Dated 30/07/2009


There's only one thing Rexar loves more than winning a football match - the moment when he returns to the musty dressing room, slips off his tired sneakers, and indulges himself in that distinctive post-match musk...


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I'M BACK!!!!!





Following two months of inactivity, I've finally got some new work after what was by far the biggest and most severe art block I've had in the 2 years I've been drawing for the fandom. I believe there's three types of art block: 1.) Inspiration - you don't know what to draw, 2.) Motivation - you don't want to draw, or 3.) Execution - you just can't draw. I had a bit of numbers 2 and 3; I didn't really feel like drawing and struggled immensely when I tried. I've also had a lot of demands on my time recently, what with finishing university, looking for a job, and of course taking over as head administrator on Eccentricities [link] . Consequently, this picture has been done in small pieces at-a-time over the course of about 4 weeks. I'm hoping however that it makes up for the lengthy absence...!


This is the much-awaited piece I have told many about which serves as something of a crossover between 'Rexar - 'Get To Work!!'' [link] and 'Rexar - Million Pound Feet' [link] with the visual quality of something like 'Rocky - Cornered' [link] . It's really just another glorified opportunity for me to indulge in my massive scaly sweaty foot-sniffing fetish, which - though it might put some people off - is probably my single biggest kink. At the same time though, I've also tried to make it a really good technical piece of artwork.


I say it quite a lot, but I do believe this is one of my best to date, if not the best. The linework isn't perfect (especially that left ankle - I always have trouble with those) but I spent a long time on the colouring and texturing to try and make it as realistic as possible. The socked foot was an enormous pain-in-the-backside to texture, though the bare sole was actually surprisingly easy - and enjoyable too!


I won't jabber on like I usually do, seeing as I've spent a long time on this and I'm quite glad just to have gotten it done at last. And with any luck, hopefully I won't be suffering from too many similar big art blocks in future.

(Fingers crossed.)





Comments and critique always welcome as ever. Enjoy!


RRRex