TRADING CARDS - Wolverine

Finally here with card #6 is probably the most well-known mutant - Wolverine. I think whoever drew the original card must have either really hated Wolvie or really hated anatomy. Look at that back arm... try to do it yourself. It hurts!

"A born savage prone to berserker rages, Wolverine uses that wild side to fight for justice as an X-Man! Though his powers have recently undergone some radical changes, he's still the toughest fighter alive!"

Does anybody know what 'radical changes' his powers went through in 94? And I can't believe they missed out on saying "the best at what he does" instead of saying "the toughest fighter alive".

TMNT - LMDR

Every once in a while I feel the need to draw the turtles. Can you blame me? I'm trying to stay positive about their upcoming Nickelodeon show and so far I mostly like what I've read about it. Here's hoping for a good show, a return of Bebop and Rocksteady, and a return of Turtlemania!

TRADING CARDS - Jubilee

Jubilee comes in with card #5. I don't think I have ever really drawn Jubilee before. Sure, she was a part of the classic 90s cartoon show which I still love to this day, but she was never my favorite character. I'm also not sure if I've ever read a comic that she was a part of until the modern de-powered/vampire version of her came out recently.

"Rambunctiousness is Jubilee's trademark - whether this teenager from Los Angeles is blasting villains into submission or blasting her boom box on the way to the local mall!"

I know I keep mentioning it, but I'm pretty surprised by who got the first five slots. Cyclops, Rogue, Beast, Gambit and Jubilee probably aren't the first five mutants most people would name, but I think 6-10 will be more surprising.

PAINTINGS - Under the Moon and Retro Telephone

I added two new paintings to our shop last night and I have more coming soon!

Boy and Girl Under the Moon SOLD!

 "This is the time of night when the moonlight shines down and we can reveal who we truly are.."
Remember falling in love under the honesty of night and a bright, full moon? There's just something about sitting in a quiet field at night and looking up at the sky with the one you love.

Retro Telephone

Part of my 'retro' series, this painting is meant to tug at your nostalgia. This telephone is carefully crafted to look aged and to remind you of the way things used to be.

My other paintings for sale can be found here and have you checked out Janae's watercolor trailers yet?

Minotaur

One way to challenge yourself to draw things you might not normally draw is to just pick a letter and draw a bunch of things starting with that letter. I picked M and the minotaur stood out from the mailman, mountie and musician as something to ink and color.

TRADING CARD - Gambit

Coming in at #4 is Gambit. He's one of my favorite X-Men mainly because he was in the 90s cartoon show. He's also pretty awesome in the recent Wolverine and the X-Men cartoon, though he is still in his theiving days in that show. I prefer him to be on the team, but his dark past is part of what makes him interesting.

"Smooth and suave, Gambit always seems to have the winning cards - especially when this ragin' Cajun charges up the deck with his mutant power, dealing defeat to villains."

I'm kind of surprised such a love-him-or-hate-him character would be the fourth card in the series (still no Wolverine?) but I love him, so I won't complain.

The Man Without Fear

I'm not too big of a Daredevil fan, though I appreciate his place in the Marvel universe and I enjoyed playing as him in Ultimate Alliance. Miller's run on DD has been on my read list for a while, so I need to make sure I get around to that. The one thing I tried to add (or I guess subtract) from his costume here was the eyes. I made them part of the shadow, but I just think it would look cool for the blind superhero to not even bother with eye holes in his costume.