pencil drawing/mixed media

binky · **Posted:** Sun Aug 07, 2005 6:44 pm

Hey all,

My first post here. I thought I'd get my feet wet with a drawing, as I've only recently tried writing and don't feel confident enough to post any of it yet. This drawing started out as a concept sketch for a doll I'm making (vamp Willow, though I'd like to make a Tara, too, eventually):

http://home.att.net/~bnebab/galry/grafx/your-monster-ed-2-bw.jpg

I hope to hang around a while. I like this board.

binky

Auburn · **Posted:** Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:11 pm

Oooo wow! I... just... wow! That's really good! Did you do that all by your lone-some? I love it! Are you gunna do some more?

Auburn xXxXx

Emms · **Posted:** Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:15 pm

Wow, that was really wonderful. !!!! :-D

I loved the feeling you were able to put behind their eyes. Simply lovely. Thank you.

xoxo
Emms

binky · **Posted:** Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:24 am

Hey, thanks, I'm glad you two liked it.

It's all drawn freehand (except for the text), though only after looking at lots of pictures of A&A. The sketches are my way of becoming familiar with a face before I try to sculpt it in miniature for my dolls (know the Sideshow 12" action figures? they're supposed to fit in with that scale). The first Willow dolls I made are episode specific and are really just remakes of the Sideshow figures, so I didn't really need to do any concept sketches for them, just study picture after picture of Alyson Hannigan and watch Dopplegangland a few times (oh whoa is me!). Here is a pic of those dolls (which aren't quite finished yet):

http://home.att.net/~binky2k/projects/btvs/vwil-wil-torso-06.jpg

The Tara headshot is supposed to be more realistic, as it's in preparation for a portrait doll somewhere down the road, whereas the Willow is more of my stylized version, as it's going to be an AU type of figure. Here's one of the first concept sketches for it:

http://home.att.net/~bnebab/galry/grafx/vwil-concept-2-comp-ed.jpg

But the hair on this one looks too anime and esoteric so I sketched the one that ended up on 'Your Monster.'

Anyway, hope you enjoyed this little tour of my workshop. Thanks again for your kind words.

binky

Emms · **Posted:** Mon Aug 08, 2005 8:50 am

You actually made those dolls?????? Cause if you did. WOW! how did you get thier clothes so tiny and exact?

xoxo
Emms

Auburn · **Posted:** Mon Aug 08, 2005 3:41 pm

I with 'Ball O' Yarn. How did you get the clothes so tiny?

binky · **Posted:** Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:05 pm

Me? Make the tiny clothes?

I can barely sew at full scale, much less 1:6. I'm a menace with a needle and thread, not to mention a sewing machine. I've sewn pants legs shut trying to alter the hem (sadly, a true story).

The tiny clothes came with the officially licensed Sideshow dolls:

http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=buffy_12&item=2009
http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=buffy_12&item=2010

Seriously, I only made the heads. (What a strange sentence that was to type.) For the clothes, all I did was strip the official dolls and steal their clothes to give to my homemade ones. Kind of like Robin Hood for the GI Joe and Barbie knockoff community.

binky

Auburn · **Posted:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:28 pm

Well, however you made them they look great :-D

MellindraX · **Posted:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:54 pm

A cool drawing, as well as the doll heads. I absolutely loved the ball of flame in her hands; it was easy to imagine the feeling of holding it.

binky · **Posted:** Sat Aug 27, 2005 8:03 pm

Hi all,
Thought I'd update this, as I just finished the Vamp Will doll:

This started out as the Sideshow figure:

http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=buffy_12&item=2009

then "off wiv its head!" and on with one I made.
I've started a Tara head so maybe in, like, a couple of months, it'll be done (don't want to be too ambitious and say 6 weeks).
binky

binky · **Posted:** Sat Aug 27, 2005 8:10 pm

BTW, my avatar is a pic of a LEGO VW & Tara I made that were patterned after Psimetis' "Master Willow" Will & Tar. Here's the full pic:

