LFW

Merry christmas and happy new year

2011-12-29T05:58:00.001+10:00

This blog isn't dead, it's just gone to bed

-LFW

Some more SUPER BIG NEWS the first

2011-11-07T12:21:00.001+10:00

Hey there gang,

SO...APE was frickin' excellent! Words cannot describe how rad it was. I am so glad I went, maybe I will go again in a years time.

But more importantly, thanks to APE. Copies of my Book, Bikini Cowboy are now for sale via the very excellent Gallery Nucleus (exclusive even!) man, words cannot describe how awsome this is to me, it has been my dream. You can reach it on the link over--------here>

or here if you are feeling lazy.

And hey, not only is this amazing book up there for sale, but I think if you snoop around a bit, you might find a certain sketchbook for sale as well, just saying is all.

anyway, there is more news to come, so stay tuned you excellent people. And maybe I will post a drawing one of these days as well.

cheers to you

-LFW

SOME SUPER BIG NEWS

2011-09-26T12:57:00.002+10:00

hey my people, how are you all?

September already? nearly October? shit and fuck, what the hell happenned? well I've been up to a few things, that is for sure. I think I will tell you about them.

Above is a pin-up for my good mate John "monkeyfeather" Hoffman's new book: Nun with 2 guns. He asked me to contribute, and it was an honour to do so, he will be premiering this new book this October 1st at the Alternative Press Expo (APE) so be sure to check it out.

Which leads me to my next big bit of news, I will be attending the Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco, US of A! it's gonna be great, I have my ticket and I am all ready to go, I'll be getting in on friday night! I'll be sharing a table with my good Blog buddy and general all round nice guy Phil Rynda (aka Uncle Phil), We will be at table 724, right next to the talented Andy Ristano! I will be selling these prints....

And also some copies of Bikini Cowboy! come by and get some!

If you come by with an old copy you bought of lulu, for just ten bucks you can trade it in for this excellent new and enhanced edition, first twenty copies also get a little extra something from me ;) hehe

Which leads me to my next big piece of news, I have decided to publish a limited run of Bikini cowboy! yay! I only printed about 100, but they look super sweet as.

Which Leads me to my last piece of excellent news, Bikini cowboy will be available in the iBookstore for the ipad,iphone, and sony tablet! Woo!

I figured, "it's the twenty first century, and people are reading on these newfangled devices, I figger I'd better gets on that bandwagon!" and so I did! It should be coming out in the ibookstore end of October at the latest, with the sony tablet following close behind, I will keep you guys posted.

Whew, man. All that news in one hit! I hope you guys are coping okay

White Knuckles

2011-08-15T11:09:00.003+10:00

Meanwhile......

PS: this goes out to all those THQ Australia peeps. Sorry guys, thems the breaks.

cheers

-LFW

What goes around comes around

2011-08-08T07:56:00.002+10:00

Right Rad?

oh...

-LFW

"Change the channel. I dare you."

2011-06-06T16:13:00.002+10:00

"Can't is the cancer of happen"

2011-05-16T16:23:00.004+10:00

I re-did the troll one, perspective is a bit off, but whatevah

cheers to you all

-LFW

Outrospective

2011-05-02T11:56:00.002+10:00

Peace out

-LFW

it's been a while....

2011-04-27T14:49:00.003+10:00

I thought I should post....something

cheers to you all

-LFW

"Adonis DNA..."

2011-03-14T16:26:00.003+10:00

Mixin those light sources man! (I hope I got it right)

I heard a piece of music, and so I made this.

I think Adonis DNA could make either a good band name or a really good name for a song, what are your thoughts on the subject?

cheers to you

-LFW

"clearly they picked a fight with a troll."

2011-03-08T07:39:00.002+10:00

charlie sheen quotes from now on, until they run out or something more funny comes along

But seriously, there is some seriously serious gnarly gnarlington comedy gold in that guy's crazy rantings

cheers

-LFW

pumped up kicks

2011-03-02T18:04:00.002+10:00

MUUUUCH better version, amIright?

peace

-LFW

Rock of ages

2011-02-21T17:07:00.002+10:00

MONOLITH

2011-02-06T05:44:00.002+10:00

I'm out of cool song titles to list instead, oh well

cheers

-LFW

Rakugaki 02

2011-02-02T07:16:00.004+10:00

interrrrrnet,

yo

-LFW

rakugaki 01

2011-02-01T15:51:00.005+10:00

hey internet,

hope you've been well

-LFW

New year image

2011-01-26T15:19:00.001+10:00

what have I been up to?

this and that

-LFW

2010-2011 :D

2011-01-01T03:32:00.002+10:00

Man, what a year it has been. Shit and fuck.

There were many highs, and many lows, and it would have to be the most eventful, exciting, terrifying year of my life, and I am glad that I got to be in it.

I did lots of travelling, met lots of people, slept in lots of weird places, and got to do lots of great art and stuff, but it's still not finished.... there is a whole other year to look forward to!

anyway, this here blog is at LEAST 4-5 years old now, I think I did a pretty good job keeping it updated, so I think I need a bit of a rest, after 4 to five years of updating, though knowing me it will probably be like only a month of rest or something (or maybe two weeks, hehehe).

and also this here blog managed to reach 55 followers! DAMN, imagine that. I have been very lucky indeed.

Thanks for all the comments and well wishes guys, you are all excellent I think, and I hope 2011 is good to you as well

cheers, peace out, and catch up with ya soon

as always

-LFW

Grip like a VICE!

2010-12-28T14:41:00.001+10:00

Super Triangle

2010-12-22T14:07:00.006+10:00

Well, at least it isn't robots, right?

cheers

-LFW

Buy nothing day

2010-12-19T16:25:00.006+10:00

cheers internet

have a merry christmas and a great new years (2011 already???? damn)

-LFW

T.O.R.N.A.D.O

2010-12-17T07:09:00.004+10:00

SHOWCASE! LFW Blog's 50TH FOLLOWER!

2010-12-14T05:22:00.009+10:00

hi there internet,

So, just before the end of the year, this here blog hit FIFTY followers, and who else but the amazing BEN TAN ended up being the fiftieth. OOOMMMMMGGGGGG!

For those of you who don't know, me and bentan go back a bits, he and I were some of the MANY MANY talented people that frequented the drawing board back in the day, not knowing who anyone else was, but just posting up art and enjoying commenting on said art.

and now he is HERE, FOLLOWING THIS BLOG! it felt like such an honor, so I thought for this post I should interview him, sort of give back in some way to the people who come by and check out my art.

So here is the interview, keep in mind I am not a professional interveiwer, I just shot the bloke some questions and tried to make it as insightful and interesting to read as I could (or, I guess that's what bentan did, I just asked him loaded questions, lol)

1. Please tell us a little about yourself, who you are, what you've done and been up to, what you are all about etc.

First I should say it was a surprise and a treat to be the 50th! And please don't take this the wrong way, but shouldn't you have thousands of followers? I'm such a huge fan of your work!

OK, me...I'm Ben Tan. I suppose you could call me a pinup artist, because I mostly draw girls because...well...I like to, and am lucky enough that occasionally get asked to do pieces for other folk, and even more lucky, occasionally actually get paid for it. I've had the incredible fortune of having a few of my pieces appear in books here and there, and I recently did a cover for a comic book.

2.How did you find this blog?

I was actually watching Matt Humphry's Livestream and the folks there were chatting about finding great artists and he pointed you out as one of his good buddies.

I've actually been very slow on getting on the blog bandwagon, so I haven't done a good job of finding my favorite artists, but when I saw your name, I was instantly flooded with fond memories of bikini cowgirls, so I immediately joined.

3. We obviously know each other's work from the drawing board from back in the day, what are your thoughts on the ever evolving technology that is currently present that allows artists to network in such a way?

It's wonderful. I probably would not be drawing today if it weren't for all the online artist communities, mostly the drawing board, that have kept me motivated and inspired.

But it also leaves some strange artifacts. Like you never know what to call people other than by their handles from the various sites? So, are you Frank? LF? And if they change their avatar or use their real name, you have no idea who they are. I'm already bad with names, but I wonder how many people I may have offended because I had no idea who they were...

4. Following on from the above question: do you have a blog yourself? if so how have you found it in comparison to say livejournal and others similar platforms, or say forums like the drawing board or cafe sale?

I have to say, I really really miss the drawing board. It's obviously still around, but it ain't what it used to be. I've been hanging out on FaceBook and Deviant Art a bit, but it's not quite the same either. With Facebook and Deviant Art (and blogging), posting feels like you're casting a message in a bottle out into a stream. You hope someone will pick it up and get back to you, and if you're lucky you get to engage in a one-on-one conversation. Where with the Drawing Board, it felt more like folks hanging out at a party -- you can have lots of interesting conversations with small groups of people who are all present.

This is good timing. I just started a blog: http://bentanart.blogspot.com/ Of course that means I can't really tell you about the blogging experience :). You can find most of my recent stuff at Deviant Art, but unfortunately you need to register to see half of it: http://bellefree-bentan.deviantart.com/

5. What is your opinion on censorship of such work in general? The internet is still a reasonably independant platform, but having said that even on deviant-art you had to hide some of your more risque pieces. Is that something that you are okay with? would you like to see a change in people's attitude or society's somewhere down the line?

Well, I'm definitely no free speech anarchist who believes that anyone can say or post whatever they damn well please. Here's where I'm fine with it: a lot of the stuff on the net is not appropriate for young children. It's quite simple. And for some workplaces, porn isn't appropriate. So I get where there is a need for filters and limits. That said, the puritanical tendencies of this society do bug me. Back when we first created Bellefree around 2000, I did worry about getting in trouble for publishing what is admittedly very tame stuff. But that was before porn sort of mainstreamed in the last decade.

So yes, I'd like to be able to publish stuff without having to worry that some nutcase is gonna sic police on me. But I get why you can't just plaster that stuff anywhere you choose. I mostly don't like it when some vocal subset of the population decides that they get to police what I can and can't draw and publish for consenting adults.

6. Given that your work mainly consists of pin-up art of nude girls, do you sometimes find that you get a bit of flack from say, women and other differnt kinds of people/parties? have they ever accused you of being sexist in any way? How do you/ would you respond to such criticisms given the you are just doing what you love to do?

I did get in trouble on Facebook a while back for posting bare breasts. I hadn't realize it was not allowed. But something's wrong with the world when you can show people being threatened with deadly violence but not bare breasts.

