Office Samurai

On the one hand, I'm really digging what's going on in my depiction of an office worker going all samurai. However, there are definitely some weird things going on around his feet and hands, and his right arm looks broken. Yet, I dig him. How strange. A picture only a mother could love.

(And I just realized, he looks a hell of a lot like my demon kicker)

Draw Stephanie Brown! - Completed!

Whoo! I finally finished one! The idea was to keep the basic Robin concept, but work in all the cool little touches that I've been loving in everyone else's drawings. The hip-hugger pants, and I love the short, folded over gloves I've seen recently in some superhero designs. Originally, I was going for something that would be more practical (what superhero would really have long hair?) but as I got more into the design, a lot of that thought process went out the window.

It's not the best in the group by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm pretty damned proud of it. Hell, I'm just proud that I finally saw something through to completion! Yay me!

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Draw Stephanie Brown! - Step 1

Well, I've at least got something started! I did a few sketches and came up with this...

I like what's going on for the most part, though I obviously ran out of ideas right around the legs. =) I'll have to see what I can do about that later.

But first, I just had to point out some of my favorite other Stephanie Browns that have been posted so far...like THIS beauty!...

I LOVE this drawing, and the design is so much fun...those buttons on cape are the best! She was done by Daniel Krall, who was just added to my Google Reader (his blog is awesome)!

Next, how freaking cool is THIS Robin, done by...er...Jo.

Colors, expression on her face, super fun style. I just love it.

Or how about this sexy "Earth Mother" Spoiler from Katie Cook?!

I love the wide hips and the tiny hip-hugger pants! Such a great look, and it looks like it was effortless to achieve it. I'm always amazed by people who can get such a great looking piece out of so few lines.

Finally, I think my favorite has to be this one!

Jemma Salume did a fantastic Impulse for the Project Rooftop Impulse Thread, and this is the second time she's blown me away. I love the soft palette she uses here, which seems to be her raison d'etre. Damn you people with amazing taste in color.

Hopefully, by Monday, you'll be able to mock my comparative lack of taste. You'll see...

TTFN!

A Stephanie Brown / Female Robin / Spoiler Meme!

I love, love, love these things...the amazing Dean Trippe has started another superhero meme over at his livejournal account. For those of you unfamiliar with a drawing meme, it's simply artists all throwing together versions of a particular subject, and the results being collected and shared for the whole world to see. This time it's for Stephanie Brown, aka the Spoiler, aka Robin, aka throwaway character who seems to have had a lot of potential that got wasted because DC Comics killed her off. I've never read any books with Spoiler in them, but I love the designs coming out of this meme, and think that the Robin costume design would be really fun to redesign, especially when worn by a girl!

These things always really get me excited, and I desperately try and get something together in time to participate. Of course, as is my way, I always put it off too long, and fail to get anything done in time. Maybe this time, since I'm actually posting about it and putting it out there for the world to see, I'll get something finished?

Maybe?

(er...PS, just so no one thinks I'm trying to rip the man off...the pic posted above is Dean Trippe's kick-ass version of Spoiler. You'll know mine by the comparatively sucky execution.)

Another Sketch

I kind of like how this spidey is going...I plan on trying to ink it sometime when I have a spare moment...