TTT 29 Belwas

By now, anyone who's watching Game of Thrones and read A Song of Ice and Fire has realized some sad news.

 There's no strong Belwas.
 No blobbity bea-eating brute who decapitates an arrogant Astaporian lancer ...then poops on him.

  Alas poor Belwas, we'll always remember you!

too many fried locusts for poor Belwas

 (couldn't help but to think he looks like some garbage pail kid....) 

TTT 29 - Belwas

Don't worry Belwas, the series may have given you the heave-ho, but TTT didn't forget about you.

TTT 29: Belwas (work in progress)

Gotta clean this guy up and add some shading but here's a work in progress image of ASOIAF's answer to King Hippo.

Come at me bro!

TTT 28: Oberyn Martell; The Red Viper

I know we say this every time "oh this is one of my favorite characters", but this week's TTT highlights a character that showcases my FAVORITE house/ region in A Song of Ice and Fire:

     The Prince of Dorne, from House Martell; Oberyn Martell.

   THE RED VIPER

Lithe as a snake, deadly and venomous as the vipers under the sands of Dorne. Oberyn is quick to anger and horrible in his wrath. Having studied at the Citadel in Olde Towne, Oberyn has learned the arts of poison and venom. (Much to the chagrin of the Lannisters)

 His actions and endings are one of the catalysts to bringing House Martell and Dorne into the war....albeit slowly.
There's so much I'd love to draw on this guy, but here he is, ready for his duel with the Mountain. "The Snake jumps over the Mountain."

  UNBOWED 

  UNBENT 

  UNBROKEN

TTT 27: Mance Rayder

Ahoy.
So it's been a while. Projects, work and other obstacles.
But we're back with one of my favorite characters; Mance Rayder

 Mance Rayder is the King Beyond the Wall, but nothing like other kings. Rough, unattractive, and seemingly unassuming. I pictured him as fierce as a wilding and solemn as one who's walked The Wall and seen the impending doom of the White Walkers.

No crown or jewels for this King, only iron, snow and a yard of red thread.

 

 Was experimenting with a quick way to make some colors look 'bronze-ish' and hope they worked.

 Wait till you get a load of Casey's "Mance"

 here's the original drawing.

TTT 26: Zach's Daario

"I control an army! I have dragons and will soon take back westeros! Blood and fire!....oooOOo you have a colored beard and nudie ladies for swords!?"

 Taa daa.

 A bit late, but here's my Daario

Gaudy, self absorbed and scheming.

not to mention, something that only a fool would fall for.

  Not happy with how the hair/beard turned out.

Onward

TTT 26 - Casey's Daario Naharis

Work in progress - need to slap some (garish) color on this dude.

Need to post my Reed siblings too...

TTT 25: The Reeds

Continuing in our theme, TTT presents "The Reeds"
 From the swamps of Westeros, Jojen and Meera Reed!

Since they're from the swamps, I decided to make them a bit more disheveled than the book intended. Let's be honest, if they live in a floating city/town in the Neck, then they're not exactly the height of fashion. 

Bit of delays over here. Holidays, illness (woo!) and deadlines. Next one will most likely be someone dear to me (in the stories)

 

Casey - Coldhands

Hey dude, got a spare set of mittens?

TTT 24: Cold Hands!

Winter is coming and Cold Hands has felt it's sting.....

 For those of you who've followed Bran and Rickon north of the Wall, you've met the mysterious "Cold Hands".

   A bit of a puzzle, cold hands has been dead a 'long time', calls Samwell "brother", rides an elk, similar in appearance to the White walkers (though not blue eyes) and conceals his face.

 so, a bit late on this one. We couldn't get together till Saturday due to projects.

 We're having a blast with the ASoFaI characters and hopefully you see one you like.

Casey - TTT 23: Gregor Clegane

Well this certainly can't end well, now can it?

TTT 23: Gregor Clegane

A far fetch from Daenerys, we have the "Mountain that Rides": Gregor Clegane.
 (Shocking! Casey and Zach like antagonists! Wowzers.)

 A huge ball of rage, murder and tool of the Lannisters, this monster pillages and burns the riverlands and makes short of any that oppose him.
 Here he is, at what is something of his untimely end...and a new beginning.

Part of me wants to tell people "spoilers!", but really; Everyone should read these books. They're fantastic.

(original sketch below)




** I know that I'm not going to get the colors done tonight, so here's a WIP of the orginal sketch, with inks.

  More soon!

TTT 22 - Daenerys Targaryen (and Drogon)

Zach's the one who got me started on 'A Song of Ice and Fire' and he really created a monster. I was just going to watch the series but he told me to read the books first - about a hundred pages into 'Game of Thrones' I was completely and totally hooked. A few weeks of OCD marathon reading sessions later and I'd read up through 'A Dance of Dragons.' For those of you who haven't dove in yet; seriously, wow, I really can't oversell this series - it's far more intelligent, nuanced and expansive than I could have possibly imagined. I finally got around to watching the show and it's a blast but I'm gonna echo Zach's advice and suggest that if you haven't done so already (and have a few thousand hours to kill), you check out the books first.

I think we're gonna try doing a series with the next few posts, first up is Daenerys Targaryen.

Awww, ain't that cute? Drogon likes to snuggle. 

Week 22: Daenerys Targaryen (Stormborn)

We here at Tag Team Tuesdays are huge fans of "A song of Fire and Ice" (aka: Game of thrones).

 So, what better way to dive in than Daenerys Targaryen, mother of dragons, Khalessi, blood of my blood (esquire). Infact, I enjoy the character so much, that I couldn't finalize an image, this above is the twelfth incarnation, and the last to get inked.

  It's hard to portray Daenerys without her dragons. Even in Dothraki garb, she's still a powerful image, but let's be honest, it's just damn fun to draw dragons.  So much fun that I could have drawn a ton of images, but that wasn't in the cards (this time).




*update! Finished Image.

I have a sneaky feeling we'll be doing more S.o.F.a.I (game of thrones) soon.

 The HBO series is AMAZING, but if you haven't read the books, you're really missing out. GRRM does a great job at building worlds and characters.


Still working on the BG (as it's plain here)

 more posted later. Just wanted to get this up before I have to leave town.

  "Fire and Blood"

TTT 21: George Washington.

Ahoy!

In honor of election day, we decided to do our favorite presidents.

 Mine was George Washington; leader, hero, rebel scum.

 George has a lot of character for a such a stoic guy. He's chopped down cherry trees (allegedly) and helped forge our nation.
 
 It was a toss up between him and Roosevelt (Bull Moose party!!)  for me, but in the end, the election made me think of a George Washington quote:

 "The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissention, which in different ages & countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders & miseries, which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security & repose in the absolute power of an Individual: and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of Public Liberty."

 These ring true to me during an election year as each passing cycle becomes more and more vitriolic.

 
 here's Georgey w/o colors.

TTT: 21 - President Taft

Election Day! And in honor of that event, we're doing Presidents this week.

Ahh, William Howard Taft, where do I begin? The walrus mustache? The 300 lb, 6'2" frame? The episode where said girthy physique got stuck in a bathtub on his inauguration day and had to be dislodged by four (underpaid) attendants - yes, let's go with that.

Other Taft related factoids to impress your friends and neighbors:

- Didja know that after his presidency, Taft served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1921 to 1930.

- Anders Zorn painted Taft's official presidential portrait. Don't know who Zorn is or anything about his exquisite use of a limited palette? You're missing out, go read up over here - BAM. Also, HERE!

- The Secret Service's codename for him was "Pruney."

- After the aforementioned "bathtub incident", Taft had a special bathtub made up that was large enough to fit four normal sized men OR one awesome sized President Taft.

TTT: 20 - Were-Dog

Happy Halloween! Being that our dogs are always a favorite topic over in these parts, we figured we'd work'em in to our first post in a little while. Behold, the werewolf-ized version of Charlie!

Hallooooowweeen edition! Were-dogs!

Ahoy!

 T.T.T wanted to wish you all a Happy Halloween! 

 To celebrate this most bad ass of holidays, our subject is
   DOG TRANSFORMATION! (double lycanthropy? Reverse evolution?)

 Here's Jetta changing into a mighty, slavering beast of pure terror and fright.

Behold! The stink beast of yore!!

 Shocking!

Speaking of werewolves and Hallowed eves', here's my favorite lycanthropic themed song

 Werewolves of London.

   AAAAaaaaoooOOOOooo!

Summer Break

Hey Gang,

Justed wanted to let y'all know that TTT is going on a little hiatus. Zach's been crazy busy with a project he's working on and I've been swamped w/ work & wedding planning and I know no one wants to see the 'stick-man' version of TTT. Although now that I think about it..... Anyway, we'll be back in a few weeks with plenty more Tag Team Tuesday shenanigans. Later!

- Casey

Week 19: Zach's Shark

So, it's shark week and many people are putting up some pretty fun doodles of their sharks. Casey suggested taking a break from our 'steam punk Arthurians' for the week and the peer pressure was more than most could stand.

Plus, how can I say 'no' to gigantic sharks.
A fan of the Hammer-head shark since childhood (and having to deal with sharks in Florida...) here's my caffiene deprived homage to:

Shark Week.


Pretty fun project. I went with the first idea that popped, doodled & colors in under an hour. Like it should be.

snap snap.