I've never personally had a negative reaction. Luckily no one's ever thumped their bibles at me or even accused me of being sexist. Of course, they may just not have done so publicly.

I actually have a surprisingly large number of female fans. I had thought that I'd mostly get drooling fanboys, but some of my biggest fans are women. I like to think that it's because my appreciation of women comes across in my art. I've been asked a few times to do pieces that had more of a bondage or masochistic theme and I find that I can't just do them unless I can figure out how to portray some sense of either acquiescence or power. It's silly, but I can't even abuse cartoon women.

7. What are your thoughts on the pin-up girl art category in general? should there be a line as to what is portrayed and what isn't? why do you think a naked woman, while a beautiful thing to look at, should be drawn when it can just as easily and quickly be done with a model and camera? what are your thoughts on more Hard-core pieces of work?

My general attitude toward this stuff is: everyone is entitled to enjoy whatever tittilates them so long as no one is actually being hurt. So I'm not one to say who can or cannot do or draw whatever. If you like it, and it's not hurting anybody, more power to ya. Just dont' make me look at it.

Boy you pack a lot of questions in there...

It seems like the pinup world is dominated by the photo realistic guys (and gals). They leave me cold. To me, they look like an (admittedly technically talented) artist simply copied a porn photo. If it's indistinguishable from a photo, I'd rather see the photo.

In my opinion, good pinup art is enjoyed along many dimensions:

* There is of course, the girl. And this is something I don't quite get, but why do some artists do great bodies and have ugly faces? Maybe it's just a personal preference thing (e.g. ugly is subjective). For me, I can easily spend 50% of the time on a drawing simply on getting the face just right. A pinup without an appealing face is like a Ferrari with a lawnmower engine. I can understand that approach if you're taking photos, but a drawing? Come on!

* Another dimension: I really like to the see the media: the ink, the paint, the lines. A big part of the art experience for me is simply basking in the way line and color are handled.

* I like art that pushes form. Shane Glines is an excellent example of this. He has this amazing knack for making these wonderful interesting curves. Bill Presing's another great example. I can just sit and stare at these guys' work all day. It takes my breath away like a pretty girl walking by. That is not to say that some of the more realistic approaches don't have appeal as well. Adam Hughes for example. Not that these guys are news to your blog readers...

* But to me the epitome of the pinup form is when you can get all that, AND have a great story to tell as well. I don't think anyone does this better than Dean Yeagle, and if there is someone out there, please introduce me!

So, why not just take a photo? Good pinup art is BETTER than life!

As for hard core, I'm not against it per se. I think it basically goes back to my point about story. Too much hard core art, like hard core porn, is all about getting to the ending all the time. It's like always reading only the final page of each book. It gets old very fast. Girl gets guy. OK. Murder solved. OK. How many times can you read that before you get bored? It misses the whole point which is that the journey there is MOST of the fun. So I tend to like art that teases in some way, that draws you in and either makes you wonder what's going on, or makes you want to stick around to see what's going to happen next. It's the moment BEFORE the moment you've been waiting for.

That's the idea anyway. It didn't even occur to me until now that that's what I try to do. I'm not sure it plays out in practice.

8. What is your opinion on technology and art? and where it currently is today as opposed to the days before the internet when we would all just be drawing with pencil and paper? good/bad?

I have a funny relationship with technology. On the one hand it enables me to work around my own artistic failures (undo, undo, scale, scale!), and has made it possible for me to learn how to use color much more quickly than I could have with real media. But at the same time I find myself trying to create work that doesn't feel digital, and am drawn to art that has that rough analog look. There's just something about real pencils and water colors on rough paper that is so damn appealing.

I've been working completely digital from sketch to finish for years now, so it kind of feels natural to me. Though recently the lack of a tangible original has been making itself felt on the commerce side. I just spent a ridiculous sum of money to print up Giclée canvases and prints of a few too many pieces for a gallery show and now am just hoping to recover the cost, let alone make a profit on it. As with anything, there are pluses and minuses.

9. Where do you see things headed in regards to the future of artists and blogging in general?

I'm not sure. For me personally, I don't feel like the killer artist blog app has been created yet. I've been searching for a good blend of technology that will combine some of the best aspects of blogs with more of a social media bent, some image-oriented features (like easy uploads, annotations, permissions and privacy settings), and the discussion orientation of forums. Facebook actually comes close in an anonymous big city sort of way, but it doesn't have that small town cozy feel I want. I have a feeling that blogs are slowly gonna get subsumed by these monster social media platforms. But who knows what game changer lurks around the corner.

What I REALLY want is an app/space/website that is like the back room of a restaurant where all the jazz players go hang out after hours to jam, trade tricks of the trade, and talk shit about customers and bosses without having to worry about who's there in the room. THAT to me would be a killer app.

For more of Ben Tan's work, you can visit his blog http://bentanart.blogspot.com/ or his deviant art http://bellefree-bentan.deviantart.com/for some very well crafted pin-ups of some decent gals, check his stuff out for sure :)

peace out my friends, and thanks to Bentan for partaking in this interview.

