Did you know it’s Friday? That’s right. All day. I know this because it’s Flashback Friday time. By its very name, Flashback Friday occurs on a Friday, so for me to post one on any other day but a Friday would be insane. Not a very dangerous type of insanity, mind you, but crazy nonetheless.<\/p>\n
I did my first Indiana Jones mash-ups just as I was starting to change my approach to drawing mash-ups. When compared to the earlier stuff, they’re leaps and bounds ahead, but still lacking compared to the stuff that I did shortly afterwards. This is the last of the themes I want to revisit at this point. The stuff that came after is either good enough to not need revisiting or not something I desperately want to reprove myself on. With all that said, let’s get to it!<\/p>\n
As this will most likely be the only time I revisit Indy, I wanted to do something special. That’s why I decided to do the idol scene from the beginning of Raiders. At first it was only going to be Oonch in front of the idol. Then I lost my mind and did a whole temple backdrop for the piece. I don’t feel like I’m very good at drawing backgrounds so I don’t often get tempted to draw them. There are a few nitpicky details that bother me. I wasn’t able to draw a convincing cobblestone floor, so it’s more of a paved look. Oonch should really be standing more behind the pedestal, but I wanted to see more of his costume. Also, and this is purely from a scene-accuracy standpoint, in Raiders, Indy rubs his chin and THEN pulls the pouch of sand out of his bag to measure some out whereas I combined both actions in the same pose. I originally had Oonch holding the sand pouch, but it looked clunky so I changed it to him spilling some sand. These minor nitpicks aside, I really like how it turned out. I think it’s the most complete piece I’ve done. Be sure to click on the picture to enlarge it.<\/p>\n
Here’s Oonch by himself and the pedestal by itself.<\/p>\n And here they are recomped so that Oonch is standing more behind the pedestal. It turns out I wouldn’t have lost much of the costume after all. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Finally, here’s the comparison with the original piece. Looking back, the whip was really bad. I think I did a much better job with the stubble on Oonch’s face too. And hey! He has legs now!<\/p>\n![\"Oonchiana-Jones-in-Temple\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ageofanimus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Oonchiana-Jones-in-Temple.gif?ssl=1\")
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