Archive for November 24th, 2010
#23 Nehiku
I figured I should have at least one of each Teyran elemental before the month’s up, so here’s a Patlani! Whee. (Aaaand I forgot to color the claws.)
Teyra info can be found here, as usual.
#24 Sister Marmalade
well preserved, and somewhat derivitive, but never the less very sweet. Part of the MONKies
#17 – General Kith Ost
General Kith Ost is a Shrill and a new character in the world and story of Art Geek Zoo: The Way of Sound.
The Shrill are a largely hive-minded race of celestial intergalactic sound destroying beings. They’ve occupied and controlled many star systems over many millennia. For most of that time – General Kith Ost has lead the assaulting forces. General Kith Ost possesses both mental and physical strengths beyond his Shrill Servant brethren. His calculating nature, flexible tactics on the battlefield, and undefeated record make him the second Shrill that can be the hub of the Shrill hive mind. The other is the original Shrill – the Soth Ost – who is growing to fear and despise General Kith.
The odd thing about General Kith is – he doesn’t just like to destroy sound. He loves to play music and has even discovered a few techniques in The Way of Sound when as a spoil of battle he took into his possession an ancient quad-guitar sword.
#16 – “Mean” Marve Soarn
“Mean” Marve Soarn is a new character in the world and story of Art Geek Zoo: The Way of Sound.
Marve is the gholhem in charge of cleaning all important public spaces on the world of Musica. In general he likes his job and admits with only mild annoyance that it got a lot harder with the destruction of Chromarch. Like many gholhems of Musica, Marve plays an instrument. It’s a combo instrument that’s both percussive and a woodwind and it happens to look very much like a double headed mop. But please, what ever you do… don’t call his bo-wave-staff a mop. Those that do get to learn how Marve got his nickname as he curses like he knows no other words and uses his bo-wave-staff to mop the floor with them.
#16 Djoabe & Ashwa
Inspired by Rhino Jockey by Amon Tobin, I’ve always liked the idea that the title of that song gave me. So here’s a girl that rides the vast plains on the back of a huge rhino. Why a rhino? Because no one messes with a rhino. On account of it being a friggin’ rhino.
Sorry to flood the site, but I gotta catch up somehow. I’m behind. In fact, I’m actually really behind. I know, I know. I’m not looking to quit. I’m looking to do the best job I’m capable of. I’ve actually gone back & recolored most of the other characters I’ve created so far.
But being realistic, I think if I really want to hit the full 30, I ought to stop doing the full body shots & opt for more head shots & busts & such. This however, would kind of mess with the goal I’ve set for myself, which again is to combine all 30 in a big crowd shot. Here’s my first week‘s worth composited as such. Anyone in a similar boat? should I opt for making them all good & possibly falling short, or just hitting the quota?
#15 Ghalib Freshness
Not only is he among the highest paid actors in Asia, Ghalib Freshness, 67, found he’s not quite like other bollywood actors. This is because Ghalib’s singing voice can effect the resonance of the very strings that control subatomic particles. What does that mean? Well, whenever Ghalib sings, he can change reality to bend to his whim. Whatever Ghalib wants, Ghalib gets. That is at least until the song ends. Then things very abruptly revert back to the way they were.
#14 Karate King of Bushwick Ave.
After opening up a dojo on Bushwick Ave, Michael Dawson did his part to help clean up the neighborhood. And he did that, gaining some notoriety in the process. But that was years ago. Now gentrification rolled through. Vegans & playgroups have replaced most of the pushers & the dealers. He’s not totally obsolete, but he’s more likely to meet a pack of roving trust fund kids than danger. So he’s gone back to trying to focus on his first love, Karate.
Originally, the forums for the site Entervoid.com had an art jam to create a superhero using a name & a power generator. I got Karate King on the name generator, & the unstoppability of the Juggernaut with the power generator (though they also called it the Rhinoceros Effect, which I really, really like). Anyway, I’m not an art jam kind of guy, but that was kind of too cool to pass up. So I finally made good on it & drew him up. I added the Bushwick bit because I was kind of thinking of Shonuff the Shogun of Harem, but also had this kind of silly idea about what happens to a street level superhero with gentrification.
#13 Union
Talented Guitarist who really just cares about the music, but is in a punk band with superpowered political activists.
Union’s got talent. He’s a classically trained musician. He’s one of the best at what he does. Too bad that the only band that will take him is Mein Deutsch Herbst. Lead by Emil, an overzealous sociopath who aspires to being a left wing criminal activist, the music industry, law enforcement, world leaders, & superhumans everywhere are starting to take notice. But Union only cares about the music.
Still, he does have another unique talent. Union was able to practice guitar for hours on end, because he can split into multiple copies of himself. Upon reforming, all of the experiences merge & become one. Each one has it’s own sentience but really, all share the same goals & opinions. There’s been no limit reached as to how many duplicates he can make, however, after the first ten, every copy starts to lose density. There’s a point where each copy starts to become almost ghost like. He (each) also has a bit of a problem focusing once he’s past five copies. But that doesn’t mean he won’t try.
Also, he can be his own rhythm section.
#27 Black Cobra (3)
This one was probably one of the tougher ones to render since it this one is an actual existing character! The first and last two in the line of Black Cobras are all original ideas by me, and the middle three (#’s 3-5) are all public domain characters!
Concept: The Black Cobra/James “Jim†Hornsby – District Attorney/crimefighter.  Not sure if he’s related to #2 (may even BE #2), but if he is, he’d have to be #2‘s son. Jim and his younger brother, Bobby (#5), teamed up in the early days leading up to the US involvement in World War 2 to fight crime stateside. Jim was killed in action by Nazis on US soil.
Design: I didn’t really want to change his look from the original until I sat down with the design. The colors are horrid! So, I simplified it as much as possible (the hood isn’t quite the snake/cobra motif, but works). I wanted him to have the color black somewhere in the design, but couldn’t really figure it out, so I just made his pants black. Not proud of this one, but again, I wanted to keep him fairly recognizable.*
Late additions: Just for fun, I decided to do him less traditionally (ie, similar to the original) and more in tune with the “family” design I came up with.
The hood doesn’t attach to a cape. I just liked having something on his shoulders that made sense of the hood. I’m not opposed to a short cape, but I really didn’t intend for a cape to be attached at all. Sometimes a hood is…just a hood.
Art by Ricardo Venâncio!
Copyright © 2010, Vito Delsante.
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