Dump Cakes

  
     I'm still at it, don't worry.  Or worry, whatever.  Here's a bunch of stuff that I've worked on but maybe not finished.  I need to get better at linework still, but my sketches are getting noticeably better.  Observe:

     I think it's pretty clear that this guy is a winner, regardless of whether he has that belt or not.  The belt is great though.

     I accidentally drew Mega Man.  You know Mega Man, right? Of course you do, he's a Nintendo character and that's all anybody seems to give a fuck about these days.  After I did this I realized he needed some new enemies, and it was on me to create them.

     If you defeat a Mega Man boss, you gain his power.  Can you guess what power you gain from defeating "Babyface Fucknuts"? The answer may surprise you!

     Next is Axenose Manguy, with the devastating power of having an axe for a nose.  Nintendo, if you're reading this, I'm for sale.

     The fantastical powers of D.J. Dirty Dants are self-evident and need no explaining.

     His partner in rhyme, M.C. Fancy Pance, will dazzle you with his mad style.

     Mega Man, maybe you should just not bother trying to fight Existential Crisis Man.

     Kick me in the Stuff Man may actually be the most difficult robot master to defeat, as your initial instincts actually play right into his hands.

     Dr. Not actually a Robot is hiding a dark secret, defeat him to find out what it is!

   
     The Stab Bird has no time for this, is leaving, and taking the Mega Man premise with him.  *FWOOSH*

      This is Hommir Simmsa, a completely original creation of mine in no way inspired by anything.  Look at how much fun he is having!  Surely there is enough material in this character for three decades of rock solid entertainment.

     Ok calm down Hommir, HOMMIR CALM DOWN PUT DOWN THE GUN HOMM-

     I really tried to not give this woman a broken spine, but I'm only one man.  

     The entire basis of this picture is the mouth.  The mouth was the first part drawn and everything flowed around it.  The mouth.

     There's a trend online of people drawing "sexy demon girls", like taking old-school pin-up styles and adding wings and horns and uh, pitchforks...sulfur.  Demon stuff.  I started out ok with the body, things got away from me a little bit when it came to the head.

     So that's some of what I've been doing.  I have endless folders filling up with more but most of it is either really similar to this or worse.  I've also been screwing around in flash again, working towards releasing a cartoon with some actual animation.  Don't hold your breath on that one though, if I really buckle down on it I might have it out by December. 

Dump cakes,

Nick

Open Mic Night

     I switched over to a different drawing program recently.  It's called Manga Studio (I know, weeb territory) and it seems like it's better for this kind of thing than Photoshop.  This strip was done with Manga Studio -

     And this series was done with Photoshop -

     I don't have an awful lot to say this time!

Why hasn't anyone thought of this yet, it's so obvious

     Not that I haven't been putting effort into Shitty Wizards lately, but I really think it's the kind of thing that deserves my best.  Towards that end I've been a little scrambled on what I focus on with regards to practice.  Right now I'm trying to get a better feel for colour, it can make a mediocre drawing less awful when done right.

      At first I thought maybe I was overusing the neck/chin fat rolls, but after consideration I realized it's not me, it's HUMANS that are overdoing it on the rolls.  I'm just drawing the world as I see it.

      With an eye toward the future, I think it's time we advanced some technologies to the point of making old tools obsolete.  My first proposal is that we develop a system of high-speed travel slots that will allow Slot Goblins to quickly get to us and chew our nails, rendering the classic nail clippers a tool of ages past.

     The advent of the slots would pressure the goblin community to push harder in higher education, improving quality of life for all.

     HORSE DAWWWWWGS!

     FIGHTING EEEEVIL THEY'RE

     HORSE DAWWWWWGS!
     This is my new 80s cartoon idea, still ironing out the merchandising rights but I expect it to be the next big thing.

Monday, Tuesday, Happy DaaaAAAAUUUUUUGH GOD

     I've been doing a lot of repetitive doodling lately, trying to get better at making decent lines.  There are still bad habits I have that need to be dropped but I feel like it's getting easier.  Most of these doodles start out as just swirls and curves, until I can see shapes emerging.  I'm working on more things for Shitty Wizards, but as a quick aside I wanted to try a quick 3 panel dumb thing. 

     It usually takes me forever to get to the point, so I figured trying to pare down a bit would be a good idea.  Still a bit of a stretch for a joke, but at least it's over quickly.

     Other than that, I've been trying to come up with other characters.  Here's one:

     Mr. and Mrs. The Elder Thing.  If remember the second Shitty Wizards I put up, you saw Kathy Lou, who is this couple's daughter.  They behave as stereotypical sitcom parents, except the father is trapped in an endless nightmare of madness and agony due to Elder Things reproducing by absorbing the souls of mortals and feeding off their suffering.  He is still very polite. 

     I can't shake the need to make everything like Saved by the Bell.  I think my entire generation might be a bit ruined by this.
    

La mort de l'Humour

     So colour, huh? I guess it isn't as bad as I thought it would be.  I'm still having issues with perspective but I figure I can cover that up with atrocious jokes.  This is one of the skeleton comics Bob Adobbo is referencing.  It's a good example of what I mean when someone who is actually pretty good at art uses a minimal style and just does tons with it. 

     While I was thinking about horrible open mic comedy, I wondered why Dave Coulier was never on Saved by the Bell.  Imagine Uncle Joey performing at The Max.  What I'm saying is, wizard school needs a The Max.

A foregone conclusion

HNNNNNNGGGGGGG

     So you know what my biggest issue is so far? It's not hands (although that would be a good guess), it's figuring out a good aspect ratio so everything doesn't look like crap.  As I'm typing this I'm pretty sure you can just click on the images I post and hopefully get a better look at them.  When I drew this, everything was huge and filled up my monitor.  After adding it in here, the only options for display are "imperceptibly small" and "break all available website tables".  It's great how I can be generally competent with computers but still know absolutely nothing about formatting.

     The mascot has a name.  It's "Pogrom, Krom's Berserk Murderer".  I know in the Conan mythos it's spelled "Crom" but who knows, that might be protected by copyright or something.  I didn't put in a frame showing the results of the capture attempt because I think we all know how it's going to go down.

Codename: Cathy Lou

     Have you ever read Achewood? I recommend it.  I might have even recommended it before and forgot, but it bears repeating; Achewood is usually excellent.  As I was putting together another strip I realized a lot of traits for Bob Adobbo are at least reminiscent of and maybe even a little "blatantly ripped-off" from Ray Smuckles.  Look:

  
     The beauty of wizards is that nothing has to make any sense, because a wizard did it.