Another leftover commission today:
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Late!
Big surprise, I’m late! My apologies, dear reader. A post will be up sometime during the weekend, hopefully sooner rather than later!
I bet he drinks Arrowhead brand water…
… you see, because he’s got an arrow tattooed on his head. COMEDY FUN JOKES!
It’s Aang, AKA the Avatar, AKA the Last Airbender:
Return on Friday for more art and hilarity, won’t you?
For those of you keeping track at home…
… I’ve finally returned to my task of fixing dead image links in blog entries from 2009 and older. I went back as far as April 2008, so anything older is still full of dead image links. I’ll try and fix the rest ASAP! Please bear with me.
Your BFF,
-Jason
Original Barbarian
Let’s face it, I talk about He-Man a lot on this blog. But for those who don’t know, there would be no He-Man without Conan the Barbarian. And the visual language of Conan, and indeed of all Sword & Sorcery fiction, was defined by one man, Frank Frazetta.
To commemorate the passing of the once and future master, here is my humble rendition of Conan the Barbarian:
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Additional inspiration provided by my pal Derek Fridolfs and his superb take on the barbarian.
Today is not opposite day
Josh needed some last-minute help for a project, so he came to me. I told him I would not help him, but little did I realize it was opposite day. Bound by the ancient playground covenant, I did indeed end up helping him. The title of the project is “The Life and Death of My First and Last Pack of Cigs,” cover art provided by yours truly:
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I closely followed the layout and composition Josh provided for me, which basically made my job easy. The background color was his choice too, and that really set the tone for the colors–again, making my job easy. The perfect crime!
Going Ape (Part 4 of 4)
Wrapping up this series, here’s Doctor Zaius:
Of course the good Doctor is one of the most recognizable characters from the Planet of the Apes franchise, but I suspect more people know him from this:
Going Ape (Part 3 of 4)
He’s from the second movie–Beneath the Planet of the Apes, which is easily the most boring of the series. However, I wanted to represent each species of ape, and Ursus happens to be one of the gorillas with a more interesting uniform, so here he is.
Going Ape (Part 2 of 4)
Cornelius, Zira, and baby Caesar, from the Planet of the Apes:
I wish I had a chunk of time to expound upon my deep fondess for the Planet of the Apes movies, but I don’t. Consider yourselves lucky!
Going Ape (Part 1 of 4)
“Lawgiver, who knows the future?”
In case you were not aware, this is the Lawgiver, a character from the Planet of the Apes movies.
Do I have a figurine of the Lawgiver, as a constant reminder that ape must never harm ape? Yes, I do. Am I the world’s biggest dork? Likely.
Cue Jazzy Theme Music, Appendix (2 of 2): Solid as a Rock
Concluding a brief series that I started last time. I’ll dispense with the small talk–today’s post features a character who debuted in The New Adventures of Jonny Quest, Hardrock:
Hardrock was a living statue who joined up with Jonny Quest and friends. I honestly don’t know how to expand upon that. Oh well, here’s a clip:
In case you missed my take on the Jonny Quest cast a few months ago, here they are:
Cue Jazzy Theme Music, Appendix (1 of 2): Seeing Red
I posted my interpretations of the main cast from Jonny Quest a little while ago, and while I was working on those sketches, I waffled back and forth on including Jessie, a character who was introduced during The New Adventures of Jonny Quest, and later became a core member of the Quest team in The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest. She was originally depicted as a friend of the family, and was later retconned into being Race Bannon’s daughter. At any rate, here she is:
I honestly wasn’t trying to make her color scheme particularly “girly”–things just naturally went in that direction as I attempted to keep the colors consistent with her hair. Next time, I’ll treat you to the most obscure member of team Quest, hands down!
In case you missed my take on the Jonny Quest cast a few months ago, here they are:
Cue Jazzy Theme Music (Part 3 of 4)
Inexplicably, Jonny Quest‘s dad, when not garbed in a white scientist’s lab coat, or a short smock resembling that of a dental hygienist, was a very sharply dressed man. Here he is, Dr. Benton Quest:
I’ll wrap this series up on Friday–be there or be square.
Cue Jazzy Theme Music (Part 2 of 4)
So I rambled on about the Jonny Quest theme music in my previous post, when I should have simply linked a clip of the opening credits (incidentally, the composer, Hoyt Curtin, was also responsible for a few other notable jazzy Hanna Barbera theme songs, such as Top Cat, and The Jetsons):
And for today’s illustration, here’s Hadji, Jonny Quest’s best friend, adopted brother, and partner in crime.
When I drew this originally, Hadji was supposed to be levitating in a display of his trademark mystical powers. I guess that isn’t really apparent with no background as context.
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Cue Jazzy Theme Music (Part 1 of 4)
The theme music to Jonny Quest is easily one of the best TV intros of all time. When I was in college, a jillion years ago, you could hear the marching band practice from my friend’s dorm room, and one day they did an amazing rendition of the Johnny Quest theme. I actually went back to my friend’s place several times hoping to hear them practice it again, but without any luck. Yes, I am a dork! But in my defense, that was definitely the only time in my life I was enthusiastic about music from a marching band.
This is Jonny Quest himself, accompanied by his tenacious bulldog, Bandit. You might have an educated guess as to what the next three posts will offer!