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Monday, February 8, 2010

G.I. ROBOT by Chris Samnee


Thanks for a really great subject this week, Mr. Fowler!
Drawing a robot and dinosaurs made me feel like a kid again :D

For any of you folks that aren't quite as nerdy as most of us twartists, here's a link to G.I. Robot's Wikipedia page.

Also, the pencils and line work for this piece can be seen over on my blog.

15 comments:

Declan Shalvey said...

Damn you Samnee ...i was going to do something very similar. Must rethink.

Lovely piece sir.

Nathan Fairbairn said...

Whoa! Very cool! Way to start this week off!

Ramón k Pérez said...

jeebus! that is awesome!! love the open line quality, and that is a top notch dead dino!

Mike Hawthorne said...

I love this Chris! So much so that mine is almost exactly like it!! I started inks on it last night,and you're gonna be shocked at how similar they are.

Damn.

Anyway, this is awesome! Came out really great.

Mike

Alan said...

This?! From those pencils?! You kiddin' me?!

Francesco Francavilla said...

Way to start this week with a kickass entry, Chris :D That dino has a Frank Miller's vibe to it - high praise indeed :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Urban Barbarian said...

Great composition! Poor dinosaur! Do they ever win?

Anonymous said...

GI Robot for the freakin' win. So rad, as always!

Matt W. said...

That dino is fantastic! Love the prehistoric-looking environment resplendent with a sinister serenity. Well done!

Brian Jones said...

DAMN!

Mitch Gerads said...

I heard that this is how the Land Before Time series ends. Way to not give a spoiler alert, Samnee. Sheesh.

ANDY KUHN said...

nice work chris, between you and mike, i gotta come up with a new idea. shoulda' done mine sunday night, dammit! :)

Dan McDaid said...

How do you take such a pulpy character and set-up and make it so beautifully melancholy? :)

Gorgeous stuff, Chris.

Ron Salas said...

Masterful composition and masterful drawing. I love how you rendered the scaly dinosaur skin and how you managed to make him readable.
Fantastic.

Shlomo Ben Hungstien said...

these illustrations are great. i remember seeing the G.I. robot character in an issue of D.C.s Who's Who many years ago.