Odd One #43

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Yoda Ears

If you follow me long enough, then you already know that I usually make some kind of DIY projects (pins, keychains, hats etc.) for movie premieres that are important to me. This time, for The Rise of Skywalker, I made a headband with Yoda ears! It's actually inspired by Baby Yoda or The Child from The Mandalorian, and although it doesn't have anything to do with TROS, it's all about Star Wars after all.

I didn't have much time, but all I really needed was some green fabric and a headband, both of which I bought in a dollar store (I already had everything else that I needed i.e. green thread, sewing needles and glue). I was looking for any kind of green fabric, but was lucky to come across a green polyester pillowcase and all I had to do was cut one of its corners and then cut that piece into two identical parts. The fabric was so rough that it was enough to sew it to look like ears and glue it to the headband. I was actually surprised how easy it was to form it in a shape of ears without any stuffing or wires.

In the end I didn't wear it to the premiere, but let's just say that there was a photoshoot recreating the Baby Yoda sipping soup meme. Of course, I don't intend to post it, so I drew a little illustration instead. I tried to recreate Baby Yoda's cuteness by drawing myself as some kind of a Chibi character with big eyes, so the only question remains: who did it better? Baby Yoda or me? 😊

After The Horror

Finally, the time has come to post this drawing I made about a month ago. It was my entry for this year's (late) Halloween competition held by Josiah "Jazza" Brooks, but I didn't want to post it before he made his final video and announced the winners.

The title of the competition was "After The Horror" and the challenge was to draw what happens to monsters and villains after the cameras are turned off. For this scene I chose Freddy, Michael and Jason waiting by a phone, expecting their producers to call them and inform them about their next role in some new sequels of their horror franchises. 

I didn't really expect to win anything, especially If you know I've been feeling kind of stuck with my "art" lately. It would've been nice to get just a shout-out, but there were so many entries and I guess the choice had to be made.

As usual, I won't let this discourage me, and when I get this kind of silly inspiration, I'll just go with it, because above all it was very fun trying to figure out how to bring my idea to life, as well as getting through the whole creative process. 🎨

And not to forget, congratulations to the winners! 👍 You can check the video on Jazza's YouTube channel:

The Mandalorian Babysitter

Here's my version of the famous Mandalorian babysitter! I guess it would've been easier to recreate an exact scene from the show, but I wanted to do something different, which eventually turned out to be unexpectedly time-consuming. 🙄

OK, baby Yoda's flying crib is way more convenient as a means of transportation, but in my try to make it different, interesting and funny - and to include some of the iconic features of Star Wars - I created a baby stroller that looks like the Millennium Falcon with something like AT-AT "legs". The first obstacle was the design, because I've never drawn anything mechanical and to be honest this "vehicle" doesn't look very functional. I also added toys such as a C-3PO plushie and a R2-D2 baby rattle (there were also other similar toys, but I decided to delete them because the drawing was too crowded).

Although I was excited about the idea, I must admit it was a bit of a drag finishing this drawing. I kept changing and redrawing it and it took me much more time and research than usual (you can see how rough and vague my initial sketch was in comparison to the final drawing). But, finally, here we are and I hope it was worth it. 😉

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. 👍

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Chester, the Autumn Warrior

So, November is finally here and unusually warm first part of the fall seems to be over. I wanted to draw something special for the beginning of rainy, foggy and colder part of the season and I hope this little guy is it.

Chestnuts are typical for this time of year, so I created Chester, a brave little autumn warrior! I'm not completely sure where I was going with his design and I changed it a lot during the process. I found my inspiration in Roman warriors, but then I gave up on some initial features and ended up with this, let's say, Pokémon-like design. In one version he also had legs, but it looked a little bit weird.

I'm also not sure who he's fighting, it's just that chestnut's spiky husk looked like a good idea for a helmet with mohawk spikes and a shield, and a leaf like a sword or other similar weapon. Anyway, I'm mostly satisfied with how he turned out and hope you'll like him too!

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