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space cadet II

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"Ryder, Ryder, you're needed back at dump HQ, over."

This painting and Space Cadet were loosely inspired by Mario Bava's Planet of the Vampires, one of the most exquisitely art-directed films ever made. Perfectly framed shots combine high opera poses with the clarity of Steranko panels. The camera makes effortless, angular glides past elegant instrument banks and down the vaults and corridors of Bava's soundstage spaceship. The leather S&M catsuits with extravagant wing collars and asymmetrical zippers worn by the male model spacemen and zaftig spacewomen occupy a dimension beyond pulp. As ludicrous as the dialogue gets you can't take your eyes off those costumes.

CCDS montage

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Have been fooling around with a oekaki style drawing utility for a series of posts on the Computers Club Drawing Society website. The above montage was screencapped from my Windows 7 image viewer. All of the above drawings have been posted to CCDS except the bottom right one--I deleted it and made changes to it in MSPaint.

The above images are reduced/softened so you don't get the full effect of the old school black and white fill patterns that you get in the originals. It's been interesting to work with a program that's more painterly than I'm used to, though the drawings seem to be going in a cartoon direction.