Scary Monsters Doing Mundane Tasks- Philip A. Buck

This was a fun theme and I tried to make the most of it and let myself go crazy drawing it. I tried a few new lil trick while coloring in PS. Below is the original b&w. Clicking the images will enlarge them. Thanks for looking.

-Philip :)



Destry's choice for This Week's Theme is....

scary monsters doing mundane tasks
have fun with this one, my friends. I know I shall... muahahaha!
-Philip

Reimagining a Classic in a Medium that You're Uncomfortable With- by Philip A. Buck

This is my reimagining of a panel from this Classic Peanuts strip by the legendary Charles Schulz. Here you can see the original panel. (click any image to enlarge.)

I took a cue from the awesome Jared Andrew Schorr, and worked with cut paper which is not my strongest media. Here is the resulting image from my initial attempt to scan the peice and correct it in photoshop. Still seems too harsh.

Well, I hope you friends dig it! Great theme! Great fun (give it your own go!)

-Philip

Update: I had figured this peice could be used to "kill two birds with one stone" and also submitted it to the REPANELED blog.  Surprise! It was accepted and is now featured on the site here!

This week's theme chosen by Daniel is....

 ....Re-imagining a Classic in a Medium That You're Uncomfortable With!!!
Have fun and challenge yourselves with this one gang! This is gunna be Awesome!!!
-Philip

ps: Its now a 2 Weeker!

Bad Decisions by Philip A. Buck

Quickly done with ink on a 5x4 bristol
See the original thumb-sized thumb nail sketch here on my website. Thanks! This was fun!
-Philip

Daniel - Bad Decision

This week chosen by Allison Smith...

This week's theme, chosen by Allie is
"bad decisions"
Have fun amigos!

catching up

ok, so I'm finally catching up on some of these. Sorry it has taken me so very long to get around to it. I tried labeling these but they aren't cooperating very well.

Thank you Phillip for doing so much for the blog and for putting up with those of us who are too lazy or too busy to be very consistent. :)

Dreams

Cultural

Mirrors

Gravity

Ghosts

Bugs

Eyes

Food

THE KETCHUP STRIKES BACK

Ok, you beautiful people, this week is
KETCHUP WEEK X2
Yup! Two weeks to catch up (hehe get it?) on any themes you missed or want to have another go at.  So enjoy this time to get caught up on you art and posts, but most of all, have fun with it bros and sistahs!

This week's theme is chosen by Stacy Hawley

 Stacy says, "My topic of choice is to imagine that you could create a world inside a brown paper bag what would it look like?"
Have fun amigos!
-Philip

Daniel - Spring

A fiddlehead fern unfurling in spring sunlight.

Daniel - Dreams

Dreams -Philip A. Buck

I had this dream years ago, but I still remember feeling a mixture of awe, happiness, and fear.

As we ran as fast as we could to a nearby cave, one of us was spotted and immediately killed.  We tried not to look back as we heard the screams.  It wasn't until later when we met our alien guide, that we learned the large, beautiful, floating creatures could be appeased- even tamed.
Yeah, I definitely couldn't forget having that dream.
-Philip

Sarah (Lynch) Jones presents, THIS WEEK'S THEME!

Sarah has our theme for us this week, and it is...
DREEEEAAAAAMSSSS
ok, it's just DREAMS. Haha, have fun and feel free to show your work ;)
-Philip

PAIN:Corn In Eye- Philip A. Buck

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PAIN. When I was trying to think of what to do for this week's theme, I just kept coming back to this scene in the movie Nacho Libre. Now that certainly looks painful. I have been dying to do something with Nacho for a while...so that is what I chose to do an image of.  It's ink on Bristol board.  I'm not crazy about how the colors turned out so I'm also posting the just the B&W. I'll probably try it again sometime, but if any of you wants to give it a shot I'll send you the tiff file or something. :)


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Preliminary sketches:

Thanks for lookin'! I hope it wasn't to painful. ha. -Philip

this week chosen by Sarah Faith Morris

this week's theme chosen by Sarah Faith Morris is...
PAIN
ooo! be careful with this one! haha and have a good week!
-Philip

Strangers by Philip A. Buck



pencil on post-it notes, scanned, digitally fixed color.
Click to enlarge.

 I drew these lil folks on post-it notes. The initial idea was to do a bunch of people and stick 'em places. Maybe some day... :)
-Philip

this week's theme chosen by Philip A. Buck

This week its my turn, so I chose the topic:
STRANGERS
Approach this anyway you like, scary, friendly, mysterious, welcoming, literally or metaphorically. Whatevs :)
Have fun gang!
-Philip

Spring- Philip A. Buck

 I'm not a grand photographer by any means but...

I think these say "Spring!" but haha I dunno. I just love me some gnomage. Thanks for looking pals! Have a good weekend!
-Philip

This week chosen by Mackenzi Price

Mackenzi's choice for this week is......
SPRING!!!!
awww yeeeaaah!

Graffiti- Philip A. Buck



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The first thing I thought of when I saw Graffiti was the theme for this week was LdV's The Last Supper. I guess because it was early "wall art?" Haha I don't know.  Anywho this is what came to mind.  I wish I had been able to spend more time on it, but then again, I spent a lot more time than I should have on it already haha.  I hope you crazy, awesome kids enjoy!
-Philip

This Week chosen by Laura Harris

This week's topic/theme chosen by LAURA the Awesome is GRAFFITI!!!
Enjoy my children and have a glorious week.
-Philip

Daniel - Mirrors

old photo, fresh post-processing.

Hey I Have One!

Mirrors -by Philip A. Buck



Super Sculpey Clay, Photoshop,
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 I'm not the best at design, but here it is haha.  (Faces from something else I'm working on...slowly.)
-Philip

This week's theme chosen by THE Kourtney Kelley

Kourtney's topic is
MIRRORS MIRRORS MIRRORS

Have fun gang! :)

Sock Monkey Crocheted Baby Hat -Katie

A sock monkey for monkey week! Sorry for such a lame topic, haha.

Crocheted for a friend's baby boy. I think I'll go back and make the monkey's brim a bit thicker with the blue...maybe fix his mouth line a bit.

Hope everyone's having a great, inspiring week! <3

Monkeys! by Philip A. Buck



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Monkeys: A Night In.
Thanks for another fun theme!
I can't wait to see everyone else's.
-Philip

this week chosen by Katie!

This week's topic, chosen by Katie Waruszewski is
MONKEYS!!!
Have fun! (how could you not!?)

This Week Chosen By Jessica:

This week's Topic By Jessica:

"Actually, I was thinking about the topic "analytics and art". I recently got a job as the Marketing Coordinator at the nashville Technology Council, which I LOVE. But much of my day is spent flipping back and forth between creative thinking and analytical thinking.
I know many artists who have to do the same. But most people think that if you are a designer or artist you must be all creative all the time... someone with their head in the clouds. But that is not at all the case these days. We are all required to think with both sides of our brain and do things that a lot of people can't! Go into some HTML code and fix things up? Sure! Come up with a new poster to promote an event! Yes! Put together a Power Point presentation? Alright! Oh, and write some copy for this newsletter, which will be printed and sent out as an e-newsletter.
I do it all, and I love the challenge. But it's just that. A CHALLENGE. How does everyone else do it?"