tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83093758747488042042024-03-05T00:59:12.624-07:00NMEZeroThe art of Miles CollinsMileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.comBlogger191125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-64714387422156884512018-02-15T19:19:00.003-07:002018-02-15T19:19:55.839-07:00ChasmI should add some art to this blog. Here's a fun piece I whipped up a couple weeks back.<br />
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<br />Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-52226218330885483342016-06-20T23:21:00.001-06:002016-06-20T23:21:55.529-06:00Huh. Spiral...Huh. google reports that I have over 36000 page views. Incredible seeing as only 22 people follow me, I hardly post, and I get very few comments.<br />
Well, I hope people at least get something out of what they see.<br />
Here's a stupid drawing of the character Spiral for you to look at. She's a Marvel Comics owned thingy.<br />
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<br />Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-50720372252779708932016-04-26T16:50:00.000-06:002016-06-20T23:22:45.506-06:00Catching Lightning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This poor neglected blog. I need to add something to it. This is a piece from a little while back that never got uploaded.<span id="goog_277164676"></span><span id="goog_277164677"></span>Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-62392764926165468812015-03-14T15:00:00.000-06:002016-06-20T23:23:35.185-06:00Storm on the Mountain-Master Study Of Frederic Edwin Church<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a Master Study I did recently. <br />
I've never really done one of these. For those who don't know, it's basically a copy of a Master Work. The point is to try and figure out their methodology and lines of thought.<br />
I spent about 1.5 hours on this. So it's more of a sketch study. Really just trying to get the colors without sampling them and the drawing close.<br />
Seems like my drawing is off a bit. I didn't measure the canvas and mine is not as wide as the original. Some of my colors are tending more to the green where his tend to the orange.<br />
In the end a good learning experience and I'm sure I will try my hand at some more of these. Time allowing of course.<br />
Onward and Upward.<br />
MilesMileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-63163067169115581572015-03-13T15:05:00.000-06:002015-03-14T10:30:00.272-06:00Alternate Beast<br />
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Another sketch on the new Yiynova tablet monitor. Just playing around trying to get my bearings. This started out as nothing really. In the end I decided it's some alternate reality Beast from the X-Men.Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-74657463625940069422015-03-12T14:55:00.001-06:002015-03-12T14:55:24.863-06:00Hulksta<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9u98_MIahe2PDuJ2Qfo0hHAhHIDzL-sZxT7o2HCVIwTuSKUjXz_-E6QsIAuZ215wKbtZuZwBz9-cSLsvVhBm7coVnW569nmGuT23jZfawjn3wwcxswstAj0hcn0de6xe27iDk-lVxd4/s1600/hulkier+than+thou.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9u98_MIahe2PDuJ2Qfo0hHAhHIDzL-sZxT7o2HCVIwTuSKUjXz_-E6QsIAuZ215wKbtZuZwBz9-cSLsvVhBm7coVnW569nmGuT23jZfawjn3wwcxswstAj0hcn0de6xe27iDk-lVxd4/s1600/hulkier+than+thou.jpg" height="400" width="380" /></a>I really need to post more dammit.<br /><br />Another boring pose here for ya though. <br />Anyways. <br />Something.<br /><br />I drew this on my new Yiynova MVP22U, which for those of you in the know is a cheaper alternative to the Wacom Cintiq.<br />I'm not sure if I like it yet or not.<br />I'll get back to you on that.Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-2398654094575205842014-11-21T17:16:00.002-07:002014-11-21T17:17:03.755-07:00Kraven The Hunter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I did this one because it was suggested by my cousin Paul Wilkinson after he saw the Mysterio piece I did. A little different style though. Besides the grey tones he definitely has more muscle definition. I suppose it could be chalked up to difference in character. Regardless, a fun piece to work on to be sure.Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-38939753661617105232014-11-17T15:05:00.001-07:002014-11-17T15:05:35.115-07:00MysterioI have this Mysterio painting I have been working on and off. It
really hasn't gone where I'd like so I was thinking of starting over.
