Cereal:Geek Art?

Alright, I didn't actually do the inked lines for the characters, but I did the colouring for everything else in these pictures. These were supposed to be for a Magazine in the UK called Cereal:Geek that my bro got me to help him out with (since he was writing articles for them at the time). I don't have a clue as to what's going on with these being published, but it's been over 2 years. Old stuff I can finally post...probably my most detailed toning work too.

Creepy much?

I found some old sketches that I worked on over my uni years (past 4 years) and some of the ideas I had were....well....put it this way, I can see why lectures drive some of us "bananas".  But during some of the classes (when I probably should have been listening at the time) I had some different yet currently usable designs for monsters and characters. The character on the left is a rendition of the "Boogie-woman". I thought, "man, I really didn't give her much in the bust department" (then again, that happens with realistic pics) so I redrew her in toon form...honestly, toon version doesn't have enough cracks and stuff coming from her eyes.

Phil the Tour Guide now....Lounge Swinger?

 

Phil the Tour Guide was an illustration I did back in 2007. It got some really positive feedback back in the day and still some today. Only recently, I remembered him...doing a Michael Buble musical number. When I redrew him in this mind-set I could just see him doing those sorta jazz songs. Any who, sketches revisited and revised.

Sketch time: DISNEY

So I saw the latest Tinkerbell movies a little while ago... now I realise that sounds kinda weird since I'm 22 n' all but hear me out. Yes, they are intend for the younger female audience (like Cinderella etc) but they really weren't as bad and corny as I thought they'd be. Sure the 1st film was corny as all buggery but they managed to tell a decent and fitting origin story to one of Disneys symbolic characters. The second film has alot of personality in it and the cg animation is quite watchable. For something produced by Disneys "other" company, this one turned out quite well (still not as great as A Goofy Movie or The Ducktales Movie but still good nonetheless).
And for those of you have seen Avatar: The Last Airbender series, Tinkerbell has Katara's voice and it's suited just fine.
So, from those movies I decided to doodle a little (Flounder I drew later on but on the same page).

Then and Now: Me and Animation

 

For years, I've had a thing for the traditional animation industry, but I never really knew much about the technology behind it (aside from the whole "draw one frame and then another and then another and then another" routine). It wasn't until 2004 that I was introduced to digital animation....in it's most horrid format possible. I didn't get introduced to animation through Flash, no that would've been a benefit. Instead, we were taught PowerPoint, frame by frame animation. 

 If I could travel back in time, I would punch my media teacher in the kidneys. That said, it's not like the ideas weren't there. Me in Year 11, I wasn't necessarily the most inspired child but there were some....'ideas' floating about. The illustration that you see before you in all its shapey glory is the first incarnation of "Jimbob the Time Bum". 

You have to admit, you didn't see that one coming. Essentially, Jimbob accidentally comes across a rip in our dimension and decides to have a closer inspection of it and essentially ends up in the prehistoric era, gets chased by a T-Rex, outsmarts it and gets back to his own time where his brain can't comprehend what has happened and so his head explodes into little pieces. That it in a nutshell. It wasn't until recently that I was trying to come up with some character ideas that I remembered about some that i did in my early years and decided to revamp them. Jimbob 2004, meet Jimbob 2010. 

Differences? Instead of coming across a rip in the fabric of time, scientists in some random lab accidentally lose their latest invention (a time traveling remote) and Jimbob finds it in the dumpster just outside the building/lab. And so Jimbob's adventures through time begins.

This is one project that I would love to plan out, but having the assistance on it and the time frame with work n' all, I'll see how I go.

Monthly Music Video #1

N.A.S.A: Tom Waits + Kool Keith, Spacious Thoughts (BB Video) 

I saw this the other morning on TV and it instantly reminded me of Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" visually.
But the sound is so much different. This is my music video choice for the month.

TOY FAIR TIME! *Screaming inner child*

Toy Fair 2010 has just arrived and man-o-man is it looking awesome (as most of the stuff coming out of it usually does).
OK, based on particular departments/companies, here's my "wants" coming out from this years convention.

Marvel:
Iron Man 2 figures - New Avengers Iron Man, War Machine (90's), War Machine (Movie)

Marvel Select:
Deadpool

 

Neca:

Terminator 2 - T1000

 

Predator 2 - Predator

 

Nightmare On Elm St (Remake) - Freddy

 DC/ Mattel:

DC Classics - Tomar Tu and Guy Gardner (WANT!)

 

DC Classics - Zatanna (WANT!)

 

DC Universe - Green Lantern Hal Jordan and Sinestro

 

 Mattel:

Ghostbusters - Peter Venkman (Slimed) and Paranormal Investigator Ray Stantz

 

So far the DC Classics line are probably my main highlights from the Toy Fair so far simply because they're just so damn well sculpted. And the Guy Gardner figure is probably one of the best green lantern figures I have seen so far, even better than most of the Blackest Night series. That said though, I'm still hanging out for this item in particular:

Yes, it's the NEW Bat Girl. But it's just so beautiful a sculpt.