McHaleyArt's ...Art

[MaulFan]

That one framed in the vintage Kenner cardback is wicked cool, very clever idea.

 

[McHaleyArt]

That one framed in the vintage Kenner cardback is wicked cool, very clever idea.

Those were the design for the Fan Days 2 cards. I really liked those too:

 

[MaulFan]

Wow, lot of attitude going on in that Han one, looks awesome.

 

[Foxy-Boxing]

Wow this is some of the best watercoloring I've ever seen.

 

[Bamboota]

Fett Fan DaysII and III cards:

WOW!! Those are so bad ass!!! Where can I find a print of teh second one!??!?!?

 

[McHaleyArt]

Thanks guys!
Bamboota: I can't offer prints of these. You can see higher res versions on my website: https://bp.rubberslug.com/gallery/home.asp
Or my Deviant Art page: https://markmchaley.deviantart.com/

 

[Crimsonbob]

Awesome stuff

 

[McHaleyArt]

Fan Days III card:

Clone Wars Widevision card:

 

[Bamboota]

 

[Eamon]

Wonderful work sir!!

That Leonidas is just great and I love the Star Wars stuff!


I really want to try the water colours in Painter but am too sacred!

 

[CelticWarrior]

absolutly amazing work i cant tell you how many times i find myself looking at your work! i would love to see them in person some day!

 

[Darthy]

wonderful work !

 

[McHaleyArt]

Thanks guys! I'm working on 3 different projects right now. 1 of which are a small amount of sketch cards for Star Wars Galaxy 5 (topps) along with new art that will be printed for the base set of cards. So more SW art to come.

 

[Eli26]

Do you ever tire of compliments? You have such an amazing yet different style!

When did you make this your niche? Obviously you didn't always go for this style.

 

[McHaleyArt]

Do you ever tire of compliments? You have such an amazing yet different style!

When did you make this your niche? Obviously you didn't always go for this style.

Thanks. It's always nice to hear the someone likes your work. Trying to live up to the compliments is challenging.
I was doing this style 20 years ago when I was doing commercial artwork. I didn't really embrace it again until working on Heroes: Season 1 for topps. I've been experimenting with color in this style ever since.

 

[wofford29]

Those were the design for the Fan Days 2 cards. I really liked those too:

Your work is amazing. If you don't mind me asking. For me it's always fascinating to hear what goes on in an artists mind when working on a piece. You have such a unique style I'm curious as to how you know when a piece is complete? For example in the pics above. What is your thought when you decide not to color all of Han's hair? With the use of so much color, what's the balance of being satisified vs. feeling as though you overworked it? Again, brilliant work.

 

[McHaleyArt]

You have such a unique style I'm curious as to how you know when a piece is complete? For example in the pics above. What is your thought when you decide not to color all of Han's hair? With the use of so much color, what's the balance of being satisfied vs. feeling as though you overworked it?

That is an excellent question. With this style there is always the danger of overworking the piece and I feel I do just that 95% of the time. I'm usually never satisfied. There are a couple of portraits (like the Han Solo) were the balance between detail and representation are were they should be. It's continually hard to know when to quit and sometimes it's based off of experience and what I've done before. The best results are usually accomplished when I'm experimenting or can just let go and enter that artist's 'zen' mode (which is hard to obtain immediately following a monster cup of coffee). Also, letting the underdrawing's details (or lack of) serves as an excellent guide as to how I'll apply the paint.
Thanks for the kind words.

 

[wofford29]

That is an excellent question. With this style there is always the danger of overworking the piece and I feel I do just that 95% of the time. I'm usually never satisfied. There are a couple of portraits (like the Han Solo) were the balance between detail and representation are were they should be. It's continually hard to know when to quit and sometimes it's based off of experience and what I've done before. The best results are usually accomplished when I'm experimenting or can just let go and enter that artist's 'zen' mode (which is hard to obtain immediately following a monster cup of coffee). Also, letting the underdrawing's details (or lack of) serves as an excellent guide as to how I'll apply the paint.
Thanks for the kind words.

Thanks for the great answer and for sharing your awesome work.

 

[McHaleyArt]

February, 2010 will see the release of the Star Wars Galaxy 5 trading card set from Topps. I'll have a card in the regular base set (I'll post the art when released) as well as randomly inserted original art cards:

 

[MaulFan]

I really like that Wampa art, the colors really work well.