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?

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.

WONDER TWINS

I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THE UPCOMING SEQUEL TO THE AVENGERS FILM, AVENGERS 2: AGE OF ULTRON. WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT SUPER-FAST QUICKSILVER AND HIS TWIN SISTER THE MAGICAL SCARLET WITCH WOULD APPEAR IN THE FILM I WAS OVER THE MOON! THEY ARE MY TWO FAVORITE AVENGERS AND SCARLET WITCH MIGHT JUST BE MY FAVORITE MARVEL FEMALE HERO.

NOW, UNLIKE THE OTHER MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE HEROES, PIETRO AND WANDA DON'T SEEM TO BE WEARING A COSTUME THAT IS CLOSE TO THEIR COMIC LOOKS. SCARLET WITCH'S SWIM SUIT, GO-GO BOOTS AND CAPE HAVE BEEN REPLACED W/ A BLACK SUN DRESS AND RED LEATHER JACKET. I'M ASSUMING THAT TOWARDS THE END OF THE FILM, WHEN THE TWINS ACTUALLY BECOME AVENGERS, THEY WILL HAVE COSTUMES CLOSER TO THEIR COMIC LOOKS.

I ALSO DID A QUICK SKETCH OF AARON TAYLOR-JOHNSON AS QUICKSILVER BELOW. HE WAS MY 1st PICK FOR PIETRO, SO I'M HAPPY WITH HIS CASTING.

THE GREAT DAISY

I WAS WATCHING THE 1974 FILM ADAPTION OF THE F. SCOTT FITZGERALD NOVEL "THE GREAT GATSBY" LATE AT NIGHT NOT TOO LONG AGO. I HAD JUST SEEN THE NEWER BAZ LUHRMANN VERSION OF THE BOOK AND WANTED TO REVISIT THE VERSION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY BEST KNOWN. I PAUSED ON THIS IMAGE OF STAR MIA FARROW AS DAISY BUCHANNAN NERVOUSLY SIPPING HER CHAMPAGNE AND SKETCHED IT IMMEDIATELY. I INKED AND PHOTO SHOPPED IT THIS PAST WEEKEND, AND EVEN WATER COLORED UP A TREE FOR THE BACKGROUND. I'M SO PROUD OF THE WAY IT TURNED OUT. I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST PIECES I HAVE EVER DONE. I HOPE YOU GUYS LIKE IT TOO!

LADY SIF: MARVELOUS MAIDEN OF MIGHT!!!

ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME KNOWS I LOOOOOVE COMIC BOOKS, AND OF COURSE THE FEMALE SUPER-HEROS ARE MY FAVORITE. MARVEL COMICS HAS REALLY BEEN KNOCKING IT OUTTA THE PARK LATELY WITH ALL OF THEIR FEATURE FILMS. 'IRON MAN', 'CAPTAIN AMERICA', 'THE AVENGERS' AND, OF COURSE, THE MIGHTY 'THOR'!

THOR HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVORITE OF MARVEL'S "BIG THREE" HEROES (Iron Man is my least fav). I ESPECIALLY LIKE THOR'S TWO FEMALE FOILS; THE ALLURINGLY EVIL ENCHANTRESS AND THE STOIC SHIELD MAIDEN LADY SIF. I THOUGHT ACTRESS JAIMIE ALEXANDER DID A GREAT JOB PLAYING SIF IN THE 'THOR' FILM. IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY HARD FOR ME TO FIND ANY CLEAR IMAGES OF HER FULL COSTUME. SO I SENT OUT TO HOBBLE TOGETHER AN IMAGE OF HER LOOK. MUCH OF MY COSTUME RESEARCH CAME VIA PICTURES OF HER MOVIE ACTION FIGURE. I ALSO GOT SOME NICE SHOTS OF HER FROM A 7-ELEVEN CUP BARING HER IMAGE.

 I DID A SKETCH OF HER (shown below) A WEEK OR SO AFTER I SAW THE FILM, BUT IT'S TAKEN UNTIL NOW TO FIND TIME TO FINISH IT. I USED SEVERAL TEXTURED OVERLAYS IN PHOTOSHOP TO GET THE FEELING OF CHAIN-MAIL ON HER COSTUME. I THEN USED A SCAN OF ASGARD FROM "THE MAKING OF THOR" BOOK FOR THE IMAGE IN THE BACK GROUND. I'M NOT SO GREAT AT DRAWING WEAPONS LIKE SWORDS AND SHIELDS, ETC., SO I USED THE WEAPON SIF'S ACTION FIGURE CAME WITH AS A MODEL FOR MY FINAL PIECE.

I'D REALLY LIKE TO FIND TIME TO DO MORE OF THE MARVEL MOVIE LADIES, LIKE PEGGY CARTER FROM "CAPTAIN AMERICA" OR SCARLET JOHANSSON'S BLACK WIDOW. WITH MY SCHEDULE, CHECK BACK IN A YEAR AND MAYBE I'LL HAVE THEM FINISHED.

 *p.s. movie makers: ENCHANTRESS HAD BETTER BE THE VILLAIN IN THOR 2!!!! 

HOGGING THE SPOTLIGHT

WELL IT'S TAKEN ME A WHILE, BUT I FINALLY FOUND SOME TIME TO SIT DOWN AND DRAW AGAIN. FEELS LIKE IT'S BEEN FOREVER SINCE I'VE GOTTEN TO BE CREATIVE, BUT WHEN I SAW THE GOWN DESIGN DUO the BLONDS DID MY MY #1 FASHION ICON SINCE CHILDHOOD MISS PIGGY I HAD TO SIT RIGHT DOWN AND SET PENCIL TO PAPER. MISS PIGGY HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE POP CULTURE ICONS. SMART, SASSY, ALWAYS DRESSED TO THE 9's, MISS PIGGY IS THE EPITOME OF THE CLASSIC SCREEN SIREN . . . AS A FELT PIG. SHE WORE THIS SEQUINED GOWN AND FEATHER BOA TO THE PREMIERE OF HER NEW FILM "THE MUPPETS".

EVERYBODY MUST GET STONE(d)

OK, BEFORE YOU ASK, NO, I AM NOT A GIANT SHARON STONE FAN.

WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE WE WERE GIVEN A LIST OF FAMOUS PEOPLE (SINGERS, POLITICIANS, ACTORS, ARTISTS, WRITERS, ETC.) AND TOLD TO DO A PROJECT BASED ON ONE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE LIST THAT SHOWED THEIR LIFE OR CAREER IN AN ARTISTIC WAY. I DIDN'T MUCH CARE FOR MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON THE LIST, SO I PICKED THE ONLY NAME THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME, SHARON STONE.

I REALLY LOVE THE PAPER DOLLS OF FAMOUS FOLK THAT Mr. TOM THEIRRY MAKES ( YOU CAN SEE HIS GREAT WORK BY CLICKING --> HERE!!!) SO I DID MY OWN CELEB PAPER DOLL. A FEW YEARS AFTER I MADE IT, I FOUND THE PAPER DOLL AND UP-DATED AND REVISED IT. WELL, THEN I FOUND IT AGAIN THE OTHER DAY AMONGST SOME PAPERS AND HAVE FINALLY SCANNED IT AND COMMITTED IT TO THE BLOGOSPHERE.

SO, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? PRINT HER OUT ON CARD STOCK, COLOR HER CLOTHES, CUT THEM OUT AND HAVE A SHARON STONE FASHION SHOW!!!

SOMETHING ELECTRIC IN THE AIR

I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE FILM "THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN" BUT I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THE IMAGE OF HER. THAT ICONIC HAIR-DO! THAT RAGGEY WHITE SHIFT DRESS! THE BANDAGES WRAPPED ALL UP HER ARMS! GREAT STUFF. HER LOOK IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD COSTUMING. SIMPLE, TO THE POINT, AND, IN MANY WAYS, ELEGANT. EVEN WHEN THEY WERE DESIGNING THIS FEMALE MONSTER, THEY PUT HER IN AN OUTFIT THAT WAS BOTH FLATTERING AND FASHION-FORWARD. WE REALLY NEVER SEE TRULY ICONIC FILM COSTUMING NOW-A-DAYS.

