Mongoose Ink. (Usagi goodness 7/26/07)

[Mitch]

Well, Mark's got his own thread, and so does everyone else, it seems like, so, now here's one for me and Mongoose Ink., my design company.

I'll try to post finished pieces here when I can, but I think my sketches will still go in Ze Art Thread.

I'll get things rolling with my first samurai armor picture in over four years. Tried a new method of coloring on this one and I'm very happy.

Sakai Jironato, second son of a swordsmith, dons his father's armor on the day he is accepted by the Hazakuro clan as a minor sword instructor at the age of seventeen.

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/Sakai-armor-Done.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/Sakai-armor-Done.jpg

[Lilaena De'Ville]

:thumbup he looks even better with a head. :D

The amount of detail you put into your finished pieces is amazing - the background is great, the sash is terrific - not to mention all the tiny bits that really make it pop. Like the rope holding the pieces of his armour on.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

A masterful followup to your first Samurai piece :)

The armgaurds and the sash are my favorite bits. Aaaargh you make me jealous!

[Oriadin]

As always, I am in awe of your work Mitch.

[Mitch]

And, my next piece, Derrer and Roland.

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/D-and-R-done.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/D-and-R-done.jpg

Roland, the 6'3, 280 pound beaver, learns the hard way that Derrer, the 4'11", 99 pound lop rabbit, hates to be called short.

Derrer might be a little guy, but he's got one heck of a chip on his shoulder about his stature, and he'll go off on anyone he darn well pleases. Though I wager right now Roland is wondering just how far he can toss the bunny.

I'm so glad I finally finished this one. It's been a sketch for over a year now, and I always loved it. Feels great to have it done.

[Khendon Sevon]

Anatomy and coloring are both awesome. Only thing that bothered me at first was Derrer's hand. It appears almost as if it were coming out of his mouth :)

[Mitch]

An unfortunate necessity, really. I tried to make sure you could see as much of the rest of his arm leading up to the hand, but, the angle needed for dramatic effect put his hand at just the wrong spot in correlation to his mouth.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Brilliant :) I love the background.

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Awesome! It's perfect!

You figured it out :D Or did you just do it the long way?

[Mitch]

I did it the looooong way. But it turned out all good.

[Mitch]

Well, I went to the Emerald City ComiCon today in Seattle, and who was there but the amazing Brom! Talked to him for a while, then went off and did some doodling while looking like Kevin Smith, then came back and he took a look at it, liked some things, and suggested some others, so I worked on it and came up with this:

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/Vol-II-Cover-Sketch.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/Vol-II-Cover-Sketch.jpg

Sketch for the cover of N'duk the Hunter: Volume II. Scene is taken from my story "Gears of the Masters."

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Good lord I'm jealous. What's Brom like? I've always like his stuff - selectively of course, but there's no denying the man has some serious talent.

II like the start of this new cover. About the only thing Ive got a problem with is N'duk's lower body; his right leg looks a little flat.

[Mitch]

Still need to work on his legwork.

Brom is a great guy, very friendly, and very humble.

[Mitch]

I've done more art, but I really liked this sketch, so I'm going to show it to you all. Base sketch of an image I'm doing for a friend. A friend that I have discovered actually IS Batman.

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/Bat-Sketch.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/Bat-Sketch.jpg

[Mitch]

And now all done, and colored with Tria markers. Mmmmm.... Tria....

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/MDLG-BatSkamp.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/MDLG-BatSkamp.jpg

[Lilaena De'Ville]

It is most excellent. :D

[Kyle Krogen]

Freakin-Fantasticly Awesome!

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

So Bat-iful!! :D



Oh I kill me ^_^;

[Lady Vader]

I dunno how you do it Mitch, but somehow, you make them mongooses and other critters look damn sexy! Excellent work! :)

[Mitch]

Finally got a scan back from the person I drew this for. His style is so cartoony, I had to give him something fun in our trade, so I drew his marten character in N'duk's kilt, and gave him Conan's sword and headband, too. And sneakers for the fun of it. Brush pen and Prisma markers.

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/MDLG-Skamp-Barbarian.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/MDLG-Skamp-Barbarian.jpg

[Lilaena De'Ville]

So cute. :D I love his expression.