Next interview will be the 100th follower ;)

cheers

-LFW

adfgfgjsrvgaecfh

2010-12-04T09:50:00.002+10:00

Back Like 8 Track

2010-11-28T16:35:00.001+10:00

cheerz

-LFW

Voice your choice

2010-11-25T11:18:00.002+10:00

cheers

-LFW

Apollo Throwdown

2010-11-16T16:44:00.001+10:00

hi interent,

this......THING

2010-11-09T03:56:00.002+10:00

Rolling Blackouts

2010-11-08T13:29:00.003+10:00

hey yo,

Gee, a witch with guns, that must make her...GUNWITCH! so fucking original, I know :P

cheers big ears

-LFW

Ready 2 go Steady

2010-11-02T05:40:00.002+10:00

I've been crudely watermarking my stuff these days, not to the point where they infringe on the image, but just enough. 'cause, y'know.....

cheers, hope you are well

-LFW

the iron sea

2010-11-01T15:49:00.002+10:00

"...it's like that, and that the way it is..."

2010-10-31T16:18:00.002+10:00

Les Grandes Marches

2010-10-25T15:38:00.006+10:00

Cheers

Peace out

-LFW

"...don't just stand there, BUST A MOVE..."

2010-10-22T06:17:00.001+10:00

peace out

-LFW

Original!

2010-10-21T16:54:00.002+10:00

cheers

-LFW

"Don't worry if I write rhymes, I write checks...."

2010-10-14T08:35:00.004+10:00

Peace out

-LFW

Slow match

2010-10-11T05:37:00.001+10:00

cheers

-LFW

hmmmmm......

2010-10-10T17:39:00.000+10:00

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........

One bot, two bot, Big bot, small bot...

2010-10-07T08:23:00.002+10:00

Peace out

-LFW

Old time sketches and tomfoolery

2010-10-02T11:29:00.012+10:00

Hi internet,

so, nobody liked the last two images I posted, oh well can't win em all. so I guess I should post up some old stuff that I've done but havn't shown anyone. It's mostly just aimlessly doodling away with no clear intent or something. Whateverrrrrr..........

Anyway, that's them for now, I am super busy atm.

cheers

-LFW

No love for space marine....

2010-09-30T07:22:00.002+10:00

Cheers

-LFW

STARCRAFTSZ

2010-09-20T04:12:00.004+10:00

hey internet, its a space marine! FROM STARCRAFT! OMGBBQ

and here's a detail shot

so, I realised that my last drawing was a space whale, so I figured after this I am just going to draw furry porn or something. Sounds like a good idea, right?

also, I scanned in this drawing with my brand new scanner, I have a lot of sketch pages of my usual shitty insanity scrawlings all scanned up, But I gotta see which ones I think will make the grade.

cheers and let me know your inner thoughts and feelings of dreams and nightmares.

-LFW

nasty silence

2010-09-07T14:14:00.002+10:00

Psst

i made this for you

-Lfw

MOAR DRAGON RIDERZ

2010-09-05T04:28:00.001+10:00

hey,

I made this for YOU.

I hope you like it

cheers

-LFW

something BETTER....

2010-09-02T15:59:00.002+10:00

So...

I wasn't liking that last post, so I obliterated it, and instead put this up.

whatever man, it is something from a LONG time ago, I guess I have come full circle. Yeah the usual lady with no pants, I was just painting aimlessly. I totally isn't even finished.

cheers and peace out, maybe a drawing of batman or wonderwoman or something for no reason

-LFW

drag-on Riiiidersss

2010-08-31T06:58:00.002+10:00

dragon riders 4ever!

-LFW

"...feels like I'm walking, on Rusty nails..."

2010-08-26T06:20:00.008+10:00

internet,

yo, what is going on

this one I am sort of a little proud of, also: LAST ROBOT drawing! woo-hoo

though I may do a few more here and there, but mostly, I am trying to branch out again

Kind of looking at this now, and it looks like something from mass-effect. I do love that game, but I really need to start doing my own shit.

peace out

cheers

-LFW

That's better

2010-08-19T18:19:00.002+10:00

second last one

Oh gee, look at that....

2010-08-17T16:15:00.002+10:00

another damn robot, it's almost like that one from above.

maybe it is time to move on to other subjects.

cheers

-LFW

look who it is!

2010-08-13T07:21:00.006+10:00

he just dropped in to say hi for a bit

-LFW

"...this too shall pass..."

2010-08-04T04:30:00.003+10:00

yo internet,

so, this here blog cracked the 40 follower market, then went so far as to grant me 42. Such a blessing for sure.

So there should be some cool stuff coming up soon in regards to that, but still gonna have a think about how best to go about it. I will keep you posted.

cheers to you all

peace

-LFW

"nobody's gonna find ya, if your hinding in the dark..."

2010-08-03T17:49:00.002+10:00

hi internet

LONG TIME NO C

2010-07-16T10:54:00.002+10:00

hello beautiful internet,

It has been a goddam DOG'S AGE since I last updated this blog, mainly because I havn't had ANY access to the internet, but also because my life has been in a state of FLUX, baby!

but maybe this will mean things will start ramping up more regularly, or semi regularly at least

anyway, hope you are all good, and what's this? I now have 39 followers, woo-hoo. DARE we make it FORTY?!?!?!

cheers peeps

-LFW

"is there any way you can do MORE of it?"

