300 – Interlude: Happy Birthday Todrick!
May 282014
Wednesday has long been the friend of mash-ups! How long you ask? As far back as 2012! Wow, right?
Anyway, let’s get back to this week’s mash-ups. But first:
Ranma 1/2 is an anime that is aimed at an older audience. The mash-ups featured here are 100% safe for children of all ages, but parental discretion is advised before viewing the anime or reading the manga with children.
Last week, we met Ranma Saotome, heir to the Anything Goes School of Martial Arts. His father, Genma Saotome is a gifted martial artist in his own right. Here’s Barnaby dressed up as Genma. As with Ranma last week, I also drew an “anime-style” face for him.
“Wait a minute! Hold on! Didn’t you say last week, that Ranma’s father was a panda?!”
Why yes. Yes I did. See Genma also fell into one of the cursed springs of Jusenkyo. As a result, whenever he’s doused with cold water, he takes the form of a panda. Unable to speak, he communicates with signs. I should be up front. I did the most cursory of searches for a translation of the word “derp”. The translator came up with ダープ which translates to daapu. My apologies if it turns out daapu is offensive in Japanese.
That’s all for this week. Next week, we’ll spend some time with Ranma’s fiance, Akane.
May 142014
Here’s the group picture of the Animus cast dressed up as the Teen Titans. People who showed up at Zone 51 on Free Comic Book Day were able to walk away with a free postcard of this picture.
The observant amongst you will have noticed that Nektara is looking in the opposite direction here than she was in her picture by herself. The original way made it look like she was looking totally elsewhere than the rest of the crew. Those of you who aren’t observant will have noticed because I just told you.
For comparative purposes, here’s the picture of the real Teen Titans that I based this shot on. For those wondering, Nektara’s hood is down because I wanted her face to be visible. I don’t think the picture would have turned out well if I had drawn the hood up anyway.
That’s all for this week. New theme next week!
May 092014
Good morning. Enjoying your Friday so far? Great! Here’s a flashback to make it even better!
I’m changing up the scheduled order of my flashbacks. You’ll find out why next week. For now, let’s delve back into the ranks of Cobra’s high command. As always, you can click on any picture to enlarge it.
Colour-wise, Barnaby isn’t a great choice for Major Bludd, since his fur is brown and Bludd’s uniform is brown as well. I tried my best to make the two colours distinct. The helmet gave me a surprising amount of trouble. I can’t really figure out why.
Continuing the tradition of designing the complete action figure card, here’s Major Bear’s.
And here’s the comparison to the original piece. Do you know that it was only when I put the two pictures side by side that I realized that I totally forgot to give Barnaby the eye patch the first time around. How embarrassing! 🙂 I did a much better job of posing his legs this time around so it doesn’t look like he’s just dangling in mid-air.
Next week, you’ll find out who was originally scheduled for this week. I’m sure you’re all dying to know who and why! Have a good weekend trying to figure it out!
Apr 302014
It’s Wednesday and my workplace is open (this was an issue yesterday due to the power going out). Time to post a mash-up and then go to work.
When there’s trouble, you know what to do…
CALL CYBORG!!!
He can shoot a rocket from his shoe…
CUZ HE’S CYBORG!!!
It’s Barnaby’s turn to shine this week (cuz he’s metal, get it?)! Sometimes the proportions of my characters make it challenging to reproduce poses. Most character designs (including the Teen Titans) start wide at the shoulder and narrow at the waist. My characters have no shoulders to speak of and wide waists. If the character I’m covering has shoulder pads or something along those lines (like Cyborg does) it makes it a little easier. As always, you can click on the picture to enlarge it.
That’s all for this week. Next week’s Titan will be the leader of the bunch. If you’ve seen this Monday’s blog, you know who it is. If not, you could go and check the blog out, cuz I sure ain’t gonna spoil it here! 😉