Smilodon Filler

by Sheli on 2012/01/26 at 12:01 PM
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Nothing big for today. Just a smilodon. I guess starting in October I switched to using a brush instead of inking over things with a marker or pen. This was one of the first thing I took a brush to (the Merlin pics being the very first). It’s pretty awesome. And I’m pretty amateur. S’kinda awesome that I can only get better.

Anyway, smilodon’s came across my radar when I learned that every state has a fossil symbol. In this respect, not all states are created equal. Some sport petrified wood, tiny trilobites (yeah PA!), and California gets the Smilodon. Pssh, not fair.  To counter that, you almost pronounce this animals’ name ‘smile-lah-don’ and that makes everyone love it again.

Teeth? Smile? It’s puntastic.

Thanks for stopping!

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Nightime Shadows

by Sheli on 2012/01/23 at 12:01 PM
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I’ve collected two monsters that are from different ends of the, “I want to meet this in the dead of night” spectrum.

First up, we’ve got the Bunyip:

Honestly, I know very little about Bunyips. They’re aquatic and terrestrial beasts that Australian parents can use to torture children into behaving. The creepiest thing about this monster is that almost unanimously, sources agree that it can handle any terrain, meaning that even the most resourceful kids are doomed if they do something bad. So kids, just…be good.

The next monster is the best and cutest and best.

It’s a BAKU! They’re adorable and really helpful. These guys eat bad dreams! Leaving the sleeper with only the cushiest of images to whisk them off to sleep. Based almost entirely off of Malaysian tapirs, Baku’s have also been described with tiger and elephant features. For any Pokemon fanatics out there, you might recognize the Baku in one of the original 151:

 

Yup, reliable ol’ Drowzee here. And his whole Dream Eater schtick has a direct link to the mythology too. I’m not saying that the Japanese have been developing Pokemon since ancient times, but actually that’s what I’m going to stick with.

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I Heart Merlin

by Sheli on 2012/01/19 at 12:01 PM
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I like to watch movies and television when I draw. It can’t be something that I haven’t seen before, or else I get distracted. There are a few shows and movies that I can watch almost on an endless loop without getting bored or distracted. One of those gems is Merlin.

Oh man, that show. I found it last May and have watched all of the series several times over. It reignited a love for Arthurian tales, and compelled me to write long essays about my love for it. Don’t worry, I won’t repost them here.

But! I was moved to draw some cartoons, so I thought I’d toss those your way.

I love mythology, for oodles of reasons. In this instance, it helped me love Merlin more. In the images above we see Arthur and Merlin as they are today. Arthur is trapped in a crypt (or cave) waiting for judgement day. That’s when he and his knights will ride again to fight the hoards of hell. And then there’s Merlin. Tricked into a tree (or glass tower, or rock) by Nimue, he’s just chilling in that hawthorn till….probably eternity.

Either way, these gents must be getting bored.

Poor Arthur. I do believe there’s a bright lad in there somewhere, but that show does a nice job of hiding it.

I guess this next one is a bit of a SPOILER, so stay back if you haven’t seen the end of series 2.

I am a BIG fan of How to Train Your Dragon, so when this idea hit me I was too tickled. Poor Hiccup, he just can’t catch a break.

Okay! So those were some of the Merlin pics I had up my sleeve. I think it’s great fun joshing around with my favorite shows. I hope to do it again soon.

Thanks for stopping!

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Long Time No Post

by Sheli on 2012/01/17 at 12:01 PM
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Hello World!

I’m back! I was busy fighting bears in an alternate dimension. That, or between the semester ending and the holidays, my brain lapsed into an amount of overexposure that I’m just coming out of….

It was totally the bears.

I’ll take sometime over the next month to catch you up on all of the things I have been drawing while my mental foundations crumbled around me. To start, over at Troop Infinity we just started a new arc with the new year. So if you haven’t popped over there, I’d totally recommend a look.

In order to not overwhelm you, I’ll ease you back with something nice and easy:

Ahuizotl

This wittle guy is an Azhuitol. An Aztec monkey dog with a hand on its tail. It would wait in pools of water and trick you into thinking it was a drowning person. Don’t fret though. If caught it would just steal your eyeballs, nails, and teeth. You probably weren’t using them much anyway.

Ah, it feels good to be back and disturbing the public again.

Thanks for stopping!

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Super Pet

by Sheli on 2011/10/30 at 10:42 PM
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Young Justice got it right.

In a universe where characters can fly and have freeze breath, why would you settle for pets that are ordinary? Obviously, I know the wonders of Rex and his other pet compatriots, but that doesn’t change my hope that every character starts finding Devil Dinosaurs to pal around with. So when Conner Kent casually adopted a GIANT wolf a couple of episodes ago? I nearly lost my poo.

Take that, Krypto

So now Young Justice is inching up to those other franchises that matches kids with dream animals. I’m immediately reminded of Princess Mononoke, but awesome animal sidekicks can go to a bunch of great shows. Pokemon and Adventure Time are some of my top picks. As I was thinking over what stories had great ties between a character and their animal (there are about half a billion) I REALIZED:

Young Justice just gave Conner Kent a Dire Wolf:

Unquestionably, my favorite ASoIaF character is John Snow, who just happens to be a bastard with a sweet giant white wolf at his beck and call. Nothing like Conner, a bastard experiment with a sweet giant white wolf…..WAIT.

I’m not in the angry nit-picky crowd that might mind this. Nope. This is so kickass I’m totally on board. Really, since I’m so accustomed to super dogs and horses and cats, I never thought that I’d watch an animated hero get anything unique as a pet. I am happy to report that I stand corrected.

While I was doodling these guys, I also sketched another of my favorite aspects of the show:

There’s no hope of me getting over how cute this pair is. I can’t imagine how much work they don’t get done in class thanks to telepathy. Good thing Conner basically has a computer for a brain. And M’gann? Well, she could always pluck answers out of her neighbors brains if she had to.

I do like Conner, but I didn’t expect him to fill up my sketchbook. Hands down I’m on Team Wally, but boy, that kid has done nothing so far. I wait for him to get a real moment to shine, but mostly he just runs into things and hits on the girls. I’m not saying this is out of character, but I would like him to take center stage every once and awhile. Or adopt a komodo dragon, whichever comes first.

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