Movies

You should go see Wreck-It Ralph as soon as physically possible. It is a great movie whose ads have not (yet) spoiled the plot in the least, which was a very pleasant surprise.

Really, go see it.

Happy belated Halloween! Here's (most of) my Engineer costume.

And now for something completely different

Recently, I've been working on a Team Fortress 2 costume--Engineer, my favored class. After finishing up the kneepads a few days ago, the most involved piece of the costume thus far, I thought I would take a moment to share my process. First off, the finished product:

These pictures were taken quickly and with a phone, so I apologize for any quality issues that may have resulted. Now, onto the process after the cut.

I Swear I Still Exist

I seem to have gone off and neglected to post for a month or two. That's unfortunate. I should remedy that before I keep doing it some more.

So, unfortunately, I don't have any scans of sketches I did while in California at the moment. I'm not on good terms with the scanner, but it's not the scanner's fault I haven't gone and scanned in my scribbles. More on those at a later time, when I have scans.

For now, some other things. First off, a new Team Fortress 2 fan-scribble:

My favored class changed to Engineer a long time ago, but I never got to drawing something new until recently. The new Mann vs. Machine mode is heaps of fun, too! You should play it. It is a free game, you know.

Next up, a new take on an older character that got as far as flat colors. This may or may not ever be finished; this version was for a roleplaying game that's gone dead. Still, I'm fond of the work I did on the scales.

The next two are some conceptual sketching for an Elder Scrolls: Skyrim comic idea I've been mulling over for a little while now. The (wood) elf has since been toyed with some more since these images, mostly with eye shapes and in fixing issues I had (and even in the more recent workings, still have) with bodily proportions. 

There is one more thing I've been working on, but it has a bunch of progress shots, so I'm going to save that for its own post in a few days. Assuming I don't get too involved in other goings-on and forget. 

So, Team Fortress 2...

I've been playing loads of Team Fortress 2 lately with some friends, and one of them doodled a self-portrait of herself as her most-used class. Which of course spurred me to do something similar. So here's a scribbly little self-portrait of me as a Demo(wo)man.

It's quite the addictive game. I find myself ignoring my other games to just play one round. Or maybe two. Three if they were quick... It's fun, the classes are balanced, and the character design is impeccable. But at this point, everyone with internet access knows all that, so if you'll excuse me, I'm off to demolish some sentries.