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Off The Wall / Re: Reposted Picture Thread (56K Warning)
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The best of artist Paul Gulacy.
What's the WORST? The entire rest of his career?
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The best of artist Paul Gulacy.
Now I just have to rake 42 more bags of leaves...
Wow they took out real Megabuster, not a fan of that. I figured they would have at least switched it to a Protoman based super.

I'd also say that plenty of "grimdark" games/characters either lack intelligence or fail to treat their audience as normal humans.

Gives off creepy Yaoi vibes, but besides that, awesome.

A.K.A. "Lots of Other People's Female OCs Edition". I think I might've gone overboard there...
Redesigned my pre-Capcom-MM9 MM9 'bots again. I think they all look better for it (well, Steelman and Jungleman didn't change much), especially now that Jumpy looks a bit less like the Wasp.
* Hologirl's helmet is a simplified version of her oooold Transmetal helmet, which in turn was inspired by Arcee's hair-thing.
* I tried making Shortman look a bit like a Mechaniloid; anyone who assumes he's one gets zapped.
Proto/Rock stuff: mostly dicking around (hurr hurr).
* For some reason, I see RS-Rock as not being able to skate. Proto knows how (even though he mostly lived in a desert...) and is trying to show Rock how to. They're both going to end up flat on their asses.
* Robot versus Predator? (Or Predators, as that plotbunny involved two of them, both hunting down Rock and Protocop after they witnessed the two "visitors" de-skulling a human)
* Just hugging. Or maybe Rock fell asleep.
Those three to the right would be myself and my two sisters as RMs. ~AnimeEllie became Paintwoman; my other sister (no dA) became Toho (derived from Touhou Project).
Aaand lots and lots of characters I don't own, starting with Seraphwoman. Hopefully my writing is legible enough to determine who everyone belongs to.
* Serenade--I might've gotten her gender wrong. Her sprites were just recolours of Protoman with long hair and a sabre. (S/he comes from the site Engine of Destruction, by the way)
* Inevitably, all the items in a series will gradually shrink, if I'm the one drawing them.

Taken on the same night one of my sisters came home with Twilight Sparkle and Spike.
Sora's not sure about this.

Drawn on an envelope, which is how a lot of fanart was sent in to magazines prior to the Internet taking over, apparently. (Paper wasn't as thin as I thought it'd be)
Mostly some scenes from a fic series I'll never write, plus Special Unit Nine at the bottom. To the right is X, Mega, Zero, and Proto, coloured with Prismas and Copics (mostly) in hopes of making them stand out from the panels.
* At some point, Axl and Lumine switch bodies. Lumine is quite smug about this.
* Layer is still married to Sigma, yet has a crush on Zero. Whatever she does will only end in tears.
* X is for eXistential dilemma. (MST3K ref. aside, poor guy's trying and failing to bring peace, like Dr. Light hoped he wouldn't have to do--damn Mavericks and humans who cry Maverick at the drop of a hat)
* Uh, Iris, just because Rock is older than you doesn't mean you won't get funny looks, at best.
* Finally (not counting that panel of Sigma being creepy, referenced from some X7 art), there's the rest of X's team: their part-time navigator, Ryan Akhart/Roll (Alia fills in for those other times), and hunters Executioner Vermilion (still a Locke the Superman ripoff...), Iron M.P., Kaze (name that ~MSipher gave to that nameless X5 hunter), Axl, and Lyre Seal. Greene/GBD would be there if I had remembered him--maybe he transferred?

Commissioned by ~taichara; admittedly, I did hurry up a bit after my computer fan started snarling at me again.
Goddamn, N. Zero, you look so smug.

