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May 16, 2013
Sigma 6 Duke GI JOE Battleground art...
More card art for the new iphone/ipad game GI JOE:Battleground. You can go to the website, or just search your app store to download the free game! This was another example of DeNa games using all the versions of GI JOE that have come out. This Duke design is from the Sigma 6 line. I had to do a few revisions on this one, they thought he looked too "sneaky" I agree, but in the end I liked this version the best.
Duke - 564GI JOE:Battleground art
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Duke - 564GI JOE:Battleground art
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Storm Shadow- GI JOE Battleground art...
Another GI JOE Battleground art piece. As I was getting characters to draw from DeNa games, I was quickly realizing that they are showing every version of GI JOE that has been produced. I did characters from A Real American Hero's classic 80's, to Sigma 6, Resolute and like this version of Storm Shadow, the recent Renegades show.
Storm Shadow - 563GI JOE: Battleground art
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Storm Shadow - 563GI JOE: Battleground art
All this art work is for sale. This piece is a full 11x17.You can contact Mike Alexander for my original art sales hereMGA1wars@aol.com
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May 15, 2013
Quick Kick GI JOE:Battleground art...
My next few posts will all be penciled or inked artwork for the new GI JOE: Battleground iphone/ipad game. You can check out my post here for more info. This was actually the first time I've drawn Quick Kick and I had a blast. Very fun character to draw and I tried something new in rendering the nunchucks spinning, which I've used in other things now as well. Learn something new everyday!
Quick Kick- 562GI JOE Battleground art
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Quick Kick- 562GI JOE Battleground art
All this art work is for sale. This piece is a full 11x17.You can contact Mike Alexander for my original art sales hereMGA1wars@aol.com
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May 14, 2013
GI JOE: Battleground Card Art!
FINALLY! I can finally show artwork I've been doing on a project this last year. I'll post a few of these at a time, but I've had a blast working on the new GI JOE iphone/ipad game.
It's basically a role playing game, where you build a team and go on missions. Kind of like game pieces on a board you move along a playing field and either pick up items, or battle an opposing force.
For me the best part of the game is the art. (and not just because I worked on it, ;) It's really top notch in all aspects. I have mostly just drawn out the characters in pencil, then the production company hires artists to ink and/or digitally paint over the artwork I've done. So at times the card art looks like comic book art, and other times it's a full digital painting of the GI JOE and Cobra characters.
There are a lot of small animations, and loads of bio info on characters all throughout as well. My son Connor and I have had a great time playing the game today.
You can check out the official website here:
GI JOE: BATTLEGROUND
You can also search in the app store for GI JOE: Battleground for the free download.
Gung Ho - 561
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It's basically a role playing game, where you build a team and go on missions. Kind of like game pieces on a board you move along a playing field and either pick up items, or battle an opposing force.
For me the best part of the game is the art. (and not just because I worked on it, ;) It's really top notch in all aspects. I have mostly just drawn out the characters in pencil, then the production company hires artists to ink and/or digitally paint over the artwork I've done. So at times the card art looks like comic book art, and other times it's a full digital painting of the GI JOE and Cobra characters.
There are a lot of small animations, and loads of bio info on characters all throughout as well. My son Connor and I have had a great time playing the game today.
You can check out the official website here:
GI JOE: BATTLEGROUND
You can also search in the app store for GI JOE: Battleground for the free download.
Gung Ho - 561
All this art work is for sale. This piece is a full 11x17.You can contact Mike Alexander for my original art sales hereMGA1wars@aol.com
You can check out all the collected trades I've worked on and some of my art/sketch books here at AMAZING discounts!
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May 13, 2013
Girl Create-A-Hero....
My son created Dragon Fist, as seen in the last post. My daughter told me how to design her girl character, but that's as far as we got. I think she wanted her name to be SuperPunch Girl or something like that. (my daughter's 4, so keep that in mind)
SUPER PUNCH GIRL! - 560
Still working on this one.
SUPER PUNCH GIRL! - 560
Still working on this one.
May 12, 2013
More Create your Own Character examples...
I've posted these figure templates on my blog before. My kids love doing these with me, where we come up with a backstory and I fill in the details over template figure mannequin.
