Monday, August 21, 2006

Marion the Barbarian


I kind of stole this idea from my dad who once did a Francis the Barbarian. Big burly guys with girly names are funny to me. John Wayne's real name was Marion Morrison.

21 comments:

Mark Behm said...

Very cool! Beautiful design and line work.

David Malan said...

Is this a self portrait?

S.T. Lewis said...

This is great. I was just staring at it for a while... and not just because you were in my office either. Very nice.

Dave McClellan said...

That's a great design. I like the curly hair.

Joe said...

Superb. This guy has loads of character. Good job.

Hans said...

lol awesome character and nice pose. That hair is great too!

Hans

Unknown said...

love this guys pose! Very strong and great colors once again!

Milenko said...

some really nice work here.

Cheers,

Milenko

Ryan Wood said...

Nice, he looks pissed at his perfectly coiffed hair. Good stuff, Kev.

Seo Kim said...

Beautiful work here. I love your colouring style!

Sam Nielson said...

Cool stuff Kevin!

Ben Reynolds said...

awesome man...can you tell me how you did that coloring? is it just photoshop or what is it? looks great!

Tyler Stott said...

the weight and design blows my mind!!

i want to see the jamaica hotel as a movie haha

justinpatrickparpan said...

Oh man, the shading on this beefy guy is really expert. Nice!~

D. EVANS said...

I'll bet he has a hand mirror tucked in is pants so he can check his dew anytime. Really cool.

Patrick said...

Hey Kevin! Thanks for the kind words on the tomb walls illo... lookin' forward to seein' more of your work here soon! This barbarian is cool, dig the name too!!

Scott Wright said...

Very Cool! Great work...love your style!

Kevin Keele said...

Thanks for the comments guys.

Ben, I jump between Photoshop and Painter. Most of the actual painting happens in Painter, but I'm always messing with value, colors, saturation, and that stuff in Photoshop.

Tyler, Alfred Hitchcock made a film version of Jamaica Inn in 1939. And there was a made for tv version made in 1985, neither were very good. But Hitchcock's film version of Rebecca (another DuMaurier classic) is superb.

Unknown said...

This has got to be one of my favs from you. The style, the flow, the weight, everything is superb. I love how my eye wanders all over it taking in the detail. Five stars!

Marco Bucci said...

Had to comment on this image in particular. The design just pops out at me! Clicked on it almost by instinct. (dude, these word verifications are hard! I've failed twice!!)

Jacob Keele said...

Love the design