I GOT THE IDEA FOR THIS PIECE WHILE I WAS ON THE SUBWAY AND I WENT RIGHT HOME AND DREW IT UP. I CHOSE A DIOR BY GALLIANO DRESS TO STAND IN FOR HER STANDARD RAGS. I USUALLY LIKE TO SKETCH AND DOODLE IDEAS FIRST, WAIT A DAY OR SO, AND THEN DO THE FINAL. THAT WAY I CAN REVIEW MY PRELIMINARY WORK WITH FRESH EYES AND MAYBE SEE OR ADD SOMETHING NEW THAT I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT OF ORIGINALLY.

THE ROSE

I DREW THIS PICTURE OF BETTE MIDLER IN 'THE ROSE' WHEN I LIVED IN L.A. . I HAD NEVER SEEN THE FILM BEFORE BUT HEARD SHE WAS AMAZING IN IT SO I BOUGHT IT AND SHE WAS! YOU DON'T WATCH IT AND SEE BETTE, SO SEE THIS TRAGIC ROCK SINGER. THE ROSE IS KIND'A LIKE HOW BRITNEY SPEARS IS NOW. KIND'A CRACKED OUT AND TRAGIC.

I TRIED TO CAPTURE THE GOLD DRESS SHE WEARS AT THE END OF THE FILM AS BEST I COULD FROM PAUSING THE DVD. THE FACE DOESN'T QUITE LOOK LIKE MISS MIDLER, BUT I NEVER REALLY TRY TO GET THE FACES 100% PERFECT WHEN I DRAW A CELEB. I ONLY WANT TO SUGGEST WHO IT IS SO THE VIEWER GETS THE IDEA. I AM NOT A CARICATURIST AFTER ALL.

I HAVE ALWAYS MEANT TO COLOR THIS IN BUT NEVER GOT AROUND TO IT. MAYBE SOME DAY I WILL AND I'LL RE-POST IT FOR ALL YOU LUCKY KIDDIES OUT THERE.

PEN AND INK ON BRISTOL BOARD.

MORE JUNE-CARTER-CASH-WITHERSPOON-WHOEVER . . .

HERE IS A SECOND JUNE CARTER I DID AROUND THE SAME TIME AS THE OTHER DRAWING. I DREW THIS DRESS FROM MEMORY, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S WHAT IT REALLY LOOKED LIKE IN THE FILM. I'LL BET MY VERSION IS CUTER! HAHA

I SAT THERE AND HAND DREW THOSE LIL' RED FLOWERS FOR SOMETHING LIKE 2 HOURS! NEEDLESS TO SAY MY EYES HURT AFTER THAT.

THIS ONE WAS MADE WITH RED FELT TIP MARKER AND BLACK MICRON #08, MY TWO FAVORITE PENS TO DRAW WITH. THOSE CHEAP FELT TIP RED OFFICE PENS GIVE YOU THE BEST DRAWING LINES.

--B!

Ms. WITHERSPOON-CARTER-CASH . . .

AFTER SEEING 'WALK THE LINE' I WAS TOTALLY INSPIRED BY REESE WITHERSPOON'S PORTRAYAL OF JUNE CATER CASH. WELL, MOSTLY HER HAIR AND COSTUMES! SHE WAS ALWAYS SO WELL PUT TOGETHER: PERFECT BOUFFANT, PERFECT MAKE-UP, PERFECT SHOES AND GOWNS. VEEEERY TYPE A. GOTTA LOVE THAT! SO I RUSHED ON HOME AND DID THIS PAINTING OF A DRESS REESE WORE AS JUNE IN THE FILM. I THINK THE COLORS TURNED OUT NICE.

I DID THIS IN PEN AND INK WITH WATERCOLOR ON BRISTOL BOARD AND SOME HELP FROM OUR FRIEND PHOTOSHOP.