Alex Robinson's Blog, page 124
March 12, 2012
Here's the completed poster for the Spanish comics...
Here's the completed poster for the Spanish comics festival I'll be attending at the end of the month. Nos vemos allí!
March 11, 2012
thedailywhat:
Marketing Campaign of the Day: This brilliant...
Marketing Campaign of the Day: This brilliant promotion for the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra by photographer Bjoern Ewers shines a perspective-reexamining light on the interiors of musical instruments, which, incidentally, look like they would make rather amazing concert halls.
See the rest here.
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March 8, 2012
March 7, 2012
intnorbertcon:
Would you believe it took almost 17 years before...
Would you believe it took almost 17 years before Alex Robinson (@ARobTwit) thought to draw Norbert like Chewbacca?
Make with the clicky-linky to see more of the collection.
March 6, 2012
A subtle Paul-is-Dead clue I never noticed.
A subtle Paul-is-Dead clue I never noticed.
Here's something: a fun page from my abandoned story...
Here's something: a fun page from my abandoned story Career Killer, featuring Marla the Barbarian from my Lower Regions. I got eighty pages into the story and lost interest, much to my dismay. I revisited Marla and company later but abandoned that story as well. I think in the future I would have to work with someone who would be in charge of the plot. I love drawing monsters and fighting but I'm apparently not as good at coming up with an actual story.
March 5, 2012
March 4, 2012
chrispetescia:
Ralph McQuarrie, remembered
"McQuarrie's...
"McQuarrie's expansive body of work — including character, creature, vehicle, and setting designs for A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi — has left an indelible mark on the world's imagination, creating what can only be called the unmistakable 'Star Wars aesthetic."
Ralph McQuarrie was probably the first artist whose name I learned. When I was a kid it sometimes bothered me that his paintings sometimes weren't quite "right" (that is, consistent with the movie) but all these decades later his art has become iconic in its own right. Goodbye, funnyman…
I just reread 'Tricked' for the first time in about five years. For all the detail and world building you put into the book (love all those fake celeb names), you leave plenty to our imaginations in regards to 'The Tricks' themselves. Which bands influence
I intentionally left the details of their music vague to allow the reader to imagine what they sounded like. I also definitely wanted to avoid any lyrics since song lyrics are almost always clunky out of a musical context.
Personally, I can see them as a power-pop act along the lines of Elvis Costello and the Attractions (and Mr. Costello certainly inspired Ray Beam's look).
I've always enjoyed reading biographies and other books about pop music, even musicians or bands I only have a passing interest in, so I drew on a lot of different sources when it came to filling out the sketchy details of the band. I looked to The Police for an example of a band that released relatively few albums but still became huge stars. I took the idea of a crazy, doomed drummer from that band with the crazy, doomed drummer whose name escapes me. An early version of the story had Ray being a much more reclusive Lennon-esque figure so he was definitely a model (especially when it came to his rivalry with his old band-mate who had a more popular touch).
You will be happy to learn that from time to time I've considered revisiting The Tricks but have never really gotten beyond the doodling stage. 2015 will mark ten years since the book was published, so maybe that will give me a good excuse to see what Ray has been up to.
Thanks for the question!
I just reread 'Tricked' for the first time in about five years. For all the detail and world building you put into the book (love all those fake celeb names), you leave plenty to our imaginations in regards to 'The Tricks' themselves. Which bands influence
I intentionally left the details of their music vague to allow the reader to imagine what they sounded like. I also definitely wanted to avoid any lyrics since song lyrics are almost always clunky out of a musical context.
Personally, I can see them as a power-pop act along the lines of Elvis Costello and the Attractions (and Mr. Costello certainly inspired Ray Beam's look).
I've always enjoyed reading biographies and other books about pop music, even musicians or bands I only have a passing interest in, so I drew on a lot of different sources when it came to filling out the sketchy details of the band. I looked to The Police for an example of a band that released relatively few albums but still became huge stars. I took the idea of a crazy, doomed drummer from that band with the crazy, doomed drummer whose name escapes me. An early version of the story had Ray being a much more reclusive Lennon-esque figure so he was definitely a model (especially when it came to his rivalry with his old band-mate who had a more popular touch).
You will be happy to learn that from time to time I've considered revisiting The Tricks but have never really gotten beyond the doodling stage. 2015 will mark ten years since the book was published, so maybe that will give me a good excuse to see what Ray has been up to.
Thanks for the question!