2010-05-27T03:50:00.002+10:00

yeah, whatever.

i'll decide to do something new and original and poignant when I am good and ready

peace out good friends

-LFW

"not enuff luv"

2010-05-21T05:45:00.001+10:00

super quick one

-LFW

IRON MAAAAAAAN

2010-05-16T19:18:00.002+10:00

and his bro, war-machine

peace out

-LFW

I pulled this outta my butt

2010-05-11T17:02:00.004+10:00

I really did, background came out great though, foreground not so much. I guess I was kind of trying to channel frazetta a bit considering he has passed away and all.

I will probably re-do it sometime later, but for now, this is the last post for at least the next four weeks, so try and make it last until then.

Edit: well, at least the background keeps coming out better and better (sigh), and about the end I just got fed up trying to figure out what kind of gown to put on her, so just chalk it up to another "princess of mars" type thing.

cheers

-LFW

"This heart attack...."

2010-05-08T05:13:00.001+10:00

dear internet,

I think she fixed these two guys here, so they are like good buddies now.

peace out

-LFW

BARSOOM

2010-05-07T05:57:00.003+10:00

dear internet,

here we can see J-cart about to go postal on some Thark who ain't givin' up shit.

Apparrently there is a movie being made, and Wall-e director andrew stanton is supposed to be making it (cool), so hopefully it will be awsome. I just don't know how they are going to get around everyone being butt naked all the time.

cheerz

-LFW

Edit: there, it is a little bit better and a little less shitty for all

PICTURE 40

2010-05-06T15:25:00.003+10:00

internet,

this is the fortieth picture, many thanks for the all the kind comments, and the people who have been nice enough to follow.

And who knows, maybe there will also be a bit of great and interesting news in the near future
;) hehe

cheers to you all

-LFW

I dunno

2010-04-25T07:23:00.001+10:00

doodoodoodles

2010-04-13T05:59:00.003+10:00

Fading photograph

2010-04-09T14:10:00.003+10:00

Hi internet, been a whiles, I know.

But I wanted to thank you for my 30th follower! thank you very much :)

cheerz

-LFW

something is happenning....

2010-04-03T10:26:00.004+10:00

I'm not sure what, but something is definitely happenning, it could be that it was all a false alarm, haha

-LFW

edit: I fixed something because it looked like shit, can you guess what it is?

Chrome houndz

2010-03-25T16:33:00.002+10:00

okay....NOW I am officially out of cool ideas to do.

and done entirely in painter OMG

cheerz

-LFW

Attack decay sustain release

2010-03-25T05:31:00.004+10:00

This is a bit of a slightly old one, just before I hit shitty times of no inspiration.

So, as you can already tell, I have hit the wall in regards to knowing how to draw and thinking of things to draw, I have literally no cool ideas anymore. I guess everyone goes through this, but for me it is just super annoying. As you can see the "couldn't be bothered juices" were flowing very well.

I did get a trial copy of the new painter 11 recently, so that might be a big contributing factor, it has a lot of features that photoshop doesn't (especially the ability to sketch SO MUCH BETTER and brush tilt) but there are of course some things that photoshop still exceeds at, but now I am finding myself torn between the two. It is a dilemma.

anyway, maybe I will get out of this funk eventually, somehow, so until then expect the quality to drop and the angsty artist whinging to climb to the heavens

cheerz

-LFW

Resonate

2010-03-24T16:21:00.005+10:00

That's all I got, I am officially out of inspiration

Active denial system

2010-03-18T14:01:00.001+10:00

Oh great, not THESE guys!!

2010-03-17T10:56:00.003+10:00

here we go again

cheers

-LFW

Purity Device

2010-03-16T18:19:00.004+10:00

ah batman,

you could have been so much more. Zooming around gotham, solving crimes, building evidence and profiles on crimminals and ilk and chasing them down through clues, but thank goodness for Arkham asylum, bittersweet, yes, but thank goodness it materialized when it did.

Would batman have caught and punished those responsible if he were real I wonder? I guess that is the musings for artists and idealists that try and project justice on an unjust world.

I guess in the end it was good that things turned out the way they did, we all know what happens when TWO batmans are fighting for gotham's attention. The one that knows real ka-ra-tae ends up winning and taking the butler back to bed.

And now I hear in the comics that the dark knight has met his end. Disposed at the hands of some dark seed, no less. The first robin having to fill those large shoes, he'll do a good job of it, I know, but still, those pesky writers seem intent on making him the pussiest batman ever. One wonders where azrael is in these curious times.

Anyway, here's to you, Batman.

-LFW

Dragon....RIIIIIDEERRRRRRSSS

2010-03-08T16:27:00.001+10:00

"slap-down flip-it and reverse-it..."

2010-03-05T10:34:00.003+10:00

yo,

I didn't like the one from before, so I took it down and re-made it into this new slightly less stinky piece of shit, lol.

also, you can't tell, but behind that saddle she isn't wearing any pants or underwear (because I know brihanne likes that sort of thing, lol)

also, stupid chinese spammer bot comments are not welcome

cheers

-LFW

"I want your love and I want your revenge you and me could write a bad romance..."

2010-02-28T12:29:00.003+10:00

ugh, curse you song, staying in my head.

cheers

-LFW

doot doota doot

2010-02-26T09:18:00.001+10:00

"silence is golden..."

2010-02-24T17:34:00.003+10:00

yo internet,

so, I was a bit of a lazy bum and forgot to do this creative blogger award thing.

I think it is a pretty snazzy concept, just a nice little way for some people to show their appreciation and such, a good idea if you ask me.

so, anyhoo, these are the rules to follow etc.

1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award.
2. Copy the award badge and place it on your blog.
3. Link to the person who nominated you for this award.
4. Nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers.
5. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
6. Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.
7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know they have been nominated.

The uber talented Brihanne Drouhard nominated me for it (what a dear) having her do that for the likes of me is definitely humbling in of itself, especially if you see the kind of super professional work that she does (then compare it to my sloppy, and oftentimes messy and wiggly lines).

So THANKS YOOO Brihanne, you are da bees knees, I owe you a smoothie next time I see you (and am fully employed, lol).

so here are seven blogs that I think are very excellent and if you havn't read them yet, you should.

1. Of course, my first choice is My oldest friend Milenko Tunjic. The guy is crazy talented, but at the same time is really down to earth and super funny and easy to get along with, everyone is his friend, and once you meet him, he will be your friend as well, I guarantee it.

2 Claudio Acciari is the greates painter I have ever come across in my life, and is the master of oekkaki. I always enjoy visiting his site and stealing his colour palettes (heh heh)

3. Denis Goulet is my personal hero, and I have had the unique privilidge (along with fellow drawing boarders) of seeing this guys work evolve and grow into pure awsome. He once said that apparrently my work inspires him, but the truth is that his work also greatly inspire's me as well (I guess that could turn into a vicious cycle).

4. Peter Yong is a frickin amazing concept artist and great guy, I have had the privilidge of working with him, but also seeing him go from general all round excellent artist to really fucking good artist that I wish I could paint as well.

5. Jon McNally is also another pretty damn awsome artist, I wish he would draw more comics, I think if he did a graphic novel it would frickin sell in the millions.

6. Phil Rynda, His stuff I really enjoy, just for its sheer simpleness and fun, the bloke can draw.

7. Matt Rhodes is a concept artist at Bioware, I've been a big fan of his stuff since I first came across his concept work for the first Mass effect game back when Bioware and Pando first joined, really killer stuff he does,

whew, man that was hard to choose. Now I gotta comment on all these to let them know (maybe later, yawn).

I won't do the seven interesting things about myself because I'm a pretty boring and two dimensional guy, I guess the only thing I can say is that both of my thumbs are double jointed and can bend in strange ways.

oh, and check this out, I re-did that pic from before....

What do you reckon? Let me know, I hope it looks better and more atmospheric

cheers guys

-LFW

"if you can fit into these, they're yours..."

2010-02-23T14:23:00.002+10:00

internet,

just drawin robots as usual.

I may do something different one day...I hope

"more of the same, except a bit lame..."

2010-02-21T08:19:00.003+10:00

yeah, y'know.

The usual, profile drawings of some girl and some frickin robot, this is the rut that I am in.

Version 1 and version 2 (version 2 lost the little white lighty bits because I accidentally painted the cloak on the same layer)

cheers

-LFW

"any way you want it, that's the way you need it..."

2010-02-19T07:12:00.005+10:00

internet,

the spaceship came out all wonky

And why did she-ra have way better villains?

cheerz

-LFW

blah blah blah......

2010-02-09T12:54:00.002+10:00

Prismism

2010-01-21T16:09:00.003+10:00

yo internet,

here is something I did because I was bored.

I normally am not into the whole Warhammer 40,000 thing (what does the 40,000 even stand for???), I think it is a tad silly, just a bunch of obscure guys talking about the glory of battle and how that their boners are bigger than some othe race's boners, and then everything is all done in the name of some "the emperor" chap, and how they are all willing to die for him or something, sounds a little like brokeback mountain almost, but with dreadnoughts and semi-automatic weapons (I mean, what did this emperor guy do that was so special??).

anyhoo, it has sparked a massive multi-million dollar license with a whole slew of video-games as well to boot, so I'm definitely not one to criticize something that is that successful, but then twighlight is successful also, so I guess the moral of the story is anything can be successful as long as you are best friends with the people who have all the money, haha.

cheers my friends, take care of yourselves

-LFW

One more

2010-01-20T10:19:00.001+10:00

Mr. Internet,

a delivery for you

peace out my friends.

-LFW

"two kinds of right"

2010-01-12T05:23:00.007+10:00

hi internet,

that's all for now

peace out

-LFW

"Don't stop believing..."

2010-01-07T16:03:00.003+10:00

2010 internet, omigoshthisisinsaneletshaveabarbeque.

So here is my first drawing and post for 2010.

yeah, a robot, and lights, and that damn brush again, but whatever, I am slowly making my way up the differnt light sources scale, I may get up to three at some point mid year.

Also, these little quick paintings are kinda generic with their staging. Lamesauce. I sure do miss the good old pencil, paper, and scanner combo so bad.

Okay internet, hope you are not too hung over or anything (I think I said that last year as well, will we ever learn?) another whole new year to get up to shenanigans for sure.

cheers to you

peace out.

-LFW

"...I'm so 2008, you so 2000 and late..."

2010-01-01T06:07:00.005+10:00

OMG internet, it is nearly 2010, where did 2009 go? It just happenned SO fast.

anyhoo, I think there is maybe one thing that is of note that happenned this year (or two things I guess) and that is pando studios getting the hella shut down, old school. Great times internet (but maybe not for those who worked hard there for so many years).

but yeah, sucky year, thank god it is over.

anyways, I'm looking forward to 2010, hopefully lotsa exciting things will be happenning in this year, and the best part is: it starts tommorrow! omg.

so here is my last two little sketches of the year, next year I will have to sign everything as lfw '10 which will be sort of strange, but I don't know why, too bad my name isn't ben, then that would infringe on copyright or something.

This is just a shitty little john carter of mars thing I whipped up, and also a lil sketch of somesuch sci-fi thing.

cheers internet, See you next year.

peace out to you doods

-LFW

Brain thrust mastery

2009-12-28T05:29:00.006+10:00

hey internet,

nearly the end of the year, not sure what you asked for christmas, but I asked for good things to come my way (and a more steady job) I couldn't find any of those things under the tree, but I guess santa is waiting for them to arrive from the outlet store that he ordered them from, so maybe they will get here in jan or something, oh oh, and I also asked for a new bike and MASS EFFECT 2! I hope I get those soon also, hehe.

anyhoo, here are some christmas presents from me to you, internet, because you've been good ALL year....

I think space dragon just wants to be robot's friend, but robot doesn't seem keen on it.

Skull knight is kinda brooding here, he has his sheild and his helmet, but I think maybe he lost his sword somewhere, poor guy.

Skull knight, I think is slightly based on an old game I used to play, but still an excellent concept (like that other game, DEMONS SOOOOUUUUUULLSS, I hear it is a hella hard game).

Also, i saw that james cameron movie avatar, and it was pretty rockin internet. I liked it a LOT! some people were hating on it, but whatever, I liked that it had a simple story, and the CG was the goddam best I had seen in a while (so realistic), it didn't fall into uncanny valley territory once.

anyway, peace out internet, only a few days until 2010, I hope that will be the year they release to jet pack and flying car.

cheers

-LFW

"is like that, and that the way it is...."

2009-12-25T13:44:00.003+10:00

a quicky one for you guys, internet....

I think I like this particular brush, internet. I dunno why, but I seem to draw better digitally with it in general, expect me to be using it a lot more and you all getting bored with it to the point of hate mail (hate-male?)

okay, Merry christ's-mass

cheers

-lfw

nearly there

2009-12-23T11:25:00.003+10:00

it's nearly christmas, internet. And soon after, it will be 2010.

Dude, 2009 was not a good year, I think the last decade kinda stunk really bad, but "they" say that the next decade will be better, so I hope those elusive "they's" are right this one time. I don't think I could go through another ten years of shitty times.

Here's a little something I whipped up super quick. I miss the days when I could just draw something on a piece of paper with my favourite mech pencil (or pacer), scan it in, and have good times, doing stuff digitally really sucks ass a little bit.

okay, Hope I live to see you next year internet, here's to 2012 not coming early or anything like that

peace out, as always.....

-LFW

"either a sweet dream, or a beautiful nightmare"

2009-12-17T14:05:00.003+10:00

golden-bot will be your friend.

also, eleven followers now, sweet

cheers you guyz

-LFW

I'm happy for you, and Imma let you finish....

2009-12-14T13:48:00.002+10:00

...but lord of the rings had the greatest orks of all time.

OF ALL TIME!

-Lfw

I just thought I should post these

2009-12-08T14:53:00.003+10:00

Yo internet,

these were just sitting around as well, so I thought I should post them on here.

not sure about the robot with the lady, I think I kinda screwed it up or something.

Anyway, that's that for the moment. Hope you are doing good milenko, talk to the rest of you all soon as well internet.

peace out peeps

-LFW

happy tidings in Grim times

2009-12-07T12:06:00.004+10:00

yo internet, how are things? hope you are doing well.

Anyway, as usual life is a huge rollercoaster, blah blah, how blaze, here are some pics for you guys.

cheers doods

-LFW

As usual, CRAZY TIMES!

2009-10-21T10:47:00.011+10:00

yo internet,

what is happenning yo? as always, these are wild times that I am living in (that we all are, I guess.) Has it been a month since my last post again?!?! omg I am sorry. Apologies abound, definitely.

These are just some random sketches of late. Some sort of spidey is in there, and some inspector thing solving the case of the birds and the bees, lol.

why is there this naked lady???!!?!? I have noo idea, maybe the colour white of her skin made a good design element at the time, my mind was just wandering, internet.

With these ones, I dunno, I was sorta fixated on this ocre colour for some reason. That one with the big swamp monster? who knows, maybe this dude goes tooling around on his hawg and beats up supernaturals with his chain like in that shitty series "supernatural" where they randomly assign cliched dumb names to everything in a vain attempt to sound like professionals or something. And then pointlessly empty bullets into a ghost.

and I was just trying out this new splatter brush I came across, it is definitely an interesting brush.

here is one last one, maybe a robot or something, with an exploding heart.

cheers my peeps

-LFW

Btw: Brutal legend is frickin epic, I played it at a friends house, and it is super mad awsome.

Random AWSOME times (and the drawings that match)

2009-09-05T07:35:00.004+10:00

Yo internet, man, I do not hang out with you much, I know. Here are the sketches of apology, please accept them, lol.

A LOT has been happenning as usual, but shhhh, i can't tell you what I have been up to just yet, but as usual, my life is this awsome little roller coaster ride full of doughnuts, high speed boat chases, and just random occurances. It is definitely good to be alive right now, and living it up, that is for sure.

