Fifth Worlders Chris Maka and Sean Fields are both artists, particularly of geeky things, in addition to being writers (and also enjoy writing about themselves in the third person, because who doesn't). Both young men participated in this year's #inktober event, drafting ink drawings every day, or nearly every day in Chris' case, through the month of October, and we, I mean they, thought it would be fun to share some of their best pieces with you, the Fifth World public. We hope you'll enjoy and let us know what you think!
For more of their artwork you can check out:
DeviantArt:
chrismaka.deviantart.com
kalthrace.deviantart.com
(Sean promises to upload his work there this weekend;keep him honest and check!)
Chris Instagrams all his art too. Sean's Instagram is mostly non-art stuff, but he Tumblrs.
Instagram:
www.instagram.com/chrismaka99/
Tumblr:
kalthrace.tumblr.com
They also both tweet a lot:
Twitter:
twitter.com/chrismaka
twitter.com/KalThrace
They both participate in a positive "life coaching for creative people" (writers, artists, crocheters, dancers, photographers, you name it) on Facebook called "
Creative Encouragement". It's private so that only members can see each other's work, but anyone who asks to join is accepted. Please ask to join if you're a creative type!
Okay, on to the artwork...!
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| Sketchy Robot by Chris Maka |
One of the early pieces this October, the prompt was "crooked", so I decided to do a robot that was bent and messed up. I used photoreference from a couple different auto manufacturing robots and a Bose speaker for inspiration. :-) I wanted to keep this loose and sketchy, like a quick design drawing.
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| "Swift" by Sean Fields |
The prompt for the first day was "Swift." I had already done a Reverse
Flash for a previous year's Inktober and didn't want to repeat the
image. I was on a Kirby/Fourth World kick (as you'll see) so I thought
"Nothing can outrun Death." I also did the Black Racer because I wanted
to try some stuff with my blacks and edge highlights. It turned out
decent.
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| African Demon by Chris Maka |
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| Disgusting Devil by Chris Maka |
I don't remember the prompts that prompted these, but I like drawing creepy demons and monsters, and so I came up with these two. With the first one, I was inspired by a couple different traditional African masks I saw online, and I wanted to render a demon in a crazy,
Bill Sienkiewicz style. The second one combines a sort of sumo stance with a creepy devil head inspired by the Al Pacino/Keanu Reeves film,
The Devil's Advocate.
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| "Underwater" by Sean Fields |
I had an art project back in high school where we had to draw an animal
head on a human form. We used tracing paper and tools then. I did this
one free hand and I'm happy and spooked with how Sandy Cheeks from
Spongebob Squarepants came out. It's a little disturbing to bring a
child's cartoon character into reality. [Ed. Note:
Disturbingly awesome!]
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| Poor Poisoned Princess by Chris Maka |
This may be my personal favorite piece from the month, for day three's prompt, "poison". I'm just very fond of how the pose and linework both turned out, even though it didn't get many likes online. :-)
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| "Crooked" by Sean Fields |
The Gentlemen are from a very creepy Buffy The Vampire Slayer episode
"Hush" where they steal everyone's voice. They are fairytale demons who
go on a spree to steal seven human hearts to continue their existence. I
watched Buffy religiously because my viewing habits in high school was
both whatever was "good in the hood" and "white girl binging on The WB."
(Dawson's Creek is still one of my favorite shows today) The Gentlemen
were perfect for the prompt of Crooked. I tried to add color to their
eyes and their
spooky rhyme behind them.
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| Matthew Murdock, Attorney-at-Law by Chris Maka |
For "blind" I went with a certain blind attorney who fights crime in Hell's Kitchen.
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| "Teeming" by Sean Fieldds |
A return to Kirby's Fourth World. The prompt was Teeming and I couldn't
think of anything besides a bunch of gross bugs climbing over each other
and didn't want to draw that. But what was close to bugs in my geek
head? Parademons the creepy insect like slaves of Darkseid from
Apokolips. I threw in Orion to give the page a splash of color and a
place to focus your eyes. He is being yanked skyward by the large
Parademon from the Secret Six.
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| Determined Swordsman by Chris Maka |
I don't remember the prompt for this one, but I was wanting to do a swordsman at some point during the month, so i did. :-)
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| "Fierce" by Sean Fields |
If someone gives you the prompt of Fierce you have to draw Beyoncé
or have a valid reason on why you aren't drawing Beyoncé. Her alter ego,
which I drew here, is named Sasha Fierce for Bey's sake! As I was doing
her costume that she wore during her Fierce days I was getting a
Daenerys vibe. So, dragon. It's hard to see in scan formed but I used
gold ink for the "fire particles" and Beyoncé and her dragon's eyes. I
thought it would be cool and reflect a bit of a royal feel, similar to
when a character wears purple.
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| Shatter by Chris Maka |
The prompt was "shatter" or "shattered", which made me think of an old 80's comic First published called "Shatter" that was the first comic book where the artwork was done on a computer (heh, probably a Commodore 64 or an Apple II). This is the armor of a freelance comic from that comic.
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| "Ship" by Sean Fields |
I had plans to draw the Carrier from The Authority series for the Ship
prompt. Even had it sketched up. I then decided I wanted to take a break
from the comic book based stuff but Thor Ragnarok was also on my mind
so I compromised. I would use Norse myth and take something from the
tale of their Ragnarok. This is Naglfar, a ship made from the finger and
toenails of the dead. Gross. It'll carry tons of dead warriors to
battle the gods in Ragnarok. I tried to get a scratchy wood cut thing
going on. I didn't quite succeed with that but I still like how this
turned out.
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| African Batman Mask by Chris Maka |
The last prompt, on Halloween, was "mask", so I combined elements from a couple different historical African masks to come up with an "African Batman" mask.
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| "Found" by Sean Fields |
The prompt was Found. What the heck do you draw for that? I
drew finding the monster who steals all your socks. I wish I spent more
time on giving more diversity to the types of socks, worked more on the
monster claws and tail and shaded this better so the pile looked better.
If I actually worked with more of a concrete plan then the image would
have had more of a three dimensional quality. Important lesson- always
plan out non-sketch images if you have the opportunity to do so.
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So those are some highlights from our Inktober 2017 artwork. Please let us know what you think in the comments!
Reviewed by Chris Maka
on
Thursday, November 09, 2017
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