TRADING CARDS - Shadowcat

I guess she was phasing through some electronics and that's why the tv is blowing up? I really tried to simplify the background on this one, while still getting the colors and the overall effect.

Growing up smart in the Chicago suburbs, Kitty Pryde always knew she was different. Little did she realize that she was a mutant and would lead a life of adventure in Europe as Shadowcat with the super hero team Excalibur.

Draw Every Day 351-365

 

Looking back through, I realized I skipped posting a group of drawings back from July. So here they are mixed in with the rest of my X-Mas drawings and the last few from the end of 2013. I'm very happy to say that my Draw Every Day was a success -- I pushed some limits, I practiced things I felt were weak, I celebrated movies and holidays and commited myself to putting pencil to paper every day for a year. You can still see my updates a few times a week on Twitter and Instagram @natexopher

Draw Every Day 101-110

I feel like I need more practice drawing female characters, so I spent some time drawing my favorites. I also felt the need to draw an adventuring pug. Because pugs are awesome. Follow me on Twitter and Instagram for daily updates @natexopher

x-men group poster

so a while back (longer back than i'd like to admit) i drew up all of those individual x-men images hoping to one day compile them in to a group image. for some reason, i could never get it to look quite right. every once in a while, i'd reposition, resize and reconfigure, but it didn't work. so i finally decided to make the changes i needed to make, redrawing arms, changing poses, to make it actually work in a group image. while i was at it, i went ahead and made their costumes a little more mainstream and current... still with a little nate x twist here and there.

hope you all like it!

- nate  x

X-MEN: shadowcat, white queen, havok

So these guys might not always be essential, but Shadowcat (Kitty) has always been pretty popular and White Queen (Emma) has been pretty important lately. Havok is just a personal favorite of mine.

I think of Kitty as being a bit younger and less experienced so I went with a little more of a basic costume. It also kind of reflects her Astonishing costume.. which was probably her best. She's changed a lot over the years, but still maintains her youth and optimism for the most part.Emma gets to break a few rules with her costume... I'm not talking about what you're probably thinking about right now. I let her be even more monochromatic than Iceman who is covered in ice, even down to having the only white belt. I debated over her X being red or white, but I wanted to keep some sort of conformity throughout the uniforms.Havok typically has a simple costume so I tried to keep my version that way. He has a little trouble controlling his power (must run in the family) so his full body suit helps contain it. I also like his big gauntlet that help focus the power because it adds some unique shapes to his character. I think part of why I like Havok is because he and Cyclops are kind of like me and my big brother... but I don't constantly compare myself with my big bro. Havok could be so much cooler if he would just step out of Cyclops's shadow instead of complaining about it. I don't know if you'll notice, but I tried to have as much family resemblence between Cyclops, Cable and Havok as I could... maybe a little more so with Cyke and Cable.

That leaves just one more character for my X-Men. Can you guess who it is?