Dr. Anemonica (GRDI-Verse)

It was obvious I needed a main villain for my GRDI-Verse, someone who's going to pull all evil threads and be a worthy opponent to my superhero Davorachnid and here she is - Dr. Anemonica. I found inspiration in Olivia Octavius aka Doc Ock from the Spider-Verse, but also in Queen Vanda from Sport Billy, one of my favourite childhood cartoons.

Her looks are also inspired by a sea anemone - it might sound weird, but I needed a creature with dangerous tentacles, something that would represent a weapon, but also the idea of being an omnipresent multi-tasking creature and it would be too obvious to use an octopus or a giant squid. Dr. Anemonica started her villainous career under the radar, seemingly insignificant as a little sea anemone we rarely pay our attention to, but she honed her skills to a perfection... or somewhere close to it.

Her suit is basically purple, apart from metallic gauntlets that she can transform into almost any kind of weapon using nanotechnology. Here you can see her using electricity in one hand and some kind of a teargas in the other. She also wears goggles, an anemone-like tiara and a cape that's divided into several bands of cloth that can sway in the wind, making her look cool and more menacing. Her logo is basically a stylized anemone.

She's some kind of a mad scientist with a delusion of grandeur and driven by blind ambition. The creature behind her is one of her experiments, her accomplice or helper Aresmo, a ghost-like entity that has powers of its own, but she conducts many other experiments, not just on creatures, but there are also robots, vehicles etc.

I gave her an absurd comic book type rhyming name Mona Belladona, just to show how ridiculous she really is. It also sounds similar to "anemone", plus belladonna is a poisonous plant and adds to her villainous nature.

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The Litterer (GRDI-Verse)

The next villain in my GRDI-Verse rogue gallery is also inspired by real life situations. I decided to name him The Litterer and his real name would be Terry Lee (it kind of sounds similar).

This time my beef is with people who either don't know how to recycle or don't care about recycling and using the right colour-coded trash containers. Even I'm not sure if dividing different types of garbage into separate containers is actually regulated in this God forsaken corrupted country or it's just for show for the EU, but I do my best and try to follow the rules no matter what... silly me. 🤷‍♂️ And then you open a container and see that hardly anyone does the same. 😔 It's all mixed up, there's glass in organic waste, plastic among paper etc. and it breaks my heart, but hello Balkans, it's you, hello, you're the problem, it's you... 🎶

Anyway... Terry you see here is one of those persons who don't care about the colour of the containers and throw away garbage anywhere they want. In fact, he wears some kind of a mixer machine on his back that grinds different kinds of waste into a toxic liquid that he sprays around during his fight against superheroes (at the moment just my own OC superhero Davorachnid). His logo contains the familiar recycle sign, but only ironically, in yellow square with black print, usually used for dangerous and toxic materials.

If I want to explore his story, I'll need to work on his reasons and motivation as a villain, but let's just say he doesn't care about environmental issues and uses his contraption for criminal activities.

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Quickscanner (GRDI-Verse)

For my first villain in my GRDI-Verse rogue gallery I found inspiration in bizarrely fast cashiers, mostly because of popular memes, but also because of real life experiences, especially while shopping in Lidl.

As usual, I went through a ton of portmanteau names for her, but settled for Quickscanner. Her real name is Cassie Swift - Cassie should be similar to a "cashier" and Swift is one of the synonyms for "fast". Her powers are telekinesis and ability to throw items at incredible speed (she can "move" them, but has to touch them to turn them into potentially deadly missiles).

So, this is what I've got for now: her logo is some kind of a barcode with lightning bolts and she has accessories such as barcode scanners on her belt (used to scan opponents' weaknesses), something like storage containers on upper arms for smaller items that can become unstoppable missiles (coins, coupons, loyalty cards etc.), metal wristbands on forearms (for protection) and a face shield or a screen to both hide her identity and be used as some kind of a monitor to help her process information after the scan, pick her target, aim etc. In short, she's some kind of a speedster, but with a twist.

I had a problem with the choice of colours because red, white and blue are usually considered "heroic" and I wanted her to have a bit of The Flash and a name reminiscent of Quicksilver, so at one point I almost made her a hero. But I believe she'll better function as a villain and, who knows, there's that grey area in comics where sometimes these differences get blurred.

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My Rogue Gallery (WIP)

As I mentioned before, I've been thinking about expanding my GRDI-Verse and my first decision was to design some villains for my superhero Davorachnid. I created a few new characters, but also repurposed some old ideas. Some of them will have superpowers, some will be technologically advanced or altered and I also plan to create some mecha or even fantasy creatures and various accessories. Here are my latest doodles and you'll see - my inspiration comes from all over, not only comics and movies, but also some everyday stuff, such as bizarrely fast cashiers, people who don't care about separating waste, etc. It's going to be fun, at least for me. 😉

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Ken Doll Challenge

Let's continue with another summer drawing! As the Barbie movie is trending, so are numerous art challenges. Here's my avatar as a Ken doll, in a box and with some accessories.

I haven't seen the movie and I'm not really planning to, at least not until it comes to streaming services or TV. But all this hype seems very interesting, so why not join the fun?

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Grace (Parkitect)

Let's go back to one of my personal ongoing art challenges: drawing every Grace from Josh's videos on his YouTube channel "Let's Game It Out". This version of Grace is from his gameplay of "Parkitect" (Jan 13, 2021). On his channel you can find a whole list named "Games where I torment Grace". He always finds creative ways to ruin this character's life or job.

Officially, a character with that name first appeared in his "Startup Company" video from April 2019 and she keeps reappearing in some of his other videos. I believe there are 15 of them for the time being and this is my sixth drawing. So far I've drawn a version of Grace from:

(1) Foundation

(2) Planet Zoo

(3) Raft

(4) Good Company

(5) Parkasaurus

(6) Parkitect

You can find them all in my gallery. I think my next choice should definitely be the original Grace from Startup Company. I'm not sure why I didn't start drawing them chronologically, but I believe I'll manage to complete my project anyway.

BTW, Parkchitect is a simulation game where you can create and manage theme parks, so you can imagine all the ways Josh thought of to break the game and make Grace and other visitors sick and confused.

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Pokémon Summer 2023

If you follow me regularly, I hope you'll remember it's time for another Pokémon Summer post. Every summer I give my best to draw a little bit more complicated drawing of my OC Pokémon trainers Umberto and Espina with their Umbreon and Espeon, doing something summer related.

This year I found inspiration in a viral Barbie and Ken mugshot meme, but I expanded it and created a different scene. In my version they wear outfits from the movie but they're sitting together with their Pokémon, they're not arrested and instead of placards they're holding pictures of two Eevees (their Umbreon and Espeon before the transformation). A similar idea has been on my mind for years, I'm just glad I found the perfect way to recreate it now as this popular meme.

I just love how different they are: Umbreon is always angry and suspicious and Espeon is calm and friendly. Although in their Eevee forms they're basically the same and they don't manifest that kind of behaviour, it was fun to draw their different personalities on photos Espina and Umberto are holding.

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