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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Movie Poster

by JayZuck on November 13, 2009 at 3:47 pm

It’s Friday the 13th and we’ve got a brand spankin’ new post: my version of a Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Movie Poster.

I’ve been working on this for a while now. I’ve been super busy getting ready to graduate school and I found the time to finish up and polish this piece which I am pretty proud of. It’s kinda the culmination of all of my Fear and Loathing posts. This gonzo-inspired vision is available for purchase as a high quality artist print and movie poster:

Fear and Loathing Movie Poster
$25.00

For those who are wondering, yes that is not the original Ralph Steadman lettering from the book or movie poster. I made it myself with ink, brush, and watercolor paper. It was fun as hell trying to recreate such iconic lettering. I used the original as reference, but I wanted to bring something new to the table.

Below are some of the steps I took to creating the poster and character, Enjoy

above is a rough layout sketch, below is one of the final thumbnail drawings for the poster

below are some thumbnail sketches and silhouettes when I was designing the character Raoul Duke

└ Tags: character design, digital painting, fear and loathing, Hunter S. Thompson, sci-fi

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Head Hunter

by JayZuck on October 28, 2009 at 11:52 pm

Posted In: Sketches

To whet your appetite for daily art, a snippet of something I’m working….

If your not sure what the hell this is, welcome back to bat country!

└ Tags: character design, digital painting, fear and loathing, Hunter S. Thompson, painting

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Concept for Movie Poster: Can you feel the Fear?

by JayZuck on August 14, 2009 at 1:07 pm

Posted In: Sketches

Concept for Movie Poster: Can you feel the Fear?

“We’ve gotta get out of here. I think I’m getting the fear” ~ Dr. Gonzo

This is the sketch I came up with for a Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Movie Poster. I shaded it a bit in Photoshop to make it look punchy. I cropped out the bottom because I have yet to put the logo in it. I have already started the final colored version of this and it should be coming around fairly soon so keep your eyes open.

Well, today I’m also having knee surgery which sucks. Hopefully the doctor will be able to fix the problem. It might be hard to post art while I’m recovering, but I’ll be back…..

└ Tags: chara, digital art, digital painting, fear and loathing, Hunter S. Thompson, pencil

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Dr. Gonzo Final Sketch

by JayZuck on August 9, 2009 at 8:23 pm

Posted In: Sketches

“He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man” ~ Dr. Samuel Johnson

Here it is. A little different. Same basic idea. Hopefully it was worth the effort. To see the original design click on the following link: One of God’s Own Prototypes. Also yesterday there was a post where I had a pretty loose sketch that was heading in the direction of this Dr. Gonzo character design. There were also plenty of concept thumbnail drawings in that post. You can see Dr. Gonzo has come a long way from my first Fear and Loathing posts: Hitchhiking a Ride to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and The Fear and Loathing of a back seat Hitchhiker. Feel free to explore any of those links if you want to take in the the making of this character, Dr. Gonzo.

Below are my rough designs for the character and composition for today’s sketch. Check it out….

└ Tags: character design, fear and loathing, pencil, Sketches

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Dr. Gonzo Sketch

by JayZuck on August 8, 2009 at 2:40 pm

Posted In: Sketches

I’m in the middle of reworking my previous interpretation of the Dr. Gonzo character. This is the direction that I am heading with this “High Powered Mutant”. He’s a little more squashed and stretched and hopefully a little more fun.

I also find myself at the end of term and scrambling to get my final projects completed including a long ago promised digital painting of “Aloha, Welcom to Big Kahuna’s Kite Shop,” a bound book of my creative perspective drawings which I still have to wrap up, and a Fear and Loathing poster.

I know the updates lately have been a little more sporadic, but I am buckled down on these final projects. However, I assure you what I lack in quantity at the moment I will soon make up for in quality.

UPDATE: I decided to throw in all my various Dr. Gonzo character designs in this post. Click on the image below to enlarge, zoom in even more by clicking on the image again, and then scroll around. Let me know what you think.

