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Published: 2006-09-14 17:35:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 1209; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 3
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Description SLUDGE once known as Vinnie Thorpe.
Vinnie was the night shift janitor at VanDrakeChemicalCorp...let's just say one thing lead to another, and now Vinnie's a thousand pound slime monster witha taste for revenge. Guess who he blames? That's right, our hero- Starshield.


I wanted to nail down the facial similarities to Sludge both pre and post accident. Too many times in the "guy turns into a monster" stories, the monster ends up looking NOTHING like the guy. So I wanted to make sure that the basic face shape (the sloping scallop) was present in both versions of the character.
I realize how simple and been-done-to-death that monsters are, but I love the classics, and I still think I can do something new with this character.
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Comments: 33

danmcdaid [2006-09-18 16:30:46 +0000 UTC]

Great expressions - and I love the colour choices you've made. Can totally imagine that thing looming out of the shadows at our hero. Groovy.

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mattcrap In reply to danmcdaid [2006-09-18 18:44:09 +0000 UTC]

thanks Dan
eventually he learns how to refract light....so looming shadows AND invisiblity....BONUS!

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EDDIE-LEE [2006-09-15 19:45:44 +0000 UTC]

if there was a cartoon with your work ide watch every day! love the simplicity of it.

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mattcrap In reply to EDDIE-LEE [2006-09-16 02:54:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks alot.....y'HEAR THAT CARTOON NETWORK!?!?

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EDDIE-LEE In reply to mattcrap [2006-09-16 04:53:21 +0000 UTC]

freakin love adult swim, just bought venture bros on dvd.

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Celestial4ever [2006-09-15 13:14:33 +0000 UTC]

Heh heh heh.... muscled janitor Bet the ladies working at that chemplant would consider themselves lucky having a cute guy like that cleaning up after them of course, before he became the sludge

Cool character design would be fun to see what he can do

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mattcrap In reply to Celestial4ever [2006-09-16 02:41:21 +0000 UTC]

ha!
Hopefully he comes across a little scuzzier than attractive.
He's one of those guys that always gets a raw deal.

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helgaleena In reply to mattcrap [2006-09-25 16:11:09 +0000 UTC]

nope, sorry, more attractive than scuzzy. You need to give him a beer-belly for that.

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Celestial4ever In reply to mattcrap [2006-09-16 05:26:17 +0000 UTC]

Awww... Still, muscles! Wheeeeee!

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JDMcDonnell [2006-09-15 07:36:05 +0000 UTC]

I would've never guessed

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mattcrap In reply to JDMcDonnell [2006-09-16 02:32:16 +0000 UTC]

oldie but goldie

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DynamiteKnight [2006-09-15 06:00:02 +0000 UTC]

Man this looks tight man, I love the expressions.

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mattcrap In reply to DynamiteKnight [2006-09-16 02:31:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks DK
hopefully i've got more emotive faces (i've been trying)

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RockoTheTaco [2006-09-14 23:15:18 +0000 UTC]

Awesome design, both in human and slime monster forms.

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NuclearConvoy [2006-09-14 22:28:25 +0000 UTC]

He looks badass for a basic toxic villain.

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mattcrap In reply to NuclearConvoy [2006-09-15 01:39:46 +0000 UTC]

thanks....and hopefully once the story gets going he'll be more than that

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NuclearConvoy In reply to mattcrap [2006-09-15 05:30:59 +0000 UTC]

Do you plan on publishing this as a comic, or a webcomic, whatnot?

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mattcrap In reply to NuclearConvoy [2006-09-16 02:30:51 +0000 UTC]

yeah (someday) He's a villian in (what will one day be called) Every Major City.
It'll hopefully be an ongoing title after GoldenAge comes out.

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NuclearConvoy In reply to mattcrap [2006-09-16 22:29:24 +0000 UTC]

What publisher are you hoping to go with?

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mattcrap In reply to NuclearConvoy [2006-09-17 02:37:04 +0000 UTC]

perfect world?
IMAGE COMICS would be a total dream come true.
But if they didn't want it? Really, as long as it got good distribution, it wouldn't really matter to me.

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NuclearConvoy In reply to mattcrap [2006-09-17 02:45:55 +0000 UTC]

Cool, very cool.
I'm personally, with my idea, looking at the more independant labels, maybe even Oni Press, who only do b&w comics.

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striffle [2006-09-14 21:55:21 +0000 UTC]

I was about to mention the freckles too, they're cool. Nice designs mate, love the surprised look

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mattcrap In reply to striffle [2006-09-15 01:38:07 +0000 UTC]

yeah, that one's my favorite too!
...and freckles need to be represented out there too. Lord know i do my part for mustaches.

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striffle In reply to mattcrap [2006-09-15 10:00:08 +0000 UTC]

What is it about freckles and mo's? I'm quite partial to both myself sometimes.

Anything to make a character look a little different I guess.

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mattcrap In reply to striffle [2006-09-16 02:34:22 +0000 UTC]

"mo's?" is that some sorta fancy UK slang that I don't know about?

ape drape...hockey hair...
Dig them mirrored shades too- booyah!

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striffle In reply to mattcrap [2006-09-16 02:37:05 +0000 UTC]

Not being from the UK I wouldn't know mate.

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mattcrap In reply to striffle [2006-09-16 03:36:41 +0000 UTC]

i know, but a random "territory slang" comment isn't as funny if it's ACTUALLY where the person is from.
"Aussie slang" would be alright, but it'd be accurate. Seemingly uneducated comebacks are much funnier.

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Dr-Dv8 [2006-09-14 21:54:01 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, if I was a supervillain I'd be something gross and sludgy like that. Like, Plunger Girl or something. Yeah.

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mattcrap In reply to Dr-Dv8 [2006-09-15 01:36:48 +0000 UTC]

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annora [2006-09-14 19:00:12 +0000 UTC]

Mmmm nice. I wonder if he'll grow a sludge beard though.... *waggles brows*

I think there is something to be said for the classics. Getting out there and doing something different is (usually) great! However, if you do it with the knowledge and intent of being classic.... that's cool. I think if you were to do this and say.. "look, I'm so cool and original" than... it'd lose it's classic credibility.

I really like the janitor thing.... I 'm loving the soggy mop.

My question is how, in his mind, does he blame your hero?

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mattcrap In reply to annora [2006-09-15 00:56:15 +0000 UTC]

It's one of those "in the path of the battle" type accidents, that causes Sludge's transformation.
Starshield is the hero in that equation....the hero ALWAYS gets blamed.

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annora In reply to mattcrap [2006-09-15 02:59:42 +0000 UTC]

Hmmm... not always.

Lex Luthor gets blamed for quite a bit of what happens to people.... ie: job lay offs etc.... in fact he's been the target a couple times....

I must admit it's rare though... usually people are dumb and blame the only one who gives a crap in life.... you don't have to be a super hero to experience that!

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annora In reply to annora [2006-09-14 19:01:05 +0000 UTC]

Oh... and I'm lovvvving the freckles on the guy's cheeks and shoulders and stuff... awwweeeessssoommmeeee

*is Irish and covered with freckles* MUAHAHAHAAAAA

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