Illustratorscabrouspencil(aka Kenneth) is this week’s featured artist for Art Attack Friday, fixating a bold array of linework and sturdy color on the front page. While his fuller body of work ranges between concept art and various odes to classic super heroes, as an adamant fan of theStreet FighterandMetal Gear Solidfranchises, he conveniently manages to whet our appetites for some of the most anticipated games of this year.
Scabrouspencil is clearly a master at conveying bodily mass and density, demonstrated with ease by the carefully positioned action sequences inThe Raining Death Matchor by the robust shadows and highlights inOld Snake‘sarmor. The cool palettes of color he chooses to render his work appear almost sculpturally in their manifestation, even givingRyufacial angles of evil you’ve never seen before. Equally as impressive is the breadth of his linework, which fluctuates in style from painting to painting. While his sketches ofStreet Fightercharacters are comically defined by bold edges, his gritty free-form ode toSniper Wolfconveys a more worn and rough-edged feel.
Check out hisgalleryon DeviantArt, or head over toImaginary Friends Studioto see the concept art and illustration studio he works with. According to his studio bio, scabrouspencil is the resident zombie expert. That’s A-Okay with me.
Finally, a big fat Happy Birthday shout out to my AAF partner in crime, CTZ!! I wish you the best and hope you get to sex all the accents you encounter down in Mexico, you loveable little Horndog, you.
