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Published: 2017-06-10 23:02:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 3865; Favourites: 64; Downloads: 13
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More nonsense! Still pluggin' away on new art, so until I can share something new, I thought I'd post more sketches. Some of these are pretty old!Related content
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I'd go for a bumper sticker like that! In bright colors, too! I find the gorilla intriguing, but the lady at the top of the sheet offers something insidious!
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Ha, ha! It's probably a sentiment we could all get behind. 
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Liked the gorilla, but I can see the woman as a modern day witch. Maybe give her a long-stem pipe that she either smokes or uses as a wand!
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Oh, that's an idea! For some reason I see her being associated with spiders, too, or something undead. Maybe she's a necromancer!
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Could be. I leave her in your court for playing through.
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Thank you, sir! We'll see if I do anything with her. I drew it about eight years ago, so I don't imagine it happening any time soon...
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The "Pick a lane!" character could easily be adapted for a bumper sticker.
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Ha, ha! He could! That's Sai--I've been tinkering with him since I was a wee one. Here's the evolution of his character, if you'd like to see more: Evolution: Sai
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Interesting designs! The little voodoo doll-looking one in between the Cat in the Hat and the stiched-together horror is almost unnervingly cute.
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Ha, ha! Thank you! Yeah, that's ThreadBare, a simple voodoo doll character. A while ago I decided to draw her in a bunch of different styles, so that was the "super deformed" version. 
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I recognize our friend from under the stairs (I have GOT to draw that guy), and do I see a Barrel there? Or just his long lost twin? I would LOVE to see your take on his cohorts in this style!
The stitched up guy in the center is truly terrifying - is it from something or is that an original design?
And I don't know if the "pick a lane, asshole" fella is from something, but I very much agree with the sentiment they are expressing, LOL!
Your work is outstanding as always, even your sketches, old or not!
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Aw, shucks! Thanks so much! I appreciate it. ^_______^
Yes indeedy! The world needs more Man Under the Stairs art.
Thank you! That was a design for a fighting game concept I had, Holiday Supreme, in which a rep from each holiday fights in a tournament. That was a rough sketch for Jack, the pumpkin-headed leader of Halloween. Now that I look at it, I kind of prefer this design over the one I chose. Not sure why I did that... but here's a compilation page if you want to see them all: Holiday Supreme
Ha, ha! Yeah, that's Sai yelling out the car window. I've been playing around with his character and design for the better part of 25 years! Here's a page of his evolution, if you wanna see how he's changed: Evolution: Sai
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If you do a print of those three little miscreants this fall, consider me first in line for a copy! I checked out your Holiday Supreme - very cool. And I LOVE that you have a character you've had since childhood, that is awesome. I had a few back in the day as well (mostly blatant rip-offs of TMNT, lol...) but none of them made it past when I hit age 12 or so, and I don't regret it, haha!
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Sweet! I'll definitely post them here when I get them done, so you'll be the first to know!
Oh, thank you! Yeah, it's been fun to see how Sai has changed over the years with my changing tastes. It might be fun to draw him in his '90s incarnation again, just as a throwback! 
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Aw, shucks! Thanks, Brannon! ^_____^
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That center creature looks like what my character Drifter would've looked had I taken a supernatural route with his backstory.
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Oh, really? That's cool! Do you have any drawings of him on your page?
It's a design for Jack, the pumpkin-headed leader of Halloween from my "Holiday Supreme" concept, which pits reps from each holiday against each other! I think it would make an awesome fighting game! 
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Unfortunately this is the only pick of him I have on Deviantart at the moment. I'll have to find one of my sketches of him I have lying around. (I can't even finish this piece because I lost the physical copy)
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Nice! He's really cool! I like the pose/composition, too--like he's about to tear you to pieces.
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I'll probably start over from scratch. I lost it somewhere after Graduating from High School and I had just started to color it. That was three years ago.
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Ah, gotcha! That's a bummer. 
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Yeah, Drifter has definitely changed.
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Cool! I look forward to seeing it!
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Very nice! Love the one in the middle. He seems quite tall and eldritch!
Also love Sai, as always. The exaggerated anatomy on him is always great
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Thank you, sir! Yeah, that's a sketch for Jack, the pumpkin-headed leader of Halloween for that "Holiday Supreme" concept I had. Now that I look at it, I actually kinda like this design more than the one I went with. Not sure what made me choose the other one, but oh, well.
Ha, ha! Thanks! Sai's always fun to play around with. There are a lot of cats on this page. I've got kitties on the brain!
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I'll check up the compilation page when I can!
and yeah I do see a lot of cats and kittens here.
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Yeah, definitely! Actually, Sai is unofficially a cat--sort of a demon cat kinda thing. At least he was for the longest time... he seems to get less cat-like with each incarnation, but he still retains a lot of feline traits, like poise, agility, slenderness, ferocity, and, of course, hatred of humans.
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Yeah I can see the feline resemblance. I'm amused you called him some sort of demon-cat thing. He wouldn't have any relation to demons, would he?
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Ha, ha! He kinda did, back in the day--I pictured him as a sort of Japanese god/demon of war, but that changed over time. He is very demon-like, but I'd classify him as more of a demi-god now. I could expand on that, but I don't want to give anything away!
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Ooh right! That's an interesting bit of history. Actually, would Sai ever meet a Japanese god/demon of war at one point?
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Good question! I guess it'd depend on the direction of the story, like we mentioned before--in a more real-world context, he would probably be the only monster on earth. But in a more fantasy-based story, it would be fun to think of him fighting all manner of crazy monsters and demons! If that was the case, I could see demons wanting to challenge him all the time.
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Oh indeed! It would be fun to see demons challenging him all the time. If that were the case, where would he fit in Hell?
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Oh, like a hierarchy? Knowing Sai, and what we talked about before, I think he'd kick Satan out and take over.
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Hah, yeah that'd be hilarious. Would Sai even like ruling Hell?
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Ha! I doubt it! Sai is pretty solitary, so being surround by (and having to rule) thousands of demons would drive him crazy. It's much more likely he'd just destroy the whole thing.
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Yeah that sounds pretty fitting
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Ha, ha! Yeah.
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