Reason Model Sheet

Why's he so skinny? This guy needs to eat a cheeseburger!



Well, this took longer than I thought it would, due partly to me misjudging how long it would take to think up and draw a bunch of poses, mostly due to actually having various things to do these past few weeks such as an interview, drug test, and having relatives over. Oh, and I also got a 3DS and Zelda 3D, which I'm trying very hard not to play even as I type this.

But back to the actual drawing. It may seem unnecessary to make a model sheet of a character that will probably only be drawn by me, but I actually like model sheets just for the sake of looking a them. Even if I don't plan to draw the character on any given model sheet, I just like looking at the various poses and expressions. To me, they're art in and of themselves. Plus, this may look good in a portfolio.

Tim

Power ties ftw.



It's been a while since I've done a post, and I'm still not done with my current project, so I figured I'd post another old pocket sketchbook drawing. This is a sort of interpretation of Tim from the game Braid, which is one of my favorites. In the game, Tim is seeking "the princess," which based on the purposely vague plot could be his girlfriend, sister, mother or the atomic bomb. Anyway at the end (SPOILER!), what seems to be her escaping her kidnapper ends up actually being her running away from Tim to be rescued. So however you look at the story, it seems that Tim isn't the perfect guy.

So anyway, the way I see it, Tim has been using his time manipulation powers for infinity trying to get this girl he can't have, and the confusing plot is because of Tim himself no longer remembering the specific reasons of why he needs this "princess" and what he did wrong in the first place to make her leave him. So I drew him as rather disheveled and a little mental. Oh, and he's looking at his watch cuz of, you know, the whole time travel thing.

Reason Model Sheet Sketch 2

It was the second one from the left, officer!



Another sketch from the Reason model sheet that I'm very slowly working on. Like I said in the last post, I don't wanna put a bunch of stuff up when you'll see it all in the end anyway. I'm pretty much done with the sketching, all that's left is the ink and paint in Photoshop.

This drawing in particular is for size comparisons. I posted this cuz it's the only other drawing I've made that has all the Scary School characters other than that piece itself.

Reason Model Sheet Sketch

Cuz I assume EVERYONE wants to how many heads tall he is.



Not much this week, just a couple of drawings of a Reason model sheet I'm working on. I have a bit more than this done, but there's no point in showing a lot when you'll see it all in the finished product anyway.

So move along, nothing to see here.

Zombie Bambi's Mom (and Zombie Pheasant)

Warning! These images are rather bloody and gross and in horribly bad taste.




Some more Zombie Disney sketches for a possible future project. I got the queen in Snow White, and going down the list of movies, no one else dies until Bambi's mom is shot in... uh... Bambi. Well, Monstro might've died in Pinnocchio, but that's arguable, so I won't bother with it.

I also drew that no name pheasant that was shot by hunters, which may be an odd choice. I was trying to figure out the rules of who would become zombified, and I decided that as long as the death was memorable (to me at least), it was fair game. So even though the bird only had a small part, I still drew her.

It looks like the next one to die would be Lucifer from Cinderella. I think? Does he die? He falls out the tower window, and then you never see him again. A lot of Disney villains have an implied death by falling, though you never see them hit the ground. I've never seen any of the straight to video Cinderella sequels, is he in those? Seriously, I'm asking. If he's still alive in the other movies, let me know in the comments or on Twitter, if you'd be so kind.

Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi fans look elsewhere.


Didn't he use to drive a boat? You'd think he'd be used to storms.

Also, I hate drawing vehicles. That is all.

Uh... Thanks...

...Could've done it myself though... Just saying...



Another older sketch from my pocket sketch book. I drew this back when I had the idea that Reason never took his left hand out of his pocket for whatever mysterious reason (you see what I did there?), so Samantha is being nice and cutting his food for him. Cuz, y'know, you need two hands to cut a steak. Although now, I allow him to take his hand out, so this makes less sense.

But I guess I doesn't matter. To anyone else, it just looks like Sammy is taking his food. But she has her own food on her plate! Don't be so silly!

Zombie Evil Queen and (Not Zombie) Tinker Bell

Something old and something hawt.




I realized that, since I've quit working at the bowling alley, I haven't done any sketching simply for the sake of sketching. So here are these things, with no relation to each other (except that they're both form Disney of course).

First is a zombified Evil Queen/Witch from Snow White. For a while now, I've had the idea of a big drawing that has zombie versions of the various Disney animated movie characters that have died. I guess it'll be a Left 4 Dead kind of thing, where a small group of living Disney characters are fighting them off. I figured that, if I can't think of anything else to draw, I could go down the list of deceased characters and see what I can do with them. If possible, I want the Disney Zombies to have some sort of gimmick that's specific to their movie and/or how they died, thus the Queen dragging herself around with the boulder on top of her.

Next is a... uh... study of Tinker Bell. All three of my readers know that I like Tink a little too much, and I haven't drawn her for a while. So here are some poses, including a rather meh attempt at foreshortening on the lower right.

Phillip begins singing "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes."

Comic Book Cover

FINALLY!



Well, that took forever. I started this project because I wanted to practice drawing muscular, super hero type figures, as I'm not very good at muscle placement. I do believe that I'm better at it after doing this project than I was before, but it I'm still a bit off. And I didn't want it to take this long either, but quitting one job and looking for another took away some of my free time that I would have used to work on this.

