During last Sunday’s “What Shall I Draw Today?” an eight-hour session reserved for drawing other folks’ suggestions, I managed to create just 6 sketches.
Here are the top 3 liked pieces from Sunday:
#1 - Krypto the Super Dog vs Cruella DeVil!: suggestion by @rockamola
I imagine that this could be a spectacular animated sequence. It might not be a long sequence. It is picture of a non-super-powered villainous fashionista battling a super dog, after all. But still, it might be spectacular.
I employed the standard motif of looking up at the hero, to imply his power and dominance in the scene. I enjoy every opportunity to draw super pets.
Cruella is frequently a fun character to draw. She is tall and her posture presents lots of sharp angles. Her voluminous fur coat is an interesting counter that works best if you stay loose when drawing it. I had considered changing her outfit colors, but chickened out. Still, with the two characters sharing nearly identical color palettes, against the energetic yellow-orange burst in the background, it all kind of works.
1x hidden Mickey.
#2 - Paul Dini’s Jingle Belle meets Wonder Woman: suggestion by @jazzatron5000
The suggestion came with a bit of dialog: “Your Dad sounds wonderful” “Yeah, yeah.” I hope that I assigned the lines correctly. I changed “Dad” to “father” because I think that’s what Diana would have said it.
This I laid out as a medium-two-shot. Reasoning: if you don’t need to see legs and feet, then you don’t need to see legs and feet. The whole of the action is the dialog, the contrasting expressions and their body language.
Jingle Belle is a comic creation of Paul Dini who may be more famous for writing Batman: The Animated Series. Jingle Belle is the daughter of Santa Claus, and if I remember correctly, a lot more bratty than Anna Kendrick’s “daughter of Santa Claus” in the movie Noelle (2019).
I opted to draw another caricature of Gal Gadot’s portrayal of Wonder Woman. I think that if I continue to draw that version, that eventually I’ll get it right.
#3 - MacGyver (Lucas Till) and Fred Jones (Scooby Doo) working on a trap together while Daphne watches and swoons: suggestion by Nicole P.
Here’s a lesson in persistence (kind of). Nicole has inserted Lucas Till’s MacGyver several time previously and paired with Fred at least once. Top be fair, she has also pitched multiple suggestion per session.
I’ve watched the Richard Dean Anderson MacGyver series (1985-1992), but only a couple of Till’s episodes. From the typical internet image search I took on the caricature and hoped that it would look more like Till than say Matt Damon.
The close-up framing of Mac and Fred has everything to do with not wanting to devise and draw a readily recognizable trap contraption that wasn’t just a camouflaged noose. If you’ve read my behind-the-sketch “Top 3” run downs, then you’re familiar with me finding economy where I can.
Both Fred and Daphne are wearing version of their costumes from the Scoob! movie (2020).
Here are the remaining 4 drawn on Sunday:
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Luke Skywalker or Qui Gon Jinn lifting Thor’s hammer. Either is worthy.
Suggestion by @loquacious_piano_hobbit |
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Calvin and Hobbes as firefighters during wildfire season.
Suggestion by @artofthehike |
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Calvin and Hobbes as firefighters during wildfire season.
Suggestion by @artofthehike |
All of these and more original piece of art will be for sale at my next comic convention showing, which will be in 2022.
This as the last WSIDT session for this year, 2021. Unfortunately, there are events happening later this year that will interfere with my schedule and causing me to cancel the last 2 WSIDT sessions.
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.
“Krypto vs Cruella” and “MacGyver and Fred”: on Bristol Board, 12.70 cm x 17.78 cm (5.00 in. x 7.00 in.)
“Jingle Belle and Wonder Woman”: on Bristol board, 17.78 cm x 12.70 cm (7.00 in. x 5.00 in.)
