Oli in 2000AD

Talk about the staff who used to work on the mag
User avatar
Ian Osborne
Staffer
Posts: 141
Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:46 pm

Oli in 2000AD

Post by Ian Osborne »

I was picking through my collection of 2000ADs, and look what I found on the back cover of Prog 774 (14th March, 1992). Recognise the signature? I had no idea he'd worked on the magazine...

Image
User avatar
Lloyd Mangram
King of Ludlow
Posts: 1151
Joined: Thu Jun 19, 2003 10:22 pm
Location: Ludlow
Contact:

Post by Lloyd Mangram »

Hehe, this is the image Craig used (and heavily photoshopped) for the Zzap 107 cover, back in 2002.
Once again I emerge from beneath a massive pile of paper which makes my desk groan to bring you the world’s most amazing posts.
User avatar
Ant
Sub Editor
Posts: 211
Joined: Thu Jun 19, 2003 12:47 pm
Location: Brisvegas

Post by Ant »

Yeah, that does look kinda familiar. 8)
"Isn't this where ... we came in?"
User avatar
Professor Brian Strain
King of Zzap Towers
Posts: 786
Joined: Fri Apr 02, 2004 2:22 pm
Location: Skegness, UK
Contact:

Post by Professor Brian Strain »

Nice, I'm a fan of Rogue Trooper...
User avatar
andy vaisey
Director
Posts: 427
Joined: Fri Sep 23, 2005 6:15 pm
Location: Cymru
Contact:

Post by andy vaisey »

That is an outstanding piece of photo-shopping by Craig!
CraigGrannell
King of Zzap Towers
Posts: 610
Joined: Thu Jun 19, 2003 6:45 pm
Location: UK
Contact:

Post by CraigGrannell »

That's Oli's only work for 2000 AD, sadly. Although I firmly remembered it, I reasoned that most people either wouldn't recall it, or simply wouldn't have seen it, and so it became a 'new' piece of art for the cover. Took me bloody ages, though, and it includes bits from two other Oli pieces, too—both Zzap! covers: there's a recoloured/edited 'moon' from 30's SEUCK cover, and explosions from somewhere (although I don't remember exactly where).

A comparison—'before' and 'after'— is below!

Image
User avatar
Ian Osborne
Staffer
Posts: 141
Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2004 1:46 pm

Post by Ian Osborne »

That's an amazing piece of Photoshopping. How did you change his flesh tone from blue to, erm, flesh?

Talking of Oli in comics, does anyone remember his Dan Dare artwork from The Eagle back in the Eighties?
CraigGrannell
King of Zzap Towers
Posts: 610
Joined: Thu Jun 19, 2003 6:45 pm
Location: UK
Contact:

Post by CraigGrannell »

Ian Osborne wrote:That's an amazing piece of Photoshopping. How did you change his flesh tone from blue to, erm, flesh?
As far as I remember, I made a mask, desaturated the skin, created a new layer (set to 'Multiply'), and used that to add a new colour. I then used Dodge and Burn for shading touch-ups.
Talking of Oli in comics, does anyone remember his Dan Dare artwork from The Eagle back in the Eighties?
Yup. Some pretty good work there, too. Mind you, I keep hoping someone'll reprint Meltdown Man at some point. It would have been a great fit for the Megazine when vol. 4 started, but although I tried to put the relevant party at Rebellion together with Oli at the time, nothing ever came of it.
User avatar
Lloyd Mangram
King of Ludlow
Posts: 1151
Joined: Thu Jun 19, 2003 10:22 pm
Location: Ludlow
Contact:

Post by Lloyd Mangram »

That's how many times Craig checks this forum, once a month! Tsk, tsk. 8)
Once again I emerge from beneath a massive pile of paper which makes my desk groan to bring you the world’s most amazing posts.
CraigGrannell
King of Zzap Towers
Posts: 610
Joined: Thu Jun 19, 2003 6:45 pm
Location: UK
Contact:

Post by CraigGrannell »

About how often people post here these days!
RichH6109
Freelancer
Posts: 56
Joined: Sun Apr 17, 2005 10:45 pm

Post by RichH6109 »

More..er interesting work from Oli in the latest B3ta newsletter.
User avatar
Iain
Admin
Posts: 2222
Joined: Tue Jun 17, 2003 6:42 pm
Location: Cavan, Ireland
Contact:

Post by Iain »

RichH6109 wrote:More..er interesting work from Oli in the latest B3ta newsletter.
Here's the link to the newsletter

http://www.b3ta.com/newsletter/issue327/

Paragraph about the art and link to is about half way down the page. I'm not clicking on it in work!!
User avatar
andy vaisey
Director
Posts: 427
Joined: Fri Sep 23, 2005 6:15 pm
Location: Cymru
Contact:

Post by andy vaisey »

:shock:
User avatar
gordon
Director
Posts: 408
Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2003 4:15 pm
Location: in that tree, over there
Contact:

Post by gordon »

B-But that's a guy...!!

Certainly is. He seems to have popped a button there, too. :)
User avatar
Lloyd Mangram
King of Ludlow
Posts: 1151
Joined: Thu Jun 19, 2003 10:22 pm
Location: Ludlow
Contact:

Post by Lloyd Mangram »

http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=72385

Someone's saying (over at yakyak) that he recognizes Oli's work on a news webpage. I don't believe it. What do you think?

IMO he's confused by Mr. Hardy's style, similar to Oli's.
I guess it's the same Mr. Hardy from Oli's Look and Learn days?

http://www.lookandlearn.com/history/illustrators.php

Cheers.
Once again I emerge from beneath a massive pile of paper which makes my desk groan to bring you the world’s most amazing posts.
Post Reply