I like markers. - Prints available.

earthwormadam · February 2012

wicked

McJohnstable · February 2012

Cheers guys. Here's todays drawing. A drawing before bed. I'm hungry, so's he.

Prospicience · February 2012

Tongue Boarder is full of greatness. Definitely think you're getting really close to the same feel as your markers in your digital, if it wasn't for the "uh uh" bubble in the last one I wouldn't be able to tell.

farbekrieg · February 2012

dont ever stop posting your creations... that said i got the hungry thing without the bubble, but then im always hungry

Toothy · February 2012

I love how all of your animals are these fat, emotive, wondrous things.

McJohnstable · February 2012

Thanks guys.

Here's another marker, been less active due to feeling sick, hoping to get well soon.

Nic · February 2012

You know what's really sick? That drawing.

Godfather · March 2012

I love how this artwork is really your own thing; just purely original stuff that nobody else can mimick.

I see a lot of artists on websites like conceptart.org with wonderful technical skill or classically-trained painters with work rivaling the best, but they have no real voice of their own, they just echo what has been taught to them. In the illustration field it's all the more important to have a certain element of flair to stand out among the pack, and your art does just that!

Whenever I get the technical skills needed to where I'm not struggling with anymore, my goal is to home my skills into something unique like yours!

testaccount · March 2012

those are markers? really super! love the artwork.

McJohnstable · March 2012

Nic: That actually made me laugh. But since i'm still sick it made me cough rather painfully. Still, thank you! Haha.

Godfather: Wow, thank you for the lengthy feedback. I know what you mean about a lot of concept artists (i'm on CA.org too, what's your username on it?), a lot of sci-fi stuff looks techinically amazing but it's hard to tell one artist from another. I'm glad I'm getting some form of "voice" as you nicely put it.

testaccount: Thanks heaps, most of those are markers. Thank you for Awesome'ing my last post, that was marker.

Here's one from tonight, a digital hoping to get closer to a refined marker look.

It's called "Rise Up and Get Mad"

- Any feedback would be very much appreciated. 'Ta!

Nic · March 2012

You inspire the shit out of me when it comes to suggesting form and shape with colour values. If you were to sell this as a product I'd call it I Can't Believe it's NOT Marker! Also I love the way that old man cube looks.
I love your style. I'm not sure if you pulled off the 'touching emotion' of the scene, but it doesn't matter as much, there's enough visual information presented that we can deduce what's going on, and make up our own minds on what's happening and why.
Just one question: is it Meat Boy?

McJohnstable · March 2012

Blimey, thanks Nic.

Haha! It isn't Meat Boy but I can totally see why you ask.

Here's some Sparkster fan art.

McJohnstable · March 2012

McJohnstable · March 2012

Been busy at uni lately.

We're making an animation of Greeter Planet this year! I'll be sure to upload it when it's done, but it won't be til near years end.

m3nace · March 2012

Woah, that's cracking news man. Looking forward to seeing your seussiness getting animated. Also, I haven't told you how marvelous your sky possum is yet - it's marvelicious.

McJohnstable · March 2012

Thank you m3nace.

Mustang · March 2012

I fucking adore this thread. You've completely turned me around on markers as a medium.

PierceNeck · March 2012

Holy shit.

I really want to go play with my markers now.

McJohnstable · March 2012

Thanks guys. Here's a break from some digi stuff as of late.... I need to take a better photo of it though.

amateurhour · March 2012

Hey I've got a question about markers. I do my strip with pitt or micron pens and then color it with prismacolor markers. I know they're non archival, but they also say that they won't fade.

What's the difference? How long would hand drawn art colored with makers, like yours, realistically "hold up down the road" so to speak?

McJohnstable · April 2012

Heya amateurhour, unfortunately I'm not sure how to answer that, I've been using markers for just under a year or so now so maybe not enough time to see how much the quality will degraded after say 10 years. however going back on my old sketches there doesn't seem to be any loss of colour at all. When I do marker sketches I'm never really concerned with keeping them for too long as they're just from-the-moment brainstorms more than anything. Haha.

McJohnstable · April 2012

Darwinism.

coffeefueled · April 2012

I love the humor in this last one. I seriously laughed out loud at it. Brilliant!

Molybdenum · April 2012

This is nuts. what kind of paper are you using to get such smooth laydown with your markers?

McJohnstable · April 2012

Thanks, here's the sketchbook / paper I usually use.

http://www.gordonharris.co.nz/hahn-sketch-book-hardcover-120g-64sht-pc-HAH10628353.html

Here's one for today, Skit & Blip expression sheet.

McJohnstable · April 2012

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ben.h · April 2012

looks great

ninjai · April 2012

OMFG CRAZY COOL. I love that last one

McJohnstable · April 2012

Thanks a lot!

Nic · April 2012

Distant, distant relative to Knuckles?

Also I am in agreement, your work is always getting better.

McJohnstable · April 2012

Thanks Nic, it could be Knux's relative! Maybe a lovechild between him and Celebi, but let's not make this weird.

Double posting tonight, here's Skit and Blip.

Nic · April 2012

FFFFF That is an excellent character design.
I really like the dynamic between the armor and his scrawny frame. And everything else. Good work!

McJohnstable wrote: »

but let's not make this weird.

Let's make it weird.

mekman 2 · April 2012

I am very fond of your Marker work.

(edit: relocated).

Nic · April 2012

While those are good, this is actually McJohnstable's art thread, so I think you'd have better luck posting this in either the Doodle thread or sharing more of your work in your very own thread.

mekman 2 · April 2012

Nic wrote: »

While those are good, this is actually McJohnstable's art thread, so I think you'd have better luck posting this in either the Doodle thread or sharing more of your work in your very own thread.

Sorry about that.