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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
Robotech Tuesdays: Lynn Kyle
People think Minmei is the worst Robotech character, but they forget about this dude:
His name is Lynn Kyle, and he’s a sullen, cousin-kissing, peacenik hippie, draped in a fringed leather jacket. He doesn’t even have a wikipedia entry. ‘Nuff said.
Gallifrey Fridays: K9
Robotech Tuesdays: Baby Dana Sterling
It’s Max and Miriya‘s daughter, the rambunctious Dana Sterling:
Her spacesuit is from the episode Viva Miriya (episode 30) and the toy she’s reaching for is a Minmei doll.
Gallifrey Fridays: The First Master
As I am ornery and unpleasant, I rarely take requests or even suggestions. However, my good pal Jacob suggested the first incarnation of Doctor Who‘s nemesis, the Master, as portrayed by the late Roger Delgado–this was too good of a suggestion to pass up:
Note to self: Start shopping at the same suit store as the Master, Han, and Blofeld–it’s step one towards becoming a bad-ass 70’s super-villain.
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.
Pushing The Envelope
A quick doodle on an outgoing envelope that I decided to scan into Photoshop and slap some colors on.
Sleepy-bye time!
Robotech Tuesdays: Miriya Parina Sterling
The infamous Zentradi ace who fell in love with an Earthling (Max Sterling) and defected, Miriya Parina Sterling:
In the actual anime, Miriya doesn’t show up in this uniform much–so it was tough to find reference for the colors. The uncolored design for the uniform, which differs slightly from the one that the female bridge officers wear, was in one of my Robotech art books. In the instances where Miriya is wearing this uniform, the colors are inconsistent, but I found some images on the internet (possibly screengrabs from a Macross video game?) that backed up a particular version of the colors that I liked best, so I went with that. And that’s how my boring story ended!
Gallifrey Fridays: The Eleventh Doctor
The eleventh and current incarnation of the Doctor:
This is a decent likeness, even if I do say so myself. Of course, it helps that Matt Smith has a pretty unique look. With that giant head of hair, he’s almost like a palette swap of Conan O’Brien. At any rate, I think he’s doing a good job as the latest Doctor.
R.I.P. Carl Macek
There are a handful of key figures who are responsible for the popularity of anime in the Western world–Carl Macek was one of them–he passed away last month.
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Most notably, Carl was responsible for combining three unrelated series into one saga, and introducing them to America under the title Robotech. For an entire generation of nerds, including myself, this was our introduction to anime.
Thanks for everything, Carl!
Temporary Delay!
Today’s post will appear later, possibly not until early Wednesday (Pacific Standard Time). My apologies for the delay.
Moldy Oldies: MEOW!
Still not 100% set-up on the new computer–bear with me folks. This piece isn’t terribly old, but it isn’t terribly recent either:
Drawn for a friend who was obsessed with her neighbor’s cat.
To Infinity and (Batman) Beyond!
AKA Terry McGinnis:
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Pencil, pen, and marker. You can kind of tell that I started this drawing at the top and lost momentum as I reached the bottom. Oh well, I’m still happy with how the head and neck turned out. I definitely need to do more drawings with heavily inked shadows.
Unseasonably Ghoulish
Sigh. Computers.
Almost there with setting up the new computer, but I’m not yet quite able to do my normal computer coloring thang. Which is why you get this seemingly random piece today:
I had some surplus of holiday spirit left after last Halloween, so I whipped up this pen sketch and slapped some marker colors on it. In theory I would have saved this for October of this year, but I am tired and defeated after dealing with my computer situation for the past week and a half. HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!!
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The Waiting Game
I’m autoposting another sloppy blog from the work computer, while I grow old waiting for my new one to arrive.
Actually, I am full of lies. First of all, I’m more like a big impatient baby than an old man. And second, I could only grow such a long Rip Van Winkle-esque beard in my wildest dreams! New computer should be here soon-ish, and “real” posting will resume.
Alas poor Computros, we hardly knew ye!
I am in the process of redirecting all of my old blogs to my new hosting. Images from this year are already redirected; images older than 2010 are online for the moment, but soon will be offline momentarily while I work behind the scenes. I’ll keep you posted, because I know you’re all dying to look at ancient ultra-nerdy drawings that I’ve done.
Naturally, just as soon as I set up new web-hosting and started to get things in order, my computer AKA Computros, succumbed to enough malware to put it on its deathbed.
Computros has been struggling for sometime, and I knew that I would have to find an upgrade sooner or later, I just didn’t think it would happen like this. I always thought we would have more time. This sketchblog would not be possible without my silent comrade-in-arms… Computros will be sorely missed.
My new computer will be arriving next week. I do not yet know its name. It will be my new ally in sketchbloggery. It might be faster, and have more RAM, and more storage. But Computros can never be replaced, only succeeded.
FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL SING SONGS OF YOU, COMPUTROS!!!
This blog is being posted hastily from my work computer after hours–please humor my sloppy posts while I get the new computer set up.
Robotech Tuesdays: Max Sterling
Quick note before I get to today’s post… I’m going to be changing my web hosting soon, so any art that’s older than, um, last week, might be offline for a bit while I transfer things over. My apologies for the inconvenience.
Hey kids, look: it’s ace Veritech pilot Max Sterling!
Gallifrey Fridays: The First Doctor
Ok, I guess Gallifrey Fridays is going to be a thing. Here’s the First Doctor:
It’s almost the weekend, suckers! I’m gonna watch Pokemon episodes, eat tacos, and draw!!! And probably do my laundry!!!
Yeah, I’m a wild one.
Err…
[EDITTT: There we go, all fixed… for now!]
Apparently I’m having problems with my web storage, which is why most of the images on this blog are red X‘s. Looks like involuntary renovations are in order.
I’m looking into the problem (and cursing)–in the meantime, should you have a burning desire to look at any of my previous art, feel free to check out my Deviant Art page.