Area 51

This "Lion King"-esque scene is my contribution and reaction to that funny trending Facebook event for storming Area 51 in Nevada this year. It's scheduled for September 20th early morning at 03:00 and many artists illustrate their try to save aliens that are supposedly kept there. 😂

So this is me, saving a little alien and imitating that famous scene with Rafiki and Simba. There's also an alternative version with the fence and stuff, which was supposed to be the original version, but then I fell in love with the idea of standing on the iconic rock from the movie and giving the little guy back to his family in the spaceship, with transporter beams instead of usual sun beams. That's why shadows don't match the light source, but I already spent too much time with this illustration and just decided to leave it as it is.

Here's that alternative version:

And here's the basic version:

Sloth-like alien (Voltron)

I know what some of you are thinking: What the quiznak does this drawing have to do with Voltron? Usually when you hear the word Voltron, you think of robots, flying lions and their paladins, but no - in the vast sea of so much fan art involving all mentioned examples (and more!), I chose to draw the first alien we meet in the first episode (not counting Alteans and the Galra) - some kind of an alien sloth-like creature, the guardian of the Green Lion. We don't find out its name or the name of its species for that matter, it doesn't talk at all and we don't actually see other specimens, only this one, who lead Shiro and Pidge to the Lion.

In fact, most of the aliens resemble known animals such as owls, tardigrades etc., but for me this design was the most interesting. I watch way too many Japanese anime shows, so I'm usually sceptical when it comes to animated American shows, but I liked it very much. The story is very interesting, it unfolds as the episodes progress, there are many unexpected twists and the animation is great. I think I'll wait for the last season to be released and then, when it's all finished, try to draw something more familiar from the show.

Here's some WIP:

Until next time,

Grdi