It looks like I just missed 'Mario Day.' Must've been the fact it took place during Daylight Saving's Time. Or more likely I am still adjusting to life out here in Korea.
Still; the next entry for a be-lated tribute to Mario Day is Princess Daisy; the Mirror character for Princess Peach.
Certainly wears the same frilly dress as Peach. But Daisy isn't so dainty. The fist on her hip indicates she's got some real power in her. ;3
It's a rather basic pose I admit; particularly since the last one I did of Incenroar was much more dynamic.
But man all the details on that dress. At least I'm pleased I managed to capture most of them. Even if it's not fully accurate.
There's just a few more to go in this tribute.
Chrom
Ken Masters
Piranha Plant
Joker.
What a project this has been and still continues to be. X3
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Today my WiFi has been officially activated in my new living quarters.
As promised; the new addition to my calendar project has arrived.
It's my panda girl Xu Chan dressed as the mysterious Chinese-American agent Ada Wong from Resident Evil. More specifically; her role in Resident Evil 2.
I did this to commemorate the remake that came out earlier this year. Otherwise I would have gone with the Resident Evil 4 loose dress version.
This is the short dress version. I had a choice between either this or her tan trench coat. To show off her long legs I chose the red dress. But that trench coat she wore in the remake was really nice too ya know.
I feel a bit mixed on how this turned out. Xu usually looks a lot better with her signature pigtails. Also how she's holding the gun and the G-Virus sample: maybe I shoulda switched those around. It might've ultimately looked better.
This is actually the second pose I drew her in and it looked better than the original. For some reason I had a hard time drawing Xu as Ada. I think her fur color might be one reason as she has black furred arms and legs. Ada wears black leggings/stockings. So I had to tan those a bit more too.
I dunno; the head kinda looks weird to me too as does the hair. This one I'm not fully satisfied with. But i'm glad I got another character of mine to represent Resident Evil. I had drawn Ruth Campbell as Jill Valentine a few times. Guess that leaves Lola Henderson as Claire Redfield and Valerie Quinn as Rebecca Chambers.
Speaking of Resident Evil; for a game featuring such unholy abominations I chose it to represent one of of the holiest months of the year for two of the most dominant religions on Earth. Both Easter and Passover are two of the most important times of the year for the Christian and Jewish faiths. Maybe the series goes well with Easter since it celebrates Christ's resurrection and Resident Evil is about the resurrection of the dead through forbidden science. (Although the zombies were formerly alive before the virus turned them into zombies.) And maybe since Passover represents those spared by the curse that God sent out you could say it actually kinda parallels to what Resident Evil was known for: "Survival Horror."
That's about as close as I can get to an explanation. Otherwise I just wanted to represent the Resident Evil 2 Remake as soon as possible. XD
But as you can see; I put the Easter and Passover holidays' dates respectfully on the calendar. (Including holidays leading up to Easter, even though Ash Wednesday was noticeably absent earlier in the March calendar.) Also I put in environmental holidays like Arbor Day and Earth Day; to which I participated in Arbor Day recently to help plant trees. And with April Fool's Day rounding it out, this month has the most Holidays and events listed on it than my previous calendar days. I can't think of any other upcoming months that will have this many holidays on it. (Which makes my not-fully satisfied feeling towards Xu even more tragic.)
The next entry for May will be released May the 1st.
April 2019 and NOW I announce the winner of 2018's Queen of Summer 5.
Well....personal issues aside I am feeling more of the urge to draw so let's just move on shall we?
The winner was the red headed all-American feline Ruth Campbell. She is officially crowned the 5th Queen of Summer joining the ranks of Mai Ling, Lady Malmsteen, Lizzy McDinga and Sarah Brendhart.
But bringing up Sarah Brendhart again, we can't ignore the fact that Lola Henderson lost.....again xx
While I am definitely happy for Ruth and she has the body and stance to be a bikini clad Queen of Summer; this is the second time she's entered the Final Round of the contest.
Sadly she lost again and she lies ass-up feeling defeated.
Unlike the last time where she charged at Sarah with a mystical narwhal! XD
I don't think Lola intends to hurt her closest friends. (At least not intentionally.)
So Lola's just disappointed she lost again.
So Queen of Summer 5 is over.
