Flashback Friday – Arrow

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May 162014
 

Good golly, Miss Molly! It’s Friday! What’s that? You’re not Miss Molly? Oh…well, it’s still Friday.

Last week I said I was pushing the flashback that was supposed to go up then to now. But why? To coincide with the season finale of Arrow. It’s nice how these things work out, huh? I’m really enjoying Arrow. It’s a great take on my favorite superhero, Green Arrow and the producers have been doing a great job of incorporating elements of the DC Universe in interesting ways unlike some other current TV shows based on comic properties.

When it came time to decide what version of Green Arrow I was going to use for the flashback, the Arrow costume was the obvious choice. So here’s Todrick taking aim. As always, you can click on a picture to enlarge it. For comparative purposes I’ve included the original picture of Arrow I based the piece on.

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For those of you who were wondering, this is the picture I saved in the wrong format and had to reink and recolour. Below is how the first pass looked like when I stripped the colour from it so I could relayer it. The deterioration of the linework isn’t as obvious in this reduced version. The second attempt turned out better even without taking that into consideration.

Arrow-Original

And here’s the comparison picture with the original mashup. One thing I was really proud of in the original was the posing. I still think that came out well.

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That’s all for this week. Next week’s flashback has some ties to that other comics-based TV show I mentioned. Any guesses? Find out for sure, next Friday! Have a good weekend!

 

Teen Titans – Group Picture

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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.

Teen-Titans

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.

TeenTitansOrigThat’s all for this week. New theme next week!

Teen Titans – Starfire

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May 142014
 

Heyhey folks! Sorry I’m late with today’s mashup. I had a hard time getting up this morning and since the roads were still wet, I chose to take the bus so I was short on time. But better late than never as they say!

Today we conclude our visit with the cast of the Teen Titans. As always you can click on the picture to enlarge it.

I like to keep the character that I’m most looking forward to drawing for last and it’s funny how often that happens to be Sass’ character. Here she is as Starfire. I did something with the tail that I like. It’s nothing really special, it’s just bending forward at the tip, but it adds depth and it makes drawing Sass’ tail easier for me. I need to remember this.

Starfire

Stay tuned for the cast picture coming within the next few minutes.

Flashback Friday – Major Bear

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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.

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Continuing the tradition of designing the complete action figure card, here’s Major Bear’s.

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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.

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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!

 

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Teen Titans – Robin

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May 072014
 

Good morning folks! It’s Wednesday that wonderful day of the week when I get paid…every other week. To celebrate let’s mash it up!

Titans GO!

Robin wears a mask. Red Rich wears a mask. This was the thought process behind casting Red Rich as Robin. This costume incorporates two out of the three Riches (Red and Green). One thing I’ve enjoyed in drawing the Titans is their boots. They’re just fun to draw and pretty easy too.

Robin

One Titan left. She’ll be here next Wednesday! See you then!

 

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