└ Tags: character design, digital art, fear and loathing, pencil, Sketches

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Raoul Duke

by JayZuck on August 6, 2009 at 12:12 am

Posted In: Sketches

“The possibility of physical and mental collapse is now very real. No sympathy for the Devil, keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride.” ~ Raoul Duke

In this final Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas character design of Raoul Duke, I wanted to spend a minute recapping the journey. Most of the Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas work I have posted on the site have been part of a class assignment for a character design course I have been taking. I was instructed to choose a story and to create my own designs of the various characters.

This may be my last character design for my class, but it doesn’t mean this is the last one I will draw. I do plan to rework a few thing here and there including the Dr. Gonzo character. I will probably also make a movie poster.

From the Hitchhiker to Dr. Gonzo and from the Vegas Lizard People to Raoul Duke, all the different character have been a lot of fun to draw. There are a few other characters that I’d like to tackle in the future including the cops and Lucy, but if anyone wants me to do a particular character in Fear and Loathing I am open to suggestions.

I may also show some more tweaked versions of these characters along with some other conceptual sketches from time to time, but for now this is the last one except for the completed reworked version of that “ rotten attorney” Dr. Gonzo.

You may be seeing a little less Fear and Loathing soon as I will begin to move on to some other things, but fret not as one thing you can count on is that more sketches are on the way.

└ Tags: character design, digital painting, fear and loathing, Hunter S. Thompson

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Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

by JayZuck on August 3, 2009 at 12:46 am

Posted In: Sketches

I have tried to push and push this character design of Raoul Duke/Hunter S. Thompson as part of my series of Fear and Loathing conceptual work. Like all of these character designs I have experimented with many possibilities some of which I have shown and some of which still lie in my sketchbook. I remain inspired by the Fear and Loathing movie poster and Hokusai in my character designs for Hunter. Of course, Ralph Steadman is never far from my mind either.

Hunter’s head sits on top of a neck which is a roller coaster of loopies. I am planning on coloring this sketch this week and even I sit with some anticipation of the final character design.

Of the many great HST turns of phrases among them was surely, “Buy the ticket, take the ride.” I have understood this phrase many ways throughout the years, but today I am thinking about what a journey it has been to cover the Fear and Loathing territory artistically. The ticket has been bought and the ride continues…

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└ Tags: character design, fear and loathing, Hunter S. Thompson, pencil, Sketches

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Vegas Lounge Lizard Final

by JayZuck on July 21, 2009 at 12:45 am

Posted In: Sketches

I am not beyond retooling this “final” drawing of the Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Lizard Person, but I promised you guys some kind of finished product which I could be reasonably happy with and here it is.

Blood splatters the floor and the traction of a good pair of golf shoes might be the only way to navigate all this muck. Luckily these lizards have the perfect claws to traverse this blood soaked lounge. Proceed cautiously before they spot you. This one could bite off a mouthful.

└ Tags: character design, fear and loathing, Lizard People

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More Hunter S. Thompson Character Design

by JayZuck on July 20, 2009 at 5:03 pm

Posted In: Sketches

More Hunter S. Thompson Character Design

I am still plugging away on the Hunter S. Thomspon character design. I wasn’t sure at first, but I am really starting to like the idea of him having a floating head a la the Fear and Loathing poster or the Japanese artist Hokusai.

I am thinking that while his head might not be continually floating it might drift mid-conversation with some frequency.

Obviously, it is still a work in progress, but you guys saw how the Lizard People developed and we might be in store for a similiar brainstorming process.

└ Tags: character design, fear and loathing, Hunter S. Thompson, Sketches

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Happy Birthday Hunter S. Thompson

by JayZuck on July 19, 2009 at 4:25 pm

Posted In: Sketches

Well, I’ve been working on the Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas character designs for Raoul Duke, HST’s (Hunter S. Thompson) alter ego. I didn’t really realize it was his birthday yesterday while I was working on his character but Its kinda funny how things work out. My ideas are still in a rough state, but are moving along. I’ll show you where I’m going with the Duke as the sketches progress. I have also been working on a final Lounge Lizard which I have been coloring like I did with the Hitchhiker character design, but I am not completely satisfied yet. Hopefully, you’ll be seeing him soon. Well…..Happy belated birthday Hunter S. Thompson….you are missed.