Odd Yuckly #64

 A not-so-fantastic job 😫

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After The Horror 2023

There was a drawing competition by Jazza in 2019 named "After The Horror", where the participants were supposed to draw familiar horror villains spending their time after the cameras and lights go out. I drew Freddy, Michael and Jason sitting next to a phone, feeling bored and expecting a call from producers to find out what's next for their franchises. This year I decided to expand that challenge and add three more characters each Halloween. I chose Chucky, Ghostface and Pennywise for 2023.

I also had to change the scene a little bit, which will become a challenge for my future additions, because I'm not supposed to change much from my previous versions. Here we can see Chucky trying to cut the phone line, while Ghostface is shocked because he's also expecting the call for his next movie and Pennywise even encourages Chucky to do it because his story was limited and he isn't expecting to film anything new. Freddy, Michael and Jason are not aware of what's going on, they're either focused on the phone or sad and worried, so let's say it works. 👍

While I was scrolling and looking for that 2019 drawing on my IG, I remembered it was the time when I used to pay for promotion of some of my drawings (at least three if I'm not mistaken) and After The Horror was one of them. I was sick and tired of drawing so much and not being acknowledged, so I thought paying for promotion would help. Well, it actually did, but only for those promoted drawings - but I didn't get new subscribers or likes for regular drawings so I stopped paying to see what would happen... and nothing did, my account vanished again in the depths of anonymity. That "false interest" was useless and although my drawings keep getting up to 10 likes, I've made my peace with that fact and I guess that's just the way it has to be. The algorithm's become my frenemy for life now. ❤

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Odd Yuckly #63

 

Horrible bosses 😱

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Halloween Throwback (2019)

This is my throwback to Halloween Challenge from 2019, a period when I had less followers, but more interaction with them - I'm not sure if I could pull off this kind of cooperation today. 🤔

It was a Six Fanarts challenge - I chose six spooky characters and asked you to give me random six characters I'd combine them with. Using Jazza's Arty Games random generator I got following combinations:

Nightwing + Killer Clown

Cyclops + Demon

Jazza's Sexy Benjamin + Ghost

Vision + Headless Horseman

SpongeBob + Bride of Frankenstein

Sailor Moon + Attack on Titan

I also did something similar again for following Christmas and Easter and now that I think about it I feel sorry I stopped doing these challenges. I guess I also had more time back then.

For this version I used Clip Studio brushes (pumpkins and leaves) to hide the fact that I didn't draw legs for four of them. As I mentioned, it was a Six Fanart challenge so they had to fit the template (six rectangles), but shortly after that I decided to draw complete figures every time, no matter if they were going to be cropped or not on the final version, so I can reuse or combine them in possible future combinations.

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The Black Cauldron

 It's spooky season, so my "The Black Cauldron" fanart comes at the right time - it's a happy coincidence because my regular work keeps me busy and I'm not sure if I'll get to draw what I originally planned. I guess that's the real horror of this Halloween - and this whole year for that matter! 😱

Here are the main antagonists, the Horned King and his right-hand lackey Creeper with the titular cauldron. The movie was a flop when it came out because of the dark theme and scary sequences (which was atypical for Disney and supposedly almost destroyed the company) and who knows how I would've reacted if I had watched it as a kid! This movie ended on the "invisible" list although it's pretty decent and interesting: a hero, a quest, a villain, funny side characters, love interest, the final resolution... there was everything this kind of movie was supposed to have.

The only distraction for me was the voice of Gurgi, a funny creature Taran meets on his journey. It's sooo similar to Gollum's from the Lord of the Rings movies that once you hear it, you can't get the resemblance out of your head (of course, the voice actors are different, John Byner for Gurgi and Andy Serkis for Gollum). It's actually nothing new, I mean, the Black Cauldron is from 1985, but it was new to me and there are also many comments about that on the imdb page, so I guess I'm not the only one. 🤷‍♂️

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Sir Hiss (Robin Hood)

Here's an unexpected drawing, done last night in a moment of sudden inspiration. 🎨 I've been watching some less known or famous Disney cartoons lately and this drawing was inspired by "Robin Hood" (1973). It's one of the characters from the movie, Sir Hiss.

I adore 2D animation and some titles I've never heard of before became newly discovered gems for me. This movie is brilliant and fun, but when Sir Hiss appeared, my first thought was, oh no, this one's going to be a tragic character! I mean, the tragedy is that he's sooo much more intelligent than other villains but always stays in Prince John's shadow, overlooked and never gets acknowledged for his brilliance, you just have to feel sorry for him. In other circumstances he could've been the mastermind or even a redeemed villain who'd eventually help our heroes, but somehow he remained a misunderstood PJ's sidekick.

There are basically three main villains in the movie: of course, the sheriff of Nottingham is the worst, Prince John is a fool who doesn't know what it means to be a leader or boss and does everything on a whim or because of ignorance or boredom and has power only because his brother King Richard is on a crusade (I guess you know the story) - but Sir Hiss (who is one of the original characters made for this movie) has the greatest potential to be the brain behind the crown - and somehow never gets the chance to shine, so instead of that he ends up the same as other villains in the movie.

P.S. I think "The Black Cauldron" (1985) is next.

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My hairstyles

I often look for inspiration in dates, so when I found out that October 1 is celebrated as the National hair day, I decided to draw as many of my hairstyles I've sported over the years. I actually did something similar a few years ago, but this time I expanded my collection.

My father lost his hair in his early twenties, so my brother and I were concerned it would happen to us too, but apart from slowly receding hairline, both of us kept most of the hair to have decent hairstyles. And then some, as it turned out in my case!

1) During my childhood my haircuts were usually short and unimaginative. But when I became more self-conscious about my looks, I let it grow and part in the middle. My hair was usually straight but the more it grew, the more it curled outwards.

2) I didn't have a punk phase, but I found mohawks fascinating, so I experimented one summer with this hairstyle. I really liked it, but that was it.

3) The hairstyle that stuck for a bit longer was the undercut pompadour and is still one of my favourites.

4) The boldest experiment happend one summer when I let my pompadour grow, dyed my hair blonde and started wearing a top knot or man bun. I also let my beard grow longer to complete the look that I considered the coolest ever.

5) That was also the summer after which I couldn't return to my work looking like that, so I shaved it all. I did it several times before letting my hair grow again.

6) And all this leads to my present and most boring haircut, just short hair with a fade.

So I'm keeping it short and I'm not planning to repeat any of the styles, mostly because of my age, increasing grey hairs and occasional alopecia, but I'm glad I had courage to do something I really liked and wanted at the moment. Plus, I did it all on my own, because I've been cutting my own hair for more than a decade (using mirrors and other tricks). 👍

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