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Published: 2009-10-21 12:40:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 5912; Favourites: 146; Downloads: 210
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This is the first actual paint on canvas piece I've done for almost two years, shockingly - call myself an artist!!! The frame is steel and stands well over six feet tall, seven wide. It weighs a ton! The painting is acrylic, painted without ref (not that that matters) in about a six hour period, so it's pretty fast and loose. It's kind of my prototype man - the model for all aspects; peaceful, warlike, introspective, industrious, spiritual and sceptical. It looks like a really religious work, though I'm not religious at all.Forgive the low res photo - REALLY doesn't do it justice. The head looks too big in the main image because of the awkward angle I was at to take the photo on the wall, but hopefully you get the idea!
Best,
L.
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Comments: 49
I was a welder and so the Frame caught my eye before the painting, but both are phenomenal. Β And I must agree with other's here who have expressed the fact that you should paint more often.Β Β
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Looks fabulous! Why am I reminded of John the Baptist?
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It does have a biblical quality doesn't it?
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I really, really wish you'd do some more canvas work. The use of texture and other techniques are advanced beyond most artist's dreams.
Again, well done.
T
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Hi there,
I know you have a million pageviews but I think your work is too awesome not to share, so I have featured your painting:[link]
Cheers!
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Thank you! That's very kind! Take care and all the best to you,
Liam
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Wow..u remind me of frank frazetta's style and awesome anatomy skilzz!
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Great work, great muscle definition... the final effect is amazing.
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That's one of the coolest frames I've ever seen o_0
You've drawn muscley men so many times it hardly surprises me that you can draw one without any reference! XD
Oddly enough it does look quite religious, must be the beard and long hair and the robe thing.
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oh its big..and heavy
but it didnt look big in the picture
nice painting
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! Great piece! It also reminds me of Jeff Jones, quite introspective. The frame is awesome and adds in an equal amount to the overal experience. Did you make the fram yourself?
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Hey! If painting is necessary to be an artist, then I never have been. << I hate painting with a passion.
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Very, very, nicely done, Liam. I still have human anatomy issues.....too many years of "don't stare". It wasn't polite, or safe, at the time..... Animals are something else entirely.
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Wow! Well Done.
Are the darkest areas actually black?
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no I think not using a ref does matter and makes it more incredible knowing you didnt depend on anything and this is based on imagination/memory. it looks great!
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Wowzers! That frame goes great with the painting. Very impressive! Makes me wanna paint!
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awesome work dude! well done! and the frame is very cool!
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It's really interesting... you're sort of working halfway between your bolder illustration style with the heavy shadows and dark blacks, but you're definitely working in paint as well, so everything is really softly rendered with accurate values. Plus it's got that painterly texture. I really like it, and I'd like to see more of it!
Also, that frame is wicked awesome. Did you make that too?
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Love the strong lines and shadows on him.
And that is one kick ass frame
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I can dig it. Maybe it's just me, but European comic artists seem to have a lot more "art" in them than those of other countries. I can only assume it's largely a cultural difference due to the much richer history and availability of art across the pond.
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This looks awesome, I wish you would do more painting!
I think your image captured the "prototype man" quite well.
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I think you've really captured those "Prototype Man" qualities really well; I can see every one of them in him. Quiet pieces like this are never given enough attention (especially in the comic/fantasy art scene). I don't understand because a lot can be communicated without hyper-mega-uber dynamic poses and cheesy drama. I love the colours and his skirt thing; it gives the impression of some Old Testament badass (eg, Samson) yet looks kinda Celt berserker at the same time. He's seen a lot. Am I rambling? Haha. Nice wallpaper too.
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fantastic work mate! makin me nostalgic for actual paint...
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Man, I've been doing this forever. I'd deserve to be humanely put to sleep if I couldn't get it roughly right by now...
Thanks, and take care,
L.
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BRILLIANT PIECE, LIAM!!!! I concur, it would be a sin if we couldn't eyeball this stuff by now, wouldn't it? lol The biggest compliment I get is when people can't tell which figures I reffed and which ones I didn't. The frame is awesome. A manly piece piece of metal if I ever saw one!
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Cheers Joe! Yeah, there's great satisfaction to be had when you know you nailed the anatomy without ref. I think mine's a little more stylized than yours, not quite as accurate, but it's close enough to work I think.
Take care mate.
L.
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REAL close. Our industry uses an "abriviated" and stylized anatomy as the standard so you're golden, my friend!
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Ha ha - damn straight! You can probably get rid of all your anatomy references now.. except yourself of course..
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Truth is there's still no substitute for the REAL thing!
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Really nice work Liam. I see shades of Jeff Jones there if you don't mind me saying.
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How could I mind? LOVE Jeff Jones, and rightly spotted. I did it without ref, but HAD just been looking at one of his books, so he was imprinted in my mind's eye... Actually maybe that counts as USING ref? LOL! I don't know...
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it still looks nice and quite photorealistic
gotta love that steel frame, too XD
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awesome work mate! looks totally awsum with that frame, dawg!
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