Teenage Mutant Ninja Mickey Vinylmation

I grew up with the Ninja Turtles in the late 80s, so I decided to base my superhero on one of them! My favorite of the 4 was always Raphael, so I went with the red bandana. But I guess it could be any of the 4 Turtles really, because they all originally had red bandanas in the comic. I kept Mickey Mouse's colors for his face, shorts, shoes and gloves. Gave him a crime-fighting gritty look and an "M" on his belt for Mickey, and that's that! Enjoy!

Vinylmation Illustration "What the Blank?"

I wanted to put onto paper the part of the design process I usually don't get to post here...the thinking process. I've always loved drawing hands, and it doesn't hurt that they're always an easy subject matter to find! Lots of left hands in my illustrations for some reason lol. Anyway, this is me thinking about my next design at my desk. I used pen & ink, black marker, and acrylic washes for the hand.  I call it "What the Blank?"

Charity Elephant Digital Illustration

Here's a digital illustration I made in Adobe Illustrator for a childrens' charity book.  I tried to make it look like a watercolor painting, and I think it turned out kinda cool.  This was done with a touch screen and stylus on an HP Touch Smart.  Click image to enlarge.

Universal Raphael Digital Illustration

Here's a digital illustration I made in Photoshop.  It's based on a full color action figure named Mutant Raphael, but I made it black and white to look like he's in an old horror movie.  This was done with a touch screen and stylus on an HP Touch Smart.  Click image to enlarge.

Shadow of the Colossus Digital Illustration

Here's a digital illustration I made in Adobe Illustrator.  It's a character from one of my favorite video games ever, Shadow of the Colossus.  This is the first Colossus you have to defeat.  I wanted it to look like a watercolor painting, so I used a lot of light wash colors.  This was done with a touch screen and stylus on an HP Touch Smart.  Click image to enlarge.

3" Medusa Bust Vinylmation $100

If interested in buying this figure for $100, please email me at joeofwar@aol.com

I had this little accessory pillar from an action figure lying around, so I decided to incorporate it into a Vinylmation custom.  I used a head from a 3" Vinylmation pink blank, some Aves Apoxie for sculpting, and the pillar accessory.  I sculpted Medusa's snake hair and the top of the pillar display.  Didn't glue the head on in case down the road I feel like making more stone heads to display!  Paints are acrylic.  Citadel Paints "Snot Green" for the snake highlights.

Finished Medusa Bust:

Work in Progress for sculpt pictures:

3" Sasquatch Suit Mario Vinylmation $50

If interested in buying this figure for $50, please email me at joeofwar@aol.com

This isn't a suit that Mario actually gets to wear in any of his games, but I thought it'd be fun to make.  The club is sculpted from Aves Apoxie, and the fur is from a Dunny figure.  Paints are Citadel acrylics.

Bioshock Infinite Illustration $50

If you are interested in buying the original acrylic 8 x 10 painting without text for $50 shipped, please email me at joeofwar@aol.com

Here is an 8 x 10 Bioshock Infinite poster I illustrated for a client who happens to love all things Bioshock.  It features the character Zachary Comstock from a group called The Founders.  It was drawn in pen and ink, then painted with an acrylic wash.  This is my gamer version of the Uncle Sam "I Want You" painting.  Scanned into Photoshop to add the text and outside borders.

Here is the pen and ink illustration before I painted it:

6" Mechanical Mickey Vinylmation

I was going for a simple, but fun mechanical design here.  This custom is a mash up of different toy parts.  I used a 3" pink blank Vinylmation, a McFarlane Creech figure I got for a buck, and various smaller toy parts.  When all was said and done, this figure measured in at 5 and 7/8".   

STEP 1 - Chop Shop
I did some operating on the Creech figure, and discarded his upper body.  Then off with Mickey's feet!  A razor blade, kitchen knife and hair dryer are my tools of choice here. 

STEP 2 - Assembly and Sculpt
Next I glued the parts together, and connected a robotic arm (still movable) and waited for everything to dry.  Then I sculpted everything you see in white to add some robotic looking features.  Thought a pop of orange would break things up, so Mech Mickey is holding a glowing orange rock.

STEP 3 - Paint Apps & Clear Coat
After waiting 24 hours for the apoxie sculpt to cure, I took this metal hunk of Mickey outside to paint.  I used 2 coats of Krylon Chrome spray paint over the entire figure.  I waited another 48 hours before I took him back outside to spray him with a couple coats of Krylon Crystal Clear (flat).

 

Work in Progress Photos: