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For this week's personal project, I wanted to draw something themed after one of my favourite tropes, that is the "Small Badass" one.

Very much inspired by 's illustrations of Gadget, which you should totally check out because they are great - Trusty skewer and Rapping Goddess.

This piece was one of those. You know the type. The type of drawing you're sad to stop working on because it's so much fun. Figuring out that flamethrower proved to be really good collaboration, actually. I had two of my writer friends giving me advice, since I've never drawn or looked into how a flamethrower works. At first I was missing the can of bug spray on her back, and only had the lighter. I was concerned of making it look too cumbersome, but then it hit me. It had to be like this, because that's how to make an improvised flamethrower! Can of aerosol plus Zippo lighter equals flamethrower (and an exploded hand, don't do it kids). Couple that with a few tubes to make the connections, and the body of a fountain pen to ensure a good nozzle and shooting distance (you know how fountain pens in movies spray people in the face, as Last Crusade taught us all impressionable kids), and you have yourself a tiny flamethrower. The only issue I encountered was the flame that lights up the fluid, and yeah not even I am that big a fan of using a match, but what else could she have used? So I had her have a set of matches banded to the body of the Zippo, so when one runs out she can snap a new one and be ready to go again.

I wasn't going for complete realism, but I wanted something inventive, and badass. I like Gadget a lot, she was perhaps the best part of "Chip n Dale: Rescue Rangers" a sort of tiny MacGuyver, and in many occasions she stole the show.

Please, let me know what you think of it in the comments. I appreciate each and every single one I receive.

You can check the Making Of post right here.

Thank you!

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Description

For this week's personal project, I wanted to draw something themed after one of my favourite tropes, that is the "Small Badass" one.

Very much inspired by 's illustrations of Gadget, which you should totally check out because they are great - Trusty skewer and Rapping Goddess.

This piece was one of those. You know the type. The type of drawing you're sad to stop working on because it's so much fun. Figuring out that flamethrower proved to be really good collaboration, actually. I had two of my writer friends giving me advice, since I've never drawn or looked into how a flamethrower works. At first I was missing the can of bug spray on her back, and only had the lighter. I was concerned of making it look too cumbersome, but then it hit me. It had to be like this, because that's how to make an improvised flamethrower! Can of aerosol plus Zippo lighter equals flamethrower (and an exploded hand, don't do it kids). Couple that with a few tubes to make the connections, and the body of a fountain pen to ensure a good nozzle and shooting distance (you know how fountain pens in movies spray people in the face, as Last Crusade taught us all impressionable kids), and you have yourself a tiny flamethrower. The only issue I encountered was the flame that lights up the fluid, and yeah not even I am that big a fan of using a match, but what else could she have used? So I had her have a set of matches banded to the body of the Zippo, so when one runs out she can snap a new one and be ready to go again.

I wasn't going for complete realism, but I wanted something inventive, and badass. I like Gadget a lot, she was perhaps the best part of "Chip n Dale: Rescue Rangers" a sort of tiny MacGuyver, and in many occasions she stole the show.

Please, let me know what you think of it in the comments. I appreciate each and every single one I receive.

You can check the Making Of post right here.

Thank you!

Feel free to follow me in any of these other websites.

[ Art Tumblr ] [ Twitter ] [ DeviantArt ] [ Instagram ]

[ NewGrounds ] [ ArtStation ] [ Pillowfort ]

[ Movie Slate's Ask Blog ] [ Pinterest ] [ Picarto ]