mahoney biker babe

[John Mahoney]

My newest piece...
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blog
http://mahoneyconceptartist.blogspot.com/
resume
http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=13462292
sketchbook
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=124735
feature film
http://perfecttiming2008.blogspot.com/

[InvertedChalupa]

nice dude : )

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My boat design...
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[Nubb]

Those are something new :) Just love the style and precision.

[Kiruakiller]

Like the style :) The first one is very cool

[FrostBlue]

Love these designs dude...very grungy...just wondering how long did these take you to do?

[Lotet]

love the way u portray the rusty metal.

[Lord Dubu]

I really like the distressing you've achieved in the textures. It looks like these belong to some gritty post-apocalyptic stop-action movie.

[sabin boykinov]

hey John amazing work , post more!

[hurricane]

LOVELY!!

nothing but love mate!!!!

[gunnarsson]

i can dig it! great feel of rust and wearedness, i like the other materials too, such as the cloth thingy in the last picture. The girl bothers me, I would definitly have gone for a more naturalistic figure eventhough it might be harder, thisone is too comical for my taste. the sail on the boat would be cool if it was made out of fabric, is that temporary or do you preferr it in paper? i guess these are matters of taste, and i say your taste is good. nice!:)

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[Mandryk]

man these are great! I love your surfacing. The first one is like a Pascal Blanche character come to life.

[monsi]

woowww : D this stuff is awesome. love the concepts and the execution

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A sketchbook is worth a thousand computers.
http://mahoneyconceptartist.blogspot.com/

[Jonas Heirwegh]

Can you share any info how you put these together and where you get the parts from...

Cool stuff man, reminds me a bit of Takayuki Takeya's work

[John Mahoney]

I WILL BE TEACHING A NEW CLASS!!!

In this G N O M O N class you will be encouraged to express your creativity in as many ways as possible. We look at different illustrators each week for inspiration. These exaggerated character designs can be used as jumping off points for future animations, Zbrush figures, Graphic Novel concepts, and gallery work. We draw nude and costumed models with different themes in mind. This class in not about making perfect drawings but giving you an open arena to explore and learn to love drawing.
http://www.gnomonschool.com/courses/...fe-drawing.php

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[destinyapocalypse]

wow fantastic jobs i love yours last post and yours unusual technics great jobs

take care

[KonnA]

waw, these are cool! Really cool rust effect/painting!

[janni]

Very very very cool! Nothing but admiration on my end. Just browsed through your blog, too - wonderful work! Share some more please.

[ciots]

god YES. i havent been here in a while.
this is the freshness i've been waiting for. excellent!

[Dawood Marion]

Master,

Your thread looks awsome -

I knew your work would be well received here.

ROCK ON!!

[Samantha]

i like the all! best like Bug Transport .. how to make ??how to make it together vrey well .?

[koro]

this makes one of the few rare times that i have seen something really awesome that was sculpted (non virtual) through various forms. Really like the texture and weathering that you have added to these.

Would be even cooler of they were composited with a backdrop just for show, but plenty awesome on their own.

[El Jeremie]

That biker babe is gorgeous..
If you got more stuff, don't hesitate to share with us.
IT'S AN ORDER

[Pavel Sokov]

U have got a great style here and i Love everything you posted here, but i do have a crit for the biker chick. her eye placement is not symmetrical at all. HER left eye seems a lot lower then the right one.

Also the quality of her face and especially the hair doesn't fit the quality of the rest of the piece. After seeing such intense detail, it is expected to see the hair having been textured with lines.

[anjin]

interesting style, specially iwith rust texture. I imagine you like a big fun of Waterworld and Mad-Max, I am too. I did something similar in past, but my model works are in other country now and I can only enjoy yours now. I hope you'll post more soon.

[TheWalt]

yeay, these are hot!
although i think i recognise skeletors spider-walker-toy in the bugtransport.
nevertheless, still enough goodness in there to be amazed by

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[Kress]

Ahh, finally. A breath of fresh air :) Thank you for sharing, very glad to have discovered your work.

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[Mute]

This stuff is awsome, raw and unique!:teeth:

Quite inspirational. Thank you sir for sharing.

Rock on!:teeth:

[gustarzinger]

oooooooohhhhhh poor spydor!!!...ha, very nice work

[jenzi]

I just have to say, your stuff is mind blowing! I love how you blend organic with metal, its really inspiring, and the colors are just wow!!! I really enjoy your work and I also like to thank you for showing it! thanks!

also I have to say that my favorites of your work is "love and death" its so dynamic! bravo!

[John Mahoney]

Wow, I love your drawings!!! The best stuff I've seen on here in a long time! Really fun designs! Thank you for your comments on my sculpture work!
Here is my sketchbook...
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=124735
Take care,
Jonny

[stoph]

Does anyone know how to create an Icon for your (finally finished) thread???
Thanks!

just use the attachment manager to attach a thumbnail of your desired image to be displayed alongside your thread. make sure you use your own image hoster for any other images that may be in that particular post.

i really enjoyed your quirky robo-girl, had a lot of character. is tim burton a big inspiration for you?

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[jenzi]

I fucking love you man!!! awesome update!"!!! if you ever feel like it I would really like to get an Idea how you go about making thoses hard edge work, and I particularly love black momba, one hot sassy girl!!! thank man, you have givin me a lot!!!

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As for the hard edges, I sculpt the organic parts from scratch... then later on I'll add plastic model and toy parts for the mechanical areas... then paint the whole thing to bring the parts together... It's a lot of fun!

[zweiDee]

great sculp's, love the rosty style!

[bhanu]

sickeningly awesome......shit man....
Mindblowing...

[Pavel Sokov]

What toys do you use? I can see some of those legoish bionicles or wtvr they are called. But what about for the more detailed parts?

[Coinpurse]

ccccrrrrwwwwhooaaaa hoooo hoooo!
I am deeply inspired by your designs! outstanding work :)

[Dawood Marion]

Incredible figures!

Keep em' comin'

[John Mahoney]

I can't wait to finish some more!!!

[dibumac]

Really inspiring stuff !!
I'll follow your blog regularly !

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[Brendan N]

bloody awesome sir.
much respect, the sculptures are truly fantastic.

[jenzi]

looks like one awesome workbench, what kind of a place is that, its so big!??

its going to be really sweet when you post your next project! looking forward to it!

[Mattinian]

the sculptures are simply awesome! if you pardon the cliche - they`re a breath of fresh air. keep em` coming

[Jonny Boy]

I love your work...and want to make sweet love to you.

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[Micaiah Nelson]

John, never stop posting! This stuff is great.

[John Mahoney]

The photo of the work bench is in my class room at Cal Arts... Without that space up there I'd be producing a lot less sculptures!

Well... I have good news for you all... I will be working for Lucasfilms this summer... my advice is to have fun and eventually people will notice.

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[Micaiah Nelson]

WE love you Johny. Never leave this site!

[janni]

WE love you Johny. Never leave this site!

Agreed!!

Last Posts have been amazing John. Keep it up!

Congrats on the Lucasfilms job!

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[Jonas Heirwegh]

As for the hard edges, I sculpt the organic parts from scratch... then later on I'll add plastic model and toy parts for the mechanical areas... then paint the whole thing to bring the parts together... It's a lot of fun!

How exactly do you add those toy parts onto the sculpt? Do you use some kind of glue or...?

Also do you know whats the best way to start sculpting, any recommendations on where to start without any experience?

thx, great work btw!

[Noë]

though I love the images here there's something I have to say:
Please stop thanking all the people who post in this thread? The thank button is meant to thank posts that are valuable and have good information/ crits in them. Asspats don't need to be thanked!

Thank you ^^
Love
Marleen

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Epias:
How exactly do you add those toy parts onto the sculpt? Do you use some kind of glue or...?
Jonny:
I use hot glue because it's fast and messy! Then if I have to, I add liquid epoxy to reinforce the pieces so they won't fall off.
Epias:
Also do you know whats the best way to start sculpting, any recommendations on where to start without any experience?
Jonny:
Best to start with what you like the most... human, robot, or what have you. If your using clay or Sculpey, you'll need a strong armature. Otherwise your sculpture won't stand up and you'll get frustrated... like me... laughs! Have fun with what ever you do and keep studying the masters and you'll eventually get to where you want. Don't show your work until your ready... some unhelpful criticism can completely derail your momentum. Enthusiasm is a hundred times more important than perfection!

[sup_ben]

That's inspiring stuff.
I like the bike.

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[entdroid]

Man... as if your sketchbook weren't insanely good enough, now I find this thread!
Pure awesomeness :D

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[Micaiah Nelson]

I wish I can get my lazy ass to start sculpting. I love the erotic armor girl. The bug is great. I also love the textures in this last pieces jacket! You really put character in you sculptures. I will definetly consider that once I get my lazy ass to start sculpting!

Great Work!

[eminkey2003]

Could you post a picture of the hand tools you use to sculpt these? I'm interested in seeing how you polish everything in the end and scrape out the bulk of it in the beginning. I'm a sculpting n00b, so I'd like to learn more. Some of your sculptures have great volume, by the way. Nice, full shapes.

[Dawood Marion]

The leather is bangin' - How did you do that?

[John Mahoney]

The leather is bangin' - How did you do that?
I tried to sculpt the jacket to feel like bulky leather, like is had extra padding underneath. After I baked the sculpey figure I spray painted the whole thing black then applied the rust effect to the coat area. It's rust but I thought because it's a rusted coat, people would imagine it being leather. Folds are really hard for me to sculpt. I want to do another figure to practice rendering folds... I need to look more at master sculptors and less at photo reference.

[Bowlin]

Enjoyed looking at these sculptures, good stuff man.

[mysteryofalbesila]

Do you ever think to make a stop-motion animation with your characters? for examle with this: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=374489&d=1211469170

[John Mahoney]

Do you ever think to make a stop-motion animation with your characters? for examle with this: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=374489&d=1211469170

Check this out...
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/2729675/7945720
My Transformers 2 animation...
"What happens when two transformers are asked to perform a sex scene for an audition... sparks are flyling in this twisted love story!"

[Ryan DeMita]

damn bro, this stuff is way cool. i love the quality of the surfaces and attention to detail. it really shows all the way through the process. very very inspiring.

-ryan

[jubjubjedi]

Hey John! It's Jacob... you probably don't remember me, but I took one of your classes at a few years ago and ran into you a few times at the Tuesday night Life Drawing Speakeasy in downtown (I guess it's defunct now, unfortunately). I've been going to school at the Academy of Art in SF since, glad to hear that you'll be working for Lucasfilm.
I've always dug your work, hope to see more soon.

[John Mahoney]

Bad news/good news...

I haven't been able to post lately... because I am now working for Lucasfilms in Singapore! I will be here for another month then back to the States. I'm having a great time here... can't give too many details... but it's awesome!!!
Take care... Jonny

[RokasButkys]

Badass things going in here !

Good luck in Singapore J.M.

[Daniel Andrews]

I used to have that he-man toy of the spider walker. Freaking legs always fell off. :)

[Twinkie]

You know you have some anatomy issues, don’t you? Namely around the shoulders and in the faces. Also, the characters' skin could use refined as it's not really reading to me. On another note, the mechanical components are nice, but not as symmetrical as they could be. I see a long path ahead for you.

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[lewiston]

'FUCKIN MENTAL!!! DUDE, I loove your sculptures. Hitting right the G-spot. Do you sell them? (you probably answered that question already, but I am so bad at reading...)

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You know you have some anatomy issues, don’t you? Namely around the shoulders and in the faces. Also, the characters' skin could use refined as it's not really reading to me. On another note, the mechanical components are nice, but not as symmetrical as they could be. I see a long path ahead for you.

Eat me Twinky!

[John Mahoney]

'FUCKIN MENTAL!!! DUDE, I loove your sculptures. Hitting right the G-spot. Do you sell them? (you probably answered that question already, but I am so bad at reading...)


Thanks! I sell some of my work that has been cast in Resin.

[bhanu]

Wish i could have your sculptures....I love them all

[John Mahoney]

Now I'm trying to figure out how to get my new sculptures back home from Singapore to Los Angeles! I don't want my babies broken!

[anjin]

keep us updated... I simply love your work!

[IanE]

Now I'm trying to figure out how to get my new sculptures back home from Singapore to Los Angeles! I don't want my babies broken!

Do microwaves work as teleporters yet?

These are fantastic, John. Absolutely fantastic. A friend of mine used an old Super-Soaker for an architecture model long ago... your recent ship gives me the same vibe haha. Great work, man. You're totally right, too. Enthusiasm is 100 times better than perfection. Wonderful, John. Truly wonderful.

[John Mahoney]

Ahhh the super soaker... I like finding interesting things to get me inspired even more that starting from scratch... I want to push my designs so I not repeating myself too much.

[vichar]

very nicely executed work

[GriNGo]

Man these designs are great! great sculptures man! you're dark designs make Ashley Wood's robots look amateurish! Do you sell these??

[Mydrim]

I've discovered your work last month and saved plenty images into the inspire folder. Now I am just happy I found you on CA also

[mindrot]

Awesome work. Thanks for sharing.

[mariusz]

amazing sculptes

[John Mahoney]

Happy Thanksgiving!!! More posts on the way!!!

[John Mahoney]

John Mahoney will be teaching a Drawing from Film Class - G n o m o n Sundays - starting next term. Study classic and contemporary films to understand cinematography, lighting, shot construction, and film graphics. Students draw from specific sequences to build there design vocabulary. Films studied in class include Aliens, Pulp fiction, Psycho, Gladiator, Jaws, & many others. This same class was recently taught a Lucasfilm in Singapore & San Fransisco.

http://mahoneydrawings.blogspot.com/

[Black Snow]

Love, love your work! I've wanted to try my hand at this kind of stuff for a while, but couldn't seem to find a glue that could handle all the different types of plastic. What are you using?

[Cacodaemonia]

Oh man, you've got some really awesome, expressive stuff. I love the boat on the first page.

[Blue Severin]

dang man, some really cool stuff.

[Abrodos]

Amazing work man. I should definitely try your "method", as it looks like a quick, easy method of making my kind of sculptures. The boat one is my fav, because is simillar to some fairies I've got in my sketchbook, made from dirt found in the woods.

Keep posting! I've added this thread to my favourites list.

[LuisNCT]

Those are really cool, I like a lot. You should be working in some postapocaliptic stopmotion movie!

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