T-1000 [Planet Pulp Fan Art]

Came across this fun blog a couple months ago called planet-pulp. Basically a bunch of guys who share a keen interest & love of everything 'Pulp culture'; from old TV sitcoms to classic movies, comics etc... Every month they have a chosen theme in which they produce several pieces of art as homage to that particular bit of Pulp.

Being a real lover of this kinda stuff, I decided to throw something in myself... This months theme tributes the legendary VFX master we knew as Stan Winston... A dream theme for any kid alive in the 80's, who loved films with monsters & scribbled with pencils #spoiltforchoice! Let's see, there was "The Thing"? "Terminator" #1? "Predator"? "Aliens"...? & that's just to name a few in the 80's, not to mention the icons he created in the 90's...

I decided I'd go with Terminator #2 Judgment Day's T-1000... As I resist all urges to write an essay on how much I still love this film, I'll just say watching this as a 11-12yr old, Robert Patrick scared the CRAP out of me, haha! Anyways, not so much a caricature as it is a character re-design of how I saw him in the movie as a kid, here's my submission, hope you like it? Drop a comment below, FB share, Like or Tweet & let me know what you think. THANKS GUYS!

©Maxwell. A. Oginni 2011

Hop over to the Planet Pulp blog also & check out the awesome submissions there... For outside contributors [of which I am] , if you'd like to take part, add them on twitter for details.

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Shhhh... Poster #3 Sneak Peak...

S'up guys! Excuse my short absence on here due to setting up the second blog for my sketch-work... Been working like a mad man these past few weeks/ months on various projects; all very much worth the grind though, Hard work + Diligence + Patience = PROGRESS!!! Speaking of progression, I'm very nearly done with my next Vintage Movie-poster piece- WOOHOO! I'm now basically working on several posters at a go... So far it's working out pretty well but as always, I'll keep you updated with my progress in stages. In the meantime here's a little teaser section of my next piece... Hope you guys like it so far?

























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Speed paint #11

Hi guys, I've set up a new blog just for my warm-ups, sketches & development work. I figured I'd just keep this blog specifically for finished stuff so it's not all over the place... You'll now find my sketchwork at maxidoodle.blogspot.com. To those already 'following' me here, I'd LOVE your 'follow-support' there too... to new visitors, if you likes what ya see, feel free to 'follow' me here & on my Sketchblog... I'd appreciate the support & some lovely company. Thanks guys! ; )


Oh, here's Today's Sketch-ercise... This weeks theme...? '1940's-50's Hollywood Glamour' [character exploration]... Ps: Hot dang, check out the chin on her!!!

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Sketchpad doodles...

Hope you're all having a good'ol weekend? If not, don't worry, here's a bunch of mostly disgruntled faces to cheer you up = )

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Speed paint #10

Here's Tuesday's Sketch-ercise...

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Speed paint #9

Hi guys, here's Monday's sketch-ercise... Originally thought I was gonna end up with some sort of misty lake-type scene but then my hand did this... There's an awesome vid of American painter/ illustrator George Pratt where he explains, "if I just dive in & let the line- let the drawing tell me where it needs to go, I'm open to more happy accidents... trust your instincts"... I try to take this on board as much as I can these days... George is an amazing talent; he gives great advice & is also a real nice guy- check out some of his online video workshops if you get a chance [definitely worth it].

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'The Jewel & the Thief'

Okay, I finally finished off this piece from a few weeks back [here's the original post I made]... Having now properly attempted this process of working monochromatically [to begin with] for the first time, I have to say I really do appreciate the method; definitely does help with locking down tonal values early on, without having 'colour palette' decisions as added equations for your brain to calculate... just helps to break up the process. All in all, it's a great way of speeding up your workflow if you're on a tight deadline or just generally... Bellow is the finished piece & a slideshow of the key stages I went through to completion... I did want to place the images here, but because of how sporadic blogger always seems to place 'side by side' pics, I opted for slides. If you have any idea how to get around this, please... enlighten me ; )

'The Jewel & The Thief' ©Maxwell. A. Oginni 2011

My mood board.

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Speed paint #8

Here's a study I managed to squeeze in over the weekend since I missed my session lastweek Thursday. Had no idea what I was hoping to end up with on this one, except the lighting I wanted & that it'd be based above cloud level. Started blocking out random shapes & somehow ended up with this monstrosity of an airship...

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Just for kicks [purely my own I'm sure], there's actually a little story in this; if you look real close you'll see what appears to be a group of dots huddled together on the far left side of the image... those are smaller ships... you'll also notice quite faintly, the lager ship has a front cannon deployed which is smoking... Just at the tip of the airship, notice something falling from the sky.......? No...? Aaahh f'geddit!  Have a great day folks ; )

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Speed paint #7

Hi folks. Here's Wednesday's study... Hopefully make up for Thurs/ today over the weekend. Out celebrating a friends birthday this eve, then tomorrow having a long overdue outdoor photography session with a good pal; may share some pics on here next week [should be fun]. As always, wishing you good people a fun filled weekend too ; )

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Speed paint #6

This morning's speedpaint session. Spent a little more time on this one as I kept getting distracted... Note to self: "Don't ever again log into Skype whilst working!" [Thanks Bernie!] ; )

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