Shameless Self-Promotion: David Bowie/Pan's Labyrinth Mash-Up

This is another one of those posts that don't exactly fit the category, but is a sort of self-promotion, nonetheless.  But, also sort of humbling, too.  One may go so far as to coin a term as to being both humble and bragging at the same time--a "humble-brag", if you will.  What's that, it's already a term?  And it's a term that's been around for over 15 years, coined by the late comedic writer and actor, Harris Wittels?  Huh, who'da thunkit?  One may also say I'm humblebragging that I knew the origins of the neologism (all that listening to "Comedy Bang Bang" finally paid off).  Anyhoo...  Why am I wasting time with all this nonsense when there is posting to be done?  Onward!

Here is a redux of the Mash-Up by Stephanie B. (name withheld to protect the guilty!)  :-P

Stephanie B. is a great fan of the movie "Labyrinth", and somehow found my mash-up of David Bowie as Jareth the Goblin King in "Labyrinth" with the Pale Man from "Pan's Labyrinth".  Much to my delight, she was inspired enough by it to do a "diamond painting", giving it her own, unique spin--and she was kind enough to send me a picture of the finished project.  I really like the way it looks like a 16-bit conversion, giving it a real nostalgic, retro video-game feel!  It almost makes me almost think there must be an alternate universe in which Nintendo NES did a game for "David Bowie in 'Pan's Labyrinth'"...

While Stephanie said is wasn't necessary to include any links (she already shared the picture with her friends and family), I do want to thank her for sending me a picture of her hard work.  She did a really amazing job on it!  Thanks, Stephanie!

And here is the original digital painting I did in Photoshop...

I admit, it's pretty cool to see a reinterpretation of one's work.  Familiar, yet so different.

Well, enough patting myself on the back over the work that someone else did...  Back to my regularly scheduled, ultra-nerdy posts when it is time for "Unwanted Valentines" to make their triumphant (?) return for 2019!  Be there AND be square!

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This! Is! 2019! - Happy New Year - 2019!

Happy New Year!

It's another year already?  What the heck happened to the previous one?  Gone too soon, gone too soon...  Anyhoo, Happy New Year!

I want to take a moment to thank everyone who has stopped by to briefly glance at my modest site--It is all greatly appreciated, more than you know!

I have plenty of resolutions in the fire, and lots of irons to break.  Oh, wait, reverse that: I have plenty of resolutions in irons and and fires to break!  Um, that isn't right, either.  D'oh!  

Happy New Year to all and I wish you all the best!

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STEP ONE:  Here are the quickly scribbled digital pencils, done in Clip Studio Paint, on a 1,500px by 2,100px at 300dpi canvas.

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STEP TWO:  I got a couple gift cards for the holidays, which I used to get a new art program to play with, Rebelle 3.  It is interesting, and much closer to using actual watercolor digitally, as well as acrylic painting.  The program is a little limited, but has a few tricks it does really well.  I prefer inking in Clip Studio Paint, chalk/charcoal in Painter 2018, watercolor/acrylic in Rebelle 3, and re-sizing in Photoshop.  Sigh, that's too many programs!  :-S

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Done with Clip Studio Paint and Rebelle 3

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