Archive for November 6th, 2012

#6 Akako Yamauchi

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The passenger starship the Ninsun II was on its return flight back to earth when a miscalculation in its flight route sent it into a meteor shower just outside of Mars orbit. The ship took heavy damage and was pulled down on to the red planet. Somehow the youngest person on the flight of thousands, thirteen-year-old Akako Yamauchi was the sole survivor.

Encasing her body in a space suit and filling her backpack with a solar flashlight and all the supplies she could find Akako left the ship in search of help.

Mars had a number of tiny settlements on it, but no more than five hundred people on the entire planet, she search was almost in vain.

After nearly a day of walking she came across an excavation site, a small but abandoned camp at the base of a massive red mountain. A tunnelling operation had been underway, the tunnel was the only place that still had a functioning air filtration unit so was Akako’s salvation.

She took refuge in the tunnel; finally being able to remove her space suit and breath in some pure air, well as pure as filtration units can produce.

Bedding down for the night in the bed of an old drill team member, Akako was woken from her sleep by a sudden sound coming up the tunnel. It sounded like someone was calling to her in a language she didn’t even know. She was drawn to the call and found herself moving further and further into the tunnel, into the mountain.

Her flashlight, her only source of light guided her down and down until she entered a vast cavern. Crystal clear water poured from outlets in the side off the cavern wall and formed a natural pool, a tiny island of red land sprouted from the serine water at its centre, light filled the cavern from a number of strange glowing crystals in the walls, the light seemed to somehow spotlight the island. Akako was still being called, called to the island.

Placing her flashlight down she swim out to it. Dripping wet she walked across the island, her footprints sinking into the soft sand. At the heart of the cave resting on a pedestal of rock was a mask. It was a deep shade of red with white markings over it. The mask appeared to be the perfect size for Akako, fitting her face flawlessly.

Akako was no longer being called. Akako was home. The old inhabitants of Mars rose from their slumber in the cavern to join their new Queen. To join Queen Akako, ruler of Mars and all that comes with it.

#6 Wobbly-Headed Ernesto

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His name’s Ernesto. He’s got a huge, wobbly head, and he’s psychic. But, he mostly uses his power to get chicks.

Day 6: Major Loose Cannon

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It all started when young Thomas Kilbourne, age 12, lost all of his Boy Scouts badges in an terrifying camp explosion. At 18, when he tried to join the U.S. forces, he was judged too unpredictable for the military. It took years for him to finally find his home: with a Civil War reenactment society. But soon his comrades in the Union began to worry about him too. Especially when he started showing up to battle in 21st century military standard issue, and suggesting unconventional guerrilla tactics to defeat the Confederates. 

#5 Buzzsaw The Gladiator

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The age old story of a space traveler who is lost and crash lands on an alien planet.  Abducted by a barbaric race of warriors, our hero’s only chance at returning home is to fight for his life.  Over and over and over again!

#6 The Joker

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Character #6: Thorassic Jones

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Thorrasic Jones

#4-Restless Red

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FIFTH CONCEPT and i must say, im starting to get the hang of digital painting. 25 more of such opportunities to improve and explore the digital medium. EXCITED   Animated by forbidden necromacy, the Restless Red are driven solely by their spiteful hatred for the living. Harnessed with the intent of being a biological weapon in ancient egypt, they spawn from the very crimson mist that fall as red rain onto any location that would be unfortunate enough to be it’s target of attack. The use of such sadistic magic would usually cause widespread onslaught as the ravenous undead slaughter, and devour all living – friend or foe, in it’s path.

Ovnamon

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 Day 6. Pokemon. Type – Electric. Species – Appliance.

Day Five: Bodey Socksmon

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Scruffy. Itchy skin under tight tufts of fur. Exasperated, exhausted, extinguished. With a yawn he is all these things and yet as he pulls up a cup, burgeoning on boiling hot, to his mouth and tips in a hot and sweet morning elixir, wipes from his mouth the sticky residue and caffeinated skin, he is for a moment none of these things. He ponders his first conscious thought since he and the sun rose — to shit or shave — and his day is begun.
~Tosche

#6 The Blue Flame

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Weight: 220 lbs.

Height: 4’5″

Finisher: The Firebomb

Quote: “The blue of the flame is the HOTTEST part, baby!”

 

Crit-man

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He always hits, where it hurts

#6 – Dreyja

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Tall, elegant, intelligent, Dreyja frequently attracts attention wherever she goes, for good and for bad. This attention only increases when Dreyja reveals that she is magically active.

A trained Sorceress, Dreyja’s parents sent her to learn and hone her skills soon after she became magically active at the age of 10. The move was as much for Dreyja’s safety as for her parents, as her uncontrolled magical abilities posed a potential threat to her parents and to the community, along with the deep-seated distrust of magic users in some parts of society for “perverting nature”.

After a rocky first few months, Dreyja discovered a passion for learning, and threw herself into her studies, quickly becoming an accomplished sorceress. By the time she was 17, she was able to read and cast complex spells, but was beginning to chafe at the limitations of life within the school’s walls. Upon turning 18, Dreyja was given the choice to leave the school or to become a Sorcerer’s apprentice to continue her studies. Dreyja chose to leave, to explore and see the world she’ d read so much about in books. Now, disguising herself as a scholar, Dreyja travels extensively, documenting every step of her journey, determined to create a tome that explains the vast intricacies of all the lands.

While very much an academic, Dreyja has a keen ear for culture and conversation. Now 20, she is an apt conversationalist and has a quiet confidence that seems out-of-place on such a young woman. She is absolutely driven to see her goal to fruition, even with the dangers that it brings.

Frequently laconic in speech, Dreyja will never use ten words when three will do. Giving and kind to children, she has a vengeful nature, and still bristles at the religious leaders she blames for forcing her to leave her home as a child under threat to her and her family’s lives. Whereas many races of the realm bear various grudges against one another, she finds much of the squabbling and fighting between groups idly amusing. She can seem cold and antiseptic to some, but there is a deep warmth to her personality hidden just underneath the surface.

Tall and thin, she threatens some by her simple presence, her slender face, speckled with freckles and light brown skin gives away her origin to most, increasing her “exotic” seeming qualities to many of the people she visits.

Phillidelphia’s own…LIBERTY BELL!

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#6 Jake Ryan

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Val G. (nittoai)

Day 6 – Eefreet

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Real name – unknown

Eefreet is a fire spirit of ancient legends. On his body he carries a sealed portal to another dimension, where four races of genie live.

#5 – Roxanna Artani

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Those first few years out of college are hard enough for everyone, finding a real job, finding love, finding yourself, transitioning into becoming something roughly shaped like an “adult”. These things can be complicated further when you’re the daughter of a Gorgon.

Roxanna is a 23-year-old girl who currently makes ends meet working too-long shifts at the Lyceum Bar, an establishment that serves other creatures like her alongside human customers who are none the wiser that they’re sharing drinks with a creature of legend.

Creatures of myth have always existed in Roxanna’s world, but as time passed and faiths changed, people began to see past them, see beyond them. Now, they walk among us on every continent, trying to make a life for themselves just as everyone else is. Noticing them isn’t a matter of being gifted, or opening yourself up to the possibility, a small percentage of the population will be walking down the street one day when the planes of reality begin to shift and they realize that the hotdog vendor they always say hello to is actually a incredibly amiable troll who makes the best chili dog in town.

Roxanna graduated from college eight months ago, and still isn’t sure where her life’s supposed to go from here. She lives with her best friend, Jolene (who cannot see her as a Gorgon), in a small apartment they can barely afford, and whiles her nights away watching terrible reality TV with Brandon, a Satyr she met at a terrible concert one night. She’s still trying to convince her mother that she will not be immediately murdered as a result of finally moving out of the house.

Roxanna’s father was human, meaning she is half-gorgon, which is to say, she can “pass” much easier than others. Her hair always seems a mess, and when she is brought to any kind of emotional extreme her true form begins to show. This has made dating a problematic experience for Roxanna, who has had multiple unrequited crushes, but ended up pushing several different boys away out of fear that she would end up hurting them, whether she wanted to or not.

Roxanna frequently quibbles with her mother over her heritage. She considers her human side most people see as her “natural” form, and that the form always lurking just inside her reflection is another person altogether.

To most people, Roxanna appears as a shortish girl with a mess of black hair she never seems to tame framing a warm, pleasant face. She occasionally receives comments on her eyes, one almond brown, the other a bright hazel.

A bright student, with a sardonic streak a mile wide, Roxanna spends more time “between worlds” than any others like her. Every day, she deals with her desire to be “normal” against her loyalty to her heritage and to others like her.

 

#2 Eyes Over You

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#5 Haley

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cat leopard shark salamander <3

cat leopard shark salamander <3

#2 Sirius Mack

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#2 Sirius Mack

Scourge of the Spacelanes. Merchant vessels fear him. The Confederation curses him. Ladies love him. You’d have to travel pretty far outside the Core of the Four Galaxies to find someone who hasn’t heard the name Sirius Mack.

Legend has it he was once a highly decorated officer in the Terran Armada. It was the academy where he first learned to fly & fight. Basing his technique on the ancient Samurai of Earth, his skill with a plasma blade is truly unparalleled. Upon graduating, he became a pilot. In fact, one of the best pilots, fighting in brutal orbital dogfights of the Great Saldareme War. He quickly rose up the ranks, & was soon commanding his own destroyer class vessel.

Who betrayed who changes, depending on exactly who’s telling the tale. Whatever transpired, it led to Mack stealing that ship & becoming the boldest criminal the universe has ever known. Who else would have the audacity to steal the crown jewels of the Albus, Critea, & Jojunngan Royal families at one gala, or hijack an entire Dyson Sphere?

While Confederation propaganda paints him as this cruel, sadistic butcher, many know it to be nothing more than a lie. While capable, Mack will only fight when he must. Even his victims will often speak kindly of him. While no one ever wants to get robbed, the people he preys upon often express relief, possibly even get a little starstruck that it’s by him. They call him a consummate gentleman, & say that to be victimized by him is almost a badge of honor. And while he may be just a thief, to many, he’s the People’s Thief, fighting a corrupt system.

