The Force Awakens – Poe Dameron

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Jan 062016
 

Hey hey! Welcome back to the Wednesday Mash-up! Let’s have some fun with it huh?

Poe Dameron is a pilot in the Resistance and BB-8’s owner. At the beginning of the movie, before getting captured by Kylo Ren he entrusts vital information to his droid in hopes that it will find its way back to Resistance hands. Yes, that is a lot like the start to A New Hope and there are more call backs throughout, but it tells its own story as well.

Here’s Red Rich as Poe. It’s a nice update of the classic X-Wing pilot uniform. Doesn’t he look dashing? As always, you can click on the picture to see a close-up.

Poe

That’s all for this week. We’ll have some more Force Awakens next Wednesday.

The Force Awakens – Finn 2187

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Dec 302015
 

Howdy folks! Monday was the last blog of the year and today is the last mash-up. Let’s get right to it.

From the trailer, we know that John Boyega’s Finn starts the movie out as Stormtrooper. His operating number is FN-2187. Star Wars fans may recognize that number from earlier in the franchise and it’s just one of the many nods Abrams makes to the original trilogy. I liked all the new characters in The Force Awakens but feel that Finn has one of the best character journeys.

Here’s Todrick sporting Finn’s cool leather jacket. I have so much trouble with posing feet but I feel this piece turned out particularly well on that front.

Finn

That’s all for this week and just about all for this year. There’s one more Funnies strip to go before 2016. See you next year for the next new mash-up!

The Force Awakens – Rey

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Dec 232015
 

Hello peoples! It is the time for the mashing up of two things to create on thing. I call this process…the mashing up of two things to create one thing. let us begin.

Surprise! I decided to drop the Peanuts theme. I’m just really disappointed with the other pieces I’ve drawn and don’t even want to share them. So I’ve moved on, this time to The Force Awakens. I rushed this picture out on Monday and coloured it yesterday. Let us hope this theme works out better for me.

Here’s Nektara as Rey, the main character in the movie. Little is known about her past but she’s really great. She’s smart, resourceful, funny and strong. The first we see of her in the movie was seen in the trailers where she’s scavenging for…things on Jakku. The reveal of just what she’s scavenging from is a pretty neat visual so I’ll leave it to you who haven’t seen it yet to discover for yourselves. As always, you can click on the picture to get a better look.

Rey

That’s all for this week. Will we continue with The Force Awakens next week or will I switch themes yet again? You’ll have to check back next Wednesday to find out!

Peanuts – Charlie Brown

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Dec 162015
 

Wednesday is winding down and I’m just now putting up this week’s mash-up. I was under the weather and slept through most of the day. Sorry about that.

Peanuts has been a big part of my life since I was a kid and Miss Rudis allowed me to read her Peanuts Parade volumes in elementary school. I can’t exactly say what it was that I saw in the strip way back then but I was hooked. I went through a BIG Peanuts phase in high school. I would doodle Peanuts characters all the time. Charles Schulz hugely influences my drawing style. It’s taken me so long to doing a Peanuts set of mash-ups because I wasn’t convinced how it would work out. Well now we’re about to find out.

Character-wise it was clear that Cyran had to be Charlie Brown. He has that downtrodden thing going for him. The design here is clean so I’m satisfied with it. I just really struggled with the shoes for some reason.

Charlie Brown

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

Toy Lines of the 80s – Captain Power

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Dec 092015
 

Ahoy mateys! It isn’t talk like a pirate day it’s mash-up day and I kept the best for the last (for this theme)! Let’s get to it!

Captain Power was a technological jump in toys. The action figures were pretty standard for the time, though I really liked the vac-metal armor the heroes wore. No, what was special about the toys were the vehicles and playset accessories. They were interactive and reacted to signals transmitted during the television show (live action instead of the traditional animated fare). The Power-On Platform would activate with lights and sounds at the same time that Captain Power armored up in the show and the jets could “fire” at the television targets to score points and get shot. If you took too many hits, the ship would eject its pilot and the game would be over. The story was a bleak post-apocalyptic affair where Captain Power and his soldiers of the future were resistance fighters trying to take down Lord Dread and his army of machines in the wake of the Metal Wars where man fought machines – and machines won. I believe I had all the first wave figures from the series. I also had the Power-Up Platform which was cool in theory but didn’t really do anything except have a flashing light and a neat sound effect. The jet fighters were out of my price range so I didn’t get those at the time. A friend ended up giving me his Phantom Stryker years later. The show was long gone so I don’t believe I ever really got to try the game. The show aired really early in the morning so I never did get to see all the episodes. I have the DVD set but I’ve yet to watch it all the way through.

Here’s Big Oonch as Captain Power. The line work is pretty standard, but what I feel really sets this piece apart is the colouring. I’m REALLY happy with the way he turned out. Don’t forget you can click on the picture to enlarge it.

Captain-Power

That’s all for this week. Next week is the start of a new theme that promises to be a little simpler style-wise but promises to show my artistic roots. See you next Wednesday for the reveal!

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