Friday, July 15, 2011

Discontinuing

Since no one reads this blog and I haven't had time to actually update in days, I've decided to stop submitting entries. It may be for a little while or it may be forever. I've gotten all the important characters I have done and I was starting to dip into the random "I have no idea what to do with these guys" characters and that just would've been boring for everyone...like I said, not that anyone visits here anyway. So... see ya.

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Day 107: Greg the Makeup King



Greg is a shadow demon who owns a cosmetics factory in Garakuta. He's a bit...well, I think metrosexual is a good word for it. Greg is very self-conscious about his appearance, hence why he makes makeup. Matty's grandfather made fun of him once so Greg holds a pretty big grudge. Matty ends up taking most of this anger since his grandfather is just irresponsible like that.

Friday, July 8, 2011

Day 106: Reje'Ku



Alright, enough humans for now. Reje'Ku here is the guardian of the realm between the real world and Toonworld. From there, he watches over both universes and tries to keep them separate. There's a lot of mystery surrounding him and it'll be explored later.

Day 105: Marley Ver. 2


Marley also changed quite a bit since last time. Her hair is blonde now and I just like drawing it that frayed way. I dunno.

Day 104: Liz Ver. 2


Liz went through a pretty drastic change since her previous incarnation. She has since cut her hair and it's pretty short so I figured her new version should reflect that.

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Day 103: Beth Ver. 2



And here's older Beth. I got the idea for giving Beth the bandana from a photo of her from Halloween. After I doodled it, I liked enough to keep it on there. I did change this design a little bit since I originally drew it. Her shirt used to have the microphone symbol from Rock Band but whenever I play that game nowadays, I don't use her for vocals so it seemed a bit weird to keep the symbol.

Day 102: Ariel Ver. 2



So here's the older version of Ariel. As opposed to her younger version, who I always draw looking pissed off, I tried to make this one a little more chilled out. I think it was at Ariel's request that I draw her with a ponytail.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Day 101: Ben Ver. 2



When I gave myself an updated look, I decided I should update my friend's designs as well. So, first we have Ben and as you can see, compared to his previous incarnation, this design is a little more...shall we say, realistic. Ben's even said this version looks more like him and I agree.

Day 100: JD Ver. 2



Wow, 100 days. Never thought I'd stick with something for this long. Anyway, here's how I draw myself nowadays. It's a been a bit nostalgic the last few days, seeing how my art style has greatly changed over the years and I'm sure it'll change again someday.

Friday, July 1, 2011

Day 99: Jamie Ver. 2



This version was supposed to appear in a sequel series to Jamie & Ryan. Unfortunately, most of the J&R crew disbanded after middle school so the comic never really came to be. However, I still used this guy from the end of 8th grade till early Sophomore year whenever I needed to draw myself.

Day 98: Jamie Ver. 1



I've gone through many iterations over the years. As my drawing skills have changed, so has the way I drew myself. Here's kind of a modern rendition of how I first drew myself. This is the version of me that appeared in the Jamie & Ryan comics I periodically mention. Ah, I was such a lovable little scamp back then. Hah.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Day 97: Super Bunny



SB was the leader of the Unfamous 5 back in the day. He was a gruff guy who was annoyed by the stupidity of his teammates. SB was one who generally figured out the plots of the the villains and, like a good leader, led the charge into battle. He has the ability to fly and emit sonic blasts from his mouth.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Day 96: Sandra Frost



Sandra is one of the villains who is constantly fighting Gene and Jerry to take back Lorenzo. She tries to use her seductive ways to get what she wants from her enemies but when all else fails, she has an ice gun.

Day 95: Chrono



Chrono is a scientist who was contracted my Blade to look into the possibility of time travel. After he cracked it, Chrono decided to use his time travel belt for his own uses (mostly just visiting various periods in time).

Whenever I do the time travel episode, Chrono will be the main cause of said time travel. Spoilers ensue. Basically, a misunderstanding occurs and Domino and the gang mistake Chrono for a bad guy and a fight breaks out. Chrono tries using his belt to escape but Domino tackles him at the last second, causing them to travel years into the future.

That's all for now, story-wise. I'll work more on it later.

Day 94: Suzie



Suzie is Mr. Lightning's little sister. After being subjected to an experiment by their scientist father, Suzie was given mechanical hair. He can produce a plethora of things from it so she's pretty cool. She was one of the last to join the Unfamous 5 team and has grown pretty fond of Midget-Man.

Day 93: Coach Widdershin



Coach is Matty's grandfather. In his youth, he dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player...now being unbelievably old, he's still going for it. In the meantime, he coaches Garakuta's local little league team (they're terrible, by the way). When he's not coaching the baseball team or lecturing Matty, he's usually out drinking with Uhmo and Gordy.

Friday, June 24, 2011

Day 92: Starmin



Starmin is another doodle-type character. I like drawing it but I have no idea what I'll do with it (I don't know what gender it is either).

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Day 91: Gordy



Gordy is an alien who lives in Matty's grandfather's basement. He works from home as a telemarketer and spends his spare time torrenting stuff off the internet (clearly a bad influence). Gordy is also best friends with Matty's grandfather and Uhmo.

Day 90: Katana



Katana is...well, a ninja. Clearly. She does ninja stuff. Katana is also a good friend of Murdock, though there is some romantic tension between them.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Day 89: Lord Vroomfondel



Lord Vroomfondel is a man well versed in dark magic. He's very enigmatic and rarely speaks so not much is known about him. No one even knows what he looks like under his massive cloak.

Despite naming this character years ago, I just learned that "Vroomfondel" is a character in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. Interesting.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Day 88: Satan



Satan was the main antagonist of my old Jamie & Ryan comic (the one Garth and Whale-Man also originated from). Despite being the main bad guy, he was pretty terrible at being evil. He performed a few kidnappings but that was about as evil as he ever got. Satan was more or less just seen as an annoyance to the main characters. Occasionally, you'd see glimpses into Satan's home life. After a hard day of running Hell, Satan would come home to his wife, Mrs. Satan, his baby, Satan Jr. and his senile father, Grandpa Satan. Now that I think about it, maybe Satan's visits to Earth and bugging Jamie and Ryan might have been to escape his family for a few minutes. I dunno.

Day 87: Johnny Helmet



Johnny is known as one of Tooworld's best Magic Monster Card players (basically a bad parody of Yu-Gi-Oh, complete with summoning monsters into real life and such). Katherine beat Johnny once, kind of accidentally and he's been trying to get revenge ever since.

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Day 86: Midget-Man



Midget-Man was one of the last to join the Unfamous 5 team. He's also one of the youngest. As you can probably guess, he has the incredible power to shrink...which doesn't have any practical applications in battle. I think he had a big straw that shoot spitwads out of but I kind of forget how often they came up in the old comic.

Friday, June 17, 2011

Day 85: Jerry



Jerry is Gene's best friend/roommate. He is mostly a worrier and is easily panicked. Jerry works at some computer maintenance company in Suburbantown and his slacking of with Gene gets him in constant trouble. When the various supervillains come to town to reclaim Lorenzo, Jerry is quick to try and run away but when backed into a corner, Jerry can hold his own. Holly "tolerates" Jerry.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Day 84: Lorenzo



Lorenzo escaped from a secret organization who wanted to use him as a weapon. He now crashes with Gene and Jerry, as he enjoys just hanging out instead of fighting. Although, he does have the ability to turn into a giant robot when angered. Lorenzo is actually pretty smart (smart by robot standards anyway). While he does enjoy hanging with Gene and Jerry but finds them intellectually boring. He greatly enjoys Holly's visits since she can actually have a smart conversation.

Day 83: Gene



Gene is Holly's idiot boyfriend. He lives in an apartment with his best friend Jerry and Lorenzo the Robot. Gene spends a lot of his time slacking off and playing video games. He works as pizza delivery guy and he's not a very good one. Gene hopes to one day own his own comic shop. He's also pretty good fighter. When he and Jerry aren't goofing off, they occasionally have to defend Suburbantown from the villains who are trying to recover Lorenzo but more on that later.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Day 82: Boss Crow



Sure, there's a lot of supervillains trying to take over Toonworld but there's also plenty of regular criminals! These are the kinds of bad guys that Rick deals with.

Boss Crow runs the Blackwing Mafia in Toonopolis. He's basically what you'd expect from a typical Italian-ish mob boss. The rest of the mob is populated by almost identical-looking little crows.

Monday, June 13, 2011

Day 81: Chunkers



Chunkers is kind of a joke character my friend and I came up with a while back. He pretty much just hangs out in the background and does random things or nothing at all.. Chunkers has also been known to try to eat people passing by.

Day 80: Super Bug



The third and final Hunter. I've actually revised SB's design quite a bit over the years and I think I've finally got him how I like him. Kind of like a "bug knight" or something. Anyway, the spikes all over SB are poisonous and he's been known to slash his enemies with them. The spikes on his arms are able to grow, forming even bigger blades to slash with. SB is also an extremely fast flyer.

Day 79: Zom-Bot



Another Hunter, Zom-Bot is...well, a zombie robot. His main method of attack is transforming him hydraulic legs into a point and spin around like a top. By extending his axe-like arms while spinning, Zom-Bot can create what looks like a circular blade around his body, which can cut through almost anything. With his high-powered mechanical legs, Zom-Bot is also known to try to stomp on his enemies.

Day 78: Mr. Stretch



Apologies for the lateness of this. I haven't been in a very artistic mood the last couple of days...

Anyway, Mr. Stretch is part of a small group known as the Hunters. Essentially, these guys are the elite of the elite when it comes to bad guys. They're so good at being evil that they've been locked up in high security prisons for pretty much their whole lives. If I use them at all, these guys won't appear till sometime towards the end of the [Sketchpad] series.

Stretch here, if you couldn't tell by his name, can stretch his body to incredible lengths, making it very hard to escape from him. He likes very keen to high places, like rooftops and walls, making it easy to get the jump on his target. When he takes off his sunglasses, he can also release a energy blast that if hit by it, a person can be immediately paralyzed and put into a coma-like state.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Day 77: Bigfoot



After toying with the idea of the "city-licensed heroes", I started thinking about other heroes who would be stationed elsewhere. I dug up Bigfoot here, who I created a while back. I always imagined him being kind of like an environmental superhero. So, I think I'll play around with the licensed heroes being in places other than Toonopolis.

Bigfoot lives out in the forest (in which I've yet to actually give a name. I swear I need to draw a map of some kind). He's the vigilant guardian of those who dwell in or visit his woods. He has super-strength and can fly. I could never decided on whether or not Bigfoot could talk though...leaning towards letting him talk. What I do know if that is is constantly plagued by the park ranger, Ranger Frank, who thinks Bigfoot is upstaging him. Bigfoot also has somewhat of a kid sidekick, Katie, who is Ranger Frank's niece.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Day 76: Benny



Benny is, in simple terms, a "wild child". He's hyperactive, speaks in some unintelligible dialect and is nearly impossible to control. It's this kind of raw energy that makes him attractive to Craven. Benny is one of Craven's many friends in the town of Doog and is generally used by Craven to commit crazy acts of destruction. No one is sure why Benny is the way he is but one thing is for sure, he can seriously break a lot of stuff in a short amount of time. Oh yeah, and he refuses to wear anything but his underwear.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Day 75: Mighty Weasel



This guy harkens back to the Unfamous 5 days. In the old comic, MW worked for Blade, running his own team called the Unmentionables (of which Burner and ESP were a part). Blade hired MW and his team to take on the Unfamous 5, so he could move on with his plans undisturbed. Needless to say, Blade was defeated but MW and the Unmentionables remained as regularly reoccurring villains. As I remember, MW was a pretty straight character. He was serious about his job and kept his team in line.

Monday, June 6, 2011

Day 74: Brawlder



Brawlder used to be part of Boggar's gang (there used to be 6-7 members of the gang) but I decided to shorten it to just 3 people and Brawlder got cut. He'll appear in [Sketchpad] somehow. Maybe as a professional fighter (what with the boxing gloves). He may be a bad guy, a good guy...who knows.

Day 73: Soulbird



If it isn't obvious, Souldbird is a hippie. He lives out in the forest and communes with nature. I haven't really developed him at all so who knows what he'll turn into.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Day 72: Jack Flash



Jack is another city-liscenced hero (there's quite a few of these guys) but unlike the other heroes, Jack works alongside the police department more, solving supervillain-related cases. He is gifted with super speed, which allows him to do a lot of his detective work fast and without notice. Jack can get a little physical when he needs to be, especially when it comes to extracting information from suspects. Otherwise, Jack's a good dude.

Friday, June 3, 2011

Day 71: Garth



Garth is from another old comic I did in middle school, titled Jamie & Ryan. This series was basically an excuse to draw my friends and I doing stupid, crazy things. I remember it being quite popular in our circle, though that may just be because the people reading it were the main characters.

Anyway, somewhere in the midlife of the series, my character (Jamie) found Garth, an alien who crash-landed into Jamie's roof. Jamie decided to keep Garth as a pet because, hey, who wouldn't keep a diminutive alien as a pet? Garth's speech is a special kind of backwards speech. All his words are arranged as they would be in normal English but all the individual words would be reversed (Yllacisab, sih hceeps dluow kool ekil siht). Garth was on a mission to destroy the Earth but since he was so small and no one would understand him, he was pretty unsuccessful.

Day 70: Frad and Danny



These two delightful gentlemen are the operators of Frad's Pawn Shop, conveniently located across the street from Gus' Diner.

Frad is the owner of Toonopolis' most well-known pawn shop. If you want a good deal on some useless junk you've got laying around, Frad is your man...er, cockroach-man. Frad is a very friendly guy...maybe too friendly. He acts buddy-buddy with everyone, even people he's never met before. Frad is also old friends with Gus.

Danny is Frad's business partner. If you can't tell (and sometimes I can't), Danny is a key, gifted with the ability to open any lock. He comes in handy when patrons come in with old locked chests, jewelry boxes or what have you. Danny isn't as much of a people person as Frad. He'll occasionally yell at a customer if they browse around the shop too long or ask a stupid question. Despite that, Danny is one hell of a businessman.

Day 69: Uhmo



Apologies for the lack of the update the last couple of days. No excuse except that I was being lazy.

Uhmo is an ancient dragon who dwells in a well-furnished cave outside Garakuta. He is good friends with Matty's grandfather and...well, he's a bit of an alcoholic. Uhmo is usually downing bottles of sake and after consuming enough, he can breathe fire. Yeah, that's what you need. A drunk fire-breathing dragon with 4x tunnel vision (he has four eyes).

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Day 68: Pendleton Ward



Pendleton is the creator of my current obsession, Adventure Time. It's such a fun and cleverly written show. Also, Pen's crazy beard is pretty amazing. I don't think I've capture it true to life. I am ashamed. Hah, I should also love to work under Pen after college.

Monday, May 30, 2011

Day 67: JG Quintel



Taking a break for my own characters to draw a few personal heroes of mine. JG created a little show you might know as Regular Show. I was absolutely floored by how amazing this show was then it first came on and it just gets better every week. JG just has this sense of humor that clicks with me in the best way. If there is any justice in this world, I hope to have the honor of working under him when I get out of college.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Day 66: Miley and Kate



Miley (left) and Kate (right) are two sisters who like to get into mischief. The girls have the ability to summon up paint cans and change the coloring of just anything, be it buildings or people. They love to just pop up and swap the colors of things. They don't do it to cause trouble. To them, their recolors are for the best. Otherwise, they're really sweet kids. Oh, and they can fly.