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Falling behind. But only thing I’ve got to do tomorrow is vote, so hopefully I can get some more done after I get done with that.

This character was the one I was planning on dropping first. When I got bogged down by the detail, I initially thought I’d work on him while I moved on to others. Maybe drop him as the finale. But I hit a wall, so instead I just hunkered down & finished him off. I always wanted to try creating kind of a blaxploitation/space samurai, but never really got anywhere with it. Earlier this year, I started a completely different space pirate thing. It’s on a much smaller scale, not far flung into the future & never leaving the solar system really. But I thought that I could possibly tie that original idea in as fictional character in that world. Like that universe’s Captain Harlock, with a more romanticized view of space piracy. It kind of glorifies the life for the characters in that. The name hit me like a bolt a from the blue one day, but I never got around to actually sketching him up or working on giving him much of a back story. Until now anyway.

The jacket is loosely inspired on a character Otomo had in one of his art books once. I think it gives him a bit of an unintentional Hendrix vibe. Also, I’m not that into Star Wars, but felt weird giving this guy in the far future an actual blade, thus his weird, hard light plasma thing he just kind of projects as his hand mimes holding a sword. That way he’s never unarmed. Other than some tropes in the back story, I think its also kind of meandered from the original blaxploitation vibe I was originally shooting for. I think that was because I decided to play up the space opera elements more.

More soon.

Gecko-face #6

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#05 : Edco Dorr

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This sylph’s personality was based off of the “Chick” TV trope.  He is a highly skilled sorcerer, but is needed mainly as the team medic.  He is a stubborn one and personally likes to appear without his makeup and show his sylph birthmarks.  The breeze that follows him tend to have a pleasant fragrance.

Day 5 – Casey

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Casey is Robby’s girlfriend.  She’s a level-headed girl who tries to keep her boyfriend out of trouble.  She is very intelligent although she has a few deep insecurities she hides very well.

Sorry for the quick sketch and meager description tonight!  Work was brutal and I am desperate to go to sleep haha..

#06 – Umm Saif

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Never be fooled by the innocent smile some elders give you >> ~ Haha

Day 6 | Logan Greenthorn

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2012 – DAY 06

All characters are created by my 5 year-old son, The Junior Partner.  He has either drawn these characters on his own and I have recreated them here, or he has sat at my elbow dictating design and conceptual ideas like a creative, but frenetic, taskmaster.

LOGAN GREENTHORN

Dr. Greenthorn was an explorer looking for mystical plants to help people who were sick when he discovered magic seeds.  When his camp was attacked by jungle poachers the seeds fell from his pocket into the ground causing tendrils of vine and thorny plant to explode from the ground entwining all in the blast radius in cords of plant life.  Dr. Greenthorn learned he could control these plants and eventually used them to attack the leader of the poacher who also ahd enslaved a small village.  Dr. Greenthron tried to go aback to his original life’s work, but became disheartened when the Jungle Spirits told him that the plant he was looking for was only a myth but that he should use the magic seeds to help others.

While not a superhero in the generic term, Logan Greenthorn attacks villains who hurt children, animals or cause ecological disasters.  The magic seeds cause mystical plants to engulf his body and he can use them in any way he sees fit, as offensive or defensive appendages or for means of exaggerated locomotion.  The plants have no real rhyme or reason and are based on the indigenous varieties of pants in the local area.  He can amplify natural effects of plant life or cause them to morph into extreme versions of their natural state.  The plants produce more fo the magic seeds when Greenthorn dismisses his powers.

“Z”

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#5 Rick

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So this guy is Rick and he was stranded on a dinghy for a bit with amnesia then a pirate crew comes along and snatches him up.  He befriends the ship members until they betray him and he has to kill the entire ship crew.  From then, he learned how to navigate with the ship and use tremendous upkeep.  To him, it seemed that every crew wanted to kill him so he killed them instead.  Gruesome imagery aside, his ship then (finally) arrived at the shore near where Alin and Nohra hunt.

Trion

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Jamey & Janey

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"Jamey & Janey

#03 : Deadline Deenah

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I’ve had this idea for a long time and felt like this challenge would be good to finally give this character a more physical form.  When the deadlines appear, they are created in a random color and in different areas in her body, but in a visible part (usually limbs).  She always been bad with time which caused her to be in the situation she is in.

#6 Phantoma

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Real name: Peggeriana “Peggy” Jones

Height:5’9

Weight:212 lbs.

Location: Outer space

Phantoma is an intergalactic vigilante operating in all sectors of the galaxy. When she was Peggy, she was once a Galactic Police officer betrayed by her superiors after being accused of a crime she did not commit.  Forced to go into exile and faked her own death, Peggy use her police training and a sense of design to create a one woman force against intergalactic criminal activity as Phantoma.

Powers: Has wristbands that can shoot anything from lazer beams, gravity fields, etc.

Personality:Determined, alert at all coats.

Day 5: Black Belt Johnson

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In the 1970’s Black Belt Johnson was a master of Karate as well as the starting point guard for the Chicago High Tops, an expansion team in the ABA. This is all part of a cover for his job as a secret operative for the U.S. government.