ok good. 

No no this is good.  Does the asian girl in the movie actually steal a diamond with d i k pics in it?  Or did I misread that.

9 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

I was wondering why it was R as well...

Before going in

Is not Adam west campy, it doesn't make fun of men. But only men get beat up, nut shots, and the women have flaws too. If someone wanted to they could make a case, but I really don't think it comes off that way....

The nut shots are basically in cinematic fight scenes and are just part of fighting. Given past threads of m ivie reviews, I noticed them, but they're not pointed out as the way to go or anything. Even girls get kicked in the crotch and or boobs in this flick.

its really kind of a free for all

Ha yea you kind of expect that, in the trailer you see her stomp some guys crotch. 

Full disclosure, I want the movie to do well especially for Robbie's sake since she's a producer.  I just don't know if this was the right approach for success.

6 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

the #2 plays heavily in this movie....... cardinal numbers.....

If you like the kind of humor that I call quirky around the cardinal number #2, that is rated R, and is not the kind of "humor" that would be the movie the Naked Gun....

You'll enjoy your popcorn!

Cardinal numbers huh?  I initially read that as carnal.  I dunno, I was hoping for the mega hot (and maybe a less campy) version of HQ.  The movie is Rated R and what do they do?  Remove the male gaze. 

It reminds me of Logan.  You have an unbelievable opportunity to portray X-23 as a hot woman/prostitute and they make her a little girl