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[Universal Ruler Supreme]

Well, here is my sketch so far. My scanner must use nuclear light to scan pictures cause you can't see any of my background sketching. Though there wasn't much to begin with. It's hardly done. I'm in the process of trying to fill it out more, and I also added some color to it. That's right I was digging out in storage and found my old School bag and low and behold I found some Colored pencils in it. But they are cheap pencils and I'm a bit limited with the colors, so It might not be perfect. Well, thought I'd just show this so you guys know I'm actually trying to do something. Sorry to be so last minute, but I've been busy with other things for most of the month.

[WhiteLeo]

Nice job URS, I like how the Wood Beetle is looking over him. Very kewl!

WhiteLeo

[meatcutta78]

URS i love the sketch its coming out great.Now what i am trying to figure out is what exactly is Wood Beetle trying to grab to cause such a reaction. j/k.It's really coming out great can't wait to see some color added.

White Leo love the new avatar.

[Universal Ruler Supreme]

URS i love the sketch its coming out great.Now what i am trying to figure out is what exactly is Wood Beetle trying to grab to cause such a reaction. j/k.It's really coming out great can't wait to see some color added.

White Leo love the new avatar.

OH CRAP!!! I just now noticed that! Just to clarify, Wood Beetle is supposed to have surprised Buffy with the swing of his staff, not by trying to molest anyone. Only you would catch that.

[Kevin Mayle]

Nice crisp smooth lines URS. Great work! Anyone else submitting? Hope so. Contest ends tonight, right?

[jkaris]

Nice crisp smooth lines URS. Great work! Anyone else submitting? Hope so. Contest ends tonight, right?

I will be, but not as an actual entry. I think the contest ends a month after being posted (10th), but WhiteLeo will know for sure.

[Tortle]

Phew... got it in just in time! Below you see the first sketch, then the final painted and inked work. Its size is 18" by 24".

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[Universal Ruler Supreme]

Phew... got it in just in time! Below you see the first sketch, then the final painted and inked work.

So the contest is over now right? Geez Tortle! I think your hand drawn art is much better than your computer art.

[Kevin Mayle]

Wow Nate, that is really, really great!

[WhiteLeo]

Nice crisp smooth lines URS. Great work! Anyone else submitting? Hope so. Contest ends tonight, right?

I will be, but not as an actual entry. I think the contest ends a month after being posted (10th), but WhiteLeo will know for sure.

Yeah, Johnny is right, 10th will be the actual deadline, but if everyone is finished before then we can shorten it.

Phew... got it in just in time! Below you see the first sketch, then the final painted and inked work. Its size is 18" by 24".

Nate that is awsome!!!, but your second scetch isn't working for me? Anyone else having this problem.

WhiteLeo

[Tortle]

Thanks guys! And Leo, the problem might be that I was editing the post at the same time you were looking at it. You might want to try again.

[meatcutta78]

Phew... got it in just in time! Below you see the first sketch, then the final painted and inked work. Its size is 18" by 24".

:speechless:

[Czarcher]

Nate that is Awesome !
Good job ! You could be 2 for 2 now.

[Ghost Lion]

Nate that is Awesome !
Good job ! You could be 2 for 2 now.

Yeah, that rocks! Nice job!

[Kevin Mayle]

Well, since the deadline has been extended to the 10th, and I think Nate blows mine away, I'm going to do another one.

[Czarcher]

Well, since the deadline has been extended to the 10th, and I think Nate blows mine away, I'm going to do another one.

I thought it was only 1 entry per person,
-??

[Kevin Mayle]

Well, since the deadline has been extended to the 10th, and I think Nate blows mine away, I'm going to do another one.

I thought it was only 1 entry per person,
-??

Actually the new rule was...
QUOTE(Reccoom Kaboom @ Sep 27 2007, 08:15 PM)
4. Can we have the voting at one per person this time?
WhiteLeo:
4. Yeah, I think we will do just one vote per person this time.

So you see, that's one VOTE, not one ENTRY.
Don't be scared. You can do another one too.

[WhiteLeo]

Well, since the deadline has been extended to the 10th, and I think Nate blows mine away, I'm going to do another one.

I thought it was only 1 entry per person,
-??

Actually the new rule was...
QUOTE(Reccoom Kaboom @ Sep 27 2007, 08:15 PM)
4. Can we have the voting at one per person this time?
WhiteLeo:
4. Yeah, I think we will do just one vote per person this time.

So you see, that's one VOTE, not one ENTRY.
Don't be scared. You can do another one too.

Yeap, do as many as you like! The more the marrier! I would love to see another one done by you Bryce. Test your might! MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!

[Tortle]

Thanks dude!

This is the kind of picture that ends up on a comic book cover...

Interesting that you should say that! I didn't want to have the characters in a static beauty pose, so I flipped through a bunch of comic books for interesting action-oriented poses. Sunshine's pose was inspired by a frame of Solomon Grundy whupping up on Superman (which was in an issue of Justice by Alex Ross). Wood Beetle's pose was inspired by a frame in which Captain Marvel was fighting Superman (from a different issue of Justice).

I wanted to intertwine the characters so that they're interacting more with each other, so I had Beetle spear Sunshine through his black hole (which sounds somewhat naughty). I also increased the size of Sunshine's left fist and arm to give a bit of perspective so it seems like Sunshine is huge and just about to bring the smack down on Beetle.

Sunshine is based solely on his MUSCLE figure. So, instead of giving him realistic hands, I tried to replicate the hands of the MUSCLE. And instead of changing his expression to make it more anger-driven, I just gave him the same expression as on #64. I thought the blank smile might seem somewhat creepy, too.

Wood Beetle was pretty difficult to render. I based it very much on Marty's Wood Beetle custom. Unfortunately, I was pretty far along in the process by the time Leo had posted the Japanese scan, so a lot of his details are probably inaccurate. Also, I wasn't sure what his face would look like, so I just made it a big mandible.

[Kevin Mayle]

Yeah Veers, I felt the same way, but since it's a Fan Art CHALLENGE, and I've just been knocked down but not out, I'm going to fight another round and see if I can pull off something better. Plus there are more entries coming, so this could be a really tough challenge.

[Czarcher]

Yeap, do as many as you like! The more the marrier! I would love to see another one done by you Bryce. Test your might! MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!

I'll try to come up with something,but at this point its kinda futile I think.
But its just for fun right? So we'll see.

[Universal Ruler Supreme]

Well, when I beat everybody, I'll be nice and give the RamenMan to the someone else.


...................yeah right.

[Czarcher]

Hands down winner - don't even bother voting.

EDIT - I guess I should also add that it’s not just the quality I appreciate about Tortle’s drawing. There’s a fluidity and real sense of scale to it. He’s captured the look, but to me he’s also captured the character – which is often most important. This is the kind of picture that ends up on a comic book cover, for the previously mentioned reasons plus the story it tells without any context.

Don't be so sure ! We have'nt seen what Johnny has been working on. He could bust out something that could totally blow your mind !

[jkaris]

Hands down winner - don't even bother voting.

EDIT - I guess I should also add that it’s not just the quality I appreciate about Tortle’s drawing. There’s a fluidity and real sense of scale to it. He’s captured the look, but to me he’s also captured the character – which is often most important. This is the kind of picture that ends up on a comic book cover, for the previously mentioned reasons plus the story it tells without any context.

Don't be so sure ! We have'nt seen what Johnny has been working on. He could bust out something that could totally blow your mind !

True, but my entry, even if it's tops (which I seriously doubt, haha) isn't going to be voted on.