At the suggestion of a reader, I made more extreme graphic representations of NMC characters and then made a wallpaper.
It came pretty nicely.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
NMC Stuff
Friday, January 29, 2010
Two Sketches
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Late Update
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Early Post
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
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.
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.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Random! Hooray!
Sunday, January 24, 2010
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.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
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.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Fooling Around
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Royal Flush
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Fast Doodles
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
(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.
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.
Labels:
Aliens,
Chekhov,
DAV,
Ethan,
Fan art,
Nightmare City,
Royal Flush,
Tony
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Eurgh
Saturday, January 16, 2010
You Know
Friday, January 15, 2010
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!
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!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
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.
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.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Art Journaling
Monday, January 11, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Halfaces!
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Randomness Again!
Friday, January 8, 2010
Preliminary Again
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Random!
Monday, January 4, 2010
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.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Friday, January 1, 2010
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