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MOVE OVER!

NEW SPICE GIRLS PAPER DOLLS ALERT! HERE'S OUR FAB 5 AS SEEN IN THE "GENERATION NEXT" PEPSI AD CAMPAIGN FROM SUMMER 1997. ALL 5 SPICE GIRLS WORE BLUE, SILVER & WHITE OUTFITS AGAINST A SILVER LAME BACKDROP. VICTORIA WOULD RECYCLE THE SILVER RING BRA TOP FOR ANOTHER OUTFIT AND MEL C WENT ON TO WEAR THIS "EARTH" PRINT TOP AT THE MTV EUROPEAN MUSIC AWARDS IN 1997.
 THE TV SPOT IS ONLY 35 SECONDS LONG BUT IT ALSO MOSTLY ACTS AS THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR THE SONG "MOVE OVER" OFF THE GIRLS' 2nd ALBUM.

*BELOW IS MY ORIGINAL SKETCH OF THESE OUTFITS, CIRCA 2006

MAMA, I LOVE YOU . . .

MAMA IS THE 4th SINGLE FROM THE SPICE GIRLS 1st ALBUM AND ALSO THEIR 4th NUMBER ONE SINGLE (see how that works!?). AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, IT CAN OFTEN BE HARD TO FIND GOOD, CLEAR PICTURES OF THE GIRLS OUTFITS AND THIS WAS CERTAINLY THE CASE HERE. THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR "MAMA" IS FAIRLY DARK AND PICTURES FROM THE SHOOT ARE GRAINY AND POORLY LIT. I HAD TO TRACK DOWN SNAPS FROM THE VIDEO SHOOT AND RE-WATCH THE VIDEO SEVERAL TIMES TO PIECE TOGETHER THEIR FULL LOOKS.

I FEEL LIKE FINISHING THIS SET WAS A REAL ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR MY PAPER DOLL PROJECT. THIS SET ALSO MARKS 50 OF THE GIRLS LOOKS I HAVE DOCUMENTED IN PAPER DOLL FORM!!!

CALIFORNIA GIRL

LEFT SHARK ALERT! HERE'S MISS KATY PERRY IN HER JEREMY SCOTT 2 PIECE BEACH BALL OUTFIT FROM THE 2015 SUPER BOWL HALF TIME SHOW.  I LIKED THE SHOW AND LOVED ALL HER COSTUMES. IF I HAVE SOME FREE TIME I'LL DO HER FLAME SUIT AND SILVER STAR GOWN AS WELL.

(I WOULD HAVE HAD THIS DONE SOONER BUT MY PHOTOSHOP PROGRAM AND SCANNER BOTH BROKE DOWN AT ONCE! BUT WE GOT IT ALL BACK UP AND RUNNING NOW, SO NO NEED TO WORRY, KIDS)

LOVE IS BLIND

 

HERE'S MY 1st SET OF DOLLS FROM THE SPICE WORLD FILM. AS THE FILM STARTS WE SEE THE GIRLS SILHOUETTED AGAINST GREEN YELLOW AND RED LIGHTS AS THEY SING 'TOO MUCH'. 

WEARING ALL WHITE IS A GROUP THEME FOR THE GIRLS. THEY DON'T OFTEN WEAR MATCHING OUTFITS, BUT THEY DO OFTEN WEAR ALL WHITE. GERI HAS WORN THIS WHITE "GIRL POWER" PRINT MAXI TANK DRESS MANY TIMES. SHE WORE IT WHEN THE GIRLS WERE ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, SHE WORE IT ON THE SPICE WORLD TOUR AND COUNTLESS OTHER TIMES. IT WAS LATER SOLD AT AUCTION WITH THE REST OF HER 'GINGER' OUTFITS.

EARTH-SHAKER

I'VE ALWAYS LIKED RICTOR, A 3rd TIER MARVEL COMICS SUPER-HERO, FOR SOME REASON. RICTOR (REAL NAME JULIO ESTEBAN "RIC" RICHTER) IS A MUTANT WHO CAN CAUSE EARTHQUAKES AND CONTROL SEISMIC ENERGY.  FOR SUCH A MINOR MUTANT HERO, RICTOR HAS SURE BEEN ON A LOT OF HERO TEAMS: NEW MUTANTS, X-TERMINATORS, X-FORCE, X-FACTOR AND THE X-CORPORATION. HE'S ALSO MARVELS 2nd MOST VISIBLE GAY SUPER-HERO (NORTHSTAR IS THE 1st, OVBS). AFTER SEEING RICTOR'S 90's ACTION FIGURE IN A BARGAIN BIN AT THE COMIC STORE, I CAME HOME AND WORKED UP THIS PIECE. MAYBE I'LL DO HIS BOYFRIEND SHATTERSTAR OR MAYBE NORTHSTAR NEXT.

