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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Sketches: Steele in the Dark

This picture was born from a suggestion from a fan at the SteeleWatchers Facebook group. The challenge was to come up with the punchline. Having screened several B&E themed scenes from a dozen episodes, I saw the most potential in the season 2 "High Flying Steele".

Up until recently, I have been using my pocket sketchbook. I was hoping to use a full-sized sketch pad for this project. It ended up badly. Perhaps I was not used to texture of the drawing surface. Perhaps I had the wrong grade pencil. Anyway, I ended up using some storyboard paper I had lying around, made 4 individual drawings and did up the composition in GIMP.

I adjusted the scale for each to fit the size of the image. All the sketches were scanned to 600 dpi (very big jpeg files). When scaled down, I wouldn't lose too much detail. I used a simple colour fill for the background. As it turned out, I didn't have room to add any more details.

Saturday, January 6, 2018

Older Sketches

My Art: A Chronological Journey





In 1991, my right hand got caught in a door. The pain in my middle finger was so great, I could not write with it for a week.

That summer, I started to draw. At first, I just had 2 Star Trek magazines given to me. I started to make sketches of the portraits.

When The X-Files came along, I was working odd hours. So I taped every episode. I started to draw from the freeze frames.

By the time, I started work in the animation industry, a colleague chose a few of my drawings for my portfolio. At this time, I was buying more magazines with my paycheck. A couple years later, I even sold 2 drawings.

That was not enough incentive to make it as an artist. Even though I did take art classes, I wouldn't have been able to handle the rejection.

Fast forward to 2003, I am still making a living in animation. I would buy sketchbooks and pencils (medium of choice) to fuel my hobby. A few summers later, I would be invited to paint a decoration on canvas walls.

Sure I can draw. I might even display my drawings from time to time, but I don't ever want to make money from it any more.

Thursday, January 4, 2018

How They Got There


I've been thinking about writing one for 2 whole years. Watching the only show I've ever taped whenever I was in between jobs, and once in reverse order, it was just always on my mind.

Doggett and Reyes being left out of The X-Files post season 9, made me wonder even more about them. I had originally wanted to do a 'where are they now' story, but that's already been done. It took a re-watch of the 5 episodes that gave us their shared history, including their penultimate episode Release that really inspired me to write a prequel just for them.

Come What May
Author: loneguppy
X-Files
English, Rated: K
General
Characters: J. Doggett, M. Reyes
Chapters: 1, Words: 865, Reviews: 0, Rated: K, Complete
Before the X-Files, Monica and John had a casual night out together in New York.

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

That Time David Hewlett Made Us All Cry

I imagined our courtship so many times...
 ... it's as if it really happened. [Awww!]

Spoilers for those who have not caught up to season 11 of Murdoch Mysteries.

Beginnings of a Serial

This coin was just the start of the mystery
The first of many. In this story, I present Sally 'Minor' Descoine. First introduced in the Remington Steele season two episode Elegy in Steele. I am planning to have a deeper look into her past and what is in her agenda for the Steele's. It remains one of my current projects for time being.

Steele Here, To Keep You Warm
Author: loneguppy
Remington Steele
English, Rated: K
Mystery/Hurt/Comfort
Chapters: 3, Words: 3,374, Reviews: 7, Rated: K, Complete
Vacation plans gone awry. Not everything is as it seems, when the Steele's tried to take a break from work.

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My aspiration is to be better at telling stories. I only need a pencil and paper.