Seans and Slugs

Doing homework is for squares. Today I'm gonna write blog posts and deconstruct my New Moon lunchbox so I can put my color supplies in it. CB

Here's pieces of a Sean dump and pieces of a Slug dump.

Sean kind of made a name for himself in the killing business just by being an alien. Part alien admittedly, but still. I'm not sure how long he kept dressing like one yet.

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what the hell is he holding...?

Realized the other day I've never drawn any of his siblings. They don't play much a part in his story but still. He's the youngest of, like, twelve or thirteen, btw.

Nerrrrr. Sometimes I just have to draw Sean being sad (aka younger) once so I can go back to drawing him being a dick. That's basically what this dump was. He looks so dumb with short hair.

See, doesn't he look so much better with that fluffy mess? c:

It's very important to Sean that you understand that he is half human.

Hi Slug. I see you have boobs thar. And bullet holes. Those too.

This is from a slightly older dump (can't remember if I did it at Ringling or at home...) in which I learned how to draw hoods. Considering this has been something that's troubled me since EVER, that's kind of a big deal.

Oh wait never mind

First off, let me just say that I am so excited I got all these pictures uploaded in the order I wanted on my first try.

Second off... yeah. A mere hours, HOURS, after saying "maybe not BA maybe" I finally found inspiration for Sovereign City.

See, I kept telling myself, "Mandi, if you're gonna be a masochist and join another damn OCT, join SC. You know/like the people running it and you'll have more fun with it". "But Mandi," I whined. "Who can I enter? I may have a story ABOUT superheroes, but they all have to much baggage to be any fun in an OCT!", to which I responded, "I don't know, Mandi, but I'm telling you you'll like this one more."

Anyway, then I stopped talking to myself and made a whole new character.

Her name is Astrid Stays and she doesn't have a superpower but she DOES have a baseball bat and fists and a love for JUSTICE.

Her superhero name is "The Slugger". Because she has a baseball bat. She didn't come up with it.

This is her semi in costume, btw. Apparently I'm going through an obsession with slicked back hair and facial injuries.

STINKY ICKY HOBO \o/

Because fighting crime doesn't pay! \o/

After giving up on trying to keep a paying job and a crime fighting hobby at the same time, she devoted all her time to her heroic antics. This means she is homeless and penniless.

She's a relatively unknown, small time hero... if she were more popular maybe she could sell lunch boxes and action figures but hey. She doesn't have time for that.

(I've always loved homeless super heroes, you guys. I have a whole story about them. I'm completely serious right now.)

Here she is in costume. Sorry. In "costume". Raincoats aren't really flattering to her figure, so she generally is taken as a dude. Actually, she's a hobo who doesn't have a figure, so she's generally taken as a dude when she's out of costume too.

... yes, I did intend for her to look more like a terrorist than a superhero. :]

She's been heroing for eleven years (or so; could change after the oct gets up more info) and may have had a better costume when she started out (she had a legit, paying job at that time).

My handwriting is like a secret code, but if you can crack it there's the end of a timeline in there too.

Seven years of sleeping on park benches may have made her a little bitter and unfriendly.

Eleven years head injuries may have made her a little nutty.

Over the years she's gradually become more Slug and less Astrid. She's become a lot less careful about keeping her secret identity secret, but since she's a small time hero and a nobody homeless citizen, this isn't really a big deal.

She's been recognized a couple times out of costume. Fortunately it's only been by people she's helped and not people she's gotten arrested so far.

If I do go through with this, it'll be the third character I've entered in an OCT with that same round face. THEY'RE EASIEST FOR ME, GUYS. 8|

I've never created a character FOR an OCT before. It's probably gonna break my heart when I change my mind AGAIN and decide not to enter, or don't get in, or do get in and lose, or even win the whole thing BECAUSE WHERE WILL SHE GO THEN?

Also, I've made a heterosexual female character and I should be proud, but I'm not because I intentionally made her look manish. Sigh.

On one final note, I'm gonna make a foreshadowing comment here and say that she's much more powerful than even SHE knows. 8]

These are the jokes

I mean the art.

"Ehh... he's good at smashing things...?"

"Nothing. He's an ass."

In other news, I'm FINALLY getting decent at drawing Jim. JESUS I STRUGGLED FOR A YEAR AND AN OCT AND I FINALLY GET IT DOWN IN A MEME WTH.

Ra ra ah ah ah roma roma ma ga ga oh la la

I like Nad because he brought plot to Sean's world and Lady GaGa to Sean's playlist. CB

"Wow, cool! I didn't think you'd actually LIVE through that!"

The words that founded the JimSean bromance. How sweet.

OH HI JEREMY.

I've been messing around trying to figure a good style to do comics for BA in. Should I actually do it. Which maybe I won't. Maybe.

So happy with that nose.

DIGI....VOLUTION

I think that's a good way to describe my art progress. Uh.

I would feel like a douche bag putting this on DA. Like. Reposting art. Mega lame. HOWEVER it was interesting for me, and this page is pretty much for all the stuff I don't want on my DA, SOOOO.

I tried to leave out as much Spire stuff as possible but. Like. That was a huge chunk of the year. I'm not sure that I really got much better over that time... well. Wait. I know I got better, I learned a lot of shit. But. The drawings themselves. Didn't change much. Biggest change on that bottom line, aka when I went to art college. Also when I decided to stop using color, apparently.

It bugs me that I had to put AP piece in May, partly cuz I wanted to keep it cartoon-centered, but mostly since I'm pretty sure I didn't draw it in May, but it was all from may in my DA gallery and I don't have any old art in this computer. SO.

THIS DOESNT FIT THE BLOG THEME. ITS NOT CHARACTER STUFF. OH WELL.

Feb, March, June, and July aren't my characters.

More

I drew him more. |: Messed with the design a bit. Trying to keep him from looking too much like Jack Skellington. Also still feels too vert to me. Also also I think his name is Nad. :>

Oh. This was supposed to be a height comparison. Sean is kind of short but Nad is waaaaay tall.

He describes his occupation as "professional leg-breaker".

WAAAH BOY YOU ARE SO UNATTRACTIVE.

that is all.

Ouch

Was browsing through vert-is-ninja's gallery today and ended up inspired to make a new guy. I can't tell if the inspiration is obvious or not yet...

Characters who I need to invent are like people with different body types than scrawny male and ladies, but I was in the zone so I ignored that and drew what I felt like (always scrawny men).

Ended up with this.

Still not sure what he's gonna do. I'm toying with a couple different roles he could fill up in Sean's universe. (I don't like putting people in that universe though cuz it still has no plot waaaaahh). I don't feel like I can name him until I figure out where he's gonna go. AHHH ANOTHER POST WITH NO LABEL.

I'm pretty confident that he is not upset about whatever happened to that face. Also I am so a fan of that overbite.

Also also his theme song is Poker Face. I've never seen that video till now, and I think it just makes this all better.

Jeremy's a ho

I'm writing a blog post to wake up as I await Emily's animation.

Here's some Jeremy heads. I been thinking about entering him in an OCT. Because. I am a masochist.

I guess I won't reveal too much, considering I'm not really confidant in my plan atm, but here's a few hints of what may be to come:

he's dead

he's in hell

he partakes in a fighting tournament even though he's kind of a coward pansy

and he will probably have help

I have... a thing... about entering non-fighters into fighting tournaments. CB

So, anyway, been practicing expressions. Which also very much helps getting his face and all down. (it was doing this face meme that I fell in love with Sean's face, sooooo...)

I actually am not too sure about that fierce face. He doesn't really have the balls for that much fierce. Maybe when he was new to the vampire thing, but... that was several decades ago. *ponders away*

I've been drawing him in this black peacoat with a black scarf and black skinny jeans since I randomly dropped him into that zompocalypse universe. He ate people and wore duct tape rolls as bracelets. And had a scarf and a peacoat. CB I was actually really fond of him in that universe.

He actually looks quite a bit different then when I first drew him, huh? Looks older. Everyone looks older. Actually. Since this tournament would take place later in his life than bridgeport, I guess he SHOULD look older.

Anyway, broken up cuz I figured blogger could handle it better. :/ shrug.

STILL NOT SURE I'MA ENTER SO DON'T WORRY GUYS. But it'd be a nice way to do something with him. I wonder... what this will do to his standing in Bridgeport...?