PRIMARY KYLIE

WELL I FINALLY FOUND MY DRAWING OF KYLIE MINOGUE IN HER WHITE SPANDEX, CORSET AND STRIPED SHIRT FROM HER "MONEY CAN'T BUY" TOUR! IT TOOK ME FOREVER! IT'S VERY SAD I HAD TO SEARCH THE WEB FOR MY OWN ART WORK, BUT I DID FINALLY FIND THE ORIGINAL DRAWING IN A FOLDER IN MY CLOSET. I WATER COLORED THE BACKGROUND TO MATCH THE OTHER PIECES IN THIS KYLIE-COSTUME SERIES. I'VE ALWAYS TWEAKED MY "SLOW" KYLIE WEARING A FAB BLUE BALENCIAGA MINI DRESS.

BOTH OF THESE ARE AVAILABLE TO BUY AS PRINTS AT MY SOCIETY6 STORE. CLICK HERE--> ( http://society6.com/hithereb )

HAMMER TIME!

THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY NEED SOMEONE SUPER-EVIL TO FIGHT AGAINST, AND THAT'S WHERE RONAN THE ACCUSER COMES IN. HE'S GOT A BIG HAMMER, BLUE SKIN AND A BAD ATTITUDE!

I SEEM TO REMEMBER THAT OL' RONAN IS USUALLY AN ENEMY OF THE FANTASTIC FOUR IN THE COMICS, BUT HE FITS IN GREAT WITH THE COSMIC ADVENTURES OF THE GUARDIANS. PLUS, THE INTRODUCTION OF A KREE VILLAIN MAKES WAY FOR US TO MEET Ms. MARVEL / CAPTAIN MARVEL / CAROL DANVERS! FINALLY A FEMALE HERO! CAPTIAN MARVEL AND THE INHUMANS AND THE 2 MARVEL FILMS I AM MOST EXCITED FOR IN THE YEARS TO COME!

THE ORIGINAL SKETCH FOR THIS PIECE IS BELOW. AS YOU CAN SEE I MADE A FEW SMALL TWEAKS TO MAKE THE COSTUME MORE LIKE THE ONE IN THE FILM. ALSO, I DON'T KNOW WHY I WROTE "DESTROYER" INSTEAD OF "ACCUSER".  IT'S A NERD FAUX PAS!

FEELIN' BLUE

THE REAL STAND OUT VILLAIN OF GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY FOR ME WAS BLUE SKINNED BAD ASS NEBULA. (A LOT OF THE BAD GUYS IN THIS FILM SEEM TO HAVE BLUE SKIN.
HMMMM . . .)

KAREN GILLIAN DID A GREAT JOB PLAYING HER AS BOTH CUNNING AND UNHINGED. HER PROMINENCE IN THE FILM NOW MAKES THIS 3rd RATE MARVEL COMICS BADDIE A MAJOR NAME IS THE ARCH NEMESIS ARENA.

I'VE INCLUDED AN INKED BLACK & WHITE PIC OF HER HEAD BELOW, JUST 'CUZ I THINK IT TURNED OUT NICE.

SPACE PIRATE

YONDU WAS THE ONLY ORIGINAL ("O.G.") GUARDIAN TO MAKE IT INTO THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY FILM. THOUGH HE WASN'T A TEAM MEMBER THIS GO-ROUND, HE DID SERVE AS STAR LORD'S ADOPTIVE FATHER.

IT KIND'A BUGGED ME THAT MANY OF THE MEN IN HIS BAND OF SPACE PIRATES WERE NORMAL SKINNED PEOPLE, AS OPPOSED TO BLUE SKINS, LIKE HIMSELF. I GUESS MAYBE THEY WERE ALL KIDNAPPED FROM EARTH AS WELL? ANYWAYS, I'M INTO HIS WEIRD METAL CYBER MOHAWK HEAD IMPLANT THINGIE!

