Whitechapel - REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-30T14:21:23-07:00

There was, way back in the mists of... 2007... a recurrent meme among several comics art blogs. Reclaiming characters from their owners, I guess it could be broadly described as... people were reimagining abused characters (chiefly Supergirl) as artistic call-and-response various places, chiefly LiveJournal. In the aftermath of that, I did a similar thing on old messageboard The Engine, called REMAKE/REMODEL. They were embraced as technical exercises, bits of fun, ways to get the brain moving. I think most people's favourite was the dear late Mike Wieringo's wondrous retro-aristo Buck Rogers...

I thought it might be an interesting thing to bring back here. So, once a week, I'll call a character, and you art types here can post images of your reinterpretation of that character. Photography and digital art is also fine, before anyone asks.

The point is REinterpretation: remake/remodel.

---
From Contact Comics in 1944:

Colonel Moore Williams knows the enemy is easily terrified by the strange and unknown, so he becomes the superhero known as the Flamingo! He has no powers and is only armed with his intellect, his physical strength, his service revolver, and a specially built plane. He uses his new identity to accomplish things the military cannot.

I deliberately withhold the original art, and will delete it if if shows up here.

--

Your task, as ever, is to re-invent that into something a 21st Century audience could enjoy.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with, but bear in mind this is an ART thread. No pen-portraits. This is ART ONLY. Posting just a bunch of text, or a scribble and a vast number of words, will get the thread closed and your account banned.

You have one week. Go.

-- W

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-30T15:26:09-07:00

Not close to scanner right now, and gag will, no doubt be done better by others, but first!

The Flamingo! Scaring the pants off crime!

-pj
(sorry about the double edit; uploaded to my own site so I can embed...)

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-30T15:51:34-07:00

Hallelujah! The R/R threads were sorely missed.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-30T15:55:57-07:00

SWEET!

...And that's not right on a very entertaining level. I'll try to get something up in the next day or three before I head out for DragonCon.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-30T16:03:46-07:00

I could totally see Captain Jack Harkness as the Flamingo! in an alternate fictional reality. Especially after that first entry.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-30T16:04:07-07:00

Ha! This is going to be a good one.

Just a quick thing made straight away...will put some more thought into it...hooray for bank holiday weekends.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-30T17:17:49-07:00

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-30T17:35:21-07:00

I am ashamed that the first thing that came to mind upon reading "knows the enemy is easily terrified by the strange and unknown" was

"He uses his new identity to accomplish things the military cannot."

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-30T17:43:30-07:00

Colonel Moore Williams knows the enemy is easily terrified by the strange and unknown, so he becomes the superhero known as the Flamingo!

That immediately made me think of this:

I am very sorry.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-30T17:46:01-07:00

Shit, is it Andre for the WIN already?

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-30T17:56:36-07:00

He's got me chuckling violently.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-30T18:10:53-07:00

@Andre:
Thank you - I really needed a laugh right then!

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-30T18:19:55-07:00

@warren: I really missed these threads.
@andre: way to start!

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2009-08-30T18:29:37-07:00

@Andre: damn, you are just on FIRE

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-30T18:29:40-07:00

Sometimes, I wonder if Warren makes these things up himself. The Flamingo? Seriously? I guess every good super-hero name had been taken by 1944...

@ Andre - Don't be sorry.

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2009-08-30T18:36:48-07:00

Oh my God. Andre, I have not laughed so hard in weeks. thanks a million!

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2009-08-30T18:46:10-07:00

Drat, there goes my "okay, Batman found his shtick like this and... oh" joke. :)

And my John Waters joke too.

mushi actually managed to make a Flamingo-styled crimefighter look dangerous, which is also very cool.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-30T18:46:12-07:00

I offer the following without comment aside from: Excellent work, Andre.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-30T20:36:17-07:00

okay i know -- its not supposed to be any pen portraits -- sorry Warren , I'm just takin a quick break from pages. But i wanted to participate :p

(NOTE FROM WARREN: AFUA GETS A FREE PASS TODAY BECAUSE SHE'S AFUA. ALSO I FEEL GUILTY BECAUSE I OWE HER AN EMAIL.)

Honestly i had a few ideas-- one was of a guy in kind of a tactical swat get up-- sleek really streamline -- lots of gadgets and a kinda helmet with a swirl that resembled a flamingo.

the other was a guy in a suit with hot pink inseams with flamingos on em -- really flashy cubano kinda thing--- like he came right outta vegas put on a biker helmet and decided to kick ass with short black leather gloves on. but for some reason the head gear came out looking like a power ranger....

so i went with this instead.

But I'll finish it up -- Fair is Fair -- people were allowed to put their sketches up and preprod with no protest.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-30T20:44:52-07:00

Afua, those still ARE pen-portraits and they're strictly forbidden no matter what you say before writing them. I'd remove them if I were you and leave just the (nice) artwork, else the thread could be closed -- and after some time without a remake/remodel, that would really suck.

Everyone else, thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed the piece. I'll probably do another, since that was just "the origin".

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-30T20:57:57-07:00

nothingtoseehere.

