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Ranma 1/2 – Ranma Saotome

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May 212014
 

It’s Wednesday. I went to bed 15 minutes earlier than usual last night and I woke up 15 minutes later than usual. So sleepy. What’ll wake me up? I know! A new mashup!

It’s always fun to unveil a new theme. This new theme has given me some pause. I’ll discuss why in next week’s blog. For now, let me just speak to the younger folks around. Ranma 1/2 is a series for older kids (teens and up). The mashups are safe (of course), but parental discretion is advised if you’re going to watch the show or read the manga.

Here’s Red Rich as the titular character from the series, Ranma Saotome. He’s a brash 16-year-old who’s training to be a formidable martial artist. While training in China, he triggered a strange curse. When doused with cold water, he turns into a girl. Only hot water will turn him back again. His brash behaviour attracts him a fair number of admirers but also rivals looking to defeat him. Oh, and his father’s a panda. I don’t really like giving wigs to the boys unless it’s really important to the mashup character’s look. I did give Rich the pigtail though.

Ranma

Since this is an anime theme, I decided to try something different this time. I’m drawing each character with “anime eyes”. It really changes the look.

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That’s all for this week. Come back next week to meet Ranma’s father, Genma. See you there!

So Titans…

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May 192014
 

It’s been an exciting time for me site-wise.

I had another Teen Titans mashup post shared on the Teen Titans Animated Series Facebook fan page last week. It’s the first time I’m aware of that my posts are being shared around without my involvement (beyond the initial post that is) and I have to say it feels pretty good. It means the content is getting out there and in a fairly timely fashion as it was current post that got shared.

I don’t know if my short Facebook ad campaign had anything to do with it. Maybe one of the visitors it attracted is a Teen Titans fan who chose to share the link on the fan page. Maybe it was a random visit from a Titans fan. If it was random, I hope to have more such random visits if that’s the case. If it’s the ad campaign, then it’s definitely an added perk. If any of those visitors stick around and enjoy some of the other content, it’s another win for me.

I’m almost sorry the Teen Titans mash-ups are over. We’ll have to see if the new theme attracts some similar attention.

Anyway, that’s what’s been up. Not much else to report. Fab had his first campfire of the season last night. It’s always nice to get together with friends and stare at the pretty burning lights and just gab. What did we talk about? Wouldn’t you like to know? The one thing I’ll share is that Quebec City was brought up. This might be important in the future. Or it might not. It remains to be seen. If something happens, you’ll be able to read all about it right here in the Monday Blog.

It’s back to work tomorrow. Have a great week folks!

 

Flashback Friday – Arrow

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May 162014
 

Good golly, Miss Molly! It’s Friday! What’s that? You’re not Miss Molly? Oh…well, it’s still Friday.

Last week I said I was pushing the flashback that was supposed to go up then to now. But why? To coincide with the season finale of Arrow. It’s nice how these things work out, huh? I’m really enjoying Arrow. It’s a great take on my favorite superhero, Green Arrow and the producers have been doing a great job of incorporating elements of the DC Universe in interesting ways unlike some other current TV shows based on comic properties.

When it came time to decide what version of Green Arrow I was going to use for the flashback, the Arrow costume was the obvious choice. So here’s Todrick taking aim. As always, you can click on a picture to enlarge it. For comparative purposes I’ve included the original picture of Arrow I based the piece on.

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For those of you who were wondering, this is the picture I saved in the wrong format and had to reink and recolour. Below is how the first pass looked like when I stripped the colour from it so I could relayer it. The deterioration of the linework isn’t as obvious in this reduced version. The second attempt turned out better even without taking that into consideration.

Arrow-Original

And here’s the comparison picture with the original mashup. One thing I was really proud of in the original was the posing. I still think that came out well.

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That’s all for this week. Next week’s flashback has some ties to that other comics-based TV show I mentioned. Any guesses? Find out for sure, next Friday! Have a good weekend!

 

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