Ruth Campbell is the Queen of Summer 18. Sorry you had to represent one of the crappiest years ever Ruth babe. But your sturdy body helps us through tough times.
As for Lola...better luck next time you crazy coony. I have a feeling her two big competitors will be Sharon and Xu.
So yeah...Queen of Summer 6. IS there gonna be a Queen of Summer 6 this year?
Well hopefully yes. I am debating about the sculpt of Ruth now. Since I am now living in Korea there's gonna be extra shipping charges involved.
But I will most likely pay them regardless. X3 It's just not a tradition without the traditional sculpt.
Although my other four queens are being looked after by my girlfriend Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view. as transporting them to Korea would've been too much of a hassle and a risk getting them broken.
So there will most likely be a sculpt. And eventually I'll create the poses for people to vote on.
For those who don't know this is where you take an obscure cartoon or an obscure cartoon character in general and draw them for another chance in the spotlight.
Some time back I discovered something on YouTube called 'The Barkleys.'
The premise of the show was 'All in the Family' meets 'The Honeymooners.' In that the main character was the father of the Barkley house who was basically Archie Bunker meets Ralph Kramden. And using the same voice for Fred Flintstone you have easily the most memorable character on the show.
Being a old-fashioned hound he doesn't take kindly to his kid's music or their political beliefs.
Hence the center attraction of the piece being his daughter Terry Barkley. She's a late-60's early 70's feminist type (as you can tell by her sign, hair style and hideous pantsuit). There's her dad just sulking in the background sourly thinking about what her daughter is growing up into.
In a few other episodes she brings home a hippie boyfriend whom he instantly disapproves of and holds a 'Women's' Rights' speech he is forced to sit through. The show obviously tackled social issues plaguing the 60's and 70's...but they never got far enough to touch upon the issues of race and war. I wonder if this series got more episodes they would do just that. Not much else to go on; especially since this was the decade where Gay Rights really wasn't a hot button issue yet.
Or maybe it was; I never lived during the 70's. I only judge it based on TV, movies and various things you learn from class.
My dad grew up in the 70's; I'm sure he can tell me exactly what was going on at that time. XD
If you're good and fave and comment on this enough I might even draw the stupidly hot mom of the family Agnes for this Obscuri-Jam. XD
I decided if I were to continue drawing the family Agnes Barkley (the matron of the Barkley Clan) would be definitely next.
Then I decided to research the show a bit more beyond the four episodes I found on YouTube and visited KissCartoon.
What resulted is not only Agnes but also the rest of the Barkley family present. Once again, the father Arnie Barkley is present just as he was sulking in the background of the previous Terry Barkley pic.
As I mentioned in the previous pic; The Barkleys was 'All in the Family' meets 'The Honeymooners.' I had Arnie go full on Archie Bunker and yell at his semi-rebellious teenage son Roger (No doubt the "Meathead" of the family) for sitting in his favorite chair listening to that "Garbage music." Yeah unless Roger's listening to Poco there's no reason Arnie should be this angry.
Truth is Arnie never was this angry on the show. Nor was his son Roger this defiant. (Roger surprisingly went along with many of his father's schemes with very little resistance.)
The similarities between 'All in the Family' and 'The Barkley's ends with the premise. Arnie Barkley was never as big a loud-mouthed bigot as Archie Bunker was. There was more Ralph Kramden in him from 'The Honeymooners.'
And on that note; Arnie's voice actor was none other than Henry Corden...Mr. Fred Flintstone himself. It sticks out like a sore thumb if you decide to what any of these episodes.
But if Fred Flintstone was greatly inspired by Ralph Kramden then Arnie Barkley was a straight up animated knock-off. Right down to his profession of being a bus driver. Most episodes Arnie was getting involved in get-rich-quick schemes as Ralph did and acted very similar in mannerisms. All he was missing was an Edward Norton/Barney Rubble type sidekick to tag-along with.
And like Fred Flintstone, Arnie had a pretty moderately hot wife. That's where our star female Barkley family member comes in on the left. So is she like the Wilma Flintstone/Alice Kramden of the show? Not really. Often Wilma/Alice would combat Fred/Ralph's temper with sarcastic quips. Agnes was very akin to Edith Bunker in that she tolerated most of her husband's close-mindedness and also acted as a mediator between him and his kids. If his kids couldn't touch his heart and make him change his ways, his wife could. Yeah Agnes is pretty attractive as far as middle-aged cartoon dog moms go. (She's no Sweet Polly Purebred though.)
