Despite what I’ve got sitting up here so far, it’s a pretty rare occurrence for me to draw fan art or already established characters created by other people. Makes me feel a bit strange sometimes. Like I’m not trying but should be or something. I dunno.
So let me get back to some original characters, starting with these two. Without giving too much away, this is some concept work for a story about a jaded reporter & his generally cold assistant. They get into adventures & misadventures involving superscience & other comic book tropes.
Here’s a really lame ass sketch of Chun Li I did from over a year ago. I honestly don’t even know why I’m sharing it. It sucks. I was digging through old drawings & laid it next to the Harlock picture the other day before I scanning. I think this was going to be a concept for a bigger piece where there was a trail of smoldering SUV’s in her path (you know, from bonus rounds), but instead I overworked the concept & never went back to it.
Harlock.
Best Space Pirate. Ever. That’s right. I said it. Suck it, Cyclops’ Dad.
Not drawn nearly as well as the one Vasilis Lolos did a while back, but these things happen. I had a pretty good one going a few months ago & then fucked it up while trying to get some practice inking again. Sucks when that happens. This one is all pencils, the cape & the hair too. The other colors were just a two second diversion while doing some other work in Photoshop.
Anyway, he was created by Leiji Matsumoto for those unfamiliar (in which case, why are you here? Go! Catch up on that shit!!). In my fucked up imagination, he & Ziggy Stardust are one in the same, & it is epic.
Freedom. For All.
After posting two punks in a row, I needed to do something a bit more clean cut. And it doesn’t get more clean cut than this. Shit, this motherfucker makes Johnny Unitas look like the scummiest beatnik ever. If you don’t know who this is, count yourself lucky. If you do. Yeah. Yeah!!
From the 1969 William Klein film of the same name, this is Mr. Freedom. And pop culture homages aside (see music videos like the Jack Black speech at the end of Beck’s ‘Sexx Laws‘ or the get-ups in Gorillaz’s ‘Rock the House‘), chances are this is the only fanart you’ll find for it. Ever.
Basically imagine Team America, only amped up to an Nth degree of gung-ho, rabid patriotism. Instead of taking place in the Bush/Cheney era; this is done with both Joseph McCarthy & George Wallace in fresh mind. Add some obligatory Late 60’s Psychedelia & there you have it. Clad in random sports gear, Mr. Freedom goes to France to keep it from falling into Commie clutches. There, he shops at the supermarket (with frolicking go-go dancers) that is the American Embassy, speaks at a rally (see clip below), eats spaghetti, & meets Jesus in a subway station. And I wish I was making this up.
The art will resume shortly, once I can get some better internet access.
In the mean time, Sean’s over on his blog writing up a big thing on Deltron 3030. It’s a great album (one of my favorites actually) & should be more highly regarded by the masses. And his write up is in parts but does it justice. If you don’t know it, go learn more about it, will you?
This is Nova. He was born in Russia but raised in LA & now he’s a demon. When he’s not too busy lamenting over a succubus, his arms are literally ripping apart into bloody tentacles that flail about real horrorshow. He’s pretty neat actually.
As most you following may already know, he was created by Fowlie & is a Void staple. For those who may not know, EnterVoid.com is a pretty neat website. In real basic terms, you make a character & submit it to the site along with everyone else’s characters. You issue or receive challenges, & upon accepting, the two creators then each complete a comic somehow involving the two characters. Unlike other similar sites & things though, Void is no bullshit. None of those roleplaying or other mental masturbatory shenanigans going on. The focus is on the comics & the quality thereof. And it’s not just Anime or Superheroes or Gag strips; it encompasses everything. If you’re looking to improve or just keep skills sharp, it’s a good place to hang from time to time.
Anyway, I was involved in a big event on the site about a year ago & screwed up pretty hardcore. After having talked big game way prior to completion (a problem I often find myself having), I let Fowlie down & thus the fanart in hopes of making up for it. Drawn & colored a few months back (just posting this for now as I work on some fresher stuff). Yes, I realize I drew his feet way too small. Sue me.
People always talk about how 80’s punk Storm is the best Storm. Hands down. But it was all talk. That was until Brandon Graham, owner of the best comic blog on the internet stopped just talking about how awesome punk Storm was & drew her. This was partially inspired by that (& by “inspired,” I mean the boot in the ass & to get past the “I’m gonna draw punk Storm at some point. That’ll be cool!” Haha).
It started as a sketch that I didn’t want to spend too much time on but did anyway. I wasn’t going to color it but I did her skintones, then the clouds, then the lightning effects. This was from about a week ago. And I figured I’d post it now so I didn’t launch a sketchblog without some sort of sketch to look at.
You know what I’m sayin’?
So, at the behest of a friend, I first created this blog a couple of years ago. For a few months, it went completely unused until I saw some comic artists turning their blogs into a sketch-a-day sort of format which I was all hep to get into trying. And I managed to maintain it for a solid 3.5 months, only to eventually fuck up & miss posting after going away for NYCC that year. And then it fell dormant again. I checked back on it a few times, & hated everything that was posted. Besides, after a few format changes, the sizing & everything was all out of whack anyway & it really just looked awful. So to start fresh, all of that material has been moved elsewhere for now (ask if you’re interested, but know the stuff there’s not that great), & we’re off to a brand spanking new blog for me to eventually tire of & delete or move in a similar fashion. Hooray.
Problem is, I hate having to write introductory posts or mission statements or any of that nonsense. In fairness, since it’s more of just a reboot anyhow, I’m just going to hit the ground running, provide a little something-something for your listening pleasure (see below), & hope you dig what you see in the coming posts. Which will pretty much be random sketches, occasional comic pages, fevered rantings, writing excerpts, crap that caught my attention that day, & other forms of inane bullshit.
And I’ve had the above paragraphs kicking around in “draft” form on here for a few weeks, waiting to get materials together to launch all properly & shit. But fuck that. My grandfather, whom I was very close to, just passed away this week & it’s made me realize Life’s too short to get caught up on making sure every link works properly & the margins line up & that kind of asinine bullshit. This blog re-launches now!
Please to Enjoy!
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Introit by William Sheller
