Monster Fight!

It's done! I started this over a year ago as a sequel to my Pirates vs. Ninjas drawing, and I finally finished it! Getting my Cintiq certainly helped speed up the process, but I'm still hoping to streamline things for the next time I do one of these.

So here it is. A gripping last stand between as dozens of fictional monster hunters take on the a legion of supernatural and undead threats! There are plenty more characters I wanted to include, but many had to be left out because it would be difficult to recognize them. Choosing who to leave in and who to leave out is always tough. In the end, I leaned towards what would be fun to draw.

Below is the answer key:

1. The Headless Horseman
2. Ghost Rider
3. Blinky (Pac Man)
4. Godzilla
5. Nearly Headless Nick (Harry Potter)
6. Ghost Pirate LeChuck (Monkey Island)
7. Chernabog (Fantasia)
8. Oogie Boogie (Nightmare Before Christmas)
9. B.B. Hood (Darkstalkers)
10. Bayonetta
11. Nosferatu
12. Count Chocula
13. Dracula
14. Boo Berry
15. Stay Puft Marshmallow Man (Ghostbusters)
16. Inky (Pac Man)
17. Casper the Friendly Ghost
18. Sissel (Ghost Trick)
19. Clyde (Pac Man)
20. Hunter (Left 4 Dead)
21. Freddy Krueger (Nightmare on Elm Street)
22. Vivi (Brain Dead 13)
23. Insectasaurus (Monsters vs Aliens)
24. Morrigan (Darkstalkers)
25. David (The Lost Boys)
26. Cthulu
27. Tank (Left 4 Dead)
28. Teen Wolf
29. Jacob Marley (A Christmas Carol)
30. Pinky (Pac Man)
31. Frank West (Dead Rising)
32. Ray Stantz (Ghostbusters)
33. Winston Zeddemore (Ghostbusters)
34. Van Helsing (Dracula)
35. Luigi (Super Mario Bros.)
36. Ed (Shaun of the Dead)
37. Slimer (Ghostbusters)
38. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
39. Edward Cullen (Twilight)
40. Hsien-Ko (Darkstalkers)
41. Jefferson Twilight (The Venture Brothers)
42. Kain (Legacy of Kain)
43. Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
44. Count Duckula
45. Hellboy
46. John Talbain (Darkstalkers)
47. Gremlin
48. B.O.B. (Monsters vs Aliens)
49. Liz Sherman (Hellboy)
50. Harry Dresden (The Dresden Files)
51. Dr. Orpheus (The Venture Brothers)
52. Simon Belmont (Castlevania)
53. Elsa Bloodstone (NextWave)
54. Lord Raptor (Darkstalkers)
55. Vampire Hunter D
56. Frankenstein's Monster
57. The Creature from the Black Lagoon
58. The Lich King (Warcraft)
59. Dante (Devil May Cry)
60. Smoker (Left 4 Dead)
61. Chris Redfield (Resident Evil)
62. King Boo (Super Mario Bros.)
63. Egon Spengler (Ghostbusters)
64. Boo (Super Mario Bros.)
65. Pea Shooter (Plants vs Zombies)
66. Velma (Scooby Doo)
67. Dana Scully (The X-Files)
68. Fred (Scooby Doo)
69. Beetlejuice
70. Daphne (Scooby Doo)
71. Francis (Left 4 Dead)
72. Claire Redfield (Resident Evil)
73. Witch (Left 4 Dead)
74. John Constantine (Hellblazer)
75. The Mummy
76. Abe Sapien (Hellboy)
77. Jason Vorhees (Friday the 13th)
78. The Goon
79. Jill Valentine (Resident Evil)
80. Tallahassee (Zombieland)
81. Mike Wazowski (Monsters Inc)
82. Ash Williams (Evil Dead)
83. Fox Mulder (The X-Files)
84. Rick O'Connel (The Mummy)
85. Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher)
86. Louis (Left 4 Dead)
87. Gizmo (Gremlins)
88. Peter Venkman (Ghostbusters)
89. Leon Kennedy (Resident Evil)
90. Zoey (Left 4 Dead)
91. Bill (Left 4 Dead)
92. Blade
93. Shaun (Shaun of the Dead)
94. Raziel (Soul Reaver)
95. Pyramid Head (Silent Hill)
96. Scooby-Doo
97. Isaac Clarke (Dead Space)
98. Shaggy (Scooby-Doo)
99. Sulley (Monsters Inc)
100. Tyrant (Resident Evil)
101. Abomination (Warcraft)

News!

Some stuff has been happening!

For starters, the Cintiq fundraising succeeded better than I could have imagined!

I am now the proud of an amazing tablet that has made drawing digitally so much faster and more efficient. As a result I'm moving ahead with some projects that were much more intimidating before.

In other exciting news, my Batman vs Sherlock Holmes comic has ended up being much more popular than I imagined it would be, popping up all over the place! Although it's been a few weeks since I've done a crossover comic, I still plan to do more! I'm moving away from a weekly schedule for now so I can make:

More comics! The crossover page is now a generic comic page where I'll be posting all manner of works.  Check back soon!

Double Daily Blogs

 

As part of my New Year's resolutions, I began a daily design blog to keep me working on something every day. The goal is to make something small while still getting a bit of practice with a design technique or program trick. Ten days in and it's going great. I haven't had trouble finding the time to whip up something, anything, and while the designs are simple I'm proud of how they've come out. The blog is part of my flickr account, found here.

It's been going so well that yesterday I decided to start up a second daily blog, this one for quick sketches. Again, the idea is not to produce a masterpiece every day but to get a basic sketch done every day without fail. While I still aim to do more complex and complete designs and illustrations, even if I did just these blogs that's over 700 pieces of work, however small, in one year. That's a lot of practice and it adds up. The sketch blog can be found on a new, simple tumblr page.

I would recommend a daily project to anyone that is looking to improve a creative pursuit. I have started these blogs along with some members of a forum and the public nature creates a sense of obligation that is a lot harder to shrug off than private projects.