Catwoman

My next Spooktober villain is Catwoman. A villain... really? Yeah, I know, she's just another character who ticks a few boxes on both sides and sometimes it's difficult to tell the difference.

I don't really care about her hero/villain status, this was the perfect opportunity for me to finally draw my favourite Catwoman, played by Michelle Pfeiffer (Batman Returns, 1992). My second choice would be Eartha Kitt and the third Julie Newmar. I believe all other actresses gave their best to successfully portray this character, but these three are still the top of my list. As well as the movie - after Batman Returns I stopped caring about other Batman movies and actors. Sorry/not sorry, Nolans, Snyders and others. 🤷‍♂️

The pose is from @adorkastock (formerly SenshiStock).

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Hisoka (HunterXHunter)

Stand back Joker, Pennywise and other evil clowns... for my next October villain I chose Hisoka from HunterXHunter!

To be honest, it's a very strange manga/anime, where killing people is an everyday occurrence, even for 12-year-old boys such as Gon and Killua (who is also an assassin). In this weird world we meet Hisoka Morrow (or Moro or something like that), a clown-like fighter and wielder of the "Nen" power with a plan to become the best hunter, but his behaviour seems very problematic when it comes to his obsession with Gon and Killua. Or does it? Apparently he's not some kind of a pervert as he appears to be in interaction with them, but someone who's ready to challenge the best fighters in the world (and both of them are showing possibilities of becoming very skilled and powerful hunters). At least that's the official explanation, but there's definitely something strange about him. 🤔

Anyway, he's not a typical villain. He doesn't kill because of pleasure, but he tries to win his battles fair and square and mostly operates in that grey area that's become so popular with villains lately. As for his appearance, I chose the costume from the Phantom Troupe arc and he's holding a card with number 4 because it's become a recurring number when it comes to Hisoka: he's the fourth Phantom Troupe member and his number during the hunter test was 44.

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Kai Winn

Slowly but surely I'm trying to get back to drawing more, but the series of unexpected events in both my work and private life just keep piling up so I'm not sure how it'll turn out. 🙄

Apart from the Inktober challenge, this is the month for spooky drawings leading up to Halloween, of course, so I chose some... villains? OK, maybe more like anti-heroes or annoying characters that aren't real villains per se, but they often challenge the heroes or main characters in movies, TV shows, anime etc. Anyway, there are many blurred lines when it comes to defining fictional villains today and some of them have become fans' favourites (Joker, Loki, Darth Vader, Harley Quinn, Ryuk etc.).

My first choice is a religious leader Winn Adami (or Kai Winn) from Star Trek: Deep Space 9. It may seem unexpected and many of you may not know anything about this character, but the actress Louise Fletcher died last week so I remembered one of her most famous roles and how furious I was every time she appeared in an episode. As the Trekkies say, "Kai Winn is someone who we love to hate" and Mrs Fletcher played this role to perfection. I can still hear her famous condescending line "My child...", especially in interactions with Major Kira. She wasn't the real villain, but she managed to stir things up on both Bajor and DS9. And we all know someone like her - at first look they're nice smiling people but they often push their own agenda by tricking other people into believing they're doing the right thing and support their views, especially when it comes to politics.

As for the costume, there are a few, but I chose the scarlet one. I believe she's more famous for her golden costume and you'll find it more often if you google her name, but I liked this one more because of the details and its more interesting headpiece.

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DOGust 2022

I've been absent for weeks because of my work obligations, so here's a drawing that was supposed to be posted last month for the DOGust challenge. I drew this for national dog month, but August 1st is also the universal birthday for shelter dogs.

Here's a funny drawing of Bella and me. She's a rescue dog and after it took her a whole year to get used to my family and get out of her shell, she's unrecognizable now, a happy carefree dog that hopefully forgot all the bad things that happened to her in a puppy mill.

She's a small bichon breed, but when she's determined to stop or run the opposite way while she's on a leash, there's no way to make her move or change the direction, which leads to many funny situations. 🤣

Fun fact: many dogs with white fur are called Bela (sometimes spelled Bella like in Italian) here because "bijela" or "bela" means "white" in many Slavic languages. 😉

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She-Hulk

The new She-Hulk show may seem somewhat unworthy of the MCU's grand plan, but boy was it a fun ride - at least the first episode! I guess they'll continue in this comedy direction but I'm not sure how Daredevil, Kingpin and Abomination will fit in without upsetting hardcore Marvel fans. 🤔

All I can say for now is that the approach may be a bit silly, CGI can be surprisingly problematic at times, but I'm Tatiana Maslany's fan and it's great to see her again on TV and having fun with this role. Mark Ruffalo also did great, no matter how "dumbed down" his version of Hulk has become (not my words!). Their chemistry as cousins and mentor/trainee is great and there are already a few viral memes, especially the one about Captain America. 😉

I was inspired by one of the last scenes from the first episode and the reference is a combination of poses by @theposearchives.

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The Sandmen

That moment when you get a suggestion to draw the Sandman, but you're not sure which one. 🤣😱🤪

OK, I'm joking, nobody asked me to draw him, but I used @mcapriglioneart's template for #SixFanarts anyway. The thing is that I've been hearing about someone called Sandman for all my life not knowing who this character really is - so I drew all the Sandmen I've "met" so far. 😉

First we have Sandmännchen from a German kid's show from the 60s. I never really watched the show, but during the Eurodance era in the 90s there was a band called Sandmann's Dummies with a few dance hits. Only later did I realize that they actually cut parts of the conversation from the show and rearranged it to give it... hm, not so innocent meaning. My favourite song was "Ach du meine Nase".

The second one is the most obvious for Marvel fans, a Spider-Man villain Sandman aka Flint Marko.

The next is one of the guardians from DreamWorks' The Rise Of Guardians.

The fourth is one of the versions from horror movies. There are a few of them but I chose the 2017 version (which actually looks like someone rolled Vecna from Stranger Things in sand 🤪).

And the fifth one is finally the man of the hour, the one everyone's been talking about for days etc. etc... 👏

This was also a big step for me because I drew five new characters in the shortest time ever, without paying attention to usual details. I even used a different brush to make it look unfinished. It doesn't mean I'll change my style, but it could be helpful when I need some quick drawings.

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Neighbourhood Rascals

This drawing is dedicated to my neighbours' children screaming, growling and crying like the devil hunts them in a game of battle royale (or the hunger games for younger generations), making noise, chaos and havoc on the parking lot under my window. 😡

We all (are supposed to) love them, kids are our future and blah, blah, blah, but they can often be such monsters! 😈 I'm not sure what toy franchises are modern among preschoolers today, so I reimagined them as some kaiju or robot types with features from dinosaurs, unicorns, Transformers, Hello Kitty, Minecraft and Batman. 🤪

Joking aside, I'm not attacking parents who try their best but the ones who replaced a playground with our parking lot and let their rascals cause apocalypse under our balconies and among our cars without any supervision or control. 🤯 Sometimes I have to turn up the volume to listen to music or watch a movie or even shut all doors and windows while there's all hell breaking loose outside.

I'm aware this sounds like a grumpy old man complaining about nothing but it's so freaking loud that the sudden shrills cause something like jump scares when you think you feel relaxed and mess with my phone or zoom calls and people on the other side wonder what's going on, if I'm in a kindergarten or something. 🤔 And I'm actually pretty far away from them, on the third floor, but their evil screams carry on through all distances, obstacles and multiverses. 😭

I'm not the only one who complains but we all whisper instead of roar, so until we choose a superhero who will eventually stand up to their parents, I guess we'll just keep putting up with this kind of behaviour. 😔

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