My SkeksisSona

On my continuing mission to create different personas from geeky pop culture, the time has come for my - Skeksissona! I hope you've seen the 1982 movie and/or this year's Netflix adaptation of The Dark Crystal. If you have, then you surely know who the Skeksis are (and if you're an '80s kid, you may still have the nightmares because of them!).

There are so many amazing details, characters and puppets in Jim Henson's Dark Crystal world, but this time I chose the big baddies. I tried to combine as many elements in my creation as possible, from my occupation as a teacher to my favourite colours (and also my Doctor Who scarf). I call him "skekSchol the Teacher" and although this job is more suitable for the Mystics, I wanted to explore this idea.

The Skeksis are evil bird-like reptiles and their skin is usually in grey or green tones, but for my persona I used a more human colour palette. I also gave him hair and a beard to look more like me, as well as glasses with thick black frames like mine (the idea for multiple glasses comes from another character, skekOk the Scroll-Keeper). As for some teacher elements, I drew his hat, a book and an apple. I used some of my favourite colours (earth tones, red, green and orange) and added some spikes or horns on his back to make him look more frightening (also, I find them pretty cool and you can find them in a lot of my monster drawings).

Anyway, if you haven't seen The Dark Crystal and you like fantasy and amazing puppetry by Jim Henson's company, you can find both the original film and the new series (Age of Resistance) on Netflix, as well as documentaries about making the show. 👍

Misty Knight

As you can see, I've been slowly (really, really slowly!) completing my drawing list. The idea was to draw something from popular movies and TV shows I watch, but I usually draw it waaay too late - believe it or not, this was my plan for the second season of Iron Fist! Meanwhile, Neflix has cancelled the show, along with Luke Cage, but it doesn't matter, somehow I'll finish what I started.

This is my version of Misty Knight, a New York detective who appears in Luke Cage, The Defenders and, finally, in Iron Fist. I hope that the cancellation doesn't necessarily mean the end for these characters and that she will appear in other Marvel shows again.

She is one of many Marvel characters who got bionic limbs due to some injuries (watch The Defenders) and my drawing is based on several comic versions of the character (she doesn't really look like this in TV show - except for the hair style).

This still doesn't mean I won't draw Danny or Luke some day, but I really liked her character and Simone Missick's performance, so for the time being enjoy this illustration. The pose is inspired by Pam Grier's characters from the 70s, such as Foxy Brown and Coffy.

The Bear Monster

Sorry guys, I'm late with my drawing again, but please "bear" with me. 😉 For this Halloween I decided to combine one of the scariest and most uncomfortable creatures from the Netflix movie Annihilation (plus the lighthouse that's very important for the story) with "usual" Halloween elements (jack-o'-lanterns, bats and the overall eerie atmosphere). I must admit it was supposed to be scarier and not this "cartoony", but somewhere down the road, while I was drawing it, the plan obviously changed and the illustration turned out pretty silly. I hope you like it anyway. Happy a little belated Halloween, everyone! 🎃

Devilman Crybaby

Here's my drawing of Akira Fudo in his demon form, Amon, from the newest anime adaptation of the 70's manga Devilman (you can watch it on Netflix under the name "Devilman Crybaby"). It's cruel, savage, bloody and brutal to that extent that I'm actually afraid to say how much I liked it. I wouldn't recommend it to everyone because of some of the most disturbing scenes (horror, violence, sex, etc.) you can see in an anime. As for my drawing, it was primarily a traditional, ink drawing (I even used the Pentel brush pen on some parts), but I decided to vectorize it and add some IG filters because it seemed too simple and empty.

Već dugo planiram nacrtati nešto vezano uz anime i stalno su mi na pameti Attack On Titan i One Punch Man, ali evo, pretekao ih je Devilman Crybaby kojeg odnedavno možete pogledati na Netflixu. To je najnovija adaptacija mange Devilman iz 70-ih i prvo što morate znati da je brutalnija i tragičnija od bilo koje anime koju sam dosad gledao (čak i Beserk) i nije za ljude slabijeg želuca. Scene nasilja, seksa i ljudi koji se pretvaraju u demone nisu baš za svakog, pa možete zamisliti kako sam se i sam začudio što je smatram apsolutno briljantnim uratkom.

Na crtežu je glavni lik Akira Fudo u svom demonskom obliku, poznatom kao Amon. Iz nekog razloga demon ga nije potpuno obuzeo, tako da je ostao pola demon, pola čovjek, tj. Devilman. Kao što možete vidjeti u nastavku, planirao sam tradicionalni crtež tintom (za neke poteze sam čak koristio i Pentel bush pen), ali sam ga na kraju vektorizirao u Inkscapeu i "provukao" kroz neke filtere, jer mi se činio prejednostavnim, ali mislim da je na kraju sasvim solidno ispao.

Kao što rekoh, Devilman Crybaby je trenutno aktualan i možete dosta saznati na internetu ili društvenim mrežama, ali nemojte se upuštati u gledanje ako nemate dobre živce i toleranciju na prilično gnjusne scene. U krajnjoj liniji, pogledajte prvu epizodu i sve će vam biti jasno. Kako počinje, takav ton će imati do samog kraja. Nemojte reći da vas nisam upozorio.

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