With that in mind I did some sketches and ended up running into a
Skottie Young piece that I really liked. I ended up doing this more
along those lines. I love the way Skottie builds his characters by
either throwing away the super hero convention or exaggerating it to the
extent that it becomes comical. I really just took his idea and did my
own take though.<br />
Dig it.<br />
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Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-52020167629346549612014-11-06T17:30:00.001-07:002014-11-06T17:30:35.348-07:00Just some funky creature here. Maybe inspired by Lovecraftian strangeness. Maybe too terrestrial for that.<br />
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<br />Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-51557095964674417512014-10-07T22:57:00.002-06:002014-10-07T22:57:31.869-06:00#inktober 2014 Day:07 CyclopsWell what happened to days 5 and 6?<br />There is a 5, but no 6.<br />Wha wha wha<br /><br />Everyone is doing this; show the pen, pencil, brush, etc, and a camera snapshot. <br />I guess it feels so...real?<br /><br />
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This sketch was SO shitty...I kind saved it. Whew.<br /><br /><br />#inktober<br />#cyclops<br />#X-Men<br />#jointheclub<br /><br />Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-36577925893797387012014-10-04T23:06:00.000-06:002014-10-04T23:06:23.934-06:00Inktober 2014 Day:04<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5El7lx0KvFR_c97dRNxv-BjdLQ-_g0qTzznN-Oq4Igig_I9a4La4YiwIuEhAjEIQaxuV442folpG0Yj5JA_eNidqgD6gTnxy8SlCfcC04QF2HrO9cpbgsFp3G7jgYhURenoUFiAuUuqo/s1600/Inktober_2014_04Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5El7lx0KvFR_c97dRNxv-BjdLQ-_g0qTzznN-Oq4Igig_I9a4La4YiwIuEhAjEIQaxuV442folpG0Yj5JA_eNidqgD6gTnxy8SlCfcC04QF2HrO9cpbgsFp3G7jgYhURenoUFiAuUuqo/s1600/Inktober_2014_04Small.jpg" height="400" width="147" /></a>I'm not sure how I feel about this one.<br /><br />#inktoberMileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-3930822655700201462014-10-03T23:54:00.000-06:002014-10-03T23:54:20.804-06:00inktober 2014 Day:03I had a lot of fun with this one. I don't think I've ever(successfully)splattered ink before.<br />
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#inktober<br />Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-34305317157128699042014-10-02T23:03:00.001-06:002014-10-02T23:03:40.189-06:00Inktober 2014 Day:02<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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That's lot of squigglesMileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-12609602351931232072014-10-01T23:02:00.000-06:002014-10-01T23:02:00.114-06:00Inktober 2014 Day:01<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Hey.<br />It's been a while.<br />I've missed you.<br />We should see each other more often.<br />I'll try not to be a stranger, eh?<br />
<br /><br />#inktober<br />Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-17119288986719168122014-02-14T11:08:00.002-07:002014-02-14T11:08:50.473-07:00I may as well post some sketches here since nothing else much seems to be happening with me. These couple were referenced from the brilliant Mel Milton's Pinterest account.<br /><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45,"tn":"*G"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/319192692311923913/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://www.pinterest.com/</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>pin/319192692311923913/</a><br />And</span></span><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"type":45,"tn":"*G"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/319192692312126513/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://www.pinterest.com/</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>pin/319192692312126513/</a></span></span><br />Thanks for looking!<br />
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<br />Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-18859945173540831692013-11-23T13:51:00.001-07:002013-11-23T13:51:27.146-07:00Beltane 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I did this piece for some friends Beltane celebration this past spring. Sadly we couldn't actually make it to the party for some reason.<br />This was done fairly quick and dirty like, as it was more of a favor than anything else, and they loved the way it turned out, so that's what is really important, right?<br />The drawing is pencil and colors photoshop.<br /><br />Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-44062954548804212142013-04-10T11:37:00.002-06:002013-04-10T11:37:43.006-06:00Carnage Paint<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Finally got this guy painted up again after losing a version I had previously worked on to a dead flash drive. <br />I changed quite a bit in the composition from the pencil sketch but I'm overall pretty happy with how it turned out.<br />Let me know what you think of the final piece.Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-77782260741257780722012-11-26T20:46:00.003-07:002012-11-26T20:47:19.466-07:00Opening the Gateways of Inspiration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm glad to be able to finally share this piece, it's been done for a while now but I had to wait for the client to unveil it. I think it's the best work I've done to date.<br />
