Kamina the Ultimate Blue Lantern

SPIRAL POWER SHINING BRIGHT,
ANTI SPIRALS FLEE FROM SIGHT,
PIERCING HEAVENS NEAR AND FAR
GURREN LANTERN
WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?

(Gurren Lantern oath devised by an Anonymous on /co/)


OK, as I was reading through Green Lantern not only did I develop an affinity for Natu, but I also thought "Simon would be the ultimate Green Lantern and Kamina would be the ultimate Blue Lantern."

I blame /co/ ...

This is just a fun (read: quick and dirty) sketch of Kamina, the ultimate Blue Lantern. The anatomy is shit, it's not very detailed, and I really don't have the will to make it as good as the Natu piece. It was just a funny idea.

This took a grand total of about 2 hours spread over two days of working on it sporadically for like 10 minutes at a time, the Natu piece took about 6 hours spread over two weeks.

Soranik Natu

I'm a recent convert to the Green Lantern comics because I wanted to find out about all of the red, blue, green, yellow, violet, etc. so I read as much Green Lantern as I could. I haven't decided on my favorite Lantern yet, I'm bouncing back and forth between Guy and Kyle.

However, Soranik Natu. For my money, is the sexiest Green Lantern ever. (I loved Guy's reaction to her. I was like, "Yes, this man speaks for me.") Though I'm pretty sure that she's Sinestro's Daughter and now that she and Kyle are an item, she's so going to die. So while she's still around, I decided to do some fan work of her.

I felt like doing some statuesqe female anatomy and practicing with space, and she was perfect for my experimentations. Sure, I could have used Power Girl or Wonder Woman, or even Starfire, but those bitches perfectly respectable ladies are over exposed. I ALSO wanted to experiment with anatomical drawing techniques and a new way of painting derived from comic coloring techniques. (ALL of which I will explain in depth in a youtube video.)

YOu see, as a painter, I realize my biggest flaw is that my stuff is way too... sketchy and messy. I'm puttin forth a lot of effort to learn to control that. My efforts seem to either look mushy, or too hard edged, so it's a tough thing to perfect.






My very first attempt at a tutorial using youtube. It sucked.

The Mother Tree Sings

Yet another Ender related piece

The Hive Queen

"You wanted to see her."

This is based on a scene from.... Xenocide...I think. Xenocide is the third Ender's Game novel. In it, practically the first thing that Valentine does when she reunites with Ender is to go meet the ressurrected Bugger Queen. When they first see her, she's killing her own workers to feed new larva queens. It's an awesome scene but I'm not going to spoil why. This is pretty much what I saw in my head when I read the book. (Maybe a little redder.)

The novels never really went in to too much detail, but a couple of things forced me to totally rethink my interpretation of the buggers.

The toughest thing was the rainbow reflection on the slime covering the wings, and to give her the disgusting majesty described in the book.

Puppetmaster's Regret

BUY A PRINT

Just a random painting that I started recording for you tube. After about halfway through, the damn recorder stopped working so I stopped working on it.

I may add stuff to this, I'm not sure.

Not really that invested in it to be honest. Just wanted to do something original and expressive.

Round 2 Toph vs Katara

Every super bowl, I spend the day making a speed painting. It's my tradition. This was what I made.


Here is a video of its creation.