As always, please feel free to use these at home, schools, or whatever event that you need to keep kids busy or creative! You'd be surprised at how quickly they get into this and come up with some pretty great ideas.
Project Comic Con, in St. Louis this coming Sept. is going to do a kid's Create-A-Hero contest where kids can use my character templates and submit a character of their own. They need to come up with a backstory, a name and description of their powers. They will draw their version of the costume on the template and submit it to the contest. There will be a panel of judges to decide who wins. The convention is setting up different prizes. One of the Grand Prizes is a free sketch from me of the winning kid's character done in full detail!!
Here's an example from my son Connor, he came up with a character called "Dragon Fist". I did the finishing details on the costume but all directed by my son. So this is all his idea.
Dragon Fist - 559
I wrote the list of his powers as Connor dictated, but Connor wrote in his Origin himself. I love that the dragon blood makes this guy more greedy! The character is a total mercenary. He'll do anything for a payday, and hordes his accumulated riches, much like a dragon.
This is the kind of thing we're hoping for in the contest. Any kids planning on being able to make it to Project Comic Con, start brainstorming!
You can check out all the collected trades I've worked on and some of my art/sketch books here at AMAZING discounts!
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As always, please feel free to use these at home, schools, or whatever event that you need to keep kids busy or creative! You'd be surprised at how quickly they get into this and come up with some pretty great ideas.
Project Comic Con, in St. Louis this coming Sept. is going to do a kid's Create-A-Hero contest where kids can use my character templates and submit a character of their own. They need to come up with a backstory, a name and description of their powers. They will draw their version of the costume on the template and submit it to the contest. There will be a panel of judges to decide who wins. The convention is setting up different prizes. One of the Grand Prizes is a free sketch from me of the winning kid's character done in full detail!!
Here's an example from my son Connor, he came up with a character called "Dragon Fist". I did the finishing details on the costume but all directed by my son. So this is all his idea.
Dragon Fist - 559
I wrote the list of his powers as Connor dictated, but Connor wrote in his Origin himself. I love that the dragon blood makes this guy more greedy! The character is a total mercenary. He'll do anything for a payday, and hordes his accumulated riches, much like a dragon. This is the kind of thing we're hoping for in the contest. Any kids planning on being able to make it to Project Comic Con, start brainstorming!
You can check out all the collected trades I've worked on and some of my art/sketch books here at AMAZING discounts!
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For Comments and Questions you can email me atRobert@RobertAtkinsArt.com
May 11, 2013
Scarlet revisited...
Here's a Scarlett commission I did quite a long time ago. I think back in 2009. It was just a pencil sketch in someone's sketchbook. I had only vaguely remembered doing it. Then my good friend Shane Simek bought it off eBay for crazy cheap. (I'm not gonna lie, it wasnt by best work by a long shot)
So Shane brings it to me at a convention and asks if I can ink the penciled sketch and kind of "Fix" it in the process. (or in other words...."look you did a crappy job the first time, so I'm giving you a chance to redeem yourself")
I took on the challenge and inked it up at a convention, I think Heroes Con 2012. Shane liked the inks, and I completely redrew her head and face specifically. I like the new version quite a bit better. The only problem is that the now erased drawing of Scarlett's head drawn so hard on the page initially, it left these grooves on the past. Kind of a "ghost" image of the previously terrible drawing.
The impression of the previous lines ran across the lower half of her face, and Shane pointed out that now it made her look like she had a 5 O'Clock shadow..... ugh.
So the only way to fix this new problem was to apply some marker tones over the whole sketch. I knew this would be difficult and something I couldnt do at the con (since I didn't have my markers with me). But also, because the sketch paper this was on was barely better than typing paper. I knew it wouldnt take the markers well, or blend much at all. I kept putting it off because of these issues, but finally this last summer at Heroes Con I took a shot.
Long story, but here's the final result of this sketch that was technically started 6 years ago and only now at a state that I don't mind showing it.
