Join for FREE | Take the Tour Lost Password?
Shop deviantART for the
holidays and save BIG!
Click here! :holly:
[x]

deviantART

:woohoo:
 

Mainline by *DocRedfield:iconDocRedfield:

Categories Traditional Art > Drawings > People

Buy This Print
©2006-2009 *DocRedfield
:icondocredfield:

Artist's Comments

This is the Blues. Or at least, this is one visual interpretation with artistic license of the blues, courtesy of your friendly neighborhood Scott P. 'Doc' Vaughn. What can I say, I like trains, I love old signs and lost places, and I love drawing beautiful women. This was interesting for me as a project as it was some things I wanted to try on several levels; This type of hatching, a full-page composition of a scene, and I hadn't tried a steam engine in years. I'm pretty damn satisfied on all of this. I plan to show this at a First Friday art walk in Nov. 06, so I rushed this ahead of some other projects... I hope you like.

I made the print sepia... which version do you guys like better? Lemme know...
Music listened to while drawing this: Title derived from an Indigenous song. Also, Robert Johnson, BB King, Zep, Doors, Stones, John Lee Hooker...

The train was just a photo I found online, which I lost the link to. The train crossing sign was from a b/w photo I took in Brownwood Texas at a set of tracks across from the cemetary where Robert E. Howard is buried.
Pen ank ink, about 15-20 hours. 8x10ish
Stock used: [link]
Inspiration on artistic style comes from my dA friends, especially:

Comments


love 4 4 joy 1 1 wow 2 2 mad 0 0 sad 0 0 fear 0 0 neutral 0 0
:iconvooshe:
Mood: Love ~Vooshe Oct 26, 2006, 12:03:46 AM
*drool* i love your art...
marry me?
:icondocredfield:
*DocRedfield Oct 26, 2006, 12:12:15 AM
HAHA, wow, I've never got THAT reaction before. Its rather sweet. Course, I am married, and you're 17, but that's hardly stopped artists before, right? :rofl: Seriously, thanks for being the first to comment/fave this - I'm really glad you like it. :) :hug:

--
-Doc Redfield (dA Gallery: [link])
"Nothing is Impossible... until proven otherwise."
Scott P. 'Doc' Vaughn's site: [link]
Official Hero-Lore site: [link]
:iconvooshe:
~Vooshe Oct 26, 2006, 12:21:55 AM
ahh never mind, not too sure my boyfriend would be pleased either lol
well its really cool you gotsa do a tutorial mate!!!
:iconfaile35:
*faile35 Oct 26, 2006, 12:47:58 AM
Scott, this is a masterpiece. I am in awe, really. That train engine is pure beauty. With it, I think you've done an end-run around my skills in ink and ended up with something your illustrator-friend in the Conan collection would look at and turn green over. Damn! I think I'm gonna' have to buy a print of this, actually. It's a superior piece, really. =) Thank you for the nod in the comments, but this has the feel of 100% DocRedfield (save for the missing bondage/assault of the sexy young woman... ;) )--I don't see my work in this at all. :thumbsup: :wow:

--
--Faile35
:icondocredfield:
*DocRedfield Oct 26, 2006, 1:01:30 AM
I was hoping you were still up... I really wanted to show this to somebody, especially you, so thanks for taking a moment to comment and fave. It is very appreciated. Do you like this, or the sepia better (and does the print look right on your browser?... its screwy on mine, as are ALL of my prints)? As for its finished inking, I do owe you a debt (and I still think you're better at hatching in general, especially at a lot of dark textures) - you've shown me to just go for it with inking and not be afraid of how it may turn out, but take the risk and experiment with the textures and styles. In any case, means a lot to me that you praise it so highly. Honestly. It was a lot of fun figureing out where things/shapes were and how to ink them... I'm really pleased and not sure how I did it, and if I told me, I'd have to kill me. ;)
In any case, we can buy each other drinks some time and tell each other how good the other is.. it'll be fun :rofl:

--
-Doc Redfield (dA Gallery: [link])
"Nothing is Impossible... until proven otherwise."
Scott P. 'Doc' Vaughn's site: [link]
Official Hero-Lore site: [link]
:iconguyra:
Mood: Joy ~Guyra Oct 26, 2006, 1:27:56 AM
What can I say? It looks awesome! :D
:iconwytherwing:
=wytherwing Oct 26, 2006, 2:09:36 AM
wow this is really outstanding Doc... excellent hatching and beautifully composed! :thumbsup:

--
"Ride hard... Live free!"
:iconcapitanmontressor:
~capitanmontressor Oct 26, 2006, 2:32:39 AM
Besides glasses girls, the Capitan likes guitar girls as well.

--
:ahoy: :ahoy:
As I was a-walking down Paradise Street,
To me way-aye, blow the man down.
A pretty young damsel I chanced for to meet.
Give me some time to blow the man down!
:ahoy: :ahoy:
:iconfagashlil:
*fagashlil Oct 26, 2006, 4:41:06 AM
The train is done brilliantly. You've really used the ink to great effect there. I did some train drawings a while ago and they drove me to despair trying to capture all the detail, so a great accomplishment. I love the timeless quality this has and we can readily guess the girl's situation as much is conveyed in her pose. It's a wonderful drawing. Love it.
:icondv-skitz:
~DV-Skitz Oct 26, 2006, 5:28:56 AM
You know, my friend, you're right - this is an absolute masterpiece. The detail and technique are amazing, I love the perspective and the, and I'm quite blown away by it. I've seen you getting better and better with each passing day, week, month, year... and I've been so proud and pleased to see that progression - but for some reason (even though your other recent work has been just top notch!) this one really seems to capture your true gift as an artist.

I absolutely love the feel of this... the emotion is tremendous. It 'feels' like the blues. If you hadn't described the contents - I'd have immediatley said that I saw a girl at a middle-of-nowhere train station, maybe trying to make some decision about where her life is taking her, strumming away at a melancholy, bluesy tune.

Fan-freakin-tastic!

Now I shall expression my appreciation in the little know, but highly interpretive form of emoticon:
:omg: :omfg: :wow: :eyepopping: :jawdrop: :faint: :w00t!: :worship: :wow:
:+fav:
Previous Page12345...Next Page

Details

October 26, 2006
465 KB
720×582

Statistics

96
76 [who?]
2,331 (0 today)

Share

Link
Embed
Thumb

Site Map

©2009 deviantART. All rights reserved
About Us | Contact Us | Site Tour | Help & FAQ Advertise | Services Etiquette | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Copyright Policy