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Darkstalkers Character Design Contest

Capcom-Unity is apparently holding a character design contest to promote their upcoming Darkstalkers digital releases. In all honesty I've never actually entered any kind of art contest before. I think now is as good a time as any.The game is horror themed so I knew right off the bat I wanted to make a gargoyle. I've been looking at Gargoyle statues for inspiration as well as watching Disney's Gargoyles (my all time favorite cartoon!) Here are just a few doodles I jotted down after reading about the contest. I'm gonna work on making him look a little more intimidating.

Gremlins

If there's one movie I never forget to watch during the holiday season it's Gremlins. It's like Takashi Miike's Audition. You think you're watching one type of movie and then SURPRISE!! It's a horror movie now!

MegasXLR Guy...Thing.

I've been watching MegasXLR among several other cartoons as of recent. I can't believe I skipped out on this one during it's original run. It's awesome! I really like the alien designs. I found myself sketching a few of them but this one was my favorite. He's a junkyard alien who as far as I know only appears in one episode.

Thought I'd try using a white color pencil against the dark grey markers for a reflection effect. 

"I Like Them French Fried Potaters"

CTN Gesture Drawing After Dark

And so ends my first year at CTN. It was well worth the time (and the money.) I attended David Pimentel's Gesture Drawing After Dark session on the first night. We all did quite a few in the time we had. They ranged from one minute to five minute poses.

Albert Lupin Hershall

Here's a wolf character I created a while back named Albert Lupin Hershall. Ideally he would be a mechanic and Jasper's surrogate figure.

Jack Rabbits

30 sec. Chopper Doodle

I don't need cocaine, I have One Piece.

Morning Exercises

I just came back from a week long family vacation in Indio, CA. Needless to say it was really freakin' hot outside every day and there wasn't much to do indoors. So one thing I decided to start doing was writing down a few expressions during breakfast and just coming up with some faces for them. I used some familiar faces. Well, familiar to me anyway.

Meet Cooper

Meet Abeforth Owlan Cooper, the horned owl. He's my pudgy boss character. He's about as pompous and irritable as one can get. Whatever you do, don't call him Abe!