ENOUGH EYE POISON. LET'S SUBMIT SOMETHING ACCEPTABLE TO SCRAPS NOW.
* Top row is some old Sonic characters of mine, revamped. Especially Sin, who went from a super-hog to a human living in Maginary (Maginaran?). His attire resembles Tetsuo's...oops.
* Jazz and Andante...those two were WAY overdue for a redesign. Essentially, two friendly Maverick Hunters--one has no buster, the other no hometown. Because the Mavericks took it, see. Andante's not happy about it, but by now there's nothing she or anyone else can do. As for Jazz...anti-tank gun > Maverick's head.
* Kohakukun19 already drew an X8-style Mega (and Proto, and Roll, and Eddie); theirs is better.
* Yeah...I dunno why red-eyed X exists. Not because the artist for the X7 4komas gave him red eyes, but because no other piece of official art did. Is it to match Zero's blue eyes/blue helmet gem thing? (Oddly, despite X4 giving X blue eyes in the cutscenes, I don't remember any fans doing the same)
* Hey, it's Mouse. Mouse has a tail. Mouse is a thief. Mouse received a sound thumping from Roll for her thievery.
* That's supposed to be Seraphwoman on the right, and Zaia-possessed Rock to her left. At some point in pre-current-design Zaia's history, he possesses Mega and does all sorts of horrible things. Will this hold true for MM:TT's story? Fairly certain Liz doesn't want to give out spoilers.
* Silen...hrm. Robot or Reploid? Either way, he's utterly pathetic and reeks of neon. Perhaps Rock can help him out, because Rock's a nice guy.
* For whatever reason, I see RS-Rock as being much shyer without his armour. No angsty reason behind it, that's just how it is (like there's no angsty reason behind my fanon RS-X's dislike of being touched--he just doesn't like it. Unless Rock's involved, then it's okay for reasons unknown to him).
* Note to companies: never, ever declare your systems to be hack-proof. They aren't, and you just advertised your alleged unhackability to the very hackers you hoped to keep out.
* Gave Vermilion a white jumpsuit. That's about it.
* Dreams are strange; this one featured Rock getting sedated by a well-meaning but stern nun. Because apparently his leg was busted or something, and she knew he'd try to go out and fight evil anyway.
Yes, inject the lightweight with horse tranquilizers, as Proto has pointed out. That's bound to end well, Sister Herpnderp.
* Two Zaiakumen? Well, I finally saw his first design--or maybe that was just possessed!Rock, and thus the whole thing is a time paradox--and while I do like it, I still think Zaia's come a long way. I talked about this Zenki-Zaia (he's based heavily on some other dude) meeting current Zaia, then drew it, and added a tiny mug of his second design.
* Zero in X's armour? Dream-based. There was this big mystery about why X wasn't acting like himself--the biggest clue being the flashback to something Zero alone had witnessed. And the seven pounds of hair stuffed in his helmet.
* I stuck RS-Rock in EXE-Land once. Now I drew him again.
* Would've been easy to put Iris in that Colonel-esque armour many other fans put her in, but I went with something EXE-inspired instead.

More writing than usual, I think.
* I've seen that design for Piano on Pixiv, though I don't think it was the first (originally, she wore a white dress with black accents). She's from that Rockmen R fangame, by the way.
* Can't remember if anyone drew a Maverick Navigator prior to Glitch here, so I won't go around yelling "FIRST". With her, I had "Alia's opposite" in mind, though that's not very evident.
* Roll/Jazz has to do with an old RP between Liz and ~bladewyng, I think.
* She raises a good point, Proto. After thinking about that, and what ~MSipher had to say on the manner (I think it was in the comments for that "Interview with Joe Ruby" journal)...why did so many people assume he was a straight good guy back then? (OK, maybe there was something in MM8 I've forgotten) Seems a bit more neutral prior to 9--or 10, if one doesn't consider DLC-Proto's thing to be canon.
* iX and Zaia getting along? Can't imagine why.
* You know, I mis-dated that old microscopic sketch of mine; it should be from '03 or '04. D'oh.
* Yakasa refers to this old bit of MMX fanon--someone tried to translate the climax of the X3 manga, got X's name wrong (maybe have been using a Chinese version), and for a while, X's "true name" was Yakasa. So of course I had to make him a character in his own right, based on X and his armour from Rockman Online.
* I was looking for an oldish doodle of Greene/GBD's hair and instead found a hilarious (to me) pic of Protosheepscarf.

Man, I still don't like working with pixels. Though I don't think it turned out that badly this time.
Just Rock, Proto, and Bass posing for a photo or something (fully-armoured Bass, how I didn't miss drawing your helmet). Sure, Proto looks happy now, but then he totally popped Bass in the arse for using his little brother as an armrest.
Borrowed the colours from an MM10 cutscene and another screen.

TIME PARADOX
Taken in Dad's downstairs mancave (would've used the non-functional jacuzzi room, but there was a spider in it); Aerith meets Aerith. Say hello, Aerith.

Some things got cut off at the bottom; sorry about that.
* The idea for Ninja Proto (slightly based off of X's Shadow Armour) came out of nowhere. Like a ninja.
* I dunno if there was any actual art for Cyber-Elf(?) Kaitlin; I had to go off a sprite.
* Photon and Nova were probably created in '06 or '07. One has two heads (I dunno if anyone else has done that, but I ain't claiming "first"), the other is a loser. And a Maverick.
* Megaman Andromeda didn't change much; Rhythm lost the blue scleras (maybe I'll give Tabris normal eyes, too) and gained a jumpsuit and gauntlets.
* There's quite a lot of fans who think Dynamo would join the Hunters. I think he'd only do so if it meant furthering his own goals. In the meantime, here he is trying to be friendly with Rock.
* Fluttershy only ever saw Rock with his armour off prior to this point. /obvious
* Hex has super shield powers. Queue's weapon isn't shown, but it's probably some rapid-fire pea shooter, like Bass's buster.
* No really, Angel Warrior Comics is terrible. It's kinda pathetically hilarious to me, but every other character (to paraphrase what I said to Tara) looks like Rock, Roll, Bass, and Zero washed their armours in acid. Slider here apparently became Mega's friend at