Lastly we can't forget the youngest member of the Barkley family: Chester Barkley. He's that almost-mandatory cute kid character many sitcoms of the decade called for. He's pretty much the part of this show that was like The Brady Bunch. With those glasses you could imagine he was the Cousin Oliver of the show. He came out before Cousin Oliver and unlike him was always a part of the show. What he's doing here seems rather uncharacteristic; or it's just a little quip I decided to give him. Basically begging like he's a puppy for mom's fresh cookies. I'm sure his mom finds it adorable and will no doubt give him one.
So all-in-all the show was a furry version of influential American sitcoms: from All in the Family to The Honeymooners, from The Brady Bunch to I Love Lucy. Hanna-Barbera often took much inspiration from many classic sitcoms to create their characters: like Fred Flintstone being Ralph Kramden, Huckleberry Hound being Andy Griffith and Magilla Gorilla being that "Ooh Ooh" guy from Car 54. But the animation studio that produced 'The Barkley's (Petrie/Freleng Studios) was not afraid to show how their inspirations became straight up knock-offs. If The Barkleys wasn't obvious enough; their next show 'The Oddball Couple' made it too blatantly obvious. (They didn't even try to hide it at all with the title.) And yes...the premise to that show featured an Oscar and Felix duo. (Though it was a dog and a cat existing in a world full of humans where The Barkleys lived in a world full of dogs.)
And that brings me to one more female Petrie/Feleng character from 'The Oddball Couple' that could very well into this jam. That being Goldie Hound (an obvious pun on the name Goldie Hawn.) She was pretty cute and sweet but not very bright. Like a dimmer nympho version of Sweet Polly Purebred.
And you know...come to think of it Terry Barkley had a friend name Marsha who was pretty cute too. (A geeky looking dog girl with thick glasses.)
Why do these cartoons no one has ever even heard of inspire me to draw them even if just for a while.
But that's what this Jam does to you. Resurrects old forgotten characters from the past to shine once more.
I decided if I were to continue drawing the family Agnes Barkley (the matron of the Barkley Clan) would be definitely next.
Then I decided to research the show a bit more beyond the four episodes I found on YouTube and visited KissCartoon.
What resulted is not only Agnes but also the rest of the Barkley family present. Once again, the father Arnie Barkley is present just as he was sulking in the background of the previous Terry Barkley pic.
As I mentioned in the previous pic; The Barkleys was 'All in the Family' meets 'The Honeymooners.' I had Arnie go full on Archie Bunker and yell at his semi-rebellious teenage son Roger (No doubt the "Meathead" of the family) for sitting in his favorite chair listening to that "Garbage music." Yeah unless Roger's listening to Poco there's no reason Arnie should be this angry.
Truth is Arnie never was this angry on the show. Nor was his son Roger this defiant. (Roger surprisingly went along with many of his father's schemes with very little resistance.)
The similarities between 'All in the Family' and 'The Barkley's ends with the premise. Arnie Barkley was never as big a loud-mouthed bigot as Archie Bunker was. There was more Ralph Kramden in him from 'The Honeymooners.'
And on that note; Arnie's voice actor was none other than Henry Corden...Mr. Fred Flintstone himself. It sticks out like a sore thumb if you decide to watch any of these episodes.
But if Fred Flintstone was greatly inspired by Ralph Kramden then Arnie Barkley was a straight up animated knock-off. Right down to his profession of being a bus driver. Most episodes Arnie was getting involved in get-rich-quick schemes as Ralph did and acted very similar in mannerisms. All he was missing was an Edward Norton/Barney Rubble type sidekick to tag-along with.
And like Fred Flintstone, Arnie had a pretty moderately hot wife. That's where our star female Barkley family member comes in on the left. So is she like the Wilma Flintstone/Alice Kramden of the show? Not really. Often Wilma/Alice would combat Fred/Ralph's temper with sarcastic quips. Agnes was very akin to Edith Bunker in that she tolerated most of her husband's close-mindedness and also acted as a mediator between him and his kids. If his kids couldn't touch his heart and make him change his ways, his wife could. Yeah Agnes is pretty attractive as far as middle-aged cartoon dog moms go. (She's no Sweet Polly Purebred though.)