I have not done so much travelling since I was sixteen and my parents dragged me off to europe, man that was a time of travelling, and this is too, no ties can be both sad but good thing, internet.

anyway, I will tell you about my awsome adventures soon, but as you can tell from my lack of hanging out with you on this blog, I just can't find the time like I used to, but hopefully things will be settling down soon

okay cheers guyz, peace and all that

word

-LFW

One year on

2009-08-18T09:23:00.006+10:00

hi internet,

been a while, I know, as always, busy busy busy.

I think this time last year I was hitting a low, feeling pretty negative. But hey, that was the past, so one year on, lets do some positive charicatures, of some very talented doods...

THIS guy is always a pleasure to talk to, because everytime I walked away from a conversation with him, I always walked away having learned something new, and we both shared a passion for video games. A very talented designer (I'm surprised no-one has made him a lead designer or creative director).

I'm not in the policy of putting names to my charicatures (incase I do a bad job), but I think donnie wouldn't mind. He's an interesting one, let me tell you (and one of the hardest to draw!) I spent a LOT of time trying hard to remember the specifics of donnie's face. He's this strange mix of caucasian/japanese/asian/eskimo, yet he looks like such a handsome devil to all the ladieez. Getting his look and personality down just right was one hell of challenge (even weirder considering how good of a friend he is) There are a lot of things in this I don't think I got right, the nose being one of them.

Donnie is pretty popular with everyone he meets though, but you'd never guess it from first meeting him, he's a very quiet and reserved guy, very polite as well, and pretty jaded by the world. I think he just triggers people's pity mechanism and they want to help him get out of whatever trouble they think he might be in. He's also a really funny guy.

But he's living the dream now, he's married and he's bought a house! good work mate!

This guy! man, this guy is awsome. And one of three canadians I actually like in the whole world (all other canadians aside from the three that I know are complete cock-jockeys(tm) aside from the three's extended families and friends of course). I hope I got his face right, my visual memory of him is so dim!

I respect this dude because he used to serve in the army! he could kill me seven ways before I'd hit the floor!

But he loves comics, so we both love comics, and we both love good art as well, and he is a talented fellow as well, so he lets me live if I can show him some good comics that I've bought, it is a good trade off.

Another talented designer, who is every bit the quintessential Aussie fellow! true blue to the core. He is also very vindicated in his views, he doesn't mince his words and is always to the point (which I greatly respect). I'm glad I got to meet him.

ARASH! I always love shootin' the shit with arash, he is a damn funny dood, and I know he likes reading this blog. I hear he is teaching the kids of tommorrow how to make games! man, those kids will just be kickin my ass when they get out of school! hope your doing well arash.

There are more, but these are the faces I could remember the most (and draw at least credibly). There are so many other talented homies out there that I had to privilige of working with, here's hoping they found great new fame and fortune.

okay guys, thanks for reading

peace and all that, word.

-LFW

(and no milenko, you can't show this around like last time, okay? having this blog go viral once is enough)

RANDOMS! and...randoms

2009-07-19T13:13:00.007+10:00

Hai guyz,

I have been up to a few things, here and there. It's kinda a bit of fun.

I saw Harry potter 6 the other day as well, it is definitely a different kind of film, though it was weird that all of a sudden he was gettin' it on with his buddy's little sister (but she was kinda cute) and man, that emma watson is pretty damn cute as well. And that chick with the blond hair (I think her name is luna lovegood) she plays her part really well, she is kinda hilarious but also kooky, and..of course, very cute.

So, uh...harry potter 6 is just brimming with cute girls, it could almost be likend to a live action version of anime, but also watch it for the story, as that is good too (and much better than transformers, BY FAR).

okay, cheers guys, will chat again soon

peace

-LFW

Ladieez and their robots

2009-07-13T11:00:00.004+10:00

Hay guyz,

I do keep my promises

Also, I finally saw the transformers movie the other day, I dunno what it was that was wrong about it, but I had a hard time keeping track of what was going on, and the rapper twin bots were just annoying (what was Bay thinking?!?!).

up next: not sure, suggestions are welcome though.

cheers doods, hopefully it will be less than three months until the next time I update

as always

-LFW

Stand by the side of the river, and watch the bodies of your enemies float by

2009-07-07T12:00:00.004+10:00

Yo my dudes, what is up?
I'm on a bit of a spaceship kick atm, just gettin it outta the system.

What have I been up to for the last three months? not a lot, but too much to mention at the same time, it has been a CRAAAAZY time for me, that is for sure, but also super exciting like the best adventure.

Still no internet though, but I AM posting this via SOMEONE ELSES internet, so shhhh.

Peace out my wicked people. I know I say this a lot, but rad robots and cute girls up next post, I PROMISE.

cheers

-LFW

BARRAGE!

2009-07-07T11:52:00.009+10:00

Hi,
how are you guys?

word

Shit

2009-04-22T17:28:00.002+10:00

things are still sort of f'cked up atm, but hold on tight and don't worry, hopefully soon I will tell you all about my homeless adventures, lol.

sorry, but no drawings this post, naturally. hopefully you will understand

cheers as always sirs

-LFW

LIZARD WIZZARD

2009-03-15T07:17:00.000+10:00

What are Lizard wizard's hopes for the future?

Peace my homies, to you and your kind.

-LFW