day 25: space cadet

I don’t draw sci-fi all too much, so I thought that now’s a good time to start.  Definitely some things I need to change about the drawing.  I think it’s because I’m not too fond of the pose.  But hey, it’s a first pass so hopefully the other versions come out 10x better.

day 24: Poseidon

How do you design Greek Gods without rehashing what’s been done before?  Hell, that’s the plight of every character designer out there.  The great thing about the idea being done before is that you have that reference.  I looked at all the versions done before and had in mind what I didn’t want to do/copy.  The tricky part is trying to think of something new.

I decided to approach the Poseidon design by placing him in modern times.  As much as togas were the norm back then, it wasn’t gonna cut it with what I had in mind.  So I played around with trying to make it modern and still godly in a sense.  So here’s what I came up with.  Hopefully, it looks moderately cool.

day 23: ninja?

well, this is long overdue.  reminds of that one time I forgot to return some books to the library.  however, with this challenge, I don’t get penalized with late fees.  but nevertheless, not one of my finer moments.

remember those samurai characters I’ve been posting?  well, i decided to add a henchman ninja in the mix.  I swear I’ll finish this challenge before March.  haha.  cheers.

day 22: Victory!!!!

Seeing that I drew a character inspired by Kevin Sorbo’s Hercules, why not draw one that’s inspired by Xena the Warrior Princess.  Although she isn’t a viking, all I had stuck in my head was that phrase that Drama was known for in Entourage from his failed show Viking Quest, “VICTORY!!!!”  Maybe if I gave her an axe and a viking helmet she could pass off as one.

So if I run through my checklist of stuff you’d draw in jr high:

• girls – *check*
• swords – *check*
• that’s about it.

I think I can belt out a “VICTORY!!!!” for my inner teenage artist.

day 21: digital cleanup?

One of the many things I got out of my internship at Titmouse was learning how to use Flash as a digital cleanup/inking tool.  And it wasn’t an easy task by any means.  I remember cleaning up animation for one scene would end up lasting a month.  I used to joke around that after doing animation cleanup for the project I was on that I would be able to digitally ink anything.  And for anyone that knows me, I’m not known for having a clean line.

Anyways, while interning at Titmouse, I found out how much faster it is to ink digitally in Flash than Illustrator.  Thought I would take the time out to digitally ink my own art for a change.  I decided to add some tone so it wouldn’t look so bland.  That, and it’s really easy to do with the paint bucket tool.  There are still some parts I would like to fix with the value arrangement, but those changes aren’t destructive when it comes to vector art.  I plan on doing more digital inking on some of my designs, so look out for that in the future.  Cheers