Of course, it's not accurate, as VW has a reflection.
binky

Emms · **Posted:** Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:57 pm

hehe funny lego-type people. I don't really get how they look like Willow and Tara though (except for the redheaded one) Is it supposed to be more about the clothes than anything else?

xoxo
Emms

Auburn · **Posted:** Mon Sep 05, 2005 4:23 pm

Yeah what Ball o' yarn said. Although Willow's hair is.... well... obviously Willow's. :lol

They look a little evil, I think it's their eyebrows... maybe paint a little blood around their mouths :devil

Me like, though. Very good. :applause

binky · **Posted:** Tue Sep 06, 2005 3:19 pm

Well, yes. They're supposed to look evil. At least Willow is. Tara's supposed to be just smirking, because Willow is evil, but she can't help but still have feelings for her. Here they are with Willow in grr arg face:

You'd be surprised how hard it is to convey "evil smirk" on the tiny face. Plus they're supposed to be cute!

I just love 'em. I have a pair on my desk at work and I keep switching VW's face depending on my mood. My co-workers think I'm weird.

binky

AlysonGoddess · **Posted:** Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:32 pm

Wow thats a really great composition i really like the enlarged amber in the background Awesome!

ERIN

Auburn · **Posted:** Fri Sep 16, 2005 7:57 pm

Oooo I see now, Tara does look all smirky. The lego Vamp Willow is better with the display of evilness... although her grr face is adorable :lol

Gemma xXxXx

binky · **Posted:** Sun May 07, 2006 10:53 am

H,

I thought I'd post some of the drawings and graphics I accumulated while doing my comic. First one, called Wicked Red:

Here's an untreated panel from the comic, Little Witches:

While working on the comic (actually, still doing it), I accumulated 800 MB of backup Photoshop files, which I had to take off my hard drive. I threw them along with the files for my short stories onto a disc for archiving. Here's the label:

I hope you enjoy them.

b

Emms · **Posted:** Sun May 07, 2006 10:57 am

*faints* OMG! Those are spectacular!!! :thud

Mmmmhmmmm.

xoxo
Emms

binky · **Posted:** Mon May 08, 2006 3:20 am

Thanks, Emms. :0)

binky · **Posted:** Fri May 26, 2006 9:13 pm

Tarababy77 · **Posted:** Fri May 26, 2006 9:18 pm

Good gosh! Beautiful talent! I'm definitely bookmarking this thread. Your work is amazing. Hope to see more soon. =)

BTW, I love those last three! =)

ambercissism · **Joined:** Mon Jul 11, 2005 1:00 pm **Posts:** 1030

They're fabuluos! It's good to see that you've posted them here. Thanks for sharing. I like the etude interludes.

SJ · **Posted:** Sun May 28, 2006 4:02 am

Great artwork!

river · **Joined:** Mon May 01, 2006 11:34 am **Posts:** 546

wow thats all so goood!
amzing work! go on with it

binky · **Posted:** Mon May 29, 2006 8:02 pm

Thanks, guys!

Some more hard drive scrubbing, here's a couple more.

How Could You, a Glamour panel - I'm still in the process of cleaning up and coloring the comic panels. This one's been cleaned up, but needs to go through the tedious coloring process.

Reflection, season 4 - A one-shot meant to illustrate Meet the Rosenbergs. A little too literal than I like. Kind of static and a bit boring. I might try to add some background or color this one, too.

I'm hoping to be done with the Glamour edits in a couple of weeks and start on the next fiction project. Wish me luck.

b

SJ · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 1:28 am

Good Luck. Your drawings are wonderful!

SJ · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 1:29 am

Good Luck. Your drawings are wonderful.

tarebear · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 1:32 am

wow binky! those are pretty amazing drawings... i'm glad i stumbled upon your thread... :clap

like the others, i hope you would post more of your wonderful arttwork here!

simply amazing!

cecile

Emms · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 6:10 am

very lovely. Thank you for sharing.

SithLordWiccan · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2006 7:43 am

Holy crap, you're stuff is good.

Say, you wouldn't be interested in doing some...commission art, would you?

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