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2009-08-30T22:02:17-07:00

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-30T22:29:01-07:00

An odd challenge for the returning Remake...

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-31T02:08:52-07:00

Andre won.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-31T04:11:08-07:00

Sorry, couldn't resist...

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-31T05:39:22-07:00

Yeah... "the Flamingo", as a name, has got to be one of the dodgiest ever. But there are already quality entries coming in - I particularly like afua's spec-ops emosoldier & robot9000's plane - a tricked out P-38? Love it!

Last time, I swore I'd enter the next R/R, but I have NO idea what I'm going to do with this...

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-31T06:01:47-07:00

@ pauljholden; It really has a Tick quailty to it. I could see him in a brawl with a big Nazi Eagle man so easily. Very nice pose work.

@ struthersneil; Beside the killer costume work, that plane... if that doesn't scream to be animated then I don't know what does. I love it.

@ mushi; really superb work.

@ Andre Navarro; Hit it straight out of the park. Just damn, old son.

@ Kozmund; That's the time period, that's the right look and I could see some rogue military WWII'er running around with that plush hat on. By the end of the tale, the hat would be shredded by bullets but he'd still pick it up then plant it on his noggin.

@ afua richardson; I caught the note from Warren disclaimer in your post prior to the art. I think the work is outstanding. Certainly the use of the Flamingo as a tat.

@ Rootfireember; That is beautiful. It suits any direction.

@ robot9000; You're in my brain down to the gas mask being turned into a mask. Outstanding take. I want more.

@ Aurora Borealis; Oh, you are one of the reasons I look forward to Ellis's remake threads. I just love the use of wings on the mask. So fluid a piece.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-31T06:30:25-07:00

A lover, a war criminal, a man in a wicker hat: it's The Flamingo.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-31T11:42:31-07:00

So this is how I started my morning, plotting the fabulous adventures of the closeted Colonel Moore Williams and what a cool comic it would be. I was wringing my hands as I considered how I could convince publishers that this really IS the future of comics: pink, sequined and fierce. As I painted down the lines I felt myself growing excited over the idea of such a campy, fun character for the community, streaking against the night sky in his neon pink jet. But then, as it typically goes, I finished, he came, and we were left wondering what we were thinking and both a little confused about our sexuality.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-31T12:03:46-07:00

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-31T12:14:53-07:00

Roo, that is just awesome. Great work.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-31T12:16:54-07:00

Who says you can't shoot with a flamingo?

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-31T13:34:54-07:00

Absolutely out of the closet killer: The Pink Flamingo

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-31T13:42:37-07:00

struthersneil - I love it

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-31T14:25:16-07:00

@jackcrowder

@ Aurora Borealis; Oh, you are one of the reasons I look forward to Ellis's remake threads. I just love the use of wings on the mask. So fluid a piece.

Ha, thanks. I think it came out quite good myself.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-31T14:54:09-07:00

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-31T22:09:04-07:00

The Flamingo likes his pants like he likes his women: Tight and leathery.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-31T22:16:42-07:00

trying

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-31T22:28:49-07:00

how do I put my pic on here?

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-31T22:36:55-07:00

viol8tor: Upload it somewhere like photobucket. Right click on the picture after it's uploaded, click on Properties. There will be a big, garble-y looking URL, copy that. Come back here and type . Make sure that the box below is clicked--the one that says, "Format comments as * Html"

Hope this made sense because I want to see your drawing.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-31T22:59:06-07:00

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-08-31T23:05:03-07:00

I like Afua's design best so far, using the hair color rather than slapping a flamingo mask on your character was a nice touch.

@Rootfireember - your flamingo cannon reminds me of Alice in Wonderland's croquet mallets

Andre's is definitely a winner. Awesome.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-09-01T01:13:44-07:00

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-09-01T02:19:56-07:00

Wow. Amazing response. Absence makes the heart grow stronger!

@ Pauljholden - Great costume. You going to colour it?
@ Andre Navarro - Ha! Brilliant spin on a classic. Coming in early and strong.
@ Afua - Damn, some beautiful sketching... and a get free out of jail card. What did you do? Bail Warren out of prison back in the bad old days?
@ Struthersneil - Love the espresso details, and keeping up the Navarro Bat refs.
@ Jamaicad - Dicsotastic.
@ sseloske - Reminds me of Hey Zeus from Leboski!

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-09-01T09:50:58-07:00

(edited to replace the file with a cleaner version)

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-09-01T10:11:53-07:00

Now that I look at it he looks like a space hero or something...

Hope you guys like it... Was having a bit of trouble uploading it.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-09-01T10:40:44-07:00

An obvious cheat: USO Girl Secret Agent.

And less obviously, and more insanely: The Flaming O.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-09-01T11:09:03-07:00

@WARREN - THANKS!!! and no worries -- life happens -- i'll be around. you've got work to do. empires to run n all that

@PaulJholden - oh man - that's pretty fresh - I crave colors! gimme gimme!

@Mushi - I dig the Design -- I'd like to see what it looks like finished. very watchman owl-y

@Rootfireember LOVE the gesture

@struthersneil -- rad and creepy -- score!

@jamaicad - bwaaaaahahahahaha - nice work -- i've got a soft spot for water color. he's fierce

@sseloske -- i like that-- its charming. nice catch phrase too :p

@ Chris G - the colors on that are pretty tough! smooth a$$ tuxedo masta!

@Andre Navarro -- that's friggen hilarious. Thanks for the art-love. I can't be a bum tho - rules are Rules. I've gotta find a faster way to color my stuff i guess- i mean a page a day isn't too bad on average but when i get into very detailed backgrounds ::smh:: it can be a lil exhausting having to make a million paths in illustrator. OOh illustrator -- why do you hate my rickety bones? I took my pencils and darkened them up a lil n photoshop n added a smidgen of color. But i have a bad way of making digital organic so it looked like i cheated a lil but i TRIED I DID >___<

my thanks to
265, jack crowder, carlglover and Yoav

@ Yoav - pulled Warren out of a burning building and resuscitated him with whiskey n cigarette fumes and he pulled me out of the ball pit at chucky cheese when i went in head 1st and my hair got stuck in the baby shredder ::tear::

this sucks but just so i dont get any free passes and stick bythe rules -- here:

the thing with illustrator is -- whenyou rush it -- it LOOKs like you rush it :/ sorry --- i'm up to my armpits in deadlines

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-09-01T11:10:37-07:00

@ cammdiggy - Nice suit hun! he IS in a flamingo pose

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-09-01T11:49:48-07:00

Afua, your artwork is great. Excellent piece. I like the mask's eyelids and the left forearm.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-09-01T11:52:21-07:00

Even rushed, you still rule, Afua.

I've got one cooking, I think people will dig it... Back to (real) work, drawing time to follow.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-09-01T12:37:38-07:00

@ Andre Navarro - Thanks so much!!

@Paul Sizer - Thanks man! cant wait to check your flamingo ( does castanets hand pose )

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-09-01T12:53:12-07:00

Solid material this week, everyone. So much... sass.

I thought pink hair was going to be "the thing" this week (possibly because it was the first thought that popped into my head for this prompt), so I'm surprised by the number of actual flamingo-esque headwear. You kids and your wacky imaginations.

Anyway, I went the less action-packed route and focused on the eccentric, bookish loner. As I normally do.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-09-01T12:59:32-07:00

Afua and Annie fucking Wu... not a bad page, is it...?

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2009-09-01T13:00:27-07:00

Holy Toledo, the women are kicking all kinds of art-ass this week. Stellar work, Annie, as always.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-09-01T13:32:06-07:00

Due to overwhelming demand (well, at least two people - or maybe one and I mis-read) here's the Flamingo in blazing pink...

(Original was a quick pencil sketch in my moleskin, photographed. This is a scribbled redraw of the same photo in photoshop and coloured in photoshop)

@annie - I LOVE that.

(Also: those interested in flaming pink superheroes may want to read The Simply Incredible Hunk, written by Malachy Coney and drawn by me - some 10 years ago now - you can read here on myebook.com - apologies if this blatent plug is out of order on the forum/thread, I'll happily remove it if so...)

-pj

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2009-09-01T13:33:31-07:00

Afua - thanks. I figured "with that name, he probably wears tuxedos a lot"

Annie, YAY! Fricking awesome. He looks like Doc Hammer! Wish I could draw like that!

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-09-01T13:42:32-07:00

Thanks Sseloske

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2009-09-01T13:43:57-07:00

@ Afua: You prove in one drawing what I've spent the last four years trying to convince people - Illustrator can kick cosmic ass in the right hands. That's amazing!

@ Everyone: There are more man-bulges in this thread than an entire lifetime of David Bowie concerts. And somehow, I can't find it in myself to complain about that :p

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-09-01T14:07:04-07:00

Exellent artistry by everyone involved. Surprisingly, The name has inspired the artist.

@camdiggy

Great design. One question. Where does he holster the guns?

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2009-09-01T14:11:29-07:00

@ annie

jeebus, that's awesome. like an emo des esseintes.

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-09-01T14:15:11-07:00

Here's my submission. hope you guys like it. Peace! - Shawn

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-09-01T14:52:18-07:00

I apologise for nothing:

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2009-09-01T15:55:04-07:00

@Anne -- THAT is fricken smooth. hi five! we can all go home now. Annie's won this one ^__^
i can just imagine him being voiced over by Alan Rickman or Jude Law.

i love the shoes and the jacket!

@Shawn -- Nice rasputen looking flamingo -- he looks insane.i guess one has to be a lil to call themselves the flamingo

@moali -- you need apologize for not a thing. I got a good chuck out of the flamingo jock cover

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-09-01T16:51:16-07:00

@ cam - diggin the futuristic look, the visor gives it that old anime feel

@ anne - DOPE! really diggin your piece, feels like a flamingo

@ afua - thanks, yeah I figured the flamingo is a world weary traveler, with his international pull, im sure he's been through a lot including being a double agent, and seeing his share of violence,
both your submissions are fresh, the ladies takin over!

