Boxers Strike a Pose For A New Poll

Ali and Barbe, the sites newest characters, pose for your Consideration. :P

Yesterday night I started a new poll here. It's sort of popularity contest. I listed a bunch of the sites main characters hoping I didn't leave any out in the process. The most popular character will be guaranteed a commission a month till about June. (As long as I can arrange it of course.) The other top 9 I hope to include one a month for the rest of year till October/November. Maybe I will plan out a 10 character orgy. XD This way I can have fun focusing on characters patrons on the blog want to see and don't wind up neglecting characters I might otherwise do. It will be interesting to see who comes up on top. The poll will run till the end of the month. Please feel free to add comments regarding poses and pairings and artists interested in this can contact me as well. :D

The image above was done of course by Fallen Angel. When he drew the first image of them, he sketched this pose out beside it for the fun of it. I liked the pose enough to ask him to complete it. This image got the benifit of being put on the back burner as he worked on the first sketch and the Christmas image. Even though the sketch was great, Fallen took the time to improve on it time and again as he worked on the other projects. I just noticed now as I go through my files he sent me about 3 sketches as he had fun with them. :D He made a few changes along the way, for example Barbe lost a tooth he had sticking out of his mouth for example and was given some really sweet expressive eyes. In the sketch his eyes were much smaller and evil looking and his mouth more brutish looking.
Thanks Fallen it turned out great and even better then your original vision. :P

A New Challenger Ali Aspen

Hey guys. I haven't been doing a lot of blogging and I doubt I will do a lot this week either. Thing is, I am sick. I was knocked off my butt all last week and now, even as I fight this lingering flu, I gotta get it in gear and do my best to get ready for Christmas in 4 days! Here we go with the Christmas rush blogs... XD
I thought I would start with a new character in my boxers series. I kept thinking about boxers wearing hoods and what kind of animal has a natural one. Then it came to me, A cobra! So I worked as hard as I could on a character.

This is Ali Aspen.

Ali is a young fighter from Egypt. He came to Canada at the age of 10, fleeing oppression in his home country. His family is cursed with snake like bodies. Ali however is a kind, thin young man. He wants to fight to prove his honor and do good in the world, but faces many problems. He sees Joey as a hero and wants to train under him more then anything. The top of Alis head acts like a hood. It can flex down over his eyes and add cover and mystique to his face. The sides in my design are thin and sectioned, much like the thin layer of a hood. The other layer is scalier and thicker and can provide Ali with protection on both sides of his head. His tail is extremely long and powerful. He is not the strongest fighter, but his speed, agility and heart make up for any loss in size he may suffer in comparison to his opponents. I am not sure if Ali will remain uncut. Most guys in Egypt are cut, so I am still debating that. :P



FallenAngel did a fun sketch of him and Barbe the other day, so I asked him to please complete it. I really like the way he did Barbe, he is very cute and funny. He's also very muscular! XD He even added in his apple tattoo when coloring the image. Not sure how that works on those super hairy arms, but trust Fallen to pull it off! Man he is bushy!!! He would make a nice plush doll. :P

He's take on Ali is a lot stronger then my frail fighter above. He gave him more competence in his face and larger body. Love the big chest, especially since I don't think I conveyed that well enough. When he drew the head frill he made the segments more separate from the head, instead of the gradual joining I attempted. This looks cool cause they have cushion like appearence for added protection, where as mine was just flat skin.

I hope to commission many more images and maybe even try to do a comic featuring Ali.

FUCKER PUNCH

Time to introduce Joeys main rival in the ring. The arrogant might heavy weight Monkey Fighter Pink Barbe Pop! Their family has been feuding for over 30 years and they take their mutual hatred right into the ring with each other....




This is Adonix's awesome take on him. He started and finished this today. The dear man, did this while he was in the middle of a move. He gave him a very strong build. That face is like a brick... Adonix always does great faces and unforgettable smiles, but there is something that really stands out about that smile. He's scary charming! He's hot, but you know he can grind you right into the ground. I like where he took the character, adding in dog tags and a very flattering tattoo! He turned out why better then I could have imagined him as you will see below. XD

Adonix not only helped in his creation, he helped naming him as well. He along with Guytoonist and I just sat and tried out best to name him, based on Adonix suggestion that he looks like candy. So we decided on Pink Barbe Pop.. XD

Here is some of the sketches I did of him. I wasn't really sure about him, but between Adonix, Maduinshorn and some others, I have a lot more confidence in his design.

I totally phoned in those boots...talk about a rush job. This wound up being the final version.

My Second attempt at him.
The apple is influenced from a very special video game.

Big arms. XD