Flashback Friday – Star Trek

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Dec 202013
 

Well look at that! It’s Friday, time for another flashback!

This week it’s a look back at Star Trek.

The uniforms worn in Star Trek II through Star Trek VI are my favorite uniforms in Star Trek. They may even be my favorite uniforms from any movie. Definitely up there in the top five at any rate. When I was going to revisit the Star Trek theme therefore, there was little doubt which uniform I’d redo first. I think this is the first time I’ve managed to have both feet pointing in the same direction where I’ve been happy with the results. It was actually important to me that I get to do the stripe on the dress pants so I needed that to work out. As always, you can click on the pictures to embiggen.

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And here’s the comparison with the original. The most glaring thing about the old one is the collar.

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Okay so that’s all for this week. Live long and prosper! Will there be another flashback next week? Maaaaaaaybe!

Flashback Friday: Tron

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Dec 132013
 

Woo! Friday has not arrived too soon! And with Friday comes flashback mash-ups!

This week we get zapped back into the computer world of Tron! To change things up a little though, I decided to feature designs from Tron Legacy rather than the original movie.

As I was browsing through pictures from the movie trying to find a striking pose to recreate, I came upon one of the movie posters which itself was an homage to the original movie and decided that was the one to go with. Because of Cyran’s short height however, I had to give him a little boost, which is why he’s standing on a pedestal.  I could have gone with someone taller, like Todrick who would have made sense because he’s Nektara’s boyfriend, or Red Rich, since he was Flynn in the original set and Tron Legacy features Flynn’s son, but with Cyran being the one who receives the energy wrench (disk) in the original set, I chose him to be featured again in this piece. I went with Nektara because she was featured in the original set and her hair matches up well with Quorra’s. As always, click on the picture to zoom in.

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I don’t usually link the original picture I used as a model, but in this case, I’m including it just to compare.

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And while we’re comparing things, here are comparisons to the original Tron mash-ups!

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So that’s it for this week! Next week is another sci-fi staple! Peace out!

Flashback Friday – Nek Skyourser

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Dec 062013
 

TGIFF! That’s right, thank goodness it’s a Flashback Friday!

As I said in Monday’s blog, today’s flashback is from Star Wars. It’s Nektara as Luke Skywalker in Bespin fatigues as shown in the Empire Strikes Back. It’s perhaps the least iconic look of anything Luke wears but I liked the publicity shot that was taken of him in it. As always click on the picture to see a close-up.

One thing about how this picture turned out. Every time I look at it, it seems to me like her nose is floating above her face because of the way I shaded it. I was soft on the details of the blaster but I think it turned out okay. I noticed a couple of things about the costume as I was drawing it, like the fact that there’s a kind of canvas covering over part of the boots and how many empty pockets Luke had.

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Here’s the comparative shot of Nektara as Luke then and now (again you can click on the picture for a close-up):

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That’s it for this week’s flashback. Next week, we return inside the computer!

Flashback Friday – Aquafox

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Nov 292013
 

Howdy folks and welcome to Flashback Friday!

I’ve only been drawing mash-ups since March of last year, but I’ve made a lot of progress since that time. So much so, that when I compare the mash-ups I draw today to the ones I did back then, I’m really disappointed that I didn’t do a better job on some of my favorite subjects. Just to see how far I’d come, I thought why not redo the first mash-up I did, which was Todrick as Aquafox (Aquaman)? I love alliterative names and so Flashback Friday was born. Anyway, that’s the background, let’s get to the picture, right?

I decided to go with the New 52 version of Aquaman. The difference is mainly in the belt.

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And for comparative purposes, here’s the original and the new drawing, side by side.

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Okay, so that’s it for now. I’ll have a new flashback next Friday. Have a good weekend!

Steampunk Sidekicks

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Nov 202013
 

Hey y’all! It’s Wednesday and that’s traditionally meant it’s mash-up time! That’s going to change next week, but for now, let’s do this!

This week we’re concluding our look at the wonderful world of steampunk. It’s probably a good thing. I really struggled coming up with ideas for this one.

So after the main cast I thought I’d give Skitter, Popkin and Mouser a chance to shine. I sketched for hours and didn’t come up with anything I liked. Then I chanced on a picture that had a look that finally worked for Popkin. The sketching went quickly after that. Mouser was easiest. Skitter comes off looking kind of plain, but I’ve made my peace with it. He’s still cute.

Steampunk-SidekicksSo that’s it. Next week we move to the three strips a week schedule. Regular mash-ups should return sometime next year. Until next time!

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