Winter Soldier Comic Book Cover

 It's funny how inspiration comes when you're not looking for it. One of the recent posts by @lovrothesupernaut (photo by @filip.pavic) provided just that and then some - a challenge to draw a superhero by imitating comic art and create a fake comic book cover. 😉👍

They're supposed to be "stylized and simplified drawings", but there was nothing simple in trying to get that look. Plus it was time consuming because it's not a style I'm used to and there was a lot of trial and error. 🤪 But still, I hope I managed to get the likeness... to some extent. 🤷‍♂️ I kind of stopped reading comic books over the years, but it was both interesting and nostalgic to get back to them this weekend while exploring ways to make this fake cover.

As for the reference model and his post, Lovro the Supernaut is one of my favourite cosplayers. Not just because he cosplays Marvel characters (Winter Soldier, Gambit, Quicksilver, Deadpool), but his props and other cosplays (for example the Plague Doctor or Star Wars Rebel Pilot) turn out so professionally looking like something you'd expect to see in movies. Plus he's an award-winning cosplayer you can meet, greet and talk to at numerous Croatian and regional sci-fi and fantasy conventions. If you're into cosplay, as well as looking for ideas how to make various props, be sure to visit his Instagram profile and his other socials.

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O_o #57

Self-evaluation 🏆

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The FIFA World Cup 2022

The FIFA World Cup 2022 is here and as you can guess it was the inspiration for this drawing/rant. I'm not planning to write about the controversies that keep piling up, there are way better artworks on this platform that address these current issues. These days it looks like both football and money make the world go round and they go hand in hand perfectly.

I really don't understand all that football craze, although I come from a country where sometimes it seems like it's the only important thing in life. For me it's just noise, crowds and not so occasional violence that's often tolerated or ignored. But what really gets me are the enormous amounts of money invested in organisation, building gigantic arenas and impossibly high payments some of the players get.

I understand the talent part, it's not reserved only for sports after all, but in the end we live in a world where a talented footballer still has more worth than a talented artist. I'm afraid it sends a message that while you can get education, skills and experience, it's not the same as having a desirable ability in an area that brings more money, in this case football. It may be one of the best promoters of our country, but isn't it absurd that our Minister of Education allowed students to leave class and go watch our team's matches during the Cup? 🤯

On the other hand, I've seen how perspective can change - for example, the other day one of my students said it wasn't fair that his brother who works all day on a farm gets paid less than us teachers who "sit five hours a day in warm classrooms and just read lessons from books". 🤔

Of course there are bad teachers - I've met my share during both my own education and my work life. I've been trying to change that kind of students' opinion through hard work - but sometimes it's hard not to feel discouraged when you see that it's possible to earn $128 mil. by chasing a ball. Nobody should be allowed to earn that much (even including politicians or CEOs), but that's obviously not how the system works.

I'm not against the idea that people who can cash in on their talent should be paid accordingly, but hardly anyone complains about them earning millions, while at the same time many complain when other workers go on strike for bigger salaries (which are very far from such big figures).

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O_o #56

 

A toxic workplace, part 2 🤢

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O_o #55

A toxic workplace 🤢

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"A toxic work environment is one where negative behaviors - such as manipulation, bullying, yelling, and so on - are so intrinsic to the culture of the organization that a lack of productivity, a lack of trust, high stress levels, infighting and discrimination become the norm. It can lead to stress, burnout, depression, damage to your self-esteem, and serious disruptions in your normal life."

"Examples of bad communication:

- overall lack of communication

- constant lack of clarity around projects

- different employees receive different messages

- passive-aggressive communication

- weak listening skills

- constant off-hours communication"

(Various sources)

GRDIVERSE

To promote some of my older drawings, I came up with "My Avatar Across The Multiverse" challenge (I call it the GRDIVERSE because of the acronym I use for my social media). Basically, I chose a few "persona challenge" drawings and adapted the "six characters" template.

As you can see, they all have similar features (haircut, beard, glasses etc.) and my favourite colour palette (mostly orange and green), as well as my logo and some items that represent my character, hobbies or my job.

I'm especially proud of my "spidersona", a character I'm planning to keep developing and drawing more frequently.

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Ironheart (Sketch)

The first appearance of Riri Williams aka Ironheart is another reason why I'm excited about Black Panther 2. To be honest, I don't know anything about the character or the actress Dominique Thorne, but I'm interested in Iron Man's legacy and can't wait to see it evolve. There will also be two Disney+ shows, Ironheart and Armor Wars, so we'll see what's next in store for Tony Stark's technology.

I'm also not sure what version of armour she'll have in Wakanda Forever (she appears very briefly in the trailer), so I decided to make sketches of two possible versions - one with classic Iron Man colours and the other from the latest comics, although there's a chance she'll have some kind of a Mark1 suit first and then later develop it in the Disney+ series. I used a rough, textured brush in CSP for lines and a watercolour brush for colours just to get that unfinished artsy look, but I'll probably draw the final version after I've seen the movie.

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Namor the Sub-Mariner

The moment Okoye mentioned underwater earthquakes in Avengers: Endgame (2019), I thought "Oh boy, Namor the Sub-Mariner is coming!", so it wasn't a surprise when I found out he'd be in Wakanda Forever. I guess that was the plan all along, although they had to change a lot about the movie because of Chadwick Boseman's passing.

They also changed Namor's origin story because of similarities to DC's Aquaman. He's still a mutant, but not the ruler of Atlantis, etc. Although I like the original and have been excited about fan casting through the years (for example, Luke Evans would definitely rock the original looks), the trailers convinced me that this new direction and Tenoch Huerta could pull it off and I'm excited to see the final version.

BTW, Namor was also on my list of Spooktober villains, but as I mentioned in one of previous posts, I didn't have enough time to draw everything I had planned. And there's that question again: is he really a villain? I believe we will see more blurred lines again, as today's villains are more anti-heroes or have some kind of a redemption arc.

As for the drawing, the pose is from @figurosity and I tried to add as much of the MCU design.

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Halloween 2022

Happy Halloween! 🎃

I drew a sketch for this illustration during the Sketchtember challenge back in 2018, when instead of drawing five different drawings I combined five prompts into one and got this. They were HORN, SCROLL, BOW, CAULDRON and BOOK and now after all that time I finally decided to colour it and make it my Halloween 2022 illustration. I hope you like the rendering. 😊

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