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2009-09-01T16:52:46-07:00

@ AFUA

EVEN UNFINISHED YOUR SHIT ALWAYS ROCKS!!!
No need for disclaimers

@ Shawn
Man, you always take it to that next level... I would have never thought of that.

@BOODOFFSTAGE
Never even thought about where he'd put his guns... I may have to revisit my pic and revise it. I rushed on it.

I still had a great time with this... I love seeing where everyone imaginations takes them... I may just do a whole new one, cause it was fun. And seeing all these different ones, my mind is taking me to new heights.

@ Annie
I can so see Johnny Depp being cast as your Flamingo. He's kinda hot...LOL... Afua may be right, yours is great. But the week ain't over yet. :)

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2009-09-01T17:00:28-07:00

@ moali
Look at the banana on that Flamingo. LOL. He's packing lot more than heat.

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2009-09-01T17:12:52-07:00

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2009-09-01T19:04:03-07:00

...because punching Hitler NEVER goes out of style...

Sketches for the concept, in case anyone's interested...

Great stuff so far. More, more, more!

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2009-09-01T19:07:39-07:00

Very rough one because of work this week.

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2009-09-01T19:15:15-07:00

@ Jackcrowder

Nice Flamingo jet. I think we saw the same pic of a flamingo. I tried the same thing but mine came out looking like garbage.

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2009-09-01T19:19:15-07:00

Thanks, everyone. Too kind, too kind.

Now, Mr. Paul Sizer, that's quite remarkable. I appreciate any piece you do that includes a Nazi getting beat up. Plus, that flamingo holster? I don't even know where to begin.

And Jackcrowder, that's a sweet plane. Actually, I bow to anyone that took on the challenge of making an aircraft to go along with their Flamingo.

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2009-09-01T19:33:24-07:00

okey-dokey

This is a five-page story, so right-click on the picture to open in a new window to my place; Otherwise there's a link on the page that'l get you back.

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2009-09-01T19:35:13-07:00

Annie: Well, there's just NO reason why a holster has to ruin a man's outfit. After all, he IS fighting for the American freedom to be fabulous!
Thanks for the nice words.

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2009-09-01T20:04:14-07:00

I love all of these.

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2009-09-01T20:31:52-07:00

the entries are just fun...

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2009-09-01T20:36:12-07:00

Paul Sizer - Damn, WOW!

"Killin' NAT-ZEES!"

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2009-09-01T20:46:09-07:00

Thanks to everyone who said nice things about mine. I can't believe the awesome/hilarious/strange stuff that so many have come up with.

Brian le Golem: I would honestly buy that book. You, sir, are a king among men.

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2009-09-01T20:47:24-07:00

Sizer done bust a move up in dis suckah!

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2009-09-01T21:38:01-07:00

@ sseloske

Thanks for the help. I was kind of upset that you got to the nose thing before I did but yours looks great!

@ Paul Sizer

Yea, that holster look crazy! I want one now!

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2009-09-01T21:38:35-07:00

Seriously. Damn, Sizer. You and Andre are DEFINITELY tied in the whole citing comics that came before you thing. Fantastic, both of you.

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2009-09-01T21:54:55-07:00

@andre - good show my friend. Every time I look back and re-read it, I still laugh.

@rootfireember - Replacing all of my weapons at home with high caliber Flamingos. Brilliant pose.

@Paul Sizer - I would buy that comic.

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2009-09-02T02:25:26-07:00

Hello.

Saw Sobreiro's hilarious flamingo on his deviantArt page, and was compelled to finally try my own after lurking on this board for a while.

The Flamingo, MSPaint style:

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2009-09-02T04:47:29-07:00

@ Sizer - that absolutely rocks. I reiterate what others have said. When's the comic/page? Amazing!

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2009-09-02T04:50:39-07:00

REMAKE/REMODEL: The Flamingo

2009-09-02T05:16:02-07:00

Not that happy with it, but I wanted to contribute to the return of my favourite thread.

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2009-09-02T06:03:12-07:00

Make room, everybody, Adam "Laemeur" Moore is in the house. Welcome aboard, man. Excellent entry!

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2009-09-02T06:30:36-07:00

Holy crap, there's some serious awesome going on in this thread... A few quick shout-outs on pieces that stood out to me for various reasons.

@Andre Navarro - Damn that was funny... I laughed my ass off.

@jamaicad - I really, really dig the way you've got the plumage going on behind his head. I can't put my finger on it, but there's just something about it that really appeals to me. Love the diva-fied suit as well. He just looks ready to pop off the page.

@afua - Wow, those are some gorgeous colors. I have to agree, that's some seriously solid Illustrator work.

@Annie - I love this. Wonder contrast of light and shadow, incorporating the flamingo colors with punk overtones and yet still making him very dour/serious.

@Paul Sizer - God damn. That's really tight.

@Laemeur - MS Paint? Seriously? That's some damn fine work, especially for using that program to do it.

@Amalgamated Biscuit - I don't know, I kinda like it.

...and lest I forget: @Warren - Thank you for bringing the R/R threads back.

