Bring Forth The Ham Sandwich

I love Deadpool--he's hysterical. Now the Wade Wilson of X-Men Origins: Wolverine was great--in the beginning of the movie. But then all the funny got sucked out of him. So I just did a little sketch of him being silly. :]

But yeah, here's to hoping that I post this correctly so it's not cropped all funky.

Aaaaaand no, no I cannot post it correctly. ~_~

Literary Vignette

Pffft... consistency, we have it. I guess it's high time a new topic was posted. "What?" Some of you might say. "Why are you doing this right when we're about to get stressed and commit harakiri over co-ops?"

It's because I'm cruel, crazy, and everyone needs an excuse to not be working on what they should be, alright?

Anyway, the next topic.

Have you ever read a book and found yourself heartbroken by a terrible translation to a movie format? Believe that they butchered a character's design completely and entirely and wished that you could build a time machine to jump back in time, establish yourself as the movie's art director and make things right?

... I'll get back to you if I ever build that time machine. Nonetheless... we still have wishful thinking. And the ability to draw up what we feel a proper design would be, am I right?

So that's your next challenge. Take a character from a book, human or otherwise, and revamp the character design. If the character never made it to a visual medium, it matters not, just show us what you envisioned when reading about them. :D

The power of the x-acto

Cute little artist. Tired, covered in paint, seemingly only focused on making pretty things... Scenario: If you give a daaper an x-acto. (Of course we always have an x-acto blade with us, but I'm sticking with the story-book parody).

This was actually inspired by the movie "Audition". Its a Japanese horror movie where the monster is a 90 pound young woman. They reference her having killed a couple of guys, and she manages to piano wire the foot off of the main character. I'm still astounded that none of these people managed to save themselves from such a tiny, non-aggressive woman.

So this is my artsy twist to that idea. The pet-sized cthulhu doing backflips nearby?.. She doesn't know he's there. He's her shoulder devil, the voices in her head (and tribute to Lauren's drawing).

I didn't find time to color it. If I get to it, I'll update the pic.

You Better Not Cry...

It's amazing what opportunities come your way when you have
a beer belly, a red suit, and a hearty ho ho ho.

Beware of speed shading. D8 ...And lame photoshoppin. lD

I don't know how to fix it so it's not cropped though.

Lilith and Mrs. Pimpernickel

He Whose Name Is Far Too Phonetically Complicated To Be Uttered By Human Mouths arose from the abyss to establish hegemony over all inferior creatures that roam the earth and bring forth an age of terror and of darkness.

Unfortunately for He Whose Name Is Far Too Phonetically Complicated To Be Uttered By Human Mouths, the supreme priestess Lilith, meant to herald His arrival and incite chaos, is less concerned with preparations for His return than she is with avoiding cootie exposure and receiving the milk and cookies that are her due every afternoon after her preschool class.

He Whose Name Is Far Too Phonetically Complicated To Be Uttered By Human Mouths, frazzled by His premature awakening, can do nothing but bide his time for the next twenty years. Shifting in the darkness. Drinking the blood of infants. Sharing tea with Lilith on the weekends.

She likes to call Him Mrs. Pimpernickel.

PFFFFFT. You guys can post your superior pictures now.

Started this sucker off in Painter, then scaled it back due to insufficient time. You know how it is. Somewhat inspired by this and only loosely related to the topic at hand. C:

Welcome to the show!

Let's get this thing started. We'll take turns posting topics every week or every other week, whatever people can manage. When it's your turn, you can choose just about whatever you want, as specific as you want. You don't need to stick strictly to the topic, it's just a place to start from.

The purpose of all this is to have some art/design fun outside of the usual school and work drudgery. Stretch out our creative muscles.

Our first topic is unlikely villain. Perhaps similar to the idea of an unlikely hero.

Aaaand... go!