AWWF Superstars

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Nov 142012
 

“Hello everyone and welcome to AWWF Superstars! I’m your host Carja McMahon along with the legend Popkin Sammartino.”

“Pickles!”

That’s right folks. As promised, this week we start our mash-up look at the superstars of wrestling in the Animus World Wrestling Federation. Let’s get this battle royal started, shall we? As always, click to embiggen.

Introducing first, from Vawsing Beach, Pelaria, the AWWF Champion, the Immovable Barn Bogan!

“Next, from Tinkerwood Valley, the Deadfur, The Undertinkerer!” Undertaker was almost played by Big Oonch, so that the hat rim could hide his eyes, but I came up with a better idea for him (which you’ll see next week), and of course, I’ve already set a precedent with the name “Undertinker” so Cyran as the Undertinkerer made sense.

“Being accompanied to the ring by Popkin, from Music City, Sunnyvale, the Bird Girl, Zozo B. Ware!” I love how the name turned out, the drawing was…alright. This one was the longest to draw because I really struggled with the legs. To really sell this, Zoë should have Popkin on her arm, but that of course, would crush her. 😉 Popkin at least gets to make an appearance on her tights.

“Ooooooooohhhhhhhhhh! What a rush!” “From Crimson Coast, Road Warrior Deema!” Deema as Hawk was almost entirely influenced by Deema’s head shape. Even though she’s “Road Warrior” Deema, I gave her Legion of Doom colors. The name Road Warrior Deema flows better but the LOD colors look more cartoony.

*cue bagpipe music* “And from Verdant, “Rowdy” Toddy Piper!” Hot Rod is my favorite all-time wrestler, so I went with Todrick to play him. How cool is it that his name works well?

That’s all for now. We’ll introduce more battle royal participants next week.

Moonlight Densetsu

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Nov 072012
 

When last we left our heroes, they were channeling the spirits of the Moon Princess and her friends. This week, we return to the world of Sailor Moon. Click to embiggen the pictures.

First up, is Red Rich as Tuxedo Kamen. Who else to dress up in all that finery?

Next, how about Sass as Sailor Jupiter (my personal favorite of the Sailor Senshi)? Sass is the character I least had to cheat with the proportions.

Moving right along, we have Zoë as Sailor Venus. I chose a picture from later in the series for Sailor Venus after the senshi costumes were slightly revamped, so Zoë’s look is a little different from the others.

Usually when I pick a theme, there’s a lack of female characters to choose from and the girls have to play male roles. This time, there weren’t enough male roles (amongst the main cast anyway). Two male characters would end up losing the lottery and have to dress up as senshis. The first is Todrick, who doesn’t seem too happy about playing Sailor Mercury. He’s had practice dressing up as a girl before though.

The second was previewed on Facebook, so it should be no surprise to see Barnaby as Chibi-Usa. At first, I wasn’t going to do Chibi-Usa. I only wanted one boy dressed as a girl so Barnaby was going to be Helios, but I decided that was too obscure a character (I had to dig around to find him). Then I contemplated leaving Barnaby out completely. Finally, I decided it wouldn’t be so bad to have Barnaby dressed up as a girl too. He’s also done it before. It also works on a level that the bears play Sailor Moon and Chibi Usa and that it’s the big bear who’s dressed up as “Mini” Moon.

Anyhoo, that’s it for this week. Come back next week for the start of a new theme.

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Animus

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Oct 312012
 

And thus started another Wednesday Mash-up…

Hey folks, it’s that time again. Last week I said we’d be checking out a semi-spacey theme. I was referring to the names of the main characters which all refer to planets. We’re going back to an anime theme with Sailor Moon. Click to embiggen.

First up, is the titular character, Sailor Moon played by Nektara.

Next, is Sailor Moon’s rival and friend, Sailor Mars, played by Deema. I thought the red costume would be a nice contrast to her green skin. The sailor senshi all have long limbs, while the Animus Funnies cast have short arms and legs. That means I have to cheat when I try poses like this one.

Tuxedo Kamen is replaced for a short period by the Moonlight Tinkerer, who is played here by Cyran.

Last up for this week, is Usagi’s nerdy schoolmate Gurio who at first has a crush on her, played of course, by that ladies’ fur, Big Oonch.

Come back next Wednesday to see the rest of the Sailor Moon crew.

Space Age of Animus II – The Spacening

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Oct 242012
 

It’s Mash-up time!

This week, we conclude our look at how the Funnies characters would have looked if I had gone sci-fi instead of fantasy. You know the drill, click to embiggen.

First up is Zoë. The Mouse Wing would still have existed, only instead of living birds, the mice would ride jet-birds. Zoë’s ride would have been P0PK1N. This drawing turned out a lot bigger than my usual mash-ups. It took up so much memory that the program crashed several times while I was working on it, including after I had “finished” causing me to have to redo a lot of the shading. It’s a good thing I always save before the shading process begins or I would have lost everything.

Next up is the Big Oonch. Oonch would have been a drifter in this setting. How fortunate that the reflective glare from his helmet hid his eyes.

Cyran would still have been a tinkerer of sorts, only his wrench would have been stuck to the glove of his space suit instead of his paw. This lends the question, why not just buy a new pair of gloves?

Finally, we have Deema. Deema would have been an alien princess in Space Age of Animus, so her look is different from the other characters. Her body would be able to stand up to the vacuum of space, so she wouldn’t need a suit, only the bubble to breathe.

That’s all for Space Age of Animus. Come back next week as we look at another semi-spacey theme.

 

Space Age of Animus

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Oct 172012
 

Welcome back to the Wednesday Mash-ups! I’m trying something different this go-around. I really enjoyed drawing the Space Age of Animus rejected idea strip, so this week I thought I’d draw the Funnies characters in that retro-futuristic sci-fi style. As always, click to embiggen.

Spacefur Rich was one of the two characters featured in the actual strip, so all I had to do was reproduce the general look of his appearance in the strip. In the Space Age of Animus setting Spacefur Rich would be a rocketeer, zipping along in space with his rocket pack.

For Sass, again the idea was to reproduce her general appearance in the strip. In this setting, she would be a rogue agent, which is why she doesn’t have the Space Corps lightning bolt logo on her spacesuit.

I decided Todrick would be a Space Corps fighter pilot. Since he’d be in a cockpit instead of out in space, his suit didn’t need to be as enclosed as Spacefur Rich’s, which is why his tail is exposed. My natural inclination was to make the spacesuit red but that wouldn’t have stood out from his fur so I went with blue instead.

Nektara would have been an officer in the Space Corps. Those old pulp sci-fi comics always had colourful costumes so I wanted an unconventional uniform colour to set the look apart from standard sci-fi uniforms. The lightning bolt pin on her lapel designates her rank. Since she only has one bolt, it’s safe to assume she isn’t in the upper echelons of command.

Barnaby would have been a general labourer on the space docks, so his spacesuit would need to be made of more rugged material and less fancy than the ones worn by his friends. The harness is a functional brace to assist in heavy lifting, reminiscent of the harness Barnaby had to wear when he was pulling the wagon on the way to the Crimson Coast.

Next week we’ll see how the other characters turn out (they’re not drawn yet).

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