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Deckard - Bladerunner!

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June 8, 2009
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Deckard - Work in Progress sheet

Acrylic paint, colored pencil and white chalk on heavy MDF board
50 inches x 18 inches

Go here to see the finished piece [link]
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Mood: Wow! ~Taurine75 Nov 25, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Hey Mark!! Thank you for sharing your process! It's super informative. My question for you is how did you learn to compose these key/pin-up art pieces? Did you begin doing master copies from Struzan, Peak, Rockwell, etc? I'm thinking of sitting down for an entire month (or more) and just doing quick value comps to get a flavor of these cool compositions. What are your tips?
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*MarkRaats Dec 22, 2012
Hi Alex --

Thanks for the kind words. Actually, there are many influences on my work, Alvin, Peak, Rockwell, Sundblom and yes Struzan. Alvin and Struzan I'm honored to know personally and because they - and others - have been so influential in shaping the way entertainment posters are composed in general, its always good to look at what WORKS.

Don't forget, the client is also very influential in the way something is executed and for movie posters and they look for montages composed in the way Drew, Bob Peak, Richard Amsel or David Grove might have worked. I've loved working with montages since the early 70' - so its a compositional structure I'm very comfortable with. I've also studied the techniques of Michelangelo all the way through to Adam Hughes but in the end it was always important for me to find a path that I was comfortable with.

You have some terrific work in your gallery and I wish you well on this exciting road...
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~bear65 Oct 14, 2012
wow...
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~xployalist Apr 23, 2012
Dang! That looks almost like a movie screenshot!
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*MarkRaats May 12, 2012
Thanks very much mate!!

I've always felt there is not enough BR art out there. I appreciate you taking the time to comment...
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~xployalist May 13, 2012
Obvious statement: it appears that you enjoy the films of Harrison Ford, especially late Seventies through Eighties.
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*MarkRaats May 13, 2012
Yes I do..!

I guess its partly because I was already out of school when they were released and also because - working for Lucasfilm - I end up painting Solo and Indy a LOT.
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Mood: Wow! ~pedro-amaral-couto Apr 22, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Thanks for those step-by-step deviants.
Your drawings are great and I appreciate those didactic "open source art". :)
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*MarkRaats May 12, 2012
LOL.. Cheers Perdo mate!!

"open source art"?? I'd never thought of it on those terms but its a prefect description.

Thanks again...
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~Tolomuco Jan 17, 2012
thanks a lot for share this!!!!
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