Week 5- Fourth Portoflio

..in the Box"

"Jack...

 For this week's blog entry, I have created a diptych, two images that are meant to be viewed side-by-side, typically attached to each other by a hinge. Since they are usually

viewed from left to right, I have arranged the two images as you see here. 

                                                This pair of images portrays 
Pincher showing off his new Jack-in-the Box to his buddy, Poker, or, as Jack calls him, Dinner.

   These images were created in my usual medium of paper and pencil, and outline with black marker. I originally had intended Poker mishandling a crossbow and accidently shooting Pincher in the head with an arrow, but I found that a crossbow would be too difficult to draw.

    I designed these works to be viewed from left to right, as I described above, with the eyes following Jack-in-the Box's spring from the box to its head. In addition, the smirk on Pincher's face indicates that he intended for this to happen, the twisted look in the clown 's eyes indicates a ravenous, feral hunger, and Poker's body dangling from Jacks mouth looks as if Poker has been killed and has gone stiff. 

Week 4-Third Portfolio

 This week, on the heels of the world of superheros and villains, and since  I figured that since most villains are monsters, I would find it suitable to follow my previous drawings up with a drawing of a pair of monsters.

Need a Hand?

These two creeps are Pincher and Poker, two gremlins with the uncanny ability to remove their body parts at will. I first drew them in high school when I was doodling in my notebook. It was the Halloween season, so I had ghosts and ghouls running through my mind.

   As with the the rest of my drawings, this one was created primarily with paper and pencil. For this drawing, however, I decided to outline them in pen to give them an appearance similar to cartoons of the 1950's. Not to mention, it makes them stand out against the paper.

What I feel should be most noticeable in this cartoon should be the dialogue. Since it is at the top of the picture in big letters, I feel it would be what captures the viewer's eye. What should also be easily noticed is P and P's burlap bag shirts, which would suggest that they lead quite feral lives, living in dark alleys and under bridges. Finally, the third thing to be noticed should be their facial expressions and the positions they are drawn in, which is telling that they aren't exactly all there.

Week 3- Second Portfolio

The Frightster, Jacob Lantern, and Vincent the Bat

  The drawing I have chosen to go into detail about this week is of this villain, the Frightster.

I made this, as per usual, with pencil and paper, which should give our villain and his minions an appearance similar to the illustrations in horror comics like Tales From The Crypt and The Vault of Horrors . I feel that the Frightster was quite difficult to create, since I wanted him to be scary, but not too nightmare-inducing. It was for this reason that I drew Jacob Lantern first, since I already had his initial design thought up right off the bat. I first considered his face to be wrapped in bandages like a mummy, but that seemed a bit too grisly, so I settled for a cheap Frankenstein mask to make it seem a tad more lighthearted.   

The Frightster, obviously, is a horror-themed villain in a similar vein to The Scarecrow of the Batman franchise. His disheveled and somewhat grotesque appearance, with his dirty trenchcoat and sneakers suggests a tragic backstory and a predictably gruesome lifestyle.
  
What is especially noticeable at first glance should be the Frightster's Frankenstein mask, which seems goofy, and, at the same time, ironically menacing. Also worth noting are his hook hand ( with a cork stuck on the end) and the other hand being covered by a rubber monster glove.

  

Piefaced Piper

Slugman

Double Dare

Herr Menevolence

Flyspeck

Fairy Scrodmother

Week 2- First Portfolio

One aspect of creating your portfolio is displaying your work online. I've scanned a series of sketches of original characters that I have done recently.  My favorite medium is loose pencil sketches.

Moosnail

Cow Creature

Snake

Live Objects

Wise Owl

The following drawings are all of characters I have created for my idea for a superhero cartoon about a character known as "The Twister," shapeshifting sidekick to superhero "Corporal Courageous". Since these are character concepts, composition isn't much of a factor here.

The Twister 

Corporal Courageous 

Dr. Psychosis 

Grease Greaser

Sir Ambrose Nothing

I believe that out of these drawings, this one is the best of them. I created him, as I have the other works seen here. I feel most comfortable using this medium because it allows me to go back and correct a mistake, or I feel something would look better if I took it in another direction.

  This drawing is Sir Ambros Nothing; an unmistakable villain with his black tuxedo and mechanical mandibles for hands; as well as, noticeably, a question mark for a head.I drew Sir Ambrose as you see here so that he could be made out to be of an indeterminate nature.

  What you see first should  be his head- a floating question mark- beneath a glass dome on his shoulders, which reveals the surreal elements of his physical being. This is a stark contrast to his tuxedo, which suggests a dashing man-about-town,but  his metal claws remind us that he isn't quite human.

I have other sketches and ideas for other characters, allies and villains, to populate this cartoon that I may post at another time.