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SOD.078 – Skeletor

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RP: “Oops. Make that OUR dying screams …”

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(From "Punch Comics" number 16, 1946.)

SOD.077 – Green Arrow

This started out as a female Green Arrow like the female Flash, but somewhere close to the beginning it turned into just a generic ranger type female, then at the end it turned back into female Green Arrow. I think the resultant muddle pretty clearly reflects that lack of vision.

Yeah. This color thing is hard. Black and white lineart after the jump.

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How to make jester hats

Many thanks again to Hammerknight for putting together (by request, mind you, how's that for customer service!) this nifty tutorial on how to make custom jester hats with HeroMachine 3. Click on the image to see it at the original, larger, more legible size.

RP: The coach of the Involuntary Eunuch Brigade, maybe

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(From "Major Victory" number 3, 1945.)

Lightstar is VERY excited to meet you

For those of you lucky enough to have missed out on 1990's-era super-hero propaganda, I can now sum up the entire experience with this following image from a free comic book promoting an exciting Saturday morning cartoon* and toy tie-in on CBS featuring a super-powered children's super-hero character with gigantic metal spikes for nipples that stick out of a skull's eye sockets:

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And people wonder what's wrong with my generation.

(Image and character ©1994, Landmark Entertainment Group.)

*Back In The Day we only got cartoons for about four hours on Saturday mornings, so suck it, children of today!

SOD.076 – Flashette?

Why a female Flash? Because I said so, that's why!

I have to say, this turned out to be one of my favorite illustrations I've done, except for her left arm which is bugging me beyond all measure. It's just kind of lumpy and shapeless. Other than that, though, I think it's pretty decent. One note, the use of a more vibrant yellow in the hair for the line color came from messing around with a HeroMachine character I was building to test out some stuff. I liked the effect and want to explore its use more as I continue trying to figure out this whole coloring thing.

RP: Worst. Sidekick gig. Ever.

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(From "Punch Comics" number 14.)

SOD.075 – Grown Newsboy

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This is using the "new" (well, new to me anyway) Photoshop coloring tricks from MelissaClifton.com. I'll put the black and white lineart after the jump for the curious.

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