I remember talking about before how I, like actual comic artists, left about two inches of negative space at the top for a title, and that I wasn't sure if I'd actually make one or not. But now, I'm sick enough of this thing that I know I won't bother. I'm ready to move on to something else.

Although I'm not sure what I'll move on too. This piece has been in my head for so long, I haven't thought about what to do next. Perhaps one of those "Will work for food" signs.

Hey Phillip, what is Osama Bin Laden getting you for Christ-

Charlie

Wise guy, huh?!



Here's yet another character from the Scary School universe, though he's not in that actual drawing. I haven't fleshed him out very much, I just wanted an antagonist that wasn't part of the paranormal part of this world. He's a bully from Reason's an co.'s school, but he's more comic relief than an actual threat.

Also, I drew this before I decided to have Reason be the only one to wear gloves. I guess I could've easily changed it, but I was too lazy to erase those black marks before I scanned.

Wait! Not too lazy! Too busy! Yes! Much better.

Comic Book Cover Character Color Progress aka Oh God, Not This Crap Again

Yaaay...



Well, I haven't found a new job yet, but I'm still gonna go back to drawing everyday, which means continuing this thing. I'm getting rather tired of it, and some of the muscle placement is still really wonky, but I'd hate just leaving it alone even more. I treat my drawings like leftovers in the fridge. Even if I don't like it, I have to finish it cuz I don't want it to sit there and rot.

Anyway, I've got the base colors down for the characters, and it's a lot brighter than what comics usually do nowadays. I guess at the end I can always mute it a bit, but maybe I'll like the more saturated look.

I've also looked at a few comic coloring tutorials to see how they do light and shadow, and it's sort of a mix between cel shading and the more gradient rendering that I like to do with bigger pieces. So we'll see my attempt at that. Betcha' can't wait! I sure can!

Watchmen Kirbys

Sounds unbelievable. Probably true.

Comic Book Cover Background Color

Are we having fun yet?



YAY, my tablet's back and working! So I could get back to work on this thing! JOY!

But don't get too excited. Some "stuff" has just come up that's gonna require my full attention, and until it's resolved, I won't have time to do much drawing. So even though my tablet's fixed, it'll still be awhile before I can get back to having something new posted every week.

We apologize for the inconvenience and will be with you shortly.

Tablet Get

Da-da-da-DAAAA!

Shiina and David

A g-g-g-GIRL!





More sketches of a couple of characters in my Scary School drawing.

The girl is Shiina, which is a name I really don't like anymore. I want her to be Asian, and thus an asian name, but I can't remember why I chose the name Shiina specifically. What's another good Asian name? Anyway, she's the f*cking serious one of the group, rarely showing a great amount of emotion

The ghost that hangs out in her backpack is David, named after a friend from high school. He's is not the f*cking serious one of the group, but rather the f*cking crazy one. But he's funny crazy, not evil crazy. I imagine most of the comic relief coming from him, mostly by picking on Reason, who is, unlike the rest of the group, not used to the whole paranormal stuff and is scared easily.

Anyway, these two come in a pair, as some of the comedy comes from them being dead opposites. Despite that, they feel the need to be around each other for some reason that I haven't fleshed out yet. Though David died in his late teens in an insane asylum, he could have dead for a long while, so maybe he was friends with one of Shiina's relatives from a few generations back or something. Idano, I'm just throwing ideas out.

If fighting or a lot of action in general were required in this story, it would come from these two. They both know how to fight (hence Shiina's wooden sword/poor example of forced prospective), and I also had a gimmick idea that I stole from Shaman King where David could posses Shiina or anyone else in the group if they need to fend for themselves and needed to know kung-fu real quick like.

Humanoid EVE

And I'm Humanoid WALL•E. Yes, I am. You shut up.





As I've shown before on this blog, not only do I have an unhealthy crush on Tinker Bell, but also EVE from WALL•E. So I drew this a while back, I guess in some creepy attempt to say it's okay for me to like a robot shaped like an upside down egg.

Disney Merchandise Girl 2

Crocs are so lame.



The second Disney merchandise girl I drew, this one after our 2008 trip to Disney World. Although, really, it's just a bunch of those Mickey silhouettes everywhere. And shorts that seem to be several sizes too big.

Gingerbread, Man

I'm just sayin', don't make it edible if you don't want me to eat it.



Well, this is the last Disney World 2010 comic. We got back Saturday and slept for about 16 hours after crying ourselves to sleep.

If you were following me on Twitter, or were also at Disney World during the Holiday season, you would have seen that they really did make giant gingerbread constructions, including houses, a tree, and a carousel. I'm not even a huge fan of gingerbread, but I felt compelled to eat them anyway simply because they could be.

And now for something completely different.

My Wacom Cintiq tablet has been on the fritz lately. I assume it's a loose wire, because depending on how the cord bends, it often gives the screen a green hue, and other times makes the screen go off completely. That means I gotta send it to Wacom to get it fixed, which means I'll be lacking a tablet for 2 to 4 weeks, which means I won't be able to make anything nice to post for 2 to 4 weeks. I may do some sketching, but probably nothing worth doing a blog post about. I'll probably take the lazy route and use the extra time to catch up on some video game save files that have been sitting idle for some time.

Sad face.

I Didn't do It

You can't prove I did anything.



We actually got back from EPCOT today, hence the lateness of this post. We've done everything except the Animal Kingdom so far, and we're really digging the stuff they do exclusively for Christmas. The Very Merry Christmas event in the Magic Kingdom was particularly fun.

Although the best part so far has been meeting Remmy.