Sketch Dump October 10 2012

Hello all! Ive been busy with a move to another city, and my computer setup isn't quite ready. But I finally had time to scan in some sketches I've done over the past few weeks. Mostly Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stuff, and a couple Megaman sketches.

Bebop

Krang

Krang's 80s android body

Rocksteady

Megaman

PharaohMan

Dream Jobs

I think we all dream of dream projects we would give anything to work for. I'd like to share mine, and the reasons why I would love to work on them.

Pirates of Dark Water was a cartoon series in 1991. Imagine Star Wars meets Treasure Island. Oh did I love this series. Unfortunately it only ran 21 episodes. The series even turned into a Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo game. A mini series was also published by Marvel comics. I would love to retell this, but complete the story. It's sad that it is frozen in an unfinished tale.

Doug was a great show from my childhood. It was like a 1990s era Archie. A kid who goes to junior high, maybe high school, and goes through all things boys that age go through. He's also a comic geek, and writes and draws his own hero, Quail Man. I honestly think this would be a really great digest comic that could rival Archie. I think Disney owns the rights to Doug now, and they own Marvel Comics. It could come to fruition. Marvel/Disney, are you reading this?

Thundarr was a cartoon series in the early 1980s. It falls somewhere between Conan, Star Wars, and Kamandi. It's an apocalyptic future earth where "super science and fantastic magic" both reign supreme. Thundarr carries the powerful Sun Sword (light saber like), and he is friends to a princess with magic, and Ookla the Mok (wookie).

Only Pirates of Dark Water ever made it to a comic format, but all these would be perfect for the format. A more serious Thundarr would be perfect. Just look at what wonders Kurt Busiek and Cary Nord did for Conan in Dark Horse! Comics is a perfect medium to keep a loved cartoon series alive.

Some sketching

So, this weekend was pretty fun, though I had to work. I stopped by a local comic shop, met up with some friends and fellow artists, and shared my mini comic. Then I got home, and packed a lot of giveaways of my comic. I was glad to end up with eight people interested in the book! Can't wait to mail them out tomorrow morning. It's been nice to have the Clashing Swords mini comic (see previous blog entry) put to bed. I'm probably going to wait a week before starting any new projects.

The first person who chimed in for a book also got a free sketch. He says Master Chief is his favorite character, so this is what he got! I hope he's pleased.

 Master Tenzin from Avatar: Legend of Korra. I actually tossed this one up in my Etsy shop. Loving the show so much right now!

More sketches on Etsy

So for the last few weeks, I've had a goal of increasing my Etsy Shop with 5"x7" marker illustrations. I've actually enjoyed them much more than doing 2.5"x3.5" sketch cards. They are just too small for the kind of detail and size I like to work with.

Right now I'm packing some sketch cards and a bonus sketch that I'm mailing off to the owner of the Con-News website. It's a really great site for information about upcoming conventions!

Here are some of my newest marker illustrations:

Doug from Nickelodeon's Doug Funnie

Green Power Ranger

Roger Klotz from Nickelodeon's Doug

Link from Legend of Zelda