Colonel Muster

Memorial Piece

2008-12-24T20:13:00.000-08:00

So this is a piece I am doing for my girlfriend for xmas. Sadly her mother passed away over the summer and I decided I would do a memorial piece of sorts. Its only about a third of the way done as of yet but I'll keep posting as progress is made. It should be done by friday so watch out! Comments and critques welcome, it may be too late for some but fire away haha.

*Edit* This sucker is done. Check it.

Jack the Ripper

2008-12-23T13:22:00.000-08:00

Since I'm never really on here, I just saw the thing about Jack the Ripper, and I thought it was for December 23rd. I was a little confused, because "Sunday" and the "23rd" were not the same thing in December. But, I decided to give it the go ahead, because I had this great idea so that I could use some scratchboard I have. Now, the reason I wanted to use the scratchboard is because my uncle, who is a janitor, saw that his high school was throwing away a lot of scratchboard. A lot. I'm talking packets and packets of 50 sheets each scratchboard. He thought it would be nice to give them to me so that I could use them. ... I'm never going to use up all this scratchboard, but now I at least have used one piece. It didn't work how I expected, and I was really hoping it was the silver backed kind, but it wasn't. It was a little hard to control, very flakey, but I suppose that forced me to loosen up and not make the finished piece too tight. I've posted my original idea, the picture of my brother that I used for reference, and the scratchboard piece. I apologize that 19th century English Jack the Ripper is holding a katana... or whatever they're called. Also, since it appears I'm the only one who did it, I think I should get to pick the next theme.

First Attempt At Oil

2008-12-21T09:57:00.001-08:00

I just bought myself some oils and decided to play around, seeing as how I've never touched the stuff. I've decided that I really like oil a lot, due to the extended drying time and how I can really blend colors. So, here's my first attempt of a sunrise on the Lincoln river by my house. I decided to play around with limited colors just so I could get used to it. Lemme know what you think!

Grumpy Santa!

2008-12-07T11:46:00.000-08:00

Helloooo! Here is a Grumpy Santa that I sold at Noel Night! :D

Thank you.

A night study

2008-12-05T09:03:00.000-08:00

So in light of our lectures from Casey..

I was driving up to East Lansing last night and with the moon shining on the snow covered fields around me I took a mental snap shot. Heres that transfered in to Painter. Enjoy

Perry, MI 12-4-08

Casey

2008-11-26T13:19:00.000-08:00

Baird

2008-11-13T19:01:00.000-08:00

Not to be confused for an attempt at Jack, this is just a quick illustrator project I did recently. An evil wizard by the name of Baird from my live action role playing game.

Challenge of the week

2008-11-12T17:37:00.001-08:00

So we are talking about doing a topic of the week where we take turns with picking a theme and then go at it and see what happens. Approach it any way you want, whether it be character design, sketches, graphic design, or any style of illustration you want. I use the word challenge not to imply direct competition but simply to see how far you can take an idea in the span of a week and kick its ass. Don't wait until you are done with the last final product and just put up your shiny masterpiece, but post up any progress work as you have it and we can work through the it as per the endless professorial lectures on "progress work". Since we are starting off on a thrusday night, Ill give people a couple of days to see this first post and then set a standing due date for any and all work to be sunday midnight. If this works out we can take turns and keep sunday the standing date for finished work and have the idea picked out for the next week a couple days in advance.

Our first challenge topic will be "Jack the Ripper". Due Sunday 23rd, Midnight.

So get going and lets see what youve got.

~Charles McKinnon

2008-11-12T09:55:00.000-08:00

Just a quick 15 minute study while I take a break from writing. Enjoy!

2008-11-04T18:29:00.000-08:00

This is my first attempt to get in to digital work so feel free to give all the critique you want. Tell me which variation you prefer!

2008-11-04T12:54:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the Colonel Muster blog. This blog is for anything and everything you happen to be working on. Feel free to post finished work, process work, or just ideas.