Jon's Cave Paintings

[Jon]

I started drawing my characters, so I thought I'd share.

On the left is Limbo, my Dark/Emp Controller, and on the right is Bonfire, my Spines/Fire Brute. I'll probably do more at some point, and when I do I'll post them here.

 

[Christopher Robin]

Cool! I like the cell-shaded look of these Jon.

Glad you decided to share and welcome to the best part of the forums!

 

 

 

Edited September 1, 2019 by Christopher Robin

[Healix]

[Jon]

Thanks you guys! I'm glad people like them. Here's one more - Mystery, my Fire/Rad Corruptor:

[Andora]

I'd subscribe to all three of their comics.

[Darth Delicious]

This is wonderful stuff @Jon!
Mystery made me laugh. Love the design hahaha. Look at the giant mustache and the suit... oh man. It cracked me up! (thanks for that 😄 )

I like your drawing style! Keep it up!

Edited September 5, 2019 by Darth Delicious

[Christopher Robin]

I like the idea of using Radiation to "shine the light of truth" on things. Interesting concept!

Also seafoam green and dusty pink make for... an interesting color combination.

[Jon]

Here's Guerilla, my Mercs/Pain Mastermind:

 

Edited September 8, 2019 by Jon

[Christopher Robin]

The name... I see what you did there.

 

Also I think he's just furious because his ammo clip wasn't a banana. *nods sagely*

[Jon]

So I spent the past few days cranking out some pictures for everyone in my SG, The Vanquishers on Everlasting.
First up, we've got Ace & my character Limbo again:

  

 

Next is Occultist and Osiris:

  
 

Trance and Interface:

  

Feverburn and Timeburn:

  

 

Blindsider and Captain Sunlight:

  

 

Gunfight and Knifefight:

  

 

Signal and Bulletproof:

  

 

...and finally, Starr Power:

[Christopher Robin]

 

Great job on these Jon and it's so cool that you are doing art for your whole SG like this.

To my eye Signal, Ace, Trance, and Gunfight are really stand out designs in your style.

 

I must confess I am a bit confused about Interface though.

He might just have a helmet I don't recognize or something like that.

 

 

 

Edited September 12, 2019 by Christopher Robin

[Jon]

3 hours ago, Christopher Robin said:

 

Great job on these Jon and it's so cool that you are doing art for your whole SG like this.

To my eye Signal, Ace, Trance, and Gunfight are really stand out designs in your style.

 

I must confess I am a bit confused about Interface though.

He might just have a helmet I don't recognize or something like that.

 

 

 

Thanks! & yeah I took some creative liberties with Interface's look so I totally understand. He's a crab spider played as an unmanned mecha drone. Here's what he looks like in-game:

[Moka]

Oh Jon! I didn't know you had these on the forums! I love them.

[Jon]

More stuff! Did some really quick icons for another one of my supergroups, The Neverenders on Everlasting.

 

 

From left to right:
Blister, Chromeheart, Deadstop, Fritz (my char), Hit Points, Makani, Nowhere Kid, Nowhere Kid (part II), One With The Earth, Pace, Rad Raptor, Smelter, Spell-Slinger, Squall

 

💕💕💕

[QueenBethari]

5 hours ago, Jon said:

More stuff! Did some really quick icons for another one of my supergroups, The Neverenders on Everlasting.

 

 

From left to right:
Blister, Chromeheart, Deadstop, Fritz (my char), Hit Points, Makani, Nowhere Kid, Nowhere Kid (part II), One With The Earth, Pace, Rad Raptor, Smelter, Spell-Slinger, Squall

 

💕💕💕

Wow! These are adorable! I love the pixel art.

[Ibarra]

Amazing work Jon, seriously. The pixel art is neat.

[Darth Delicious]

Ooh those are adorable! Well done!

[DJ1]

Cool! I really like Feverburn and Gunfight. I think that's his name but he has arrows. Good stuff dude!

[Christopher Robin]

On 9/29/2019 at 8:15 PM, DJ1 said:

Cool! I really like Feverburn and Gunfight. I think that's his name but he has arrows. Good stuff dude!

Maybe he is Dual Pistols/ Trick Arrow or something like that?

 

 

 

Edited October 19, 2019 by Christopher Robin

[DJ1]

yeah duh lol that is prolly it.

[Jon]

13 hours ago, DJ1 said:

yeah duh lol that is prolly it.

The one with the arrows is actually Blindsider - he's an expert archer who is blind. 🙂
Anyway, I've got a lot more icons that I did for the Vanquishers. First, a new member - a former professional wrestler turned hero by the name of Flex Rodgers:

 

And then I've also got all of the villains in the Vanquishers' rogues gallery!
FIrst up are Deadlock and Flashback:

 

Next up are the father & son legacy duo, who both operate under the alias Incrediman:

 

Then we have my own villiain Guerilla as well as the elusive Multiman:

 

These next two guys are called The Herald and The Other:

 

And then lastly we have the alien hivemind race known as The Schism:

 

[Christopher Robin]

These are all really good Jon. I'm enjoying how you take complex costume

pieces, simplify them in your style and yet they still appear recognizable.

 

Hah, Flex is great. I also really like Multiman and Incrediman Sr.

 

1 hour ago, Jon said:

The one with the arrows is actually Blindsider - he's an expert archer who is blind. 🙂

 

Lol I should've scrolled up to see who DJ1 was referring to since I am not that familiar with these characters.

Thematically speaking though Gunfight could be a decent name for a DP/TA, I like Blindsider better though.

 

 

 

Edited October 20, 2019 by Christopher Robin

[Jon]

4 minutes ago, Christopher Robin said:

These are all really good Jon. I'm enjoying how you take complex costume

pieces, simplify them in your style and yet they still appear recognizable.

 

Hah, Flex is great. I also really like Multiman and Incrediman Sr.

 

 

Lol I should've scrolled up to see who DJ1 was referring to since I am not that familiar with these characters.

Thematically speaking though Gunfight could be a decent name for a DP/TA, I like Blindsider better though.

 

 

 

Thank you! I'm glad you like them!
I also did a bunch of sketches for my teammates in the Neverenders on Everlasting!

 

 

From left to right, top to bottom:
Blister, Chromeheart, Dark Arts, Deadstop, Devil Trigger, Fritz, Hit Points, Nowhere Kid, One With The Earth, Pace, Rad Raptor, Smelter, Spell-Slinger, Squall, and Ultra Violet!

Edited October 20, 2019 by Jon

[Christopher Robin]

Wow you've been busy. I'm curious which of these are harder or

more time consuming between the simplified and the looser more scribbly?

[Jon]

1 minute ago, Christopher Robin said:

 

Wow you've been busy. I'm curious which of these are harder or

more time consuming between the simplified and the looser more scribbly?

Well, it's two very different processes! I think pen on paper is a lot more natural to me so the actual sketching itself is pretty quick, but the style allows me to get more detailed so the coloring process can take a bit longer depending on the character. That's why I didn't spend time on any shading for the sketches.

 

I'd say the two styles probably take similar amounts of time for different reasons - the simpler ones require me to plan a little bit about how I'm going to structure the picture, especially when it comes to breaking down and simplifying some of the more complex character designs. Probably the biggest plus side to doing the sketches versus the icons is that, with sketches, if I screw up doing the lines I can edit it & touch it up once I scan it into the computer as needed. With the purely digital pictures, if I realize somewhere along the way that I screwed up my layering (which is kind of vital to the process of making them) or something it can cause some problems that aren't as easy to fix. I enjoy doing both, though!