Nope. This isn't the feature that got bumped last week. (But the last reference resource has been stalked and trapped, so - next week?) This week we have another feature that we said we'd get back to, prompted by recently finding an old favorite print by the late, great Dave Stevens, the star of today's
We'll get to that print mentioned above in just a bit. First, let's take a look at some pose sheets, from which you might recognize the beginnings of works you've seen previously. Here's a half dozen pages for a peek behind the Master's work:
NOTE: Most of the images for this post contain nudity and have been moved to our back room for adult content. The text remains that you may make a fair guess as to whether or not you wish to look at the pics.
Please follow this link to The Other Voice Of ODD! archive of the original post to view the artwork.
*sigh*
That Priscilla, she's one clever lady.
With preliminary sketch work like that, one hardly needs fully rendered works. But, we got those.
We've got black & white images, both lovingly textured pencils and finely delineated inks...
...and colour works, from outre comic book stylings...
...to more painterly styled images of lovely ladies...
...to even his rarely seen cartoony side in this poster for the 1984 movie Up The Creek...
And, then, of course, there's the immortal Bettie Page, with whom Dave gives us all of the above. Black & white...
...colour...
...cartoony...
...and the preliminary sketch...
...for that favorite old print i found last week:
I had to remove the lid from the scanner to capture this beauty in sections and stitch it together in Photoshop, so this image is larger than is typical here. Enjoy a close look at this lovely print, and then scroll back up and delight at the more subtly erotic look on Bettie's face in the preliminary sketch.
Dave Stevens is another one of those cases where i wonder just how much we lost with him. At only 52 when he died, he was just reaching the age at which many artists are entering a peak period, with decades of learning and practice to draw upon. That print above, for example, was painted when he was not yet 30.
It's probably best not to dwell on what we lost with him. Better to scroll back up and appreciate all he left us.
We'll get to that print mentioned above in just a bit. First, let's take a look at some pose sheets, from which you might recognize the beginnings of works you've seen previously. Here's a half dozen pages for a peek behind the Master's work:
NOTE: Most of the images for this post contain nudity and have been moved to our back room for adult content. The text remains that you may make a fair guess as to whether or not you wish to look at the pics.
Please follow this link to The Other Voice Of ODD! archive of the original post to view the artwork.
*sigh*
That Priscilla, she's one clever lady.
With preliminary sketch work like that, one hardly needs fully rendered works. But, we got those.
We've got black & white images, both lovingly textured pencils and finely delineated inks...
...and colour works, from outre comic book stylings...
...to more painterly styled images of lovely ladies...
...to even his rarely seen cartoony side in this poster for the 1984 movie Up The Creek...
And, then, of course, there's the immortal Bettie Page, with whom Dave gives us all of the above. Black & white...
...colour...
...cartoony...
...and the preliminary sketch...
...for that favorite old print i found last week:
I had to remove the lid from the scanner to capture this beauty in sections and stitch it together in Photoshop, so this image is larger than is typical here. Enjoy a close look at this lovely print, and then scroll back up and delight at the more subtly erotic look on Bettie's face in the preliminary sketch.
Dave Stevens is another one of those cases where i wonder just how much we lost with him. At only 52 when he died, he was just reaching the age at which many artists are entering a peak period, with decades of learning and practice to draw upon. That print above, for example, was painted when he was not yet 30.
It's probably best not to dwell on what we lost with him. Better to scroll back up and appreciate all he left us.
everything but the logo by Dave Stevens. Thanks, mate.
Hell's bells, what an artist Dave Stevens was. Not just a comicbook artist, but an artist's artist. Most of these pics I've never seen before (that I recall), so thanks for posting them. Did you have a box of 'tummy wipes' handy while you were picking which ones to feature? (Oh dear, there goes the tone.)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear that i did manage to include some of his more rarely seen works. Sometimes it's hard to determine from inside the cave.
ReplyDeleteBut, yeah - what an artist. From the first time i saw his Rocketeer back-up strip, i was a fan. When i found out how ridiculously young he was at that point, i was a jealous artist. His work looked like he had many years of experience, like a gifted artist twice his age. Maybe the Universe knew he wasn't going to be here long enough and gave him a head start.
Whatever - I'm just glad he was with us and produced so much lovely work while here.
(No. I need a new keyboard.)