AN EXPERIMENT ALONG EROTIC LINES - STEP TWO

I am reposting this from my art blog. I am looking for some different opinions regarding this:

Here is STEP TWO. I've darkened the lines and, as you can see I have changed the figure's position a bit. The line is cleaner now. I didn't have to boost the contrst as much with this one. I did have to do a bit of clean up but only because my scan plate was dirty. Need to clean that.
I may be overintellectualizing the process of drawing a simple pin-up, but it is fascinating to me how erotic an image I can create with simple lines. I would appreciate feedback on this. What do you think? Is this picture erotic?
Not sure what step three is going to be. I'll have to take some time and think about it.


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AN EXPERIMENT ALONG EROTIC LINES

I am reposting these from my art blog. I want to get some different opinions on this:

I've been thinking about this for a while. No, not about sex! Well, yes, sex... but not the way you think.

I have always been fascinated at how mere lines on paper can provoke such strong reactions in people. Anyone who knows the history of underground comics, particularly the Air Priates, knows all about that.

But I am really intrigued at how an artist's work can touch the pleasure centers of someone's brains, even to the point of sexual arousal with just a few lines on paper.

I've always been a fan of art that has "clean" lines. Examples of this would be the work of Adam Hughes (http://adamhughes.deviantart.com/) , Chris Saunders (http://alohalilo.deviantart.com/), and most recently Becca Whita (http://beccawhita.blogspot.com/).

What strikes me about these artists is how their artwork can arouse without being particularly realistic. Especially Saunders and Becca. Their style is cartoony, yet their images are erotic. To me it seems like a contradiction. The more you move away from the real thing (i.e; for a man -- a real naked woman standing in front of him) towards a stylized representation, one would think that the emotional response would be lessened, but that is not the case.

Either way, I thought I would try an experiment in lines, trying to create an erotic image with as few lines as possible. This is going to be a challenge for me because I tend to use a lot of lines and murky shading to get my images across. So here is STEP ONE.

As you can see in the above image I have really only just begun with a basic structure, trying to keep the lines as simple as I can. The lines are also very light. When I scanned it I had to really increase the contrast in Photoshop just so that it was visible.

I will post STEP TWO when it is finished.


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DARK WORLDS PREVIEW - Again!

Here's just a few more:

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MICHAEL KALUTA

Michael William Kaluta has always been one of my favourite artist. His pen work is superb. I came across an book of his artwork in my bookshelf the other night and marveled again at the man's brilliance.

Here is a page:

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DARK WORLDS 5: Another Preview

Here's one I just finished. It's going to be a great issue.

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DARK WORLDS MAGAZINE

Issue #5 is coming up soon and I have been busy doing illustrations for it. Here is a teaser... just a taste to wet your appetite..

Look for it at around the beginning of summer from Rage Machine Books.

Also check out the Dark Worlds Blog.

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NEW WEBSITE

It's been up for a while, but I have neglected to tell anybody about it. As Doctor Strangelove says: "Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost, if you *keep* it a *secret*! Why didn't you tell the world, EH?"


Well, I'm telling the world now! My new website is:

http://mdjacksonart.weebly.com/


Go and visit it.


NOW!

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CO2 SCIENCE

Little bit of amazing science for you, today.



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A TENSE MOMENT FOR CHRISTOPHER LEE

"If he decides to go all Annakin Skywalker with that thing, I'll have no choice but to go all Sith on his royal ass!"

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MASTERS OF ADVENTURE (Fully Illustrated!)

Masters of Adventure is finally out!


http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/masters-of-adventure/10299309



Featuring:

"Ms. Found in a Bottle" by Edgar Allan Poe

"Smith and the Pharaohs" by H. Rider Haggard

"The Brazilian Cat" by A. Conan Doyle

"The Grove of Astartoth" by John Buchan

"Tarzan Rescues the Moon" by Edgar Rice Burroughs

"A Thousand Deaths" by Jack London

"A Tropical Horror" by William Hope Hodgson

"The Breath of Allah" by Sax Rohmer

"The People of the Pit" by A. Merritt

"Wings in the Night" by Robert E. Howard


And fully illustrated by M. D. Jackson and G. W. Thomas

Cover by M. D. Jackson

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SCIENCE FICTION EASTER WEEKEND

So this Easter Weekend was a big weekend for Science Fiction television for us, and I'll elaborate in a moment but first up I have a message:

DON'T WORRY! DOCTOR WHO IS GOING TO BE OKAY!

