Friday, February 18, 2011

FANART FRIDAY: HUGO PRATT

Hugo Pratt is a master of his art form.  And Corto Maltese is his masterpiece.

The eponymous Corto is a seafaring gentleman of fortune who is so hardcore he straight carved his own lifeline into his palm.  And it only gets better from there.  Pope described him as a turn of the century Han Solo, which is pretty apt.

This drawing was a LOT of fun.  I knocked out two pages today, so I was pretty done with tight, controlled drawing, and cutting lose in value with a chunky graphite stick was just the thing I needed. 

Both Corto Maltese and Hugo Pratt are Venetian, so I decided to put our hero in Venice.  I stole this composition from one of my favorite artists. As always...

THE FIRST PERSON TO NAME THE ARTIST I VICTIMIZED GETS THE SKETCH.
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15 comments:

  1. Joey MajdaliFebruary 18, 2011 at 3:00 AM

    John Singer Sargent. Very nice piece Jake. I'm happy to see these every week!

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  2. K CummingsFebruary 18, 2011 at 4:06 AM

    Drat. I need to wake up earlier or stay up later. I always thought Sargent's Venice looked beautiful but haunted. Perfect adaptions

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  3. Vencys_laoFebruary 18, 2011 at 7:58 AM

    Great interpretation of that monster of comics, Hugo Pratt!
    Amazing art!

    Great!

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  4. Michael MercerFebruary 18, 2011 at 8:10 AM

    stupid joey I was going to say that.

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  5. SiminiFebruary 18, 2011 at 8:20 AM

    I was going to say Sargent too... Dang it Joey. Stop staying up so late.

    And this is beautiful. And a turn of the century Han Solo sounds exciting.

    But I was so hoping for Ender's Game... sigh.

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  6. Worth DayleyFebruary 18, 2011 at 8:20 AM

    I will win one of these one day.

    Either that or I will cheat and convince you to sell me one.

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  7. Will StrongFebruary 18, 2011 at 12:23 PM

    You nailed Corto Maltese. Nice work dude.

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  8. James BourneFebruary 18, 2011 at 2:44 PM

    Ah, Corto Maltese comics and Venice....good times.....good times.

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  9. Jed HenryFebruary 18, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    You've outdone yourself. This is approaching the level of that Les Petit Papiers lady.

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  10. Cons OrozaFebruary 19, 2011 at 12:14 PM

    Hugo Pratt is Argentinian.
    I love your pic!

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  11. JAKE WYATTFebruary 19, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    Take it up with the Italians. = )

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  12. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2011 at 12:17 PM

    I just found your blog from Fanartfriday, and I love your work already!

    PS What is fanartfriday and how to people know the topics for that week?

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  13. JAKE WYATTFebruary 20, 2011 at 7:07 PM

    Hey, Ninkira! Glad you dig the fanart. KtShy runs the Fanart Friday tumblr. You can prolly get in touch with her over on her blog.

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  14. UnknownFebruary 24, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    this is great. what did you color with?

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  15. JAKE WYATTFebruary 24, 2011 at 12:46 PM

    Thanks, Spencer! I just colored it in photoshop like always, but I dropped a gritty overlay layer on it to give it a little texture.

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