Okay, so I'm short on time this week due to heading off for Atlanta for DragonCon here in 6 or 7 hours. Plus, I thought I'd do something not-so-dark-and-serious. Photoshop, roughly 2 hours. In retrospect, had I the time, I may have tried to draw up a boa to go in there as well. Oh well, no biggie, and I'm happy with what it is for 2 hours.

I might (might) get a 2nd piece done, as I've got a more serious one I'm working on, but I'm not expecting to have it finished before heading out. If nothing else, I'll wrap and finish it when I get back.

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2009-09-02T06:48:27-07:00

@ viol8tor; I'm sure it was the same shot in fact. The bit about the plane in the prompt made me think stealth instantly. The B2 Spirt to be exact. If my mind had gone elsewhere I'm sure it would have came out awful. I liked your take on the character. Nice torso.

@ Annie; I always enjoy just looking at your pieces. Your finger is always on the pulse of the scene. To be honest, that lone bookster could have been named anything. I'd still be interested. The color, design, and layout is groundbreakingly fantastical. And I'm flattered my jet caught your eye.

@ struthersneil; I picture this as a standard wake up scene the morning after. I really like the clothing too. I see it moving and hear the wicker mask stretching. Excellent work.

@ jamaicad; now that fits the name. Really dynamic pose. Great stuff all around.

@ JCEFalconi; your Flamingo brings in thoughts of noir and other happy things where its all black and white and pink is the only splash of color.

@ sseloske; another one I would die to see animated. The design just begs to jump. Electric.

@ Chris G; the gloves win me over. Overall, the outfit is so formal but the gloves say hero to me. There is nothing I do not like. I'd buy the varient cover.

@ Sobreiro; Another Remake stamp. I want, no I need, to see your Flamingo eating a man's face off. Period.

@ Camdiggy; I see a very distinct figure. The work with the visor is outstanding.

@ Oxbrow; the Steampunk adventures of The Flaming O must be made.

@ shawnsalgado; love the Flamingo eye scar. The half blind man is the king among the blind.

@ Paul Sizer; your nazi action art is award winning alone. How did you come up with that holster? Its so genius.

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2009-09-02T07:22:52-07:00

Thanks for all the nice comments, glad to know I have a secondary career in gun holster design waiting for me in case this comics gig craps out.

Stellar work here so far; of particular note for me are StruthersNeil (creepy cool), JamaicaD (more peacock than flamingo, I love it!), sseloske (Mannered and weird), Afua and Annie (see previous raves), Chris G (great as always), Sobreiro (I love your textured line work, but you already know that!), PaulJHolden (manly and macho), BrianLeGolem (Geez, where do you find the time?), and holy cow, Laemeur, that pic has SO much attitude, I love it! And coaxing that out of MicroSoft Paint? You are a genius!
And Seantaclaus; thanks for putting THAT image in my brain for the rest of the @#$% day...

Found the first issue of THE FLAMINGO, from 1944:

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2009-09-02T09:06:49-07:00

Being so busy lately, I didn't think I'd be able to get anything done for this. Then I remembered I'd done it already a while back:

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2009-09-02T09:44:42-07:00

WOah. Michael Furious! Amazing! Lots of great work upthread but most of it of a similar kind. Way to shake it up. Excellent!

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2009-09-02T13:10:08-07:00

@Michael Furious
Love it.

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2009-09-02T13:48:39-07:00

Michael Furious - first thought when i saw yours "...fuck yeah"

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2009-09-02T14:03:12-07:00

Michael Furious levels up. Excellent.

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2009-09-02T14:06:18-07:00

So much talent!
chris g - I love the pulp magician take
afua richardson - I like your style
annie - amazing illustration
Paul Sizer - Awesome! I love the flamingo head holster
Laemeur - MS Paint! That is impressive!

Thought I'd take my interpretation in a different direction:

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2009-09-02T14:50:06-07:00

So coming back, I'm seeing all these great pics... It was brought to my attention, that my flamingo didn't have place to put his guns. (Thanks, BOODOFFSTAGE.) And now got to give it another go.

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2009-09-02T15:04:40-07:00

5 pages of pure ASS KICK so far...

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2009-09-02T15:16:43-07:00

Hell of a thread folks, hell of a thread!

I was going to do something else altogether but the Flamingo called to me. He wanted out to play.

He invites you to talk to his little friend. Also: that's a wicker thong.

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2009-09-02T15:49:58-07:00

Furious: You can see TEH FUTURE! Love the "feathers" on his coat.

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2009-09-02T16:14:10-07:00

Absolutely fantastic work, everyone.

I'm a bit pressed for time, so this one's a quickie, still on a "Year One" vibe...

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2009-09-02T16:33:33-07:00

that´s fantastic! i can´t stop laughing, thanks

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2009-09-02T16:37:24-07:00

@ Andre: Flamingo "Year One" is pretty awesome. With your first posting and this one. It's great.

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2009-09-02T16:58:27-07:00

STRUTHERS YOU SICK FUCK

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2009-09-02T17:17:56-07:00

Color!

No, I didn't color it in MSPaint.

I can't make up my mind whether Seantaclaus' or Paul Sizer's is dirtier.

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2009-09-02T17:22:44-07:00

Sweet. I gained a level.

Thanks, everyone. Back to earning my whiskey now.

( the usual Creative Commons of course applies to my posted work - have fun if you want to! )

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2009-09-02T17:40:53-07:00

Been overseas and itching for weeks to get back on Photoshop.

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2009-09-02T19:57:09-07:00

Welcome back Pia! Clearly you haven't gotten rusty on your break.

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2009-09-02T20:23:16-07:00

All right! Pia Guerra Nose Art!

Furious, that one looks like a Black Ops Flamingo. Nice work!

Andre, digging the nice clean stuff you've been posting lately.

Laemeur, if you can't figure out whose picture is dirtier, I'll make it easy for you. Mine is! Settled? : )

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2009-09-02T21:08:47-07:00

viol8or: I'm so glad you were able to post. I'd love to see it inked. I like how solid your lines are. Nothin' like some good, solid lines if you ask me.

struthersneil: Oh, look, he's turning aroun--Ohgodmyeyes! (Seriously, good work though).

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2009-09-02T21:35:12-07:00

Si-zer! Si-zer! Si-zer!

shhhh...

MichaelFurious, Laemur and Annie Wu, also incredible. My favourite R/R for ages.

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2009-09-02T22:31:25-07:00

Urgh... turns out my Flamingo is apparently an amalgam of things that already popped up in this thread now. Hate it when that happens.

Maybe I'll try something groundbreakingly innovative with the colouring. "THE TAUPE FLAMINGO!!!" or summat.

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2009-09-02T22:48:05-07:00

FURIOUS!

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2009-09-02T22:54:30-07:00

Sizer - jebus - slaying them hun.

Pia - really fits the idea in mind of a Colonel with a service weapon & a gun. rad work. nice plane!

Laemeur - charming -- very charming

MichaelFurious - dopetastic

struthersneil - you naughty thing! nice banana hammock

DBed - lol nice touch with the feathers!

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2009-09-03T00:10:00-07:00

It has been a long time since I checked a forum thread every hour, just to see the brilliance of each contribution.
Everybody who has posted on this R/R deserves a round of applause for their efforts. It goes to prove that creativity is not dead on this flatland of information called the internet.

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2009-09-03T00:51:46-07:00

you guys are all freaking incredible, i really like everything here. i'm green with envy on just how brilliant every other piece is and kind of just want to ball mine up and toss it in the corner, lol. keep 'em comin'!
-robot / erin

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2009-09-03T03:08:58-07:00

Sizer - Wait, let me give you a 'Happy Birthday, Mister President' earworm to go with that... There ya go, that should complete that mental image for ya. Who says I'm not a giver...? ;)

Micheal Furious - Ooooo... shiny. If you don't mind, given you're tossing that out to the CC, I'd love to throw some color on that when I get back to my own computer next week.

Laemeur - Very much dig the color update. Don't let Sizer fool you-- mine does a mean rendition of "Lola Wants, Lola Gets" at the drop of a hat...

Pia - Okay, I totally fucking love that.

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2009-09-03T03:23:28-07:00

@DBed and Navarro--
LOL.
Looked at them again.
LOL.

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2009-09-03T03:57:32-07:00

@Sizer
I'll put on a color version tonight...
@all: that is a great thread, really worth having two weeks off;

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2009-09-03T05:03:36-07:00

Well, no surprise with my entry - the path of phallicness that I took has been traveled down before earlier in the thread...

While the fear factor is undeniable, it does raise practical questions : does Moore Williams need to fight crime naked to induce the proper Flamingo Effect? Should he wear shoes and (preferably white) socks?
I like how the thread restarted this september. My favorites 'til now are Andre's, Paul Sizer's, Michael Furious' and Struthersneil's.
@Laemeur : the quaity you achieved throufh Mspaint is striking; i am in awe.

edited for typos.
Ah, and i see that Struthersneil tried the white socks before; now,more than ever, i believe them to be unavoidable in further flamingo-esque crimefighting.

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2009-09-03T05:53:34-07:00

When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain.
When you're strange
No one remembers your name.

When you're strange
You might get hit by some schmuck.
But when you're really really strange
Their aim's worthless 'cause they're scared as f*ck.

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2009-09-03T06:59:45-07:00

@Art Grafunkel: And you were worried we wouldn't want to see what you claim was a "derivative" work...
Dude, your art is so pretty, I'm up for looking at your shopping list scribbles. But THIS... this is the work of a very sick genius. Kudos, sir. The leg position is the icing on the cake.

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2009-09-03T08:30:59-07:00

I just have to say, this is my first thread and I've had the best time looking at everyone's stuff. It's truly inspirational. And I had so much fun being apart of it... Warren this should happen way more often.

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2009-09-03T08:32:34-07:00

Mr Grarfunkel that's the shit.

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2009-09-03T09:51:56-07:00

Everybody Wins this week.

I suspect this is partly because Warren banned the original art. That, and the intrinsically funny possibilities of a man and his flamingo...

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2009-09-03T10:53:05-07:00

Thanks guys! ;)

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2009-09-03T11:21:12-07:00

i'm new here. i feel like i just snuck in to a room full of old friends and i'm fixing to steal some of the cake left out on the table.... i'm not all that good with the net so i dont really know how to upload a drawing...

this is the best i can figure how to do it.

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2009-09-03T11:27:29-07:00

yay! it worked.... i did this sketch today at a meeting with some copec markers. sorry i didn't have any reference so dont look too closely at the gun and plane, i hardly ever draw either of them(i've drawn a few more planes than guns) i went with the 'flamenco flamingo' not too sure why.

hope you all like it...

kamal~

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2009-09-03T11:39:03-07:00

p.s. the other pieces people have done are blowing my mind! you all rock! :~) now it's time for me to google who the hell this flamingo character was back in Contact Comics!

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2009-09-03T12:08:16-07:00

kamalcoker, yours is far cooler than the original. And indeed most things on the face of the Earth.

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2009-09-03T12:26:38-07:00

Here's my contribution. I was going to do a whole sequential page but my weeks been pretty busy. I might actually finish it just for myself at some point.

http://www.matthewchilders.com
Twitter - @mattcdrawsalot

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2009-09-03T12:39:12-07:00

Now that is some nice comic art.

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2009-09-03T12:46:57-07:00

Kamalcoker and Matthew Childers: NICE.
I dig all the details on yours, Kamalcoker, and Matthew, I'm digging it all, mostly the nice color palette!
Bravo!

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2009-09-03T12:49:24-07:00

I want to to attempt flamingo lawn ornaments as darts somehow - and would have bet Andre or Paul would have beat me to it ... Am using Stone Cold Steve Austin as my Flamingo stand-in (but he reminds me of someone else) and 'Vigilante Notes' because I'm also on a 'year one' vibe.

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2009-09-03T12:53:44-07:00

You know, I don't see one damn nickel from all that "Sizer System" merchandise...
Should have read the fine print a little closer.

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2009-09-03T15:06:12-07:00

It all started with a cruel trick of the light...

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2009-09-03T16:23:59-07:00

Here's mine . Color and everything. I got a Punisher vibe from the decription, so I tried to get some of that in there. I used Vertigo Jones (a pic from his flickr) for a model for the face.

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2009-09-03T17:19:42-07:00

@DisContent - I was all like "Mmm, that's pretty good," and then I about fell out of my chair, convulsing in laughter, at the Arse Eels.

I swear, the details are always what kills me in these threads. The arse eels, Sizer's octopus with a name badge a few months ago, all those goofy little things. And not necessarily the funny stuff; more precisely, the interesting stuff.

Kudos to you all. I'd do my own, but this week I'd be doing nothing but ripping people off.

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2009-09-03T17:33:24-07:00

So many good ones this week.
The stand outs for me (in order of appearance):
Paul Holden--for being first and bringing it
struthersneil, in his many incarnations
Andre Navarro--reat origin story
Afua
robot 9000
jamaicad--for the boots
rootfiremember--a "bird" gun--oh, yeah!
sseloske
Sobreiro--for the R. Crumb look
Camdiggy
Annie Wu
shawnsalgado--for the tat
moali--well, you know what for :D
Paul Sizer--for the usual excellent job
Brian le Golem--bring the weird on
Laemeur--for using MS Paint, and killing it
KMcleod
Micheal Furious--awesome, just awesome
DBed
Pia Guerra
Miranda
Art Grafunkel
DisContent--for the arse Eels reference

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2009-09-03T18:59:07-07:00

My last piece. I would have devoted much more effort to this one if I had the time, but I'm doing this between breaks in my writing (and horrible sleeping pattern), so I had to leave it at the sloppy lineart and simplistic coloring. But, well, there you go:

Sorry for the cliche logo.

Again, absolutely fantastic work, everyone.

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2009-09-03T22:21:50-07:00

"Because being Pretty has FUCK ALL to do with being The Good Guy..."

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2009-09-03T22:27:51-07:00

Holy FUCK this is a fantastic thread. Kudos to all, you keep hitting it out of the park on every page.

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2009-09-03T23:00:34-07:00

Didn't know quite where to take it, and had settled on a mime-looking dude, but then was flipping through the first issue of Starr the Slayer from this week, and Richard Corbin had drawn this Neil Gaiman doppleganger, and I thought, "Yes, the Flamingo would look like Neil Gaiman." So there you go...

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2009-09-03T23:01:24-07:00

Rooth, that piece is beautiful madness, as well as lots of other great ones from previous pages that I've forgotten the names of...

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2009-09-03T23:22:36-07:00

@Rooth: and I thought The Shadow had a sinister beak on 'im. Very cool.

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2009-09-03T23:36:20-07:00

The Flamingo, however did he tame such a wild and terrible beast?

Drawn in MS Paint, mostly for expediency, though I recommend it to anyone with an eye infection like I had, as it promotes therapeutic seeping.

Dedicated in loving memory to Rod Hull.

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2009-09-04T00:49:52-07:00

man the break really boosted this thread didn't it?

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2009-09-04T01:31:35-07:00

@Rooth: That is some gorgeous linework right there.

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2009-09-04T02:50:27-07:00

Let's hope this works... I drew a girl because my men were turning out... Like girls. So yeah here you go

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2009-09-04T02:52:13-07:00

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2009-09-04T03:38:40-07:00

@kperkins--Thanks. Your lettering is my favorite.
@Dervaspa--favorite helmet
@DisContent--favorite LOL
@sebfowler--Amazing.

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2009-09-04T04:34:15-07:00

@kmcleod--that is a font called JF Flamingo

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2009-09-04T08:20:25-07:00

No one asked but I did it any way
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3444/3886575595_f25c964f87_s.jpg
After getting hit by an IED in OIF, Sgt Jack Flemming continues to fight terrorism as THE FLAMINGO.

@Rooth - Very creepy, me likey

@sebfowler - You got a Dali thing going there. Very cool

@jontk - WOW! Thats all I can say....WOW!

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2009-09-04T08:21:24-07:00

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3444/3886575595_f25c964f87.jpg

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2009-09-04T08:28:32-07:00

There we go!

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2009-09-04T11:34:45-07:00

Sebfowler: Ha! The payoff of that drawing is that, having to scroll down to see the entire thing, you don't get to the Flamingo feet until the end, so it's a really great visual gag... Too funny.

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2009-09-04T12:53:43-07:00

Remake/Remodel is back! WOOOHOO!
Lovely stuff this week, seems like everyone's back from their breaks :)

The first thing I thought of was the flamingoes (and the hedgehogs!) from Alice in Wonderland - you know, the ones that they play cricket with!
So here we go: The Flamingo, secret agent of the Crown! With his gusto and his fists he deals with the villians of the thirties!

His companions are Casimir, the fearful hedgehog, and L.I.D.L. - an amazing size-changing automaton powered by mystical mushrooms found only in the Hollow Earth.

Of course, he needs a fitting villian... and who better then the Queen of Hearts! (S)he runs a global organized crime syndicate

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2009-09-04T23:22:00-07:00

Clone Artist: Digging the 'toon style. Nice Alice Liddell reference...

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2009-09-05T06:08:57-07:00

Really nice, Rooth. Someone else said sinister, and that's a great word to describe it.

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2009-09-05T07:30:23-07:00

Cheers, @racingpenquins, @frequentcontributor, @viol8tor, @Art G, @Laemeur, and amazing work everyone!
What an awesome R/R, folks.
My Flamingo is actually the first illustration that I have ever done entirely digitally from scratch, and I very surprised that something half decent came out of it.
I didn't really have an idea or direction to go on for this one, (and there had been so MANY awesome ones early on in the thread) so I decided to give myself an hour to sketch around with Manga Studio until something took shape. I still don't know the program very well, but the digital drawing and inking feels so natural in Manga Studio,very free-ing, so I just went with the flow and then added a dose of colour in Photoshop.
So many great entries right from the get-go though, too many to name- but you know you are....
If I had to choose a favourite this round, it would be Michael Furious I think - sorta reminded me of character that might show up in The Invisibles. I wanna draw that guy!
Sizer wins for best Flamingo-holster :)
See y'all next round...

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2009-09-05T08:15:37-07:00

I've been working all week (and feeling crap with a cold all week), so I've only had chance to do a quickie...

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2009-09-05T09:49:41-07:00

Good thing is, if in future there appears a request for a zombie/leprechaun/pirate-themed hero, I can simply revive this.

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2009-09-05T23:37:21-07:00

Rooth's was the darkest.

*throws devil horns up*

Yoav, where'syer Flingo, man?

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2009-09-06T00:39:55-07:00

Imagine this coming at you in a swamp at full tilt ...

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2009-09-07T14:36:33-07:00

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2009-09-07T15:49:02-07:00

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2009-09-07T16:42:19-07:00

Always been impressed by these challenges and I've finnally gotten round to participating.
Great stuff everyone.

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2009-09-08T08:38:00-07:00

i did this the other day at a cafe. the text is missing so i guess you all can just make up your own in your head! :~)

p.s. this was the first one of the remake things i've ever done and it's been a real blast! gets those creative juices oozing...

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2009-09-08T16:01:25-07:00

@kamal coker
Nice stuff. I like the lighting/shading - especially of the trees.

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2009-09-08T17:43:25-07:00

@Yoav:

Yeah! MechaFlamingoZilla! Eat feathery robot-laser-bird-death!

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2009-09-09T09:02:44-07:00

@ken millar

thanks. i really like the gritty feel in yours. i was never all that good at coloring 'gritty'.. yours reminds me of 'the crow'(which is a compliment in my books).

you ALL did amazing jobs! good work everyone!

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2009-09-09T09:04:15-07:00

@ken miller

oh yeah, i hope you're on the mend from that cold! :~)

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2009-09-09T09:27:44-07:00

@kamalcoker
I'm starting to feel better, thanks.

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2009-09-15T14:07:07-07:00

Of course - I just noticed the tot has a Flamingo themed playdress ...