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Ray Frenden

How cool is this take on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Check out the whole half-shell team over at the sketch blog of illustrator (and Drawn! Forum member) Ray Frenden.

  • TJL

    Very solid work Ray.

  • TJL

    Very solid work Ray.

  • http://deantrippe.com/ Dean Trippe

    I got to meet Ray at WizardWorld Chicago last month. He’s great!

  • http://deantrippe.com Dean Trippe

    I got to meet Ray at WizardWorld Chicago last month. He’s great!

  • http://jedalexander.blogspot.com/ Jed Alexander

    This two-tone look really works well with his line art. Using feathering in the second color is a nice approach. Looks like he’s just gotten started with this style, so I’m sure we can look forward to even better stuff to come. I wonder if he uses ink, or whether it’s all done with a tablet? The marks look very organic, so I’m guessing brush, but is the second color something he does on a lightbox, and then later recomposites? Also the turtles are great.

  • http://jedalexander.blogspot.com Jed Alexander

    This two-tone look really works well with his line art. Using feathering in the second color is a nice approach. Looks like he’s just gotten started with this style, so I’m sure we can look forward to even better stuff to come. I wonder if he uses ink, or whether it’s all done with a tablet? The marks look very organic, so I’m guessing brush, but is the second color something he does on a lightbox, and then later recomposites? Also the turtles are great.

  • FMB

    Finally featured. great job!

  • FMB

    Finally featured. great job!

  • http://burningcity.com/ Charlie Athanas

    Ah, Ray, I can say I knew you when…

  • http://burningcity.com Charlie Athanas

    Ah, Ray, I can say I knew you when…

  • http://www.isotrope.net/ isotrope

    Congratulations, Ray.
    I hope you don’t forget all your peeps on your road to illustration super-stardom.
    It’s awesome that you can do all this purely with a tablet.

    I think that they could use a helmet, though…

    Cowabunga!

  • http://www.isotrope.net isotrope

    Congratulations, Ray.
    I hope you don’t forget all your peeps on your road to illustration super-stardom.
    It’s awesome that you can do all this purely with a tablet.

    I think that they could use a helmet, though…

    Cowabunga!

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  • http://www.spacejack.org/ Link

    I was also wondering if he was using ink or a tablet, having just re-discovered the joys of inking myself. Anyway there’s a video near the bottom of the page showing him drawing with a tablet. Damn, I still hate tablets. Kudos to anyone who can get coax good drawings out of them.

  • http://www.spacejack.org/ Link

    I was also wondering if he was using ink or a tablet, having just re-discovered the joys of inking myself. Anyway there’s a video near the bottom of the page showing him drawing with a tablet. Damn, I still hate tablets. Kudos to anyone who can get coax good drawings out of them.

  • http://penguinx.org/ Ray Frenden

    Thanks for the positive responses, all! The whole thing, from pencils, to inks, to colors was drawn in Painter IX.5 (as is most everything I do).

    This is a new thing for me, but I really feel like I found myself with it. Definitely look forward to doing more!

    :[o-o]:

  • http://penguinx.org Ray Frenden

    Thanks for the positive responses, all! The whole thing, from pencils, to inks, to colors was drawn in Painter IX.5 (as is most everything I do).

    This is a new thing for me, but I really feel like I found myself with it. Definitely look forward to doing more!

    :[o-o]:

  • http://www.upso.org/ upso

    yay for ray

  • http://www.upso.org upso

    yay for ray

  • http://www.daganm.blogspot.com/ Dagan

    hahaha :)

    awesome!… Go Leonardo!… gooooooo!!!!

    …great drawing.

    -Dagan

  • http://www.daganm.blogspot.com Dagan

    hahaha :)

    awesome!… Go Leonardo!… gooooooo!!!!

    …great drawing.

    -Dagan

  • http://www.okayboss.com/blog jimbo

    i’m a fan of his great linework (and now his new colouring style :P)!

  • http://www.okayboss.com/blog jimbo

    i’m a fan of his great linework (and now his new colouring style :P)!

  • litreofcola

    too cool…

  • litreofcola

    too cool…

  • http://www.urbanretrolifestyle.com/2006/09/04/the-real-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/ Urban Retro Lifestyle

    The Real Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

  • http://www.urbanretrolifestyle.com/2006/09/04/the-real-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/ Urban Retro Lifestyle – Urban Art, Vinyl Toys, Urban Music, Retro Art, Retro Video Games and more » The Real Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    [...] There is no denying that 80’s pop culture is avery popular subject for artists after such shows as iam8bit, back in the day and the recent action man show in London. Hopefully we will see more of this kind of thing in the future especially in the UK. [link via Drawn] [...]

  • http://www.urbanretrolifestyle.com/2006/09/04/the-real-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/ Urban Retro Lifestyle – Urban Art, Vinyl Toys, Urban Music, Retro Art, Retro Video Games and more » The Real Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    [...] There is no denying that 80’s pop culture is avery popular subject for artists after such shows as iam8bit, back in the day and the recent action man show in London. Hopefully we will see more of this kind of thing in the future especially in the UK. [link via Drawn] [...]

  • http://www.ripsey.com/ Ripsey

    Good job Ray!

    :[0_0]:

  • http://www.ripsey.com Ripsey

    Good job Ray!

    :[0_0]: