Thursday, January 15, 2009

Batman 2.0: The Dynamic Do-Over!

Project Rooftop is running a fun contest right now in honor of current events taking place in the DC comics Bat-universe.

Batman 2.0: The Dynamic Do-Over
is calling on folks to design an appropriate costume for Dick Grayson (Robin I/Nightwing) if and when he takes over as Batman.



I designed a costume based on a merger between Nightwing and Batman. I decided against any Robin-esque components, as Grayson dropped those years ago when he left the Robin persona behind him. Besides, that one has been done before by Earth 2 Robin.

I also figured that this will be Nightwing taking over as Batman, not Nightwing pretending to be Bruce/Batman. He's still his own person, which was a huge reason he went out on his own in the first place, and he'd want that to be obvious.

I designed a costume that took the biggest elements of both Nightwing's current costume and the immediately recognizable components of your general Batman costume.

I love my design, I just can't decide between two different color schemes. Maybe you can help?

I like this first one because it incorporates the yellow that is a part of all Batman costumes, and it has more of a Batman feel to it. The yellow is also reminiscent of one of Nightwing's earlier costume designs.



I like this second one because it pulls further away from Batman and more towards Nightwing, maintaining a more consistent color scheme relevant to Nightwing's current costume. It's also more logical, as the yellow of the other one would be too bright to fight crime in (although we are dealing with comic books here, so sometimes logic has no place - case in point: Robin.)



So if anyone wants to help me decide which one I should enter in the contest (I have until Feb. 4th) leave me a comment. My daughter already voted for the one with yellow trim, so that one is currently in the lead.

UPDATE: It appears yellow is the favorite of everyone I have spoken to or heard from - so now I've modified it slightly by eliminating the third shade of blue - better?

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Born on the Bayou



Another ATC for a trade. Swamp Thing, for someone who simply requested a "green monster."

JUMP!

A pair of ATCs (shown together) for a Fifth Element themed trade with some friends.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Monday, December 08, 2008

Face the Question Contest Winner (Finally!)

It seems to have taken me forever (because it did) but I finally selected a winner for my Face The Question Contest!

As you recall (if you have a good memory) I asked my loyal readers to add a face to this Question illustration:


So without further ado...the winner is "Pumquestion" from Eclectorama's Chunky B!


Okay, so it was timely when it was submitted back in October ;)
Great work CB! You win the Question ATC and two additional ATC cards of my choosing! Woot!

Second Place goes to groovy illustrator Brian Gubicza for this funky entry:


Great job Brian! I'll be sending you an ATC of my choosing for your second place win!

Third Place goes to Jersey lover Jay from The Sexy Armpit for this "serious" entry:


Great job Jay! I'll be sending you an ATC of my choosing for your third place win!

And finally I want to give a big "nice try" to my good friend Brian for this...umm..."effort."


Brian, you get NOTHING! Kidding - Great job other Brian! I'll be sending you an ATC of my choosing for your fourth place win!

Thanks to everyone who entered the contest (and by "everyone" I mean these guys, because they are the only people who entered the contest!)

Thanks guys. Your cards will be in the mail soon!

...and speaking of Zodac

I did this ATC for an 80s cartoon themed trade.

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Art Imitates Life Imitates Art

Have you ever noticed those drug ads for pills with names that sound like something out of the old Masters of the Universe cartoons?

Crestor

Spiriva

Lunesta

Xanax

Yeah, well so did I. In fact, I've been joking with people for years about how the names they conjure up for these drugs sound like a graduating class from He-Man High School.

I even went so far as to design a few characters:





So imagine my surprise today to discover that someone has in fact made an allergy medicine and has actually used the name of an honest to God Masters of the Universe character!

Zodac...



...meet Zodac...



I did not make this up or photoshop that package, that is a real Hayfever medicine which appears to be available in Australia.

Am I the only one who finds this hilarious?

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