[Ambrose Braeden]

wow that is awseome

[Lilaena De'Ville]

When are you drawing something for me? :(

:mneh To see LD as a furry would be awesome. ;)

[Mitch]

Fun little cartoony version of N'duk I did with a brush pen.

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/Slick-Nduk.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/Slick-Nduk.jpg

Think I'll try to color it eventually.

[General Devious]

Cool Mitch.. Hey if you Make me a Dalamar. I'll draw one like you want.. Deal.. Furried version mind you.. Maybe black and silver coloring on his face and mane..;)

Tell me what yu want and I'll get to work right away..

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Love the new drawing! :D

Did you pencil it first, or just do it with the marker?

[Zereth Lancer]

Fanfrickentastic! On a scale of 1-10 it definetaly ranks a 20. :D

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

I'm so jealous of your line variation :p

[Mitch]

Two words: Brush pen.

[Sting]

This is Dal. Just for those who don't know..http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v69/dalamar34/Batman.jpg

[Mitch]

Well, due to some strange space/time anaomaly, I somehow missed ever reading Jeff Smith's wonderful and epic comic "Bone" until my cousin loaned me the complete book last night.

Five minutes in, I knew I had to do this.

So, here is N'duk Bone and some of the Rat Creatures in Bone style.

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/MDLG-Nduk-BONE.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/MDLG-Nduk-BONE.jpg

Man, that style is so fun.

[Sanis Prent]

Bone is amazing :) You've got that style spot-on!

[Teagan s'Ilancy]

Fantastic :D The rat creatures were always my favorite.

[Zereth Lancer]

Nice work, Mitch!

[Sanis Prent]

Fantastic :D The rat creatures were always my favorite.

http://s93860457.onlinehome.us/web/smallboxofsloths1uh.jpg

[Mitch]

Here's a fun piece I did for my friend Steve, with his HK 51. I messed up on a few parts of the gun, but overall I rather like it. Brush-pen and Copic markers.

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/TheSupplier.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/TheSupplier.jpg

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Lovin' it :)

I gotta say, you've come a hell of a long way since the days of visiting me and The Evil One ;)

[Sanis Prent]

Nice HK. Elongate the buttstock and slim the foregrip profile and I'd say you're spot on. You want to trace a line between the eye, the rear sight, and the ghost ring sight at the front.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I like it. :D The tiger is pretty cool, though personally I think tiger faces are too big and fuzzy to make good anthropomorphic humanoid figures. Well, it can be done, of course.

[Mitch]

Well, every year I have fin carving my Jack-O-Lanterns, and here's one od them from this year. Had a little fun and went Egyptian style on this festive gourd.

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/Anubis-jacko.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/Anubis-jacko.jpg

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

*Super jealousy mode*

Why won't you come live with me :( ;)

[Khendon Sevon]

I have to say, that is amazing.

Wow.

Too cool.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Thats great!

I'm going to carve a pumpkin next year, i swear. And it'll look awesome in my head until I try to carve it. ;)

[Tony Maxwell]

Wow, nice gourd, Mitch. Carving Pumpkins is fun, but sadly my parents don't believe in it and as a result I have not carved a pumpkin since I was like... eight. Yes, my childhood was ruined.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

When you turn 18 you can sneak off to my house and we'll carve pumpkins together. ;)

[Mitch]

*Super jealousy mode*

Why won't you come live with me :( ;)

Because I think Charley would shoot me if I tried that. =P

[Mitch]

A bit of fun with a more cartoony style. Just a little sketch.

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/NToon.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/NToon.jpg

[Mitch]

Okay, so I got onto a toon kick with N'duk, and I really like how this one came out.

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/N-Toon.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/N-Toon.jpg

What do you think? He look all right as a 'toon?

[Locksmith]

And now inked...

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/Nduk-Toon-Ink.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/Nduk-Toon-Ink.jpg

[Mitch]

And, now for the final, marker-colored version. Hope you like it, it was aful fun to do.

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/N-Toon-color.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/N-Toon-color.jpg

[Khendon Sevon]

That's rather good :)

[Mitch]

Got the chance to do an OpenCanvas session with an artist by the name of Solid Asp, who is the colorist for the TMNT cartoon. Had a blast, and got totally out-classed!

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/MDLG-SA-OC-1.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/MDLG-SA-OC-1.jpg

[Alexander Bane]

Great Crab Grass Batman! It's AMAZING!

