The Arsenal
This week’s blog drawing is another character from my friend’s game Rusted Bullet. His (or her, I’m not sure) is The Arsenal, and it should be obvious why. When I asked my wife what she thought she said it was pretty testosteroney. That was what I was going for.
I’ve also included last week’s The Suit as he would appear on the cards.
Arsenal Card
The Suit Card
Something that drives me crazy is people who critique the practicality of superhero costumes, as if superhero costumes are supposed to be practical. They aren’t.
They’re supposed to be fun and aesthetically pleasing. If possible they should tell you something about who the character is and what they stand for… but practical, no.
Practical wouldn’t be any fun.
Wonderfully Practical Woman
Ready to Kick Butt and Cure Zombies.
She’s got a knife in the one hand, the cure for the zombie infection in the other, and a tight fabric wrap around her broken ribs.
The Suit
This week’s blog is inspired by a game one of my friends is designing. I posted the Rusted Bullet design earlier. This one is inspired by a character he calls The Suit.
The name gave me the approach. A sort of Chairface Chippendale.
This is my drawing of the eponymous Rusted Bullet.
Rusted Bullet with Rust
Some rough sketches of the Greendale Seven… evil.
The Darkest Timeline
Evil Abed – Plus Batman and Robin (Troy and Abed)
Clark, Kal El and Superman
This week’s post is my idea for a Superman story remix.
My notion is that the Kent’s actually do have a boy named Clark. He’s a good boy but sickly and allergic to everything. The doctors don’t know what to do. Clark spends most of his time in bed reading. He is a fast learner and books are his world. They are also his escape.
Kal-El is the Kryptonian child of the El’s, but they are not humanoid. They are a race of symbiotes that live in collaboration with the other species on Krypton. Jor-El (Kal’s dad) discovers the planet is dying and put’s his son in suspended animation within a shielded box that he places in a meteor shell and hurls it all toward Earth. He’s seen the planet and knows that it is full of life and that whereever Kal lands he will find a host.
Clark convinces his parents to go out on a date for the evening. They are worried, but he persuades them that he will be all right and that he has everything he needs in his room. They go out and a meteorite hits the house demolishing it. Luckily it contains the box with Kal-El which opens when it senses Clark and the two merge.
Kal-El meets Clark
Clark and Kal-El discover that together they are incredibly strong and able to do amazing things. Early on they cannot seperate, but Kal-El can recede when Clark needs to be incognito. They communicate telepathically and share all memories and strengthes. As Kal-El matures he is able to imitate shapes and colors and together he and Clark come up with the form of Superman. Clark gives him a cape and the great square chin of every hero, Kal-El gives him the crest of his family.
As Superman Clark is able to live out the fantasies of his literary youth, and Kal-El is able to come out of hiding and show himself to the world. They both fall in love with Lois and so we enter the classic dramatic love triangle that includes an odd fourth wheel that is a combination of two.
You where only adopted by the circus, I was born in it. Molded by it.
I ate nothing but cotton candy until I was already a man.
For serving Amok Tea at your Pon Farr Party
Here’s our first Wildcard Wednesday. Every once in a while we have a good week and an extra drawing or two. Usually they get put into the rainy day fund, but sometimes we want to share them early.
This design is a pattern that I submitted to Threadless.com. It’s inspired by an episode of a show I enjoy. You can vote for it over at Threadless by clicking the links below.
Introducing Chunter, Boffin and Twee
I went to the Webster’s online dictionary the other day to look up a word. It’s a great place to do that, what with all the definitions and stuff. On the way to my word I got distracted. Unlike the paperback edition, the online dicionary has lots of blinky things and “articles” to click on. I clicked on a list of ten unusual British words and found the names of this week’s characters.
I imagine these three solving mysteries and ruining things for people that would have gotten away with it if not for those lousy kids.
Here’s my first sketch
This might be the second. I like the attitude on this Boffin. Need to experiment and see if I can get that back. Also liek the fro on Chunter, but I like how Chunter has worked out. Maybe Chunter in disguise…
Here’s the second to last round. Chunter is almost there and Boffin has gotten back some of her attitude. Twee is still not there. I think Twee is the one that needs the most work. He’s sort of modeled on the idea (and only a little of the appearence) on the Doctor’s roommate in the episode The Lodger. We’ll see where things go.
Who’s got two thumbs and will avenge the death of his father….
Let’s go Comet. No I said we’d get some lunch if you were good…. but you weren’t good.
This guy!
