Fan Art Month Day 8 - Ben

Full Throttle was my introduction to Tim Schafer, adventure gaming, and motorcycles. Fun fact: Mark Hamill, who voiced Batman: the Animated Series' Joker and acted as Star Wars' Luke Skywalker, voiced FT's main villain, Adrian Ripburger.

Fan Art Month Days 6 and 7 - Testament and Demoman

I didn't manage to post Sunday's image up in time, so I spent some time this morning adding flat washes to spruce it up a bit. Testament - the late piece - was inked with Pitt pens (soooooo fast!), while Demoman - today's piece - was inked with the ol' brush (pretty lines, but soooo slow). Coincidentally, both characters happen to utilize trap-based playstyles and are often referred to as "top-tier" and/or "overpowered."

Fan Art Month Day 5 - Sparkster

Those who have played Rocket Knight Adventures may recall the flying portion of level one and the castle-ramming that culminates it. Call me crazy, but I find it hard to believe that ol' Sparkster would have been looking forward to smashing face-first into a structure designed to withstand, say, a cannonball barrage.

I should practice with Pitt pens more often. The fine, elegant line that brush provides is nice, but there's something to be said about inking really fast, too.

Fan Art Month Day 4 - Nicodemus

I made *lots* of mistakes on this one, and the white gouache took forever to dry, so this one's staying in black and white. In retrospect, adding some denser black areas would have helped considerably in disambiguating the overall form.

Fan Art Month Day 3 - Freakazoid

Spielberg produced a lot of great animation back in the '90s, and most of it has aged pretty well. Zoosh!

Fan Art Month Day 2 - Mrs. Brisby

I recently rewatched The Secret of NIMH. 'Tis a thing of beauty, it is, even with the occasional story inconsistency. CG animation is wonderful and much easier to inbetween with, to be sure, but there's a certain magic that well-done 2D possesses, and it's a shame that there isn't enough of it around these days.

Fan Art Month Day 1 - Beastly McPedro

During the month of June, I'm going to attempt an art-a-day challenge involving fan art. Why fan art, you ask? Between fan art and portfolio work, the latter engenders personal attachment due to said work's intent of showcasing my abilities and problem-solving strategies. Fan art, on the other hand, cannot be used in a portfolio - generally speaking - and as a result I can just draw or paint and have fun.

That said, here's the first of the bunch. For those who haven't read Girls with Slingshots by Danielle Corsetto, this is the talking cactus McPedro...with a monstrous twist. Here's to a good month!