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I LOVE that Nduk!!!! (open canvas version)

Fantastic :D Which parts did you do, and which parts did he do? :)

[Mitch]

I did N'duk, the cobra and the floor, and he did the jumping lion dude.

[Mitch]

Got a new piece of Gywneth, the hot-tempered red squirrel.

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/GT-3.jpg>
http://www.nehantish.com/GT-3.jpg

Was a real kick to draw, hope you like her.


Also managed to finish the cover image for N'duk the Hunter volume III: Coils of Stone. Really went in a new direction for this one, and I like it.

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/COS-Color.jpg>
http://www.nehantish.com/COS-Color.jpg

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I adore the book cover, but I told you that already. :):thumbup

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

I bet I could set a can of beer on that squirrel's butt :D

Gorgeous work as always - especially the bookcover :)

[Tristan Tahmores]

Is it wrong to consider cheating on my girlfriend with a squirrel? ^_^;

Dude, your artwork rocks!

[Mitch]

It's not wrong....

...if you're a furry. Furry. =P

[Tristan Tahmores]

*screams, and runs around in circles*

Aaaaaaah!

[Khendon Sevon]

*lights Tristan on fire*

Can't run around in circles and scream unless you're on fire.

I waaanna' tutorial on how you draw! :) Your lines are so... clean and spiffy.

[Zereth Lancer]

Very nice, Mitch, as always. The squirell is so "rawr" and the cover art is flipping awesome. To use the stupid langauge all teenage kids these days are using: Your artwork "Roxxorz". God, now I need to take a bath. Talking 1337 makes me feel dirty.

*Pours gasoline on the flaming Trustab*

[Lilaena De'Ville]

If talking 1337 makes you feel dirty, then please stop saying "pwned" because I don't think that word was ever meant to be actually pronounced. ;) /hijack

[Mitch]

Well, you've all seen me do a lot of historical and fantasy pieces, but I also love 30's - 50's science fiction, and had to finish this piece I've had as a sketch for over a year now.

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/MDLG-Sci-Fi-2.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/MDLG-Sci-Fi-2.jpg

Hope you like it, got some pointers from an artist friend of mine on it, and they really helped.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Ooh that's awesome! Great job, love the finished piece. :thumbup

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Love it :D

You gonna make a poster out of it?

[Mitch]

I might, though right now I'm having a hard time even just finding a print source for my regular prints.

[Tristan Tahmores]

Okay. I've just made it out of the hospital after my Khendon/Zereth-inflicted burns... :p

I love that last one. Regardless of the image itself, the blonde guy's outfit looks spiffy. Its got a "Cowboys in Space" feel to it, almost. You've got your cowboy with his pistol, and his little Indian friend with the darts. :)

Just out of curiosity (feel free to shoot me if its a stupid question), but does the "backwards 7" in the background represent anything in particular, or is it just there to look funky? I half expect to see it shoot off to the right, with the title of the series and a picture of their ship underneath it, or something.

Maybe Furball XL5? ;)

[Mitch]

I love doodles. So much fun, especially when they turn out so much better than I ever expected.

Here's my hare character Trebban, at ten years old:

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/lil-trebban.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/lil-trebban.jpg

Grrr!

[Khendon Sevon]

Okay. I've just made it out of the hospital after my Khendon/Zereth-inflicted burns... :p

*Blink*

What?

[Tristan Tahmores]

*Blink*

What?

You set me on fire. Ergo, burns. *shrug*


Loving lil' Trebban, Mitch. How do you get so much emotion into the faces? Faces are the thing that I have real trouble with: can never get them to seem "realistic".

[Mitch]

Well, did a little gift piece for an artist friend of mine, his werewolf character. Now, I've never drawn a werewolf before, so this was interesting. Thankfully he had some good source material, so this is how it came out. And yes, pants are courtesy of the Incredible Hulk tailoring service...

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/Solid-Shorts.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/Solid-Shorts.jpg

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Your coloring is just so fantastic :)

[Khendon Sevon]

He looks like a friendly werewolf. More like man's best friend than flesh eater.

[Dalamar DeSang]

Mitch what program do you use to color your characters? Is it adobe?

[Mitch]

Mitch what program do you use to color your characters? Is it adobe?

Usually Photoshop CS2, been dabbling in CS3, and occasionally I use OpenCanvas 1.1

[Dalamar DeSang]

okay second question. How long does it take you to color a picture. I would guess 5 or 6 hrs or is the program faster than that.

[Mitch]

Really depends on the piece. Some of them can be finished in color in under an hour, the average is 3-5 hours, and some can take in excess of 10-12, all depending on the complexity and style I'm going for. Also, how into the piece I am really makes a difference, too.

[Mitch]

All righty, been a while since I've been able to get something decent out, but here's a character from the upcoming volume III of my book series, N'duk the Hunter.

This is Demoran, a weasel who knows a wicked secret involving the strange and ugly friut he offers you. As a hint, don't take it.

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/MDLG-Demoran.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/MDLG-Demoran.jpg

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Looks like a pear. :yum

;) I like the picture, the only thing that's a bit odd (if you were looking for any critique) is the end of his belt that is hanging down. But it's not a big deal. :)

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Awful weasely lookin' fellow ;)

[Mitch]

I swore I'd never draw a 'taur. And yet, after some circumstances too bizzarre to go into, N'duk the Huntaur was born. Now please, let me flee before he murders me for doing this to him...

My only defense is that it was drawn on April Fools' Day.

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/MDLG-Huntaur.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/MDLG-Huntaur.jpg

[Mitch]

I can't help it, I love cute stuff, and I had to draw it. Behold, the power of a child's imagination!

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/MDLG-Wagon-Slayer.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/MDLG-Wagon-Slayer.jpg

[Thaddeus Post]

Adoooooorable. :cat

[Zereth Lancer]

Cute with a capital cute.

[Mitch]

Laird James McCullen XXIV, better known as Destro, and Baroness Anastasia DeCobray, the real power behind the puppet Cobra Commander. Destro's armament company, M.A.R.S, was always able to provide firepower, and the Baroness provided a firepower all her own. They've always been two of my favorite villian designs, and so I decided to furry-ize them for my submission to the Califur convention book.

Man, that took hours of research and watching lots of DVDs to get all those details down, and let me tell you, making your own Cobra logo isn't easy! Hope you like it!

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/Cobra-color.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/Cobra-color.jpg

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

Oh Destro *swoon*


Fantastic!

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Love it, love it. The Cobra emblem is really really good - I can't even imagine how you did it. :thumbup:thumbup

[Mitch]

I know it's been a while since I've completed a piece, and this one isn't terribly original, but to celebrate meeting Stan Sakai, creator/author/artist/everything for the comic Usagi Yojimbo, I had to do a piece of fanart good enough that he might remember it among all the rest of the stuff he's been given.

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/Usagi-done.jpg>

http://www.nehantish.com/Usagi-done.jpg

[Liam Jinn]

You rock, 'nuff said :)

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

As usual, your coloring and composition is wonderful, even if it's based ooff of an older drawing :)

[Mitch]

And, for my first submission here in aaaaaages, something painfully cute! (Though not finished yet, just finished the inking.)

The Spaghetti Western!

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/Spaghetti-Western-ink.jpg>
http://www.nehantish.com/Spaghetti-Western-ink.jpg

It's a follow-up to this one, The Wagon Slayer!
<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/Wagon-Slayer.jpg>
http://www.nehantish.com/Wagon-Slayer.jpg

Color coming soon, I hope.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

OMG the spaghetti western!!! I love it!! :D

[Mitch]

And now in color! Spaghetti Western!

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/Spaghetti-Western.jpg>
http://www.nehantish.com/Spaghetti-Western.jpg

With Deputy Bear. =)

[Zem-El Vymes]

Haha thats awesome

[Liam Jinn]

Damn, you've forced me to say that's cute. Damn you!

[Mitch]

Fun with model sheets. Non-photo blue scans like crap.

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/Nduk-Model-sheet.jpg>
http://www.nehantish.com/Nduk-Model-sheet.jpg

[Mitch]

Chairman WOW! Mitch does something totally random!

A "Red" red panda. =)

<img src=http://www.nehantish.com/Red-Panda-done.jpg>
http://www.nehantish.com/Red-Panda-done.jpg

[Loklorien s'Ilancy]

I absolutely LOVE your model sheet!

And the Red panda is superb :eee

[Dasquian Belargic]

Aw, Red Panda :)