245 – Crismustime Replacement
244 – Some Time Later, Back Home…
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.
I don’t usually link the original picture I used as a model, but in this case, I’m including it just to compare.
And while we’re comparing things, here are comparisons to the original Tron mash-ups!
So that’s it for this week! Next week is another sci-fi staple! Peace out!
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.
Here’s the comparative shot of Nektara as Luke then and now (again you can click on the picture for a close-up):
That’s it for this week’s flashback. Next week, we return inside the computer!
Oct 232013
It’s still kinda dark out and it’s 7am. It’s sad. Let’s brighten things up with a mash-up!
Steampunk still rules baby!
Here’s Nektara as a steampunk flautist or flutist depending on your preferred pronunciation or even just flute player. I had no idea what kind of details to add to the design. I went back to Nektara’s roots and gave her back her flute. The rest fell into place. I also struggled with Nektara’s hair. I really wanted to give her those bangs but I couldn’t find a way to put her goggles, let alone a hat, on her head. I solved the problem by dropping the hat and putting the goggles around her neck. I have no idea if a flautist (my preferred pronunciation) has need for a metronome, but it was a musical doohickey that I could realistically imagine being “steampunkified” Finally, I went with the treble clef instead of just notes as the musical motif because I thought they were fancier. Overall, I think she turned out great!
Next week is Barnaby. The single longest-to-produce image yet! See you next Wednesday for that!