Flashback Friday – Star Trek Rad Suit

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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.

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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.

Trek-Deema-TaNThat’s all for this week’s flashback. Next week’s will feature Zoë. Come back to see which costume she’ll be wearing!

 

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Flashback Friday – Rick and Red’s Excellent Adventure

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Jan 242014
 

You know what day it is, I know what day it is, let’s not play any games with each other and just get to the flashback, shall we?

I’ve been revisiting themes in the original order they first appeared on the site. Next on the list was Bill and Ted. All the pictures are embiggenable. Just click on them.

Bill and Ted was a small theme the first time around so it was likely this flashback was going to be the only time I revisited it. It made sense then that both Bill and Ted would be featured. Because I like Bogus Journey more than Excellent Adventure, I considered going with the movie poster that featured Bill, Ted and the Grim Reaper pressed up against a pane of glass. I love that poster. …But it wasn’t full body. I flipped through some pictures online and decided to be ambitious and try the original movie poster or at least the main element of Bill and Ted sitting on top of the phone booth. As I went along, I decided to just do the whole thing. I even added the caption and some “credits”. My character’s dimensions meant I had to lay things out a little differently but honestly, I’m extremely proud of the way it turned out.

Poster-Final-w-Text    bill-and-teds-excellent-adv

I wrote about the trials and tribulations of the picture here. To get an idea, on the left is an approximation of how far I’d gotten when Paint crashed, compared to the finished picture (sans space and text) to the right and the uncoloured picture underneath:

Pre-Crash   Poster1

Poster

If you’re thinking to yourself, “Gee, you didn’t have very much left to do.” then you can imagine how devastating it was for me to lose all my progress. I’m just glad I ended up with a backup I could use. I know for sure I wouldn’t have had the stomach to start the whole thing over from scratch.

Next up are just the heroes of the piece. Together:

Two-DudesAnd separately:

Rick-S-Preston-Esquire   Red-Richedore-Logan

Finally are the comparisons to the original pieces. I remember that the originals were the first time I drew proper sleeves for the shirts the characters were wearing. They weren’t as bad as some of the earlier pieces, but my lines were a lot shakier. One of my big goals is to work on my brush strokes.

BaT-Todrick-TaN

BaT-Rich-TaN

So that’s all for this week. Next week’s revisit is another more elaborate piece than I usually do. Come back next Friday to find out what.

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Flashback Friday – Deema and Ameed

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Jan 102014
 

Hey hey it’s Friday! I’m a little late today because I couldn’t log into WordPress this morning. But now that I’m here, let’s go!

Last week, I went back to the G.I.JOE theme, so it’s no surprise that this week is KITTY (COBRA)’s turn. For those who don’t remember, when I did my COBRA theme, I changed the name to KITTY and changed the logo from a cobra to a cat’s face. It wasn’t a great logo by any stretch of the imagination. I’ve revised it a little bit, but it’s still nothing great. Making logos is not my strong suit.

Deema hasn’t had a chance to be featured in a flashback, so I chose her for this one. There aren’t as many COBRA personalities as there are JOEs so I decided to stick to the same one I did last time, which was the Crimson Guard Commanders, Tomax and Xamot. I have to say, I was really jazzed when I finished this one. I almost pushed it up a couple of weeks because I was so eager to share it, but calmer heads prevailed and I stuck to the schedule. I’m including the original artwork I based the piece on for comparative purposes.

Deema-Crimson-Twins

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For those who might appreciate seeing both characters individually, here they are.

DeemaAmeed

And here’s the comparison with the original. I’m especially fond of the idea I had of having Deema with a bandaid on her cheek instead of a scar. In the original, I was going for the filecard art which showed Tomax and Xamot looking at each other as though they were reflections in the mirror. This time, I went for the art on the front of the original packaging.

COBRA-Deema-TaN

So that’s it for this week! Next week…wait, what IS next week’s theme? I forget…guess you’ll have to check in next Friday to find out!

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