COLLECT 'EM ALL!

THE COLLECTOR, PLAYED BY BENICO DEL TORO IN THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY MOVIE, IS ONE OF THOSE SECONDARY CHARACTERS WHERE IT WAS HARD TO FIND A GOOD PICTURE OF HIS WHOLE OUTFIT. THROUGH A FEW GOOGLE SEARCHES, I PIECED HIS LOOK TOGETHER AND FAKED THE REST. IN THE END, I'D DAY I DID A GOOD JOB W/ IT. I ESPECIALLY LIKE HIS ALIEN ANIMAL SKIN CAPE (SHEARLING LINED, FOR THE WINTER MONTHS IN SPACE, OF COURSE)
I WONDER IF HE'LL SHOW UP IN FUTURE MARVEL MOVIES?

SHAKE THESE BOOTIES!

I REALLY LIKE THE WACKY DESIGNS AND REFERENCES THAT JEREMY SCOTT COMES UP WITH FOR HIS ADIDAS ORIGINALS COLLECTIONS EACH SEASON. THE NEWEST COLLECTION HAS CUTE BLACK & WHITE WEDGE BOOTIES W/ HUGE LOGOS AND WINGS ON THE UPPER. I PUT PEN TO PAPER AS SOON AS I SAW PICS OF THEM ONLINE!
 BOTH OF THESE PIECES ARE UP FOR SALE AS PRINTS IN MY STORE AT: http://society6.com/hithereb

CITY ANIMALS

HEY KIDS! HERE'S MY NEWEST WORK FOR MTV.COM. THE TOPIC THIS TIME IS 7 FUNNY ANIMAL GIFS THAT TEACH YOU NEW YORK CITY SURVIVAL. I WANTED TO GIVE EACH ILLUSTRATION IT'S OWN COLOR THEME, BUT I ACCIDENTALLY DID 2 OF THEM WITH PURPLE TONES. LET'S JUST PRETEND ONE OF THEM IS PINK, OK?

YOU CAN LOOK AT THE POST ON MTV.COM BY CLICKING HERE ---> LINK!

COLORS OF THE WORLD

I'VE BEEN EXCITED TO GET TO WORK ON THIS SPICE GIRLS PAPER DOLL SET FOR A WHILE. THE FINALE LOOKS FROM THE 2007 RETURN OF THE SPICE GIRLS TOUR REPRESENT THE ICONIC SILHOUETTES AND COLOR CHOICES OF THE 5 GIRLS. NOW, WE KNOW VICTORIA USUALLY CHOOSES TO WEAR BLACK, BUT WHEN THE GIRLS HAVE TO WEAR A BRIGHT COLOR SHE ALWAYS SEEMS TO WIND UP IN GREEN.

THE GIRLS ORIGINALLY HAD A DIFFERENT, MILITARY INSPIRED SET OF COSTUMES FOR THE FINALE OF THE SHOW, BUT THOSE SEEM TO HAVE BEEN SWITCHED OUT FOR THE ONES PICTURED ABOVE QUITE QUICKLY. I'LL PROBABLY DRAW THOSE LOOKS IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.

WANNABE!

HERE WE HAVE THE SPICE GIRLS IN THE LOOKS THAT STARTED IT ALL: THE WANNABE VIDEO! THIS IS HOW THE GIRLS LOOKED THE FIRST TIME WE EVER SAW THEM IN JULY 1996. RIGHT FROM THE START EACH GIRLS HAS THE BASIS OF HER ICONIC LOOK. EMMA IS LIGHT COLORS, PLATFORM WEDGES AND PIGTAILS. GERI IN GARISH, SKIMPY VINTAGE W/ TOWERING WESTWOOD PLATFORMS. MEL C IS HER TRACK SUIT AND HIGH PONYTAIL. VICTORIA IN A CLASSIC LBD (LITTLE BLACK DRESS) AND MEL B IN FIGURE BARING LOUD PRINTS.

IT WAS ACTUALLY HARD TO FIND A GOOD CLEAR VIEW OF THEIR CLOTHING FROM THIS VIDEO. THERE IS ONLY ONE GOOD PIC, WHICH I HAVE INCLUDED BELOW, BUT EVEN THEN YOU CAN'T SEE THEIR SHOES. I'VE ALSO POSTED MY ORIGINAL SKETCH OF THEIR CLOTHES, CIRCA 2007.

