What I Drew Saturday, Oct 16 - Disney Parks

Day No. 16

Here’s the finale of the series: the final four of the 50 Disney Parks themed sketches done in this Disneyland autograph book. For the last three sketches, I choose to double pull the character prompts, just to squeeze out the last bits of goodness amongst the suggestions.

#47, pp. 94-95 - Flynn and Rapunzel / in Mickey’s PhilharMagic / taking shots/drinking: @alltookayleigh / @yooo_gert / @the_kira_diaries

How fortunate that the “Be Our Guest” sequence is part of the “PhilharMagic” show and thus “drinking” isn’t entirely disconnected. Donald still chases the magic sorcerer’s hat.

3x hidden Mickeys.

#48, pp. 96-97 - SMRT-1 / Roger Rabbit and Jessica Rabbit / helping paint the castle: @jayrodesign / @rod_j_sloan / Nicole P.

I don’t know if it reads well, but they’re standing on scaffolding. 

When selecting a part of Cinderella Castle on which to feature I at least wanted one of the cone shaped turret roofs because I thought that would communicate “castle.”  Beyond that, I thrusted that there would be enough wall area for the characters to paint with the pinkish, iridescent coating.

3x hidden Mickeys.

#49, pp. 98-99 - Orange Bird / Sora from Kingdom Hearts / at Festival of the Lion King: @fletchthis / @yooo_gert / @jessiemind

I chose a wide shot to convey the “staged show” idea. Without something or some one in the close up space, it lack the dynamics of depth, and maybe then lacks visual interest. It does expose my unwillingness to fill the scene with a lot more of the cast in this penultimate sketch of the series.

3x hidden Mickeys.

#50, pp. 100-101 - Mickey and Minnie / the Hitchhiking Ghosts / Magic Kingdom hub / sharing the Kitchen Sink sundae: Jeff S. / @realmarkd / Jeff S / Nicole P.

Oh boy! A party for the final sketch of the series! 

Since there are two different specialty “kitchen sink” designs, I thought to use them both and then there’d be enough sundaes for everybody. 

Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse are dressed in their 50th anniversary outfits.

The hub (a.k.a. the Plaza) is represented by in being the area in front of Cinderella Castle.

2x hidden Mickeys.

What I Drew Monday, Oct 11 - Disney Parks

Day No. 11

Coming off a weekend during which I couldn’t devote entire days of drawing, I’m back to the weekday pace of three sketches a night, putting the final sketch to be completing this project to some time on Saturday, October 16.

#34, pp. 68-69 - Chip and Dale / dancing at Jellyrolls / watching the Dalmatians play: Jeff S. / @motheroffreels / Nicole P.

Jellyrolls is a piano bar featuring dueling pianos, located on Disney’s Boardwalk. Naturally, the scene would feature the chipmunk duo dancing on top of one of the pianos. Naturally, Clarice, the girl chipmunk from the short Two Chips and a Miss would be a welcomed third. Naturally number three, Joe Gardner from soul would be a great pianist. 

“Playing” Dalmatians here is interpreted as playing instruments rather than puppy games.

The large mirror that allows the audience to see a top-down view of the piano stage is probably the trickiest part of the scene that couldn’t be left out.

3x hidden Mickeys.

#35, pp. 70-71 - Belle and the Prince / on Space Mountain / with Scat Cat’s band playing: @nikkistar5394 / @jayrodesign / @motheroffreels

A lot of rocket trains zipping around in the dark.

2x hidden Mickeys.

#36, pp. 72-73 - Roger and Jessica Rabbit / enjoying Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin: Nicole P. / @motheroffreels

An absolutely straight-forward interpretation of the mixed up suggestion. I just simplified the room by not drawing the wall of batteries backdrop.

3x hidden Mickeys.

What I Drew for Disneyland's Birthday – Day 7

Olaf on a Disney Cruise Line vacation,
while “babysitting(?)” the snowgies.

Meanwhile, Disney’s Blizzard Beach’s Ice Gator runs is troubled by some of the rambunctious Snowgies.

1x hidden Mickey.
Easter Eggs: Madame Medusa (The Rescuers) is disturbed by the commotion;

Captain Hook and Mr. Smee dressed as the ship’s crew.

 

J. Thaddeus Toad and companion Cyril on a wild cab ride
on “Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin.”

Roger is likewise on an out-of-control ride.

2x hidden Mickeys.
Easter Eggs: Jessica Rabbit silhouetted in window;

Dodger from “Oliver and Company” in the background.

The suggestion box is closed for July 8.

You have now until 5:00pm EDT (2:00 PDT) July 8th, to pitch suggestions inspired by your favorite Disney Parks things and characters for consideration to be my last sketch of the day - here in the comments.

Above is a handy checklist of the things I’ve already sketched, which will to help you help me fill this autograph book with 51 sketches of 51 different beloved Disney Parks things.

What I Drew Sunday, March 29th - Top 3

Of the 32 suggestions pitches for last Sunday’s “Disney Day” edition of What Shall I Draw Today?, 19 were actually Disney themed. In this. In this context, I do classify Muppets as under the Disney umbrella along side of Pixar, but I don’t include Marvel or Star Wars. That’s just under 60%. I can’t speculate whether the other 40% represents people who had no regard for Disney ideas, or strategize that I might get to their non-Disney suggestions in the days leading unto the next WSIDT in April, or that “Disney Day” just didn’t register with them.

Here are the top 3 liked pieces from Sunday:

#1 - Ariel and Eric as MJ and Spider-Man: suggestion by @chrispy2143

This “Spider-Man” “Little Mermaid” mashup received the most likes, no contest. As such, it is an indicator that I no good at picking the winners in these things. For this session, I pegged this one as #3 with my #1 and #2 picks not making the top-3.

It always helps with a mashup to choose a pose or composition that’s typical or iconic to the theme which does a lot of the work. With Spider-Man and Mary Jane, it was either this scene from the 2002 movie, or #2 when Peter Parker first meets MJ in the comics, or #3 the wedding cover from the comics. Clearly, it had to be the kiss.

The next consideration with a mashup like this is to keep enough of Ariel and Eric, that they look like Ariel and Eric. This is a tougher task, because both Ariel and MJ are red-heads, and then Eric is up-side-down. Facial likenesses have heightened importance when both characters are entirely costumed, with maybe only Ariel’s hair as a “Little Mermaid” look.

Except…

… I replaced the spider symbol on Eric’s chest with a silhouette of Sebastian. That then makes him Spider-Hermit-Crab-Man! And no one on Instagram made mention of it.


#2 - Jessica Rabbit as Tinker Bell: suggestion by John Coy

Another of 4 mashups drawn on Sunday, Jessica Rabbit as Tinker Bell, is a simple costume swap. Still, I thought she should strike a snarky Tinker Bell pose.

The top-knot hair style throws off Jessica’s recognizability. So, getting the face right becomes that much more important. Consider that if Jessica were a blonde, then then results could very well be a stylized “grown-up” Tinker Bell.


#3 - Stay Home Oswald: suggestion by Chiemi Kaneko

Tapping into the issue of these days (which is the COVID-19 self-quarantine to those of you reading this in the future), a lot of folks on social media have already been making light of the situation with comments about being bored.

“Oswald at home” doing at home things does nothing the communicate the underlying “quarantine” idea. Neither would a hyperbolic “trapped at home” composition, which I then thematically used for the March Hare.

Deciding on a bored Oswald on his cel phone isn’t the solution in itself. What pushes the idea over is the text bubble with the right text. As proof, cover the text bubble and ask, “what’s happening here?”

I haven’t drawn a lot of Oswald. So I guess his ears aren’t particularly floppy, like, say Goofy’s.



 
Of the 10 pieces drawn, 6 were done on the larger 18cm sheets with 4 on the collector-card-size 9cm. This is curious, in that I usually try to draw more on the smaller format as a strategy to complete more pieces in the day. What I think skewed things was the decisions to draw the two single character pieces of Jessica Rabbit and “Hula” Belle larger than on 9cm in order to capture more details on full-figure compositions.

Here are the rest of the 9 drawn on Sunday:

Rapunzel and Eugene at Disneyland
Suggestion by @lokoteibex

Kim Possible as Black Widow and Ron Stoppable as Captain America
Suggestion by @rod_j_sloan

Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy dressed up as Spider-Man and Spider-Gwen
Suggestion by @benmcdermott93

Hula girl Belle
Suggestion by @akascooby

Ariel with the Sorcerer Mickey hat
Suggestion by @elijones94

Pepper Ann
Suggestion by @mannysmyname

March Hare
Suggestion by @cindyhendersonliotta

All of these and more original piece of art will be for sale at my next comic convention showing, which, honestly, I don’t know will happen this year.

The next WSIDT session is scheduled for Sunday, April, 26th.

Thank you to everyone who pitched their fun drawing suggestions. Thank you for following my blog and/or Instagram (@monstergram7) and/or Monster Enterprises Facebook page. Thank you for liking.

All: Black ink and color pencil.

“Ariel & Eric” and “Jessica Tinker Bell” on paper. 12.70 cm x 17.78 cm (5.00 in. x 7.00 in.)
“Oswald“  on Bristol Board. 6.35 cm x 8.89 cm  (2.50 in. x 3.50 in.)

What I Drew Saturday, August 17th – Top 3

I slated last Saturday’s What Shall I Draw Today? (a.k.a. WSIDT) as “DC Comics Day.” The suggestions did not disappoint.

Here are the top 3 liked piece of the day.

#1 - Lynda Carter and Gal Gadot:  suggestion by @mannysmyname

Since it was “DC Comics Day,” of course these two are depicted in their respective Wonder Woman costumes. The art is a bit caricatured, which is a safety net for if I fail to quite capture the likenesses in given the time pressure that I place on myself.

I chose the limited palette of black ink and red pencil, in part, because there was something I found interesting in the initial red pencil drawing. 

Placing the two woman at different levels, doesn’t play as compositionally interesting as I has hoped. Ms. Gadot, unfortunately, just appears short.

This was my first attempt to draw Ms. Carter. This may be the fourth attempt that I’ve tried to draw Ms. Gadot’s likeness, caricatured or not, and I’ll say that I’m getting better.

#2 - Jessica and Roger Rabbit: suggestion by @anthony.helmer

As the singular non-DC Comics piece of the day, this suggestion was a tribute response to the news of the death of animator and director of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Richard Williams. The suggestion presented the option one of the other, but there is always more story opportunity when you have at least two characters to work with.

To my recollection and at least to recent memory, this is the first time that I’ve drawn the couple, rather than either alone. Regardless of the occasion, I think these are my best drawings of either Jessica and Roger to date. I think I’m more comfortable with their designs enough to stray away from literal copies of movies stills and infuse them with a bit more design refinement – things like balance, line of action and clarity of silhouettes.

Many of my tributes to the more behind-the-scenes talents, focus on the beloved characters and creations rather than portrait drawings or caricatures. It’s pretty much implying, “if you like these (characters), then you’ll care to remember the life and work of this person who helped create and bring them to you.’’

#3 - Supergirl and Harley Quinn: suggestion by @vidarapotor394

As an addendum to the suggestion was “Maybe they can have Starbucks or something?” Not wanting to put more brain power in to it than necessary, the two are at a coffee shop. The logo is, however, inspired by the Starbucks logo, featuring instead a stylized Mera.

Not being a coffee drinker myself, I took the opportunity to have one of them, Supergirl here, enjoy some doughnuts instead. It was a choice of either doughnuts or ice cream. 

Compositionally, once I decide to have Supergirl’s cape blow in the wind in a specific directions, then other things like hair need follow. It was fortunate, then that Harley’s pigtails didn’t have to be drawn across her face to the left. Her pose and position wasn’t planned to allow space for back-swept pigtails.

It’s interesting to try to track which ones receive the most likes. Early on, both “Tom and Jerry” and “Morpheus and Death” were in among the top 3.

Her are the remaining 6 of the 9 sketches:

Tom and Jerry as Batman and Robin

Robotman (Doom Patrol)

Morpheus and Death (take #1)

Morpheus and Death (take # 2) on a Beach (following to the suggestion)

Static (Static Shock)

Amethyst

All original pieces of art to be sold at my next tabled convention appearance - CTN Expo, Burbank in November.

The next WSIDT is scheduled for Sunday, September 29. It will be last WSIDT of the year.

More drawings posted on my Instagram feed, @monstergram7.

All  Black ink and color pencil:

“Wonder Women” on paper. 12.70 cm x 17.78 cm (5.00 in. x 7.00 in.).

“Jessica and Roger” on Bristol Board. 6.35 cm x 8.89 cm (2.50 in. x 3.50 in.).

“Supergirl and Harley Quinn” on watercolor paper. 12.70 cm x 17.78 cm (5.00 in. x 7.00 in.).