Undead Warriors

February 3rd, 2012

Drawing of the day

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Harry Potter and The Woman in Black

February 1st, 2012

J.K. Rowling told us all that the Harry Potter movies would keep getting darker, but nobody could have expected that they would eventually devolve into little more than B-grade horror flicks. Also, apparently, she didn’t even write a novel for this latest one, and had nothing to do with the production of the film. In fact, if Daniel Radcliffe wasn’t in it, you might not even know that Harry Potter and The Woman in Black was a Harry Potter movie at all. He doesn’t dress like Harry Potter, he doesn’t have a magic wand, he flies on a flying carpet instead of a broom, and he apparently had cosmetic surgery to remove the lightning bolt birth mark from his forehead.  The only thing he kept so that his fans will recognize him is his Harry Potter accent.

As much as this film strays from its source material, it isn’t without its charm. In fact, some of the changes are very bold and exciting. I won’t bore you with plot details, as the plot is extremely boring, but I will ruin the entire movie for you by revealing the surprise twist ending: The Woman in Black turns out to be Voldemort seeking revenge on all mankind for the botched sex change operation s/he received.  That s/he should blame “all mankind” for the malpractice of one plastic surgeon certainly isn’t fair, but then again, we already knew s/he was kind of crazy and not very nice. The real twist ending is that the doctor who removed Harry’s lightening bolt birthmark is the mentor of the intern who prepped Voldemort for her/his sex change. Naturally, this causes Harry and Voldemort to fall in love. Prepare yourselves, as their big kiss is even more awkward than when Voldemort hugs Malfoy at the end of Deathly Hallows Part 2.

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Super Envy

January 30th, 2012

So I’ve decided to get back to posting the doodles and sketches I do when I’m barely thinking about it, because I kind of like them. I hesitate to committing to posting one every day because I know sometimes I just won’t get around to it for whatever reason. Anyway, he’s this one:

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Julia Stiles’s Head on Tara Reid’s Body

January 16th, 2012

I did this digital painting as a gift for a friend of mine. He likes both Tara Reid and Julia Stiles, but I only had time to paint one of them, so I compromised. I am not necessarily a fan of either woman, although Julia Stiles and I do share a birthday. It was a fun little exercise in portraiture, color and brushwork. I feel the facial likeness could be better (I didn’t paint straight from any single photo, trying to combine elements of a bunch), but I’m pretty happy with how Reid’s body came out.

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Leela and Zoidberg X-mas Card

January 4th, 2012

Here is the X-mas card my wife made me this year. It features our new kittens attacking their namesakes from Futurama. Vanessa is much better at art than I am at science.

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Monkeyshines X-mas

December 29th, 2011

Here is the X-mas card I gave to my wife. I think it’s actually more frightening than the Devil card.

Overall, I’m pretty happy with how it came out. I wouldn’t consider the tree to be as finished as I’d like, but I had the hard deadline if I wanted it to give it to Vanessa in time for X-mas. I know I could technically go back into it now, but if I make a habit of that, then I’ll never finish anything ever.

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Devil’s X-mas

December 5th, 2011

I know it may spoil the surprise for the family members I send X-mas cards to, but I worked hard on this, so I’ve decided to post it.

Devil X-mas

It look me longer than I think it should have, but I’m still learning how to digitally paint. I actually used photos of a friend of mine as the inspiration for The Devil. Writchy doesn’t always look like Satan, but for some reason he did on October 30, 2011. Go figure. In addition to modeling for X-mas cards, Writchy is a brilliant writer, and you should check out his work at Intrusive Thoughts. I won’t be selling this card, as it is no longer cost-effective for me to either print and distribute cards myself, or have them printed in bulk. I still have a few older X-mas card packs for sale at Donkeyshines, so check them out if you haven’t already.

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Interplanetary Adoption

October 16th, 2011

Years ago, I did a pencil sketch of a gorilla holding a baby alien for a birthday card to my wife. She loves primates. As I recently have been teaching myself digital painting in Photoshop, I decide to revisit this idea for a new birthday card to my wife. I am pretty happy with the results. Not only is it by far my best digital painting so far, it may be one of the best pieces of art I’ve ever made.

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Year of the Rooster

October 6th, 2011

I have finally finished the last of the 12 Chinese Zodiac designs. The Year of the Rooster just might be one of my favorites, although doing the character was very time-consuming and tricky. You can now buy this design on garments for both adults and children at Donkeyshines Jr.

I will also be updating the Donkeyshines Jr. website within the next couple of weeks.

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Year of the Snake

October 4th, 2011

Now I’ve finished 11 out of 12 of the Chinese Zodiac designs! Here’s the Year of the Snake, available now at Donkeyshines Jr.

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