SPICE FORCE 5

FINALLY, MY 6th SET OF SPICE GIRLS PAPER DOLLS: THE SPICE FORCE 5! THE FAB FIVE WORE THESE SILVER LAME' COSTUMES WHILE PLAYING A FAUX SUPER-HERO TEAM IN THE SPICE WORLD MOVIE, IN 1997. 

THIS SET HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, BUT I'VE BEEN REALLY BUSY. I'VE GOT A FEW MORE SERIES SKETCHED OUT, SO HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE TOO LONG A WAIT BEFORE I HAVE ANOTHER SET FOR YA'LL. 

AND NO, I DIDN'T FORGET TO PUT THE ROUND TEAM PATCH ON GERI. SHE HAS TWO TEAM PATCHES ON HER BUTT!

ROCKET RACOON TO THE RESCUE

AND FINALLY WE HAVE THE REAL STAR OF THE SHOW, ROCKET RACCOON! THE FACT THAT MARVEL AND THE POWERS THAT BE SAW FIT TO PUT THE WORLD'S MOST BAD-ASS RACCOON CREATURE THING IN A BLOCKBUSTER SUMMER MOVIE IS MAYBE THE BEST PART OF THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY FILM. AT FIRST I THOUGHT HAVING HIM VOICED BY BRADLY COOPER WAS A MISTAKE, BUT WHEN I SAW THE FILM I THOUGHT HE DID A GREAT JOB. I REALLY DON'T HAVE MANY, IF ANY, COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE FILM, WHICH IS SHOCKING FOR ME! haha

I CHANGED THE DRAWING FROM A BIT FROM THE SKETCH. I FIXED UP HIS GUN, WHICH WAS LOOKING A BIT SAD. I ALSO TWEAKED HIS OUTFIT AND FACE. I THINK THE" KIRBY DOTS" AROUND THE GUN TURNED OUT WELL.

MEAN AND GREEN

HERE'S MY CARTOON-ISH TAKE ON DRAX THE DESTROYER FROM MARVEL'S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY FILM. DRAX IS MY LEAST FAVORITE OF THE 5 GUARDIANS, BUT HE WAS STILL GREAT IN THE FILM. I GUESS I JUST TEND TO LEAN TOWARDS VAMPY GIRLS, CARTOON ANIMALS AND TREE PEOPLE.

I'VE INCLUDED MY INITIAL SKETCH BELOW. AS YOU CAN SEE, I DIDN'T BOTHER TO DRAW ON DRAX'S SIGNATURE TATTOOS AT FIRST. AFTER I  
INKED THE DRAWING, I WENT BACK AND USED THE LIGHT BOX TO DRAW HIS TATTOOS ON A DIFFERENT PAPER, THEN LAYERED THEM IN LATER ON.

OMBRE IN SPACE

GAMORA IS THE GREEN SKINNED LETHAL FEMME FATALE OF THE MARVEL COMIC'S SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY. I WAS UNSURE ABOUT ZOE SALDANA PLAYING HER AT FIRST. IN THE COMIC SHE IS TRADITIONALLY MORE VAMP-ISH AND VOLUPTUOUS IN APPEARANCE. BUT I THINK SHE PULLED IT OFF WELL IN THE FILM AND SHE FIT IN NICELY. I', HOPING IN THE NEXT GUARDIANS FILM WE CAN DELVE INTO ADAM WARLOCK AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH GAMORA, IT WOULD THROW A NICE WRENCH IN THE BUDDING ATTRACTION BETWEEN HER AND STAR LORD.

I'VE INCLUDED THE ORIGINAL SKETCH AT THE BOTTOM SO YOU CAN SEE HOW I
MADE CHANGES FROM THE ORIGINAL TO THE FINAL PIECE. 

I AM GROOT!

HERE'S MY DRAWING OF GROOT FROM MARVEL'S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY FILM. WITH SO MANY BIG CHARACTERS IN THE MOVIE, GROOT IS THE SILENT (but strong!) HEART OF THE FILM. THE ORIGINAL SKETCH OF THE UNIVERSE'S BEST TREE-MAN IS AT THE BOTTOM.