Monday, August 10, 2009

Shades of grey

Some black and white stuff from the last few weeks.

I came in at the tail end of 'Shark Week' last week and being a big fan of sharks, had to squeeze a drawing in. And who better than the baddest of all sharks, the Great White. Drawn with black coloured pencil, I also experimented a lot with my custom brushes in Photoshop to get some cool textures. I'm thinking of adding some colour to this as well.

Second is a drawing of gaming nerd, Olivia Munn. Done for a Drawing Jam over at The Drawing Board. Graphite.

Lastly is a caricature of the ultra-talented caricaturist, Samuel 'Big Sam' Sellers.



36 Comments:

Blogger alex fine illustration said...

The texture on the shark is incredible.

1:49 AM  
Blogger Attractive Art Community (Big Sam) said...

That Shark is ambiguously awesome! the girl is really phenominal! I absolutely love the drawing of me man! hurry up and send me some pics of you so I can return the favor! Thanks a mil man! Keep it up please!

3:44 AM  
Blogger christof said...

chris! I´m following your blog for some time now, and I definitely enjoy each of your updates! damn.. your shading skills are simply incredible!

keep it up!
christof

4:53 AM  
Blogger nico said...

Tha shading/texturing work of the shark is really impressive ! Olivia Munn and Sam Sellers are perfect ! Amazing work as usual.

6:14 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Brilliant work Chris - that caricature is something special. Is that a texture or fingerprints on the shark ?

9:07 AM  
Blogger Chris Wahl said...

Thanks guys!

Tel- The fingerprint texture is from one of my free custom brushes. (Set 4- Fingerprint 2)

11:53 AM  
Anonymous theb said...

This is great ! You're a killer...

12:29 AM  
Blogger Maritze said...

Beautiful work Chris. Love the caricature and girl! Perfect anatomy.

11:41 AM  
Blogger Faboun'e said...

Hey man, you made great stuff here again... Everytime I come to see your art, Iwant to rec your pictures in my mac to see them again and again and......
I 'm Fan ...
Great work and beautiful caricature ...!

11:41 PM  
Blogger Meesimo said...

All are awesome, the one of Sam is Classic, cheers!

4:54 PM  
Blogger Michael Dooney said...

Fantastic..wow! I'd love to see you do your pencil to color magic on that Olivia Munn pin up...you know, in your spare time ;)

5:35 AM  
Blogger karl van der elst said...

Sublime drawing, texture & shading... Always great work, inspirational blog, thanks for sharing the good stuff.

10:43 PM  
Blogger .Matthæus said...

excellent!

7:47 PM  
Blogger Ben Newman said...

lovely work chris

6:43 PM  
Blogger Will Appledorn said...

Great stuff.

i really like the use of the fingerprints of the shark, they add some cool texture and also define the shape really well.

1:24 AM  
Blogger Bob Fingerman said...

As ever, beautiful work. The eyes in the final drawing are really penetrating and alive. Just gorgeous.

11:59 AM  
Blogger Vincenzo said...

Awesome as always!!!

6:01 AM  
Blogger Chris Wahl said...

Thanks everyone! Glad you like 'em.

9:52 AM  
Anonymous Anton Emdin said...

Great work. Nice to see your custom brushes in action.

I've found the 'Brush Spots' and 'Oil Paint' ones especially useful in giving flat colours a bit of interest and life.

11:03 AM  
Blogger Damion009 said...

to cool for words man!!!! i love the shark and my boy Sam!!! very awesome!!!

7:05 PM  
Anonymous Moonape said...

you got the shapes on that girl just right!

9:04 PM  
Blogger Christian Alpini said...

wonderfull shark!!!!
great works!

7:12 PM  
Blogger Flo said...

Great work great site
see you my web site...
You are the best!!!
Flo

6:28 AM  
Blogger paolo_gaspare said...

Incredible works!!!

Ciao
Paolo

8:32 AM  
Blogger Damion009 said...

you know... i look at your work all the time for inspiration... and every time i do its like seeing it for the first time!

8:51 AM  
Blogger Jeff Solway said...

very inspiring work!!!

2:03 AM  
Blogger Chris Wahl said...

Thanks everyone!

Been a bit busy with work, but I'll get some new stuff up soon.

8:23 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

awesome drawings!

11:28 AM  
Blogger Theeggyolks said...

wow!How i wish i can be as pro as you are. Really admire your drawings.

9:04 PM  
Blogger Jagdish Bhawsar said...

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7:43 PM  
Blogger Niall O loughlin said...

Great work as always Chris, hope your well.

3:24 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

wow, you let me speechless, your work is really great ;)

all the best

10:23 PM  
Blogger Chris Wahl said...

Appreciation as always for all your comments. Thanks!

Craig- I'm actually jealous you've been seeing so many sharks. I wouldn't surf with them, but I'd love to see them in the wild.

You ever been to the OUTRÉ galleries in Melbourne or Sydney? I was in Melbourne last month and I accidentally stumbled upon the gallery while walking around the city. Loads of framed James Jean prints and originals. Then I found out he was there a week earlier signing his book!

1:08 PM  
Blogger Anthony Mckeown said...

That shark is freaking awesome mate!

10:18 AM  
Blogger Dominic Philibert said...

Love these too!

5:35 PM  
Blogger Chris Wahl said...

Thanks all for the comments.

5:46 PM  

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