Slackers! Both of'em!!

No TTT this week. Work's been crazy for both Zach and I (plus, still recovering from Comic-Con) so we'll catcha next week. Later kids!

Oh yeah, and to tide you over here's a random (old) drawing of a guy blasting some zombies. 

Week 18: Zach's "Steam-Punk King Arthur"

This week, Casey and I kicked off a small series of Arthurian Characters with none other than King Arthur. We wanted to challenge ourselves a bit, so we went for "Steam Punk" as an overall theme to them.

Neither Casey and I know steam-punk that well, so for us to adopt the victorian/ bronze gears to a medieval / dark ages hero was a challenge. Especially seeing as there's no real "iconic" King Arthur. So, with that I charged into the beginning of about 7-8 renditions of 'steam punk arthur'.

Enjoy!
Steam Punk Arthur Pendragon

I found that keeping a suit of armor still functional and protective meant sacrificing many of the gears, pistons and fun stuff of 'steampunk'. So, lightning sword it is!

Week 18 - Casey's ???

Yeah so... Well this week we decided to try doing a steampunk King Arthur. Not quite sure that that's what I ended up with here though. Basically I found some reference pics of a cool old dive suit and decided to draw something like that and it sorta went from there. Hmmm....

Week 17 - Casey's Prof Minerva McGonagall

If Prof McGonagall were to tool around in a flying car, I'm 100% sure it'd be a Morgan 3 wheeler. I mean, c'mon, look at that thing!

 

Week 17: Professor Minerva McGonagall

With the release of the final chapter (well, 1/2 chapter) of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, we here at T.T.T. decided to embrace the winning side. That's right, the good guys.
Now, this put us in a bit of a situation, as most of the fun 'good guys' are rough in appearance and could be taken for protagonists. Lupin, Black, Snape....all appear less than knights in shining armor.

The one powerful person we could think of, that seemed neglected despite her presence in Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry was the head of Gryffindor; Professor Minerva McGonagall.

Here she is; beating the living daylights out of three hapless death-eaters faster than you can say 'petrificus totatlus'.

once Casey posts his, I'll pop up some of the steps to this Matriarch of Gryffindor.


(I really wanted to fit in a 'Prime of miss Jean Brodie' reference, but didn't manage. I suppose I could yell: ASSASSINS!!!! loudly.....)

Week 16: Jack Torrance.

Apparently, we're continuing our trend of villains wielding weapons.

Huzzah!

A favorite movie monster of mine is "Jack Torrance" from Kubrick's 'Shining'. (not the King one with the guy from Wings). He has it all; charisma, menace, a slew of bad choices that lead to a downward spiral, dark humor, comb-over and a snazzy velveteen windbreaker.

The movie and the book are two different beasts, there's a bit of homage to the book in this T.T.T.

Many of the colors did not turn out how I wanted them, but it's an interesting feel. The blues, well....that's another story. I wanted something to add contrast from Jack, after all, he's a man made by his deciscions and 'people' around him.
If you were stuck with Shelly Duvall's "Wendy" for 6 months, wouldn't you contemplate dark deeds? It's a thinker.

So here he is; Jack Torrance in all his glory. Standing over the fallen form of Scatman Crothers howling into the halls of the Overlook hotel:

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnny!! I'm comin' for ya boy!!



* In the book, it was room 217. The Overlook hotel was afraid that no-one would stay in the room after the movie, so Kubrick changed it to room 237. There is no room 237 in the Overlook Hotel.

Week 16 - Casey's Jack Torrance

Maybe it was the recent AV Club feature on "The Overlook" (hello road trip!) or maybe it's just the fact that I've watched this movie more times than I can count, either way this week the inspiration hit for The Shining's very own Jack Torrance. I can only hope I did full justice to his greasy comb-over.