Saturday Night’s Main (Flashback) Event – Bobby Heenan

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Mar 172018
 

Hello everyone! It’s still time for a flashback. I can’t believe I almost forgot again! Saturdays aren’t good memory days it would appear.

Oh how I couldn’t stand Bobby Heenan back in the day. As with many heels, now I appreciate how good he was. In Bobby’s case, it’s even more pronounced. He was just so entertaining and he knew how to make you hate him, but still be vulnerable enough to get his. This is something I feel the heels of today just don’t have. It’s like they’re afraid to look weak.

So yeah, the mouse character is dressed up as the Brain. A nice little unplanned touch.

In the original set, Zoë was dressed as Papa Shango. I didn’t want to do Shango again, so I went with a more classic heel. Here’s a comparison anyway.

That’s all for this week. See you next week for more fun!

Monday Night Raw (Flashback) – Akeem

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Mar 122018
 

Greetings Programs! It’s time for a blog…and a flashback’s overdue. So let’s do the two together.

I very specifically remember telling myself on Saturday that it was time to post a flashback, and then I didn’t do it for whatever reason. Oh well. I can now talk about the process a bit as a blog.

I’ve been using MyPaint to draw my mash-ups since the very beginning. For some reason, about a month or so ago, the software started glitching when I try to save. I couldn’t figure out what was going on and it was getting kind of maddening. The forums weren’t of any use. I thought it might be time to change software, but I didn’t want to spend any money. MyPaint was free and it did me fine for so long, I wanted to find another free alternative, so I tried Krita.

Krita looks to be more powerful than MyPaint, but it didn’t work out for me. I’m sure with time I could have gotten used to the different controls, but I took to MyPaint right away so again, if I’m going to change, I want it to be for something I feel better about using NOW.

I went back to MyPaint and tried fiddling around some more. I think it has something to do with where I’m saving the files. If I save them in the MyPaint directory, it doesn’t seem to have any issue. I’ll have to keep testing.

Now about the subject of this week’s mash-up. For some reason, the WWF decided that the One Man Gang gimmick wasn’t working, so they repackaged George Gray as Akeem, the African Dream. Basically, it boiled down to a white guy who thought he was black. Not the most progressive of gimmicks, but he looked goofy when he was dancing around. I liked it way better than the One Man Gang gimmick, so it was an improvement for me.

Here’s Barnaby as Akeem. First, is the version I did with Krita. Second, is the version I did with MyPaint off the same pencil sketch. Which do you prefer? You might need to click on each to really see the details.

Here’s a comparison to the original.

That’s all for this week. Have a good seven and we’ll do the mash-up part again on Saturday and the blog part again on Monday. Carja V.

Saturday Night’s Main (Flashback) Event – Ric Flair

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Mar 032018
 

Howdy folks! Time for a rasslin’ flashback!

Wooooooooo! It’s time to talk about the dirtiest player in the game, the Nature Boy, Ric Flair! He’s another of those heels that was just so good at being bad you have to respect him for what he was able to accomplish.

Here’s Nektara in one of the Nature Boy’s robes. Truth be told, his robes are the most iconic thing about Ric Flair. There are plenty of other wrestlers who came to the ring in robes, but Flair’s are a class apart.

Here’s a comparison to the original. I went with a different robe design this time around. Basically I felt a little braver than I did last time. I wouldn’t say I nailed it this time around, but it’s definitely a more interesting look.

That’s all for this week. I got it out on the day I intended so you know, cool! Will I succeed next week? Come back and find out!

Saturday Night’s Main (Flashback) Event – Brother Love

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Feb 252018
 

Greetings and salutations on this SUNDAY morning. Spaced again yesterday. Sorry about that.

I hated Brother Love. That means Bruce Pritchard did his job and did it well. As is the case with a lot of bad guys from the 80’s, I am now able to recognize how good they were at eliciting a reaction from the crowd. His Wrestlemania V segment with Roddy Piper (my all-time favorite) was great stuff. “I looooooove you! But that doesn’t mean that I liiiiiiike you!”

If there’s any character that personifies love in the Animus cast, it’s Deema. She loves everybody. She could also pass for James E. Cornette if need be, as he was also one for colourful suits.

Here’s a comparison to the original. The original wasn’t bad for the time. The shaky lines are its biggest weakness of course.

That’s all for this week. Come back next week for more fun!

Saturday Night’s Main (Flashback) Event – Mr. Perfect

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Feb 182018
 

Hi. It’s Sunday morning and I missed another posting date. More on that another time. For now, let’s just try to have a little fun.

Curt Hennig was all shades of awesome. It took a little bit for me to notice, because he was a bad guy and all, but he was just so great at everything he did in and out of the ring. He wasn’t far from his moniker. He’s grown to be one of my favorites of all time. After a while, everybody realized that he was what he said he was. And he said, he was perfect!

Here’s Todrick as Mr. Perfect. There was nothing really flashy about Mr. Perfect. He wore a brightly coloured singlet. He carried a towel and he chewed gum. Without fail, on his way to the ring he would spit his gum and swat it away with his hand before it hit the ground. It’s so iconic I had to try to recreate it in the mash-up.

Here’s the comparison to the original piece. The proportions are all off in the original of course. His swatting arm is still longer than it should be but that’s the way it came out.

That’s all for this week. More wrestling fun next week.

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