einar

espen

character from a story i'm trying to write. trying to get comfortable with linework again, lazily I either make it really fat and vague or I just resort to the pixel-wide thing. also trying a bit harder with character design. lazy lazy lazy.

cartoons

a billion miles from here

urg

poor little blog, I haven't abandoned you....
actually seriously I'm working on something pretty cool right now, something comic-related, something I wrote (I think I just gave it away huh) which will be up soon. but not on this blog. hrm.

OH SHI-

hanging golem

house

one of those evenings where i just gotta post something before i go to bed or else i'll feel lazy... this is some art from a little point and click thing I was working on a while back...

a bloo bloo bloo

ugh so relaxing

the guy in the middle is called "mecha monk"

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hex titan

streeessssfull week, drew this in a complete hurry to relax

also if any of you want to play me at starcraft 2 I pretty much have it up and running now (computer needs fixing so it sometimes crashes). such an enormously good game! the more I play of it the more highly i think of it as an overall achievement for blizzard (which is a hard thing for me to say being a valve fanboy)

Design-A-Character Shape Challenge January 2011

Here's my contribution for last month's Design-A-Character challenge - basically a page on deviantart that posts little challenges for you to stretch your character design muscles. Mine are admittedly puny right now but I'm hittin' the gym so to speak!

In case ya haven't put 2 'n' 2 together yet, January's challenge was to take a series of five shapes (download them from the link above) and doodle a character fitting the outline of each one. The rules aren't strict, there aren't any prizes - it's just a little thingy to get your imagination a-flowin'.

also I have been listening to so much Groucho Marx lately it's untrue. If you read up a little on his life and maybe watch a few marx brothers movies it should give you the context to be able to get into just listening to the guy talk. he's like a verbal machinegun, even though a lot of his stuff is scripted he was obviously a super witty guy.

seventeen

• cat king - Not actually a monarch of cats, but a charismatic thief wearing a stolen crown. Chief among the rebels fighting the Lord of Nails.
• cat shaman - An evil cat with supernatural powers bestowed by a magical hat. Only concerned with the accumulation of power for selfish gain.
• ? ? ? - A living stone found at an archeological dig, capable of flight. Does not speak. Origin speculated to be some ancient megalithic structure of unknown design and purpose.
• cat - Possibly the only cat in the world known to have evaded the Lord of Nails' control. However, this was probably by accident, as there is absolutely nothing special about this cat.
• cat mummy - A weak-minded cat for whom the Nail Lord's control meant utter loss of will. Zombie-like in behaviour.
• rook knight - A mighty rook warrior who protects the sky-palace of the Crow Captains. Wields a small but finely crafted pick-axe to deadly effect.
• chlorophyll ghost - Strange, globular creatures observed in forested areas. Known to move about in unpredictable patterns.
• steampunk zebedee - Steam-powered mechanical soldiers built by kingdoms past who were keen to avoid the complications of sentient militia. Now more often found repurposed in the posession of private individuals looking for a fighter without pity.
• astronomer trismegistus - High scientist-in-residence at the sky-palace. Works for the crows but has his own agenda. Particularly interested in stars and planets.
• violent hare - A common thug in the wastelands beyond civilisation. Unintelligent but revels in the joy of combat - a fine unarmed fighter.
• hot pot hellion - A diabolic heat-based demon probably created by a mad scientist or a chef. more trouble than it looks.
• smokewing tarragon - An extremely rare creature which flies on wings of pure smoke from two flaming jets on its back. Scars the sky with flames as it flies.
• blue-furred immortal - A creature which can take infinite amounts of punishment and always survive. It is skewered on a magic sword which binds it to do the swordsman's bidding. Its blood will heal any wound.
• zombie hooligan - The dead body of a mischevious child animated by a fell moon. The people it kills get up and kill! It wields a cursed cleaver.
• lord of nails - Legendary lord of darkness and current ruler of all of cat-kind. Has an unusually high blood iron content causing iron nails to sprout from his body like hairs. He hammers these through his subjects to exert his psychic domination.
• dreaming businessman - A wandering dreamer from the world of man. his unconscious mind has manifested physically and drags him to some unknown destination.
• bad astronaut - a doomed space-traveller from another dimension. he seems to have been in some kind of accident.

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Moving sprites coming soon! I started this in frustration at not being able to attend the GGJ 2011 due to other work but I'm thinking of making a personal project out of it. I've pretty much been doing one a day so far, and I think they get better as I go along.

BIG RED MACHINE

ON SECOND THOUGHTS I PREFER IT LIKE THIS

is it possible that a latent inability to feel completely at ease with the world around you will eventually result in the attaining of some sort of happiness, more hard-earned but somehow more worthwhile than the average person? i should probably do more of this kind of stuff, but better.

ECCCHSSSMASS

HATERS MOST ASSUREDLY GONNA HATE

HOPE YOU ARE ALL HAVING FUN

sam quantum, page 3

E SPACE

FLESH VERSUS MACHINE
MORE COMIC STUFF COMING

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it smacks too much of penny arcade but i'm hoping it will get more original as i go along...

agape is probably my favourite word for love in most languages. although ai gets points for being kind of shoutable.

i did this when i should have been doing dungeons and drawings