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Day 65: Heat



Not really sure what I want to do with Heat. I know he's a fire elemental. Maybe he should have brothers/sisters of the other elements. I dunno.

Friday, May 27, 2011

Day 64: Katherine



Katherine is, what medical experts have defined as "mentally insane". She is a brilliant scientist/inventor but has a severe case of ADHD, causing her to constantly act crazy. Katherine talks so fast that it's kind of hard understand and will seem to be talking about 5 different things at once. However, whenever she can focus for longer than 10 seconds, Katherine can create some amazing stuff, like a big plasma cannon or some miracle cure for some disease. She also lives with her little brother and an alien. Dr. Braindroid hates her for some reason I haven't fully decided on yet. There is something that happens when she actually takes her medication but we'll save that for another day.

Day 63: Matty and Guartok



Sorry, kind of forgot to update yesterday.

Matty Wilkins is...well, he's afraid of his own shadow. Let's put it that way. After his parents decided he needed to get out in the world, they sent him to live with his grandfather in the town of Garakuta (I really should draw up some sort of map of Toonworld). Matty's grandfather lives in an old, rundown dojo (Garakuta is a very Japanese-inspired town) and there's a lot of odd characters who hang around there. Matty deals with these oddballs on a daily basis and tries not to piss himself.

That little psycho-thing next to Matty is Guartok. After arriving in Garakuta, Matty's grandfather gave Guartok to Matty, I guess thinking he was a dog or something. Guartok is actually a demon monster and has a thirst for blood. He can also shoot blasts of energy from his mouth! Guartok doesn't care for Matty at all and tells him so whenever given the opportunity (yes, he can talk). Despite that, Guartok will usually save Matty when he gets himself into a bad situation.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Day 62: Dr. Storm



In honor of the hail storm that decided to pop into town today, he's another weather-related character. Dr. Storm is actually Super Storm's father. He's the stereotypical supervillian; take over the city and what have you. His powers are channeled through a wand his carries around. He gave Super Storm her weather powers when she was little, in hopes of having a partner in crime. She ended up rebelling against Dr. Storm and became a superhero instead. You have no idea how much family tension this has caused.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Day 61: Psycho-Boy



Once again, an Unfamous 5 character. Psycho-Boy was Mr. Lightning's best friend in the comic. He has psychic powers but just the "able to levitate stuff" kind of psychic powers. I liked how PB and Lightning were paired. Lightning used to be kind of dimwitted while PB was the more sarcastic douche. They made a good team. Also, he was constantly trying to impress Super Storm, who obviously didn't like him at all.

Monday, May 23, 2011

Day 60: Murdock



Murdock is...or, was the only other human crew member on Captain Deadbeard's ship. He's kind of like Allison's sidekick but is more like her best friend. Murdock is very adventurous and it gets him into trouble often. He's always looking for something exciting to do, whether it's a sword fight or searching for treasure. After mutinying with Allison, she and Murdock go off on their own adventures, doing whatever it is pirates do.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Day 59: Holly



Holly's a 20-something girl from Suburbantown, a boring little town a little outside Toonopolis. She's in a band and ventures into the city frequently to play shows. Holly is a pretty cool chick. She's smart, witty but can be a bit crass sometimes. When she's not playing shows, she's usually with her idiot boyfriend Gene. She's constantly frustrated with him and his friend, Jerry.

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Day 58: Jesus



With the Rapture today (hah), I felt it appropriate to draw Jesus today. This is one of the few [Sketchpad] characters I'm pretty sure wouldn't be allowed in the show, if I ever get it made. In the toon universe, Jesus isn't a religious icon. He hosts a late-night talk show with his sidekick, Buddha. Yeah...sacrilege!