I have been watching the Doctor regenerate since John Pertwee changed into Tom Baker. This weekend's premier of Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor re-assured me (did I say re-assured? Was I worried? Did I say I was worried? A 26 year old actor, young enough to be my son, playing the Doctor? Was I worried? No! Certainly not. I wasn't worried at all. Did I look worried? Because I wasn't. No, really. I wasn't) that the Doctor is in good hands.

ASHES TO ASHES

Series three premiered Friday with a bang-up episode throwing us right back into Alex Drake's coma and Gene Hunt's police department. It was a full episode that moved along at a good clip, providing just enough tantalizing hints about what's really going on as well as an exciting episode. The producers say that the third season of Ashes to Ashes will feel more like the prequel series Life on Mars. I'm looking forward to that as well as hoping for an appearance by John Sim as Sam Tyler. Don't know if that will happen but it'd be brilliant if it did.

STARCOPS

Downloaded (sorry, I mean, purchased on DVD) the entire 9 episode series from 1987. This is a strange hybrid of science fiction and British cop show, but it works well. It is intelligently written and for the most part well acted. The effects are rubbish, of course. It was made in 1987 pre-cgi. It is poilitically dated as well, with the U.S. and Russia still on a cold war footing. But there is so much going for it. This is a show that really deserves a re-make.

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THIS IS SCIENCE FICTION

A while back I was visiting a local comic/card/gaming store and I spied this huge box with this amazing artwork. I was drawn to it, naturally, not becasue I am a big fan of RPG boardgames but because the box art and design just screamed SCIENCE FICTION to me. This represents everything that I find cool about SF (though some purists might sneer at it and call this mere Space Opera, and that's okay).

The box art is by artist Scott Schomburg (a relation of Alex Schomburg? I don't know and couldn't find any evidence yay or nay. Perhaps someone else knows?) and it has everything that attracts me about science fiction... everything that tickles my sense of wonder: Alien races, spaceships, far-flung empires, trade, politics, intrigue. It's all here.

Of course the more it gets defined, the less interesting it is to me. I found out some of the details. This is a description from the website:

"Twilight Imperium is a game that precipitates galactic politics, trade, and warfare in one epic board game. In Twilight Imperium, you are an acclaimed civilization, vying for galactic supremacy through any means necessary. Each civilization provides an entirely different experience with their own individual abilities and play styles. Will you play as the Emirates of Hacaan and preside over every trade agreement made in the galaxy, or will you be the Federation of Sol and rapidly take over worlds with hopes of dominating the galaxy? Whether it's clever trading, wise politics, or a swift backhand to your enemy, in Twilight Imperium, many roads lead to Rome (or Mecatol Rex), but no road is paved without its bumps. "

About the box art the designser, Christian T. Paterson says:
 

"In the middle of last month (June ‘04), the talented Scott Schomburg finished his masterful art for our TI3 box. Scott was the artist on the wonderful TI2 cover, and I wanted him to return to the subject matter once again, in a way that felt ‘classic’ but new all at once. One major advantage for showcasing the new cover is the massive ‘widescreen’ box that allows for a truly epic piece of artwork. If you own any of the typical ‘square’ games (like our LORD OF THE RINGS games, our GAME OF THRONES board game, and/or many games from publishers such a Mayfair, Rio Grande, and Days of Wonder) the TWILIGHT IMPERIUM 3rd Edition Box will be twice as large as those. Basically, it will be as big as two of such square boxes standing side by side. In other, more humble, words … it will be HUGE!!!"

And indeed it is. He goes on to explain what the races are but I prefer just to look at the artwork and come up with my own.
 
Here's some more of Scott Schomburg's illustrations for Twilighht Imperium:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 

 
 

 
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