Mar 272014
Carja
Mar 262014
It’s that time of week again! I believe our forefathers used to call it Mash-up Wednesday. It’s a day rich in mash-uppy tradition.
We’re still in Krull mode here. As always, click on the picture to enlarge it.
Krull was the first movie I ever saw Liam Neeson in. If you had told me back in 1983 that he’d go on to become one of the most famous actors in the world, I wouldn’t have believed you. Kegan’s role was small, but I took a shine to him. He was just the right amount of charming for an escaped outlaw. My favorite line of his was when Colwyn was trying to recruit Torquil and his men and had just given his heartfelt plea. Kegan’s response was “Noble sentiments, but we fight for profit, you know what I mean?” This is Kegan from that scene, leaning up against the canyon wall. I intended to give Barnaby a beard like Kegan’s, but I forgot about it when I was colouring. I like him better without it.
That’s it for this week. Two more Krull weeks to go. Next week the Old One comes down from the mountains. See you then!
Mar 252014
Mar 242014
Hey folks! It’s Sunday and I’m here writing my blog post for Monday. It’s not too often that I get around to doing this, but I had a three-day weekend this week and I got all my drawing done early so here I am.
I’m actually halfway done on my last Krull mash-up. That would give me a three-week cushion for the Wednesday installment which would put me on par with the three-week cushion I give myself for strips and flashbacks. I’m digging it!
It’s time to switch programs over at work. I’m still waiting on the process I applied for to be finalized, but I’ve got an interim contract that has me set up as a technical adviser through September. I’ll be starting with finishing up correcting the macro codes I’ve been working on. I wasn’t able to work on them at all for the last few weeks as we’ve been pushing towards the end of the program.
I’m switching desks for the first time in like four years. I had to clean out my stuff on Thursday before leaving so that the person who’ll be moving in to my old desk could move in on Friday. My new desk is bigger…for now. The whole building is moving towards saving office space so I expect new desks sometime this year or next.
Major plot twist in Thursday’s strip last week. It wasn’t in my original plan for this storyline it just sort of fell into place as I was fleshing things out. I can see the finish line for this arc now. I’ve still got a ways to go before I get there, but I know where I’m going for the most part. This is going to be pretty much Cyran’s show for a while.
You know, I was sure I had something else I wanted to talk about earlier this week. Wouldn’t you know it though? I’ve plum forgotten what it was. This is what happens when I don’t keep notes. Next time, I’ll have to write my subjects down as they come to me and then edit them together into a single post. For now though, I’m going to wrap this up. Have a good week everybody!
Mar 212014
It’s Friday! Normally, I leave work early on Friday which is nice, but today I have Friday off, which is even better! Sleep in yo! How sad is it though that sleeping in today, meant 8:15? Maybe I couldn’t sleep a minute longer knowing that I had a flashback to share. Yeah, that must be it!
I try to spread out the flashbacks a little amongst the various themes and characters. For this week’s theme, I felt it was time to revisit Star Trek again and to feature Deema. So, hey, whaddya know? It’s Deema in her Star Trek costume!
I’ve said before that I felt that Star Trek II featured the best uniforms in the whole franchise. That statement wasn’t limited to the standard crewmen uniforms, but the engineering unis as well. One I especially liked was the radiation suits that they wore. When my Deema as a Gorn piece turned out so bad I didn’t even want to share it, I fell back on this uniform for her mash-up.
Here’s the comparison piece. I think it’s one of the more striking comparisons. I’m so much happier with my linework now. The curves and circles especially are so much smoother. I also no longer feel the need to colour in white sections with an off-shade. The shading gives enough texture to set apart the costume from the white background.
That’s all for this week’s flashback. Next week’s will feature Zoë. Come back to see which costume she’ll be wearing!
