WALLPAPER

At the suggestion of a reader, I made more extreme graphic representations of NMC characters and then made a wallpaper.


It came pretty nicely.

NMC Stuff

First a crappy doodle of the Prof.



At least his hands came out ok.

Then a very graphical representation of Lily's head.


That is all.

Two Sketches

First up, a redesign of an old character who desperately needed it. It's not the best I've done, nor do I think it's the appropriate design for this chick, but here we go anyway.


Then I just drew this demon kid I've been thinking about quite randomly whenever I can't sleep.

Late Update

Today was more hectic than heck. But here are two drawings I did last night. No, I did not have the opportunity to post them until now.

Early Post

I'll be away tonight, so here's stuff!


General von Trapp CG'ed NMC style. Accidentally left the ref color, oops. You'll probably realize why I use the white lines with this piece.


And here's what he looks like in normal-o-vision. Done as practice so I don't get rusty with normal cel shading.

Eclectic Sketches

Today I visited the exhibit of Shepard Fairey's works as part of my drawing 2 class.


Shepard Fairey often repeats a single image in a wide variety of contexts; this image, the Obey Giant, has become his "brand." I thought about the symbol I used and the special name I gave to myself and how that symbol represented me. (The name is bubblegum paranoids, and the symbol is a skull with a single eye socket and a scar... mostly pictured above).


I realize that the bubblegum paranoids name didn't really describe me at all, and neither did the symbol. So redesigning was in order. I think the round-headed robot is much closer to who I am. In the bottom-left corner is a rendition of one of Fairey's...works? (I don't know if it's a painting/stencil/silkscreen or what have you.)

But enough being deep.


You're here to look at pictures like this.

Random! Hooray!

I drew a lot of ugly things today that I do not want to post. Have the least ugly of them all!


Ethan Boyd, a detective of the NMCPD. He spends most of his time developing crazy conspiracy theories and very little time doing actual detective work.

GEE, I WONDER WHO HE COULD POSSIBLY BE NAMED AFTER.

von Trapp

Mr. von Trapp, Lily's "archnemesis" who doesn't quite view her in the same manner.

He was supposed to be a baron, but he came out rather soldiery looking. Perhaps he's General von Trapp instead? But he's a little young for that. Private von Trapp? And maybe he calls himself "General" to impress people who don't know better. Yeah, I like it.

His color is olive brighter-than-drab.

The Last Vigilante

I know a lot about her secret identity--her name is Anna Langsley. Her parents were both superheroes tragically murdered by the police on accident (I mentioned that NMC police were incompetent, right?). She didn't really want to follow in their footsteps but does so anyway out of a sense of duty. She's also a private investigator.

I know next to nothing about her superego, though. I keep naming her files "mystery," so maybe that's her name? And what are her powers? I don't know. Hopefully these answers come to me soon.

Fooling Around

...And thus I didn't get a lot of drawing done today.

But I did at least draw a framework for a reference. Yay!

Royal Flush

I think I'm almost through my block.

All the highest-ranking members of Royal Flush. Clockwise from the top, they are the King of Clubs, the Jack of Diamonds, the Ace of Spades, and the Queen of Hearts. They probably have real names too, but I haven't figured those out yet.

Fast Doodles

Just something I did quickly to get my creative juices flowing today. They've been a little jammed lately.

Stairs

For Drawing 2.

(Sad face)

I had a really terrible day today, but I also doodled a lot. Here you go.
Writing that isn't ALLCAPS is commentary on a college visit between me and my mom. Kept for your viewing pleasure, sort of.

ALLCAPS writing is monologue for the figures I drew.

Eurgh

I don't know who this is, he just showed up when I started drawing today.

I've been at him for hours and I can't get him to look right, so I just gave up and put him here.

Also, have a WIP.

You Know

I honestly have nothing to show for today.

I started drawing something but it's not nearly finished. I'm sorry

Will you take a very early concept of Lily as compensation?


I hope to make it up to you tomorrow.

Villian Preliminaries

Card based villains to be precise!


The leader of the villain group, who is based on the ace of spades. This will probably not be his final design or even close to his final design.


Based on the King of Clubs. His design could use some tweaking but otherwise came out exactly how I pictured him in my head, hooray. To his right are some ideas for the leader's particular ace symbol; I like the bottom one but I may change it.\

Oh and the group is called Royal Flush, even though there are only four of them and none of them are the same suit. It just sounds fancy.
Enjoy!

NMC Concepty Stuff

The full map from yesterday, as promised:


Note that the district names are not the real names of the districts; just some names I'm using to make it easier for me to remember.

Also, some important or otherwise known locations are named.
It took all my will not to draw a slummy area, label it "DISTRICT 9" and then put a star labeled "PRAWNS LIVE HERE." True story.

Also, a mysterious battered android.


Saying hi.

NMC WIP

I MADE IT BEFORE MIDNIGHT better version tomorrow

Art Journaling

Started an art journal for Drawing 2 today!


This is page 1. Accidentally uploaded in greyscale, but I'm too lazy to scan a color version right now. XD Maybe later!

MS Paint WIP

No one special, just a dude. That's all I was working on today.

Halfaces!

Here we have fake happy, upset and tipsy.

I'll probably be doing some for Chekhov next... these are really helpful in both... learning to draw more expressive faces and learning to draw a character consistently.

Randomness Again!

Just... yes, the title of this entry is apt.

Experimenting with my digital line a bit. Ignoring that his eyes are really asymmetrical, I like it.

Preliminary Again

...For a nameless, last-minute cast addition. In two flavors.



Don't know which color I'll go with yet. What do you prefer, readers?

WHOOPS

Almost forgot to update!

And look, I even had this all done!

More Expressions!

I wish I had more to show, but I don't. Working on the next references. Stay tuned for those?

Random!

I need to draw more expressive pictures.


So I tried making a few today. Also just what Lily looks like when not fighting crime.

And then I drew this randomly.

Character Bio 3: Aleksei Dmitrievich Chekhov

Once upon a time in a small farming hamlet in the mystical land of Russia, there were a lot of unhappy peasants. They were unhappy because years of nuclear testing near their homeland had contaminated their food and water supply. As a result, many children were born with hideous mutations and few survived childhood. Sad times were had by everyone.

The Chekhov family was not immune to these sad times. Their eldest son, Aleksei, was born without eyes. Or even eye sockets. There was only a slightly depressed area in his face where eyes would be on a normal human. This, understandably, upset the Chekhovs greatly. They almost abandoned him at first. But he proved to be both healthy and endearing, and so his parents shrugged and figured that he could still probably be taught how to help around the farm with a little guidance.

Aleksei proved to hold more surprises for the family, however. By age four he could move around the hamlet without any help, claiming to be able to see. By age five he was rattling off disturbingly accurate predictions of the future. Even though he was young, he became a valued member of the community for his otherworldly gifts.

Word spread quickly of the blind boy who could see, and it wasn't too long before an underground communist party abducted Aleksei. It turned out that he wasn't nearly as alone in his abilities as everyone thought; nuclear testing throughout Russia had inexplicably caused many children to develop superpowers. And it was the goal of the underground communists to train an army of superhumans to overthrow the current government and spread communism throughout the world.

A few tests proved that young Aleksei was psychic and had potential to develop his abilities beyond premonition (and... well, whatever ability he used to see otherwise). Day after day, Aleksei faced grueling training of such abilities as telekinesis, telepathy and telephones. Although I might have made one of those up. Even when it became painfully obvious that he had no skills in any psychic abilities but special sight/premonition, they forced him to keep at it. Eventually he could move light objects with his mind, but that was about it.

At age thirteen, after spending over half his life as a prisoner of communism, he escaped. No one really knows how he escaped, and Aleksei's story changes every time. Sometimes he escaped by himself. Other times he had help from the reincarnation of Grigori Rasputin. Still other times, he and the other mutant children staged a revolt and then went their separate ways. However he escaped, the fact remains that he made his way to America, earning a little money from doing whatever work he could and picking up English along the way. Eventually he found himself in Nightmare City. The rampant superhero fever gave him a great idea: use his powers to fight evil, then take whatever evil happened to pick up and resell it on the black market. A sort of twisted Robin Hood, if you will. He decided to make his heritage his theme and became the Red Menace, mowing down evil with a hammer in one hand and a sickle in the other.

He's a good guy at heart, really. He's hardworking, intelligent, and just. It's just that circumstance left him unable to do anything else in the world, basically. He dreams of one day earning enough money to get out of the black market and of obtaining citizenship (although the latter is very unlikely at this point). He makes misguided decisions, though, and thus maintains the status quo.

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Next up... well I'd like to finish the vigilantes first, so maybe CHOD. Or Doctor O.

Nearly Finished Lineart!

Soon: Third Finished NMC reference!

I'm Making Progress, I Swear!

Look, I have photographic evidence!


It will be finished soon.

More Random Fan Art

These dudes are fun to draw.

Working on the next NMC ref, I swear. Until then, this will have to do.