Saturday, January 23, 2016

Warm-up Sketch: X-23

I love the X-23 character.  I was shocked, because I was convinced it was going to be a retread of Wolverine and a gender swap so they could get away with it.  I am happy to say I was wrong - the only problem is that Marvel writers now want to pen a 95% normal Laura who has a "few anger issues lurking around from her past."  This is wasting the character's potential.  She was completely broken as a person, and to just toss away the wellspring stories that spring from that is a disservice to the character.  Give me the vacant stares and stiff shoulders when meeting the Fantastic 4's proteges over the forced date-an-Angel and "normal" reactions.

Ah well...here is a terrible warm-up sketch of X-23.  Even her conditioned hatred of being late seems to be a quirk that has been lost in the shuffle.

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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Warm-up Sketch: Sabretooth Redone

For the first post of the new year, I'll use a bit of the new and a bit of the very old.  Here is a quick Manga Studio redo of one of my old Sabretooth sketches.  And when I say old, I mean this is a 20+ year old sketch!

2016 Warm-up

Here is the original:


Early 90's!!!  (I started work in Korea in '96,
so prior to that)