Scarlett - 558
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So Shane brings it to me at a convention and asks if I can ink the penciled sketch and kind of "Fix" it in the process. (or in other words...."look you did a crappy job the first time, so I'm giving you a chance to redeem yourself")
I took on the challenge and inked it up at a convention, I think Heroes Con 2012. Shane liked the inks, and I completely redrew her head and face specifically. I like the new version quite a bit better. The only problem is that the now erased drawing of Scarlett's head drawn so hard on the page initially, it left these grooves on the past. Kind of a "ghost" image of the previously terrible drawing.
The impression of the previous lines ran across the lower half of her face, and Shane pointed out that now it made her look like she had a 5 O'Clock shadow..... ugh.
So the only way to fix this new problem was to apply some marker tones over the whole sketch. I knew this would be difficult and something I couldnt do at the con (since I didn't have my markers with me). But also, because the sketch paper this was on was barely better than typing paper. I knew it wouldnt take the markers well, or blend much at all. I kept putting it off because of these issues, but finally this last summer at Heroes Con I took a shot.
Long story, but here's the final result of this sketch that was technically started 6 years ago and only now at a state that I don't mind showing it.
Scarlett - 558
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May 10, 2013
Another Snake Eyes!
Pencils on a very time sensitive Snake Eyes piece. I had the pencils done awhile ago, but I can't prioritize other projects any longer. The pencils here are a bit deceiving since I'll be adding so much more in the inks. There will be lots of blacks in the background, and I'll be drawing in the words on the sign that's on the door. That kind of thing. So I know what kinds of textures and lighting that I'll be adding, but it's not necessary to draw it in with the pencils. Besides Snake Eyes' figure and pose, it all looks relatively blank otherwise.
When you see the inks, it will be quite the opposite. The background will be what's very dark, and it will be Snake Eyes that stands out on the page.
Snake Eyes - 557
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When you see the inks, it will be quite the opposite. The background will be what's very dark, and it will be Snake Eyes that stands out on the page.
Snake Eyes - 557
You can check out all the collected trades I've worked on and some of my art/sketch books here at AMAZING discounts!
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May 9, 2013
Serpentor...THIS I COMMAND!
Finally a commission request for Serpentor. Man, I've been drawing GI JOE for about 6 years now for various projects. This is the first time I've drawn a full Serpentor! crazy....well there are quite a few Joes and Cobra characters I have yet to draw, but you'd have thought I'd would have gotten this request at least. I mean, I've draw the Fridge and Roddy Piper already, but not the Cobra Emperor.
So pencils are done, and I'll be working on the inks on this as part of catching up on my commission list. I'm also steadily working on my IDW signature plates, but I got to finish those up pretty quickly now and make them a priority so that the release date on the books they will be included in doesn't get delayed. Which means you'll be seeing quite a few of those posted up here in the next couple of weeks.
Serpentor Pencils - 556
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So pencils are done, and I'll be working on the inks on this as part of catching up on my commission list. I'm also steadily working on my IDW signature plates, but I got to finish those up pretty quickly now and make them a priority so that the release date on the books they will be included in doesn't get delayed. Which means you'll be seeing quite a few of those posted up here in the next couple of weeks.
Serpentor Pencils - 556
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May 8, 2013
Snake Eyes commission inks final...
Here's the final inks on the recent commission I started. I finished filling in the blacks on the costume and added in the trees silhouetted in the background. I use a brush and ink for all of that.
Snake Eyes Inks - 555
I also realized I forgot to sign this. I'll do that before I mail it out. I also realized I hadn't drawn Snake Eyes with the signature Cuma Tak Ri knife (designed by the amazing martial artist, Johnny Tsai) I added to his uniform during my Snake Eyes run. So I've got that on his belt for this commission. It's a crazy cool knife, I've got it drawn in the custom leather sheath that I have my own in, here in the studio.
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Snake Eyes Inks - 555
I also realized I forgot to sign this. I'll do that before I mail it out. I also realized I hadn't drawn Snake Eyes with the signature Cuma Tak Ri knife (designed by the amazing martial artist, Johnny Tsai) I added to his uniform during my Snake Eyes run. So I've got that on his belt for this commission. It's a crazy cool knife, I've got it drawn in the custom leather sheath that I have my own in, here in the studio.
You can check out all the collected trades I've worked on and some of my art/sketch books here at AMAZING discounts!
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