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.
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
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
Beginnings of a Serial
This coin was just the start of the mystery |
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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- Xindilini
- My aspiration is to be better at telling stories. I only need a pencil and paper.