Hi all! I’m stopping by to give you an update on our project. The first illustration is coming along nicely. Hopefully by this time next week i will have the finished piece along with the permission to show it and sell prints!
The two images below are a small sample of the atmosphere of this first piece.
I hope you guys are intrigued by these little views of the the first Grotesque Moi! image!
Grotesque Moi! is an illustration project that involves you the fan and collector in the finished image. Your are in control of the the creature and how much of your image is represented in the final piece. If you aren’t sure what you want but definitely want to be a part of this fantastic project, I can help you come up with the details. This is a by commission project. For more details please check in Grotesque Moi! #2 and in my Store Front. Also, Before purchasing a tier, please contact me by email to go over the contract. Once it is complete you will be able to purchase the tier and begin the illustration process. Richard.Thaxton@xtillos.com
Welcome to Grotesque Moi! An Illustration project with you the fan and collector in mind. Inside you will find yourself transformed into your favorite fantasy creature! As your guide and illustrator, I will help you find the best hybridized image of yourself as your fantasy creature. When completed you will receive your illustration digitally printed on a 16″ x 20″ canvas ready for you to frame. Each completed purchase of a tier will set aside a block of my time to create your fantasy creature illustration. Below is a breakdown of each tier.
Please Note!
Before purchasing a tier, please contact me by email to go over the contract. Once it is complete you will be able to purchase the tier and begin the illustration process. Richard.Thaxton@xtillos.com
Tier 1
First level commission for the Grotesque Moi! project. The business contract will be negotiated before any work starts. This work will be produced through a digital media painting method. This canvas will be illustrated vertically. Character is in a full body illustration. The background is subdued in a slightly out of focus vignette style. Completed purchase will include one 16″x20″ canvas print of the illustration, one 8″x10″ glossy stock print of the illustration, one glossy stock XT Illos/Grotesque Moi! postcard and one glossy stock XT Illos/Grotesque Moi! business card.
Tier 2
Second level commission for Grotesque Moi! project. The business
contract will be negotiated before any work starts. This work will be
produced through a digital media painting method. This canvas will be
illustrated vertically. Character is in a full body illustration. It
has minimally illustrated foreground and background. Completed purchase
will include one 16″x20″ canvas print of the illustration, one 8″x10″
glossy stock print of the illustration, one glossy stock XT
Illos/Grotesque Moi! postcard and one glossy stock XT Illos/Grotesque
Moi! business card.
Tier 3
Third level commission for Grotesque Moi! project. The business contract
will be negotiated before any work starts. This work will be produced
through a digital media painting method. This canvas will be illustrated
vertically. Character is in a full body illustration. It has a fully
illustrated foreground and background. Completed purchase will include
one 16″x20″ canvas print of the illustration, one 8″x10″ glossy stock
print of the illustration, one glossy stock XT Illos/Grotesque Moi!
postcard and one glossy stock XT Illos/Grotesque Moi! business card.
Tier 4
Forth level commission for Grotesque Moi! project. The business contract
will be negotiated before any work starts. This work will be produced
through a digital media painting method. This canvas will be illustrated
horizontally. Multiple characters up to 5 are in full body
illustrations. It has a fully illustrated foreground and background.
Completed purchase will include one 16″x20″ canvas print of the
illustration, one 8″x10″ glossy stock print of the illustration, one
glossy stock XT Illos/Grotesque Moi! postcard and one glossy stock XT
Illos/Grotesque Moi! business card.
Glossy Print
This is a quality art print of one of Grotesque Moi!’s illustrations.
The image is corrected to 8″ x 10″ and is suitable for framing. Please
allow up to two weeks for order processing. Thank you!
I look forward to creating your fantasy creature illustrations! Thank you for stopping by!
The first contract is in and I’ve got the illustration started. Once I have the Illustration completed I will post here for you to see the results. Here are the line drawings of examples of some types of creatures that can be used to make your illustrations.
I’m working on the pricing for the different media for this project. In the meantime, I thought I would give you more information on this project.
I chose the word grotesque because of the mixing of human and different creatures. These hybrids are not necessarily hideous in nature. Quite the contrary in most cases. There are mermaids, harpies, gorgons, faeries, draconians and many other.
I have pieces that I will start posting after the first of the year so that you will have examples of the type of work you can expect.
Fingers crossed for the pricing and where the project sales will be posted. I’m very excited about the potential of this work! Broadcasting news of this it is critical to bring it to life. Please help by sharing my posts throughout your social media. Every little bit helps. Thank you in advance!
I’ve been working on some rough sketches for a project. I hope to start it the first quarter of next year. It will have many creatures classified as grotesques! It will be an interactive project where you can be part of the creation of this work! If you’ve ever wanted to be in a piece of fantasy art, this project is what you’ve been waiting for.
You get to decide the creature that you would like to become. Also, you will choose how much the creature resembles you. I will take your characteristics and blend them with your creature choice! The level of the transformation will be up to you. The range is from your likeness to total creature, or somewhere in between. The choices are totally yours.
I can help you choose if you’re not sure what creature you like. I can also help with the level of the transformation. With some other details we can bring your creature to life! Well, at least the image of your creature. The scene, illustration technique and color options are also open choices.
Line drawings of some of the creatures will be posted in the next up date. These will be For reference and to start things off. Also, in the next posting, I will provide a rate chart so you can decide what level of illustration you will choose.
As examples I’ve used myself to show how this will work.
I have finally finished my latest commissioned tattoo design and got the green light to share from the owner. This was interesting in many ways. The owner wanted the pocket watch to represent the the date including year, night time indicator and the time of course. Per their request the name is not posted here. The image would be turned horizontally for an outer forearm tattoo on the right arm with pocket watch being at the wrist and the name running from the sunflower to the pocket watch at the bottom.
The blending of nature and mechanical was a small challenge. I decided to let the links of the chain be the transition point. Because I wanted there to be a level of realism, each link had to be created individually so the shading would come out right. I wound up using the IPad Pro for part and Manga Studio for the rest.
I felt an update has been long overdue. I’ll start with this. It’s been a few weeks since my mom passed. Earlier that week I found out that my dad has cancer in his lungs and lymph nodes. Smoking cigars is what brought this on. He started his first of 3 rounds of chemo and radiation last week.They had been divorced for more years than they were married. My dad had remarried. My mom didn’t.
I credit Edgar Rice Burroughs for instigating my desire to create fantasy art. Long before this my dad introduced me to his hero’s. The stories about Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, Hop Along Cassidy, Lash LaRue and the Lone Ranger are his favorites. We would watch the reruns on tv. We would catch Star Trek, Superman, Batman, the Green Hornet, the 6 Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman. Favorite Saturday morning cartoons were Hercules, the Roadrunner, Speed Racer and Astro Boy. My brothers and I learned to love these great stories.
I get creativity from both sides of my family but the stories of the fantastic come from my dad. His side also gives me musical abilities which my daughter gets to explore in college and maybe even a career. We get more than our last name from my dad. As I mentioned it an early post, he made us the first generation in our line to pell out name as Thaxton. Another interesting thing is how much he wanted me to go into the sign business. Funny thing is that illustrating is somewhat like designing signs. You help others visualize a concept in both.
Thanks, Pops, opening this fantastic world for me,
I’ve had a lot going on, lately. With work and my art, its been tough to squeeze out time to create. My daughter and I began our yearly adventure at Dragon Con.
Friday night after I got off work we went to pick up our badges with a close friend of hers. After getting the badges we decided for them to checkout a K-Pop event. My phone has been giving me problems lately. The map wouldn’t function and I was getting calls that either wouldn’t open, wouldn’t connect, drop calls or failed messages.
When I got a better signal my wife was able to get a message through. Someone was knocking at our door at home but it was late and she didn’t want to answer while she was by herself. Shortly after another couple of messages came through.
The last one was telling me that my Mom had died. We left immediately.It was so hard to keep it together all the way back home. I waited to tell my wife and daughter until we were home together.
It was very difficult to keep everything together. We were able to get to her house and see her before they took her. Her health hasn’t been good but this was a shock for us all.
The thing is we were going to visit on Monday to talk to her about my father recently developing lung cancer. This has been the hardest week of my life.
This is one of Ma’s proudest moments. In 1983, when I graduated high school, Ma also graduated with her GED.
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