The concept and name for this piece are by Dallas Brown of Wounded Healer (http://www.facebook.com/woundedhealermusic?ref=ts&fref=ts)<br />
They are a great musical duo playing acoustic flamenco style guitar with native american flute.<br />
Being heavily inspired in their youth by rock and heavy metal they put together this, the first of two albums of cover songs done in their own stylings. Check it out, it's well worth listening to even if you don't know the songs.Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-15966377830926225812012-09-27T13:12:00.000-06:002012-09-27T13:12:02.000-06:00Dragon 5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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More of a traditional dragon this time. Sitting on a cliff in a world with two suns. I like how this turned out, may even be worth painting one of these days.Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-74802477838660388122012-09-25T09:28:00.002-06:002012-09-25T09:28:45.399-06:00Dragon 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a wingless dragon, and he's really fat. He's not big, maybe the size of a rhino at the shoulders. I image one could ride him if they were to have a good rapport. Otherwise he would eat them and go back to sleep.Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-6171856625180167752012-09-24T09:35:00.002-06:002012-09-24T09:35:46.894-06:00Dragon 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another quick dragon sketch. This one is a sea serpent. Just trying to get an interesting angle here.Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-66740576803142636622012-09-21T09:11:00.003-06:002012-09-21T09:11:42.004-06:00Dragon 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For this one I wanted something with a little more energy. Kind of the classic 'comin' at you' head pose.Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-42644999613345765642012-09-19T14:11:00.000-06:002012-09-19T14:11:08.692-06:00DragonsSo posting that dragon piece the other day got me thinking about dragons. Dragons were the first creatures I can remember really grabbing my attention and I have always loved them. Anything to do with them, from cute dragons, to mean dragons, to dragon people. Even to Dinosaurs, lizards and snakes where the inspiration for dragons really comes from. I thought 'Puff the Magic Dragon' was awesome, and I loved to sing the song. Still do in fact. Dragonriders of Pern? Yup. Dungeons and Dragons, yup. I think they're all cool. <br />I've never been particularly good at drawing dragons though. I've made many attempts, some more successful than others, some abysmal failures. If I had any of my drawings from when I was a kid, I bet there would be dragons. There's one I posted a sketch of on this blog a few years ago that I was really happy with, but none of my few followers seemed to really like it, or at least didn't comment on it. I don't draw dragons very often, but I love to look at other people's dragon drawings, paintings, sculptures, whatever. I've decided I'm going to draw some dragons. Some may work, some may fail. Whatevs, I'm gonna draw them anyways. Hope you enjoy.<br /><br />Here's the first one. He's an old guy, horns all twisted and coming out of everywhere. Four legged with a body so large his
wings can't lift him anymore. He spends most of his time sleeping anyways.<br />
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Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-86339011058604624822012-09-13T21:26:00.002-06:002012-09-13T21:27:08.409-06:00Todd's Dragon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Todd's Dragon<br />
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I did this for my buddy Todd who played drums in our band Season of Change. The band is now defunct but Todd is good people and he asked me to do this for him forever. I usually don't do drawings for people just because they ask for forever, and it wasn't the only reason I did it. So don't ask ;)<br />
I think the drawing turned out pretty OK. It's a cool dragon.<br />
Thoughts? Lemme know.Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8309375874748804204.post-75554643573372124042012-09-12T19:37:00.004-06:002012-09-12T19:37:59.061-06:00King Humpty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another inking exercise. Somewhat successful, but still a lot of fail. What's up with all the criss crossing shiz that doesn't match the rest. Ugh.<br />This is from Draw Night some weeks ago.Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15175363984005411889noreply@blogger.com0