Lastly we can't forget the youngest member of the Barkley family: Chester Barkley. He's that almost-mandatory cute kid character many sitcoms of the decade called for. He's pretty much the part of this show that was like The Brady Bunch. With those glasses you could imagine he was the Cousin Oliver of the show. He came out before Cousin Oliver and unlike him was always a part of the show. What he's doing here seems rather uncharacteristic; or it's just a little quip I decided to give him. Basically begging like he's a puppy for mom's fresh cookies. I'm sure his mom finds it adorable and will no doubt give him one.
So all-in-all the show was a furry version of influential American sitcoms: from All in the Family to The Honeymooners, from The Brady Bunch to I Love Lucy. Hanna-Barbera often took much inspiration from many classic sitcoms to create their characters: like Fred Flintstone being Ralph Kramden, Huckleberry Hound being Andy Griffith and Magilla Gorilla being that "Ooh Ooh" guy from Car 54. But the animation studio that produced 'The Barkley's (Petrie/Freleng Studios) was not afraid to show how their inspirations became straight up knock-offs. If The Barkleys wasn't obvious enough; their next show 'The Oddball Couple' made it too blatantly obvious. (They didn't even try to hide it at all with the title.) And yes...the premise to that show featured an Oscar and Felix duo. (Though it was a dog and a cat existing in a world full of humans where The Barkleys lived in a world full of dogs.)
And that brings me to one more female Petrie/Feleng character from 'The Oddball Couple' that could very well into this jam. That being Goldie Hound (an obvious pun on the name Goldie Hawn.) She was pretty cute and sweet but not very bright. Like a dimmer nympho version of Sweet Polly Purebred.
And you know...come to think of it Terry Barkley had a friend name Marsha who was pretty cute too. (A geeky looking dog girl with thick glasses.)
Why do these cartoons no one has ever even heard of inspire me to draw them even if just for a while.
But that's what this Jam does to you. Resurrects old forgotten characters from the past to shine once more.
My good friend Image may be NSFW. Clik here to view. commissioned me to draw his super lovable tigress Carly of Team Atlas as the All-Star Playstation fighter. Man what would her game be like? I envision it being like Tomb Raider; except without guns and more martial arts type moves. Carly is the super cute refined one but do not let her cuteness fool you into thinking she's weak. She can go Lara Croft on you easy: both new and old Croft. Both are equally capable of taking you out. XD
As is her minion friend Emily the raccoon. Using both middle fingers to let her know how you feel and having a cig in her mouth. The more foul mouthed of the duo and certainly no less cspable than Carly. In fact her foul temper might make her just as dangerous.
A friendly tiger is less dangerous than an angry raccoon. XD
So for this month I decided to pick up where I last left off in April: that was with Resident Evil.
Shortly after Resident Evil 2 came out; the longly awaited Kingdom Hearts 3 came out. For a whole month it became my obsession; and recently I heard an update to it was made I must look into. XD
So naturally the game I chose to represent May was Kingdom Hearts.
But which OC of mine and which character would she dress as?
That would be Ruth Campbell dressed as Kairi. And that's Kairi in her Kingdom Hearts III's outfit. Short but functional. ;3
And yes I also included her keyblade. Some of the keyblades the main characters wield are quite a chore to draw without a reference.
The result I feel is a bit mixed only because of the colors. Other than that I like Ruth in her Kairi outfit and her hair cut a bit shorter to match Kairi's hairstyle.
May is gonna be a busy time for me. No doubt I will have June ready for June the first too.
Note also the holidays I put in there. In April I made important note of the major Christian and Jewish holidays. Can't leave out the beginning of Ramadan for our Muslim brothers and sisters either. But out of respect for the faith; my naughty FA calendar doesn't contain the holiday.
Now you guess what June will entail. You got 31 days. XD May is a long ass month.
This concludes my no-less than hallucinogenic odyssey into the animated world of DePatie/Freleng. Their presence during the seventies with their many animated parodies of existing shows (Like All in the Family and The Odd Couple) to movies (Like The Godfather and Jaws) indicated to me that the 70's was an....interesting time for animation to say the least.
I'm convinced with all the half-assed writing and shoddy animation due to a lack of budget resulted in what happens when you pay your animators drugs instead of money.
These were my previous entries for the Obscuri-Jam from the DePatie/Freleng show 'The Barkleys.'
You have NO idea what delving into the plagiarism-ridden world of DePatie/Freleng is like. It's like I found a Lost Ark of animation and released the felt-melting apparitions from within it's forbidden confines...with relatively fewer Nazis present.
It affected my mind because as cringy as the shows were...the character designs stuck in my mind. So much so I actually started developing story ideas for them. (Oh no....)
To think a blue-collar furry family version of 'All in the Family' could have such an affect on me. If it had the same writing as 'Wait Till your Father Gets Home' it might've actually touched a chord with people.
This WAS the era that produced Fritz the Cat after all.
But as much as The Barkleys might've affected me....the next venture in animation plagiarism not so much. 'The Oddball Couple' was a direct animated knock-off of...what else?...'The Odd Couple.'
A fussy and tidy feline named Spiffy who is pretty much Felix co-working and living alongside a messy slob of a dog named Fleabag who was the Oscar of the duo. It had your typical fare of outrageous but family-safe gags that this animation company produced.
In the end the company was best known for making 'The Pink Panther cartoons and title sequences.' And if you saw many of their other works like 'The Dogfather' and 'Misterjaw' (not at ALL an animated cattempt to capitalize on the Jaws craze coinciding with Jabberjaw) you'll see why that legacy is for the best.
But what I DO remember from The Oddball Couple was the secretary Spiffy and Fleabag had at their disposal. Enter Goldie Hound as our centerpiece. Yes the name is a pun on the name Goldie Hawn ho I don't think ever appeared in either the television show or the movie adaptation of The Odd Couple. And judging by the personality they gave Ms. hound here....they based her off of Goldie Hawn being known as bubbly blonde before becoming a more serious actres as well as mothering Kate Hudson.
See Goldie Hound was a sweet pixie-voiced dog girl who while very nice; wasn't really all that bright. She did her job well as a secretary (more so than Spiffy and Fleabag did as a writer and photographer) but she often made odd quips that indicated all the lights weren't on upstairs.
She was basically a dimmer nympho version of Sweet Polly Purebred.
Such a character could never be written in this day and age.
Nor would Spiffy and Fleabag be written as an entirely "straight" Odd Couple if ya know what I mean.
So that ends my contributions to this year's Obscuri-Jam: a tribute to the insane copycat animated world of DePatie/Freleng. Awkward as it was to watch these toons for research; the character designs and voice work did leave an impression. That has to count for something for continuous inspiration. ;D
Here's another exercise in preparation for a comic commission I plan on taking head on.
Carmelita Fox is looking down at Sarah Brendhart's tight jeans and commenting dryly on how they do nothing for her ass.
Sarah confidently disagrees with Carmelita (Carmie) and proudly declares it as "Britain's ass."
Yes the joke is from Avengers: Endgame. Where Iron Man said the suit did nothing for Captain America's ass and then Ant-Man disagrees with Mr. Stark saying "That's America's ass."
So in this scene it's re-written having Sarah comment on her own ass (or since she's British it's arse) as the ass of Britain. It's like she commented on it before Cap would comment on his own ass not too much later in the film.
Meanwhile Hulk was forced to take the stairs...SO MANY STAIRS!!!!
And what Carmelita means by "I speak from experience" is based on the pants she used to wear in Sly 1-3 before Sly 4 gave her the mini-skirt.
Don't sell yourself short Carmie. Those pants did more for your ass than the skirt did.
My final entry; and it involves a Pokemon I don't think gets a lot of love. But man. If you raise him/her right; you got one of the best Water/Ground dual types I ever used.
The Whiscash may look like a regular catfish. But just like catfish in real life; never underestimate them. They are fighters.
I find his Ground-Type moves to be most effective. One move I've kept with him that always came in handy was Magnitude. And for some reason when he performed the move it produced satisfactory devastation to opponents.
Now how could a catfish do such a thing on land?
Well catfish are bottom-dwelling fish that live on the muddy bottoms of lakes and streams. They're just as much at home in the soil as they are in water.
Secondly this Pokemon is based off the Japanese legend of the catfish Namazu which produced earthquakes. And given Magnitude is one of it's best earthquake moves I can see how it originated from such a legend.
Whiscash was one of my Pokemon I brought with me in the Final Battle in Platinum; along with mah boi Staraptor.
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