#redmachine2016

[almightyhamslice]

another art trade piece for @mysteriousdragon2​ ft M Bison and FANG from street fighter. I rlly do take any opportunity I can to paint these, huh... It’s fun tbh, I like painting sometimes! Also ok this is super silly & insignificant but I cannot stress enough how happy I am with how M Bison’s fucken hands came out lmao. I’ve NEVER been able to draw that hand pose with all 5 fingers on each hand visible. This is the first time! pretty proud of that, lol. I also rlly like how I drew his shoes.

Also this was my first time drawing FANG. I guess he’s neat, visually he kinda reminds me of like... Captain Shears in a weird way? it’s TOTALLY just the glasses, lol. And I guess they both kinda have long faces... hooh, man, when was the last time I brought up Shears on this blog? lmao

Anyhow, Dragon’s half of the trade is a drawing of Whoop and Thrill Kat (using my timeskipped designs ofc) wandering through the polar icy land they flew over in the Icarus Wings stunt. I rlly like it, hehe. They r the blorbos from my shows. I also rlly like the background she made for it, it rlly looks like the place from the show, weird orange sky & everything!

Oh yes, also she requested an alt of this without the psycho power effect on Bison’s hands, so I’ll put it under the cut:

now you can see his manicured hands better!! LOL

[almightyhamslice]

BEEFY art trade for @mysteriousdragon2 AKA Redmachine!! She has tumblr now! She asked for me to draw M. Bison and Ultimate Phantom Cortex fighting, with a city up in flames (and psycho power) in the background. It was fun airbrushin the psycho power effects in there. Also as u can see it’s actually kind of an old art piece; I was saving it until she made the tumblr account cuz we were discussing that for a while. 

I rlly wanted this piece to look like some kinda anime fight scene, lol. I think it’s pretty dynamic... also I made their outfits (and UPC’s hair) rlly flowy for dramatic effect... and because Dragon likes to draw Cortex with very dramatic hair, so I like to mimic that whenever I do trades with her that feature him or UPC. Also this was my first time drawing M. Bison. he is difficult to draw because he is fucking beefy. 

Anyways yeah go give Dragon a follow! She is new to the website and could use the support! I don’t know if she’ll post the corresponding art trade image for this post right away, but whenever she does: it’s a drawing featuring my gijinka design for Meta Knight, and a gijinka design for Axe Knight I don’t think I ever posted. 

[almightyhamslice]

MASSIVE art collab with https://www.deviantart.com/redmachine2016 for Crash’s 25th anniversary! I drew all the sketches, and she lined & colored the piece! 

I tried to fit as many characters as possible onto this one canvas, with rep from... what I think is every game! It was a huge undertaking and my hand is QUITE sore right now, but I’m glad we agreed to make this, because I’ve never drawn anything like it before.

So thank you Redmachine for suggesting we make this, and happy 25th Anniversary to Crash Bandicoot!

[almightyhamslice]

POSTING TWICE TODAY WHOAAAH!!

Just like I do every month, I made this as an art trade with a friend of mine!

She asked me to draw Cortex and her OC, Pytho, working on a new weapon... I was really pumped to draw Pytho bc I like his design a lot, he’s pretty kewl. Plus I liked drawing his funny little dragon head hands. The background was pretty experimental on my part, I tried out a few atypical brushes to paint it and limited my color palette to not use green or turquoise in the piece, other than the lime green present as small accents. 

All in all, I had a good time. Coloring is always the best part of any trade, and I breezed through it because I enjoyed it so much! 

This piece is intended to be a parallel to this artwork, from back in April. It is a little smaller, but I feel like this piece is more refined. I’m not sure.

[almightyhamslice]

Another art trade piece for Redmachine ft Ultimate Phantom Cortex. I know, he looks different from the last time I drew him, but there’s a reason for it! His design was recently updated; Redmachine drew a ref sheet for him! So this time around, his colors and outfit design are taken from that. This piece is SUPER background heavy, to the point where (even though it took me 2 days to work on said background) it def took up the majority of the process. Good for me, getting into background art and painting. 

Ultimately, it was good for me to work on this! but honestly I’m so tired lol. I think I’m gonna go to sleep after I post this.

[almightyhamslice]

Super detailed & experimental piece with (Stone Age) N. Tropy and Baby T! Wanted to do more painterly shading and... boy, did I do that. I do enjoy doing painterly pieces every now and then, but I think this one is probably the most detailed rendered piece I’ve ever completed. Plus, it has highlights and shading, which I’m still getting used to in all honesty.

This piece was made for another art trade with https://www.deviantart.com/redmachine2016.

[almightyhamslice]

Fanart of @askfordoodles‘ Neofarious! Looks like he’s lost in the woods, still unsure of what to make of himself. At least he knows he’s never truly alone (so long as he stays fused anyways...)

I should mention, this is also my half of another art trade with a friend of mine who does not have tumblr. She really likes Tropy and Cortex, so of course she’s a huge fan of Neofarious as well, and she asked me to draw him. Since I was already pretty interested in his story (ESPECIALLY the 2-part comic!) I obliged! His design was really fun to work with (particularly enjoyed drawing his hair and his legs... perhaps that’s predictable of me lmao). Also, tried a bit of perspective in this background, which is unusual for me I think.

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Christmas art trade with Redmachine! She wanted me to draw the Tropys on a date, but specifically with a holiday theme. Fun stuff! I cannot believe Christmas is in 5 days. 

So yeah, basically she suggested the outfits n setting, and also these are her designs for helmetless Tropy and... Tropy... lol. But you probs already knew that if you’ve been following my blog & have seen some of my older N. Tropy content! actually now that I’ve come to think of it I never actually posted helmetless Tropy (male)?? I did draw him before but I guess I never uploaded it. Oh well, all you need to know is he switches wigs often but no one suspects a thing!!

It was pretty fun drawing designs that differ a bit from my own! Oughtta do it more often, if I have the energy for it (I rlly don’t rn LOL)! This piece took me 4 hours and 43 minutes to complete.