What I Drew Sunday, February 23rd - Top 3

The top three liked pieces form last Sunday’s WSIDT clearly emerged within the first 6 hours following the posting of the session’s last sketch. However, the placement of each was too close to call. I then hoped that the totals would more clear separate themselves after 48 hours. Now, here are the standings of the top three liked pieces drawn on Sunday.

#1 - Freddie and Celia Facilier from "Descendants" with their Dad, Dr. Facilier: suggestion by @harishas.art

If you aren’t familiar with Disney’s Descendants franchise, then all you need know regarding this piece is that it focuses on the teenage children of the heroes and villains from Disney’s animated fairy tales. Those kids just so happen to have names that are derivations of the names of their respective famous (or infamous) parents.

Across the Disney Channel original movies, cartoons and products, Freddie and younger sister Celia have been introduced as the daughters of Dr. Facilier from The Princess and the Frog.

Since I had make up this scene, not being familiar with any published or aired story, I just played on the stereo-typical father-teen daughter interplay: the daughter wants pretty new things, but the father isn’t going to give her money for it.

I usually try to go sans word balloon on these sketches, but in this case, the joke wasn’t going to convey well. If the girls were holding dresses and jewelry, then I couldn’t think how to show that they were shopping without drawing more stuff (racks price signage, etc.) and I like drawing backgrounds less than I like inserting word balloons for WSIDT sketches. The picture word balloons came to mind beginning with the crossed-out dollar sign for Dr. F. I now figure that I must have been channeling something from Sergio Aragones in MAD magazine. Not being satisfied with that, or for the desire to depict dialogue, I first thought to have the sisters share a balloon with the word “Please?” That turned into little dress and necklace icons as I laid out the sketch.

As the top liked piece, I guess it worked.

#2 - Harley and Ivy from the DC Universe animated series: suggestion by @sdogg52

This “R” rated animated series is pretty good. 

However, suspecting that a large percentage of folks haven’t watched it, with it existing behind the DC Universe streaming paywall, what you need to know is that Harley Quinn (the pig-tailed blonde) stars with her best friend Poison Ivy (the Red-head in green). The character of Harley Quinn is often depicting in comics and in other media as fourth-wall breaking - that is, talking directly to the audience.

Eschewing any actual story points from the series, this then plays as a piece of fourth-wall-breaking marketing. The most effective part, I suppose, is the large, up-close head of Harley. Her shadowed hand in the top-right corner hints at her leaning against a window or camera lens.

Ivy is supportive as she is in the series, but also patiently waiting for Harley to run-through her wacky bits of action to then get on with the more serious work at hand - as she does in the series.

Here, I do my best to follow the designs from the series per the suggestion, rather than take a stylized route.

#3 - Wonder Woman carrying Thor’s hammer: suggestion by @rayisprettycool

Wonder Woman, here, was one of the few single character suggestions pitched for this session of WSIDT, which played perfectly as the last sketch of the day. As it happened, I used the same “Who is worthy to carry the hammer of Thor” gag with the first sketch (done the night before) with Super Grover meeting the Avengers. With Wonder Woman, it is played not as a gag but fairly straight, as if the hammer were just another piece of her arsenal.

I made some tweaks in her costume design, but it is for the most part the costumes that Gal Gadot wears in the DC films. The braided hair, perhaps, is the most divergent part of her look.

I drew a kind of Celtic knot on the side of the hammer head – just because I thought it blank and lacking.

The rest of the story in the image relies on the audience’s knowledge of the hammer’s enchantment, say, mostly from the Marvel Thor and Avengers movies. 

Fortunately, most folks seem to agree that Diana is worthy to carry the hammer.

Here are the rest of the 9 drawn on Sunday:

Chidi having lunch with Immanuel Kant

Suggestion by @snowpuppet

Super Grover hanging out with Marvel superheroes

Suggestion by @breezie_draws

Margot Robbie and Harley Quinn sharing a bowl of Froot Loops

Suggestion by @jazzatron5000

Leni Peakitten meets Tigger

Suggestion by @thefurmaster78

Chip and Dale meet Trader Sam

Suggestion by Mike Campbell

Mandy & Red (Mandy)

Suggestion by @that_browncoat

All of these and more original piece of art will be for sale at my booth at WonderCon, Anaheim, CA in April. Speaking of WonderCon, preparations for which will restrict my time to address any left-over suggestions before then. You can always suggests them again.

The next WSIDT session is scheduled for Sunday, March, 29th. It will probably be a “Disney Day” for suggestions.

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

All: Black ink and color pencil except “Mandy” which was color pencil.

“The Faciliers” on paper. 12.70 cm x 17.78 cm (5.00 in. x 7.00 in.)

“Harley and Ivy“  on Bristol Board. 6.35 cm x 8.89 cm  (2.50 in. x 3.50 in.)

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