#30 Ice Storm

This is 2011's Ice Storm, somewhat hybridized with the later GIJCC version, plus a backpack.

This is a character who really needed to be drawn in an environment to showcase his rescue skills. The wall of ice immediately lets you know he's a cold weather specialist of some variety. As you might be able to tell, I know nothing about mountaineering. Maybe this is something done with a climbing rope; maybe it's not.

You might also notice that I placed the light source in a spot it shouldn't really be in relation to the shadows and lighting. However, sometimes art requires that reason be ignored.

More good stuff. Suggestion: Start a thread with all these together or a get a gallery going for them online somewhere!

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Yes and yes.

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I'd been working on making a template of the old GI Joe trading cards, this seemed like a great piece to try it out on.

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Oooooooooooh!

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Thanks, everyone!

And DotD, wow! The Ice Storm art is probably my most developed piece so far, since it seemed like the character really needed to be shown in a real (not surreal) environment. But dropping the art inside of your frame makes my brain melt I like it so much. To say that it takes the art up a notch is an understatement.

I am truly flattered.

And as far as a gallery, that was one of the driving ideas of the whole project. As a failed comic book artist with only a little nibble of professional success, I've given up on ever getting hired. But doing these drawings is a good way to do something creative (aside from customize, of course). I have the entire first year's worth of artwork drawn/inked/colored right now. So right after I have the first 52 posted feels like the right time to pop out a website.

really nice! agreed on wanting to see them all together. as a card or poster in that frame is really eye catching!

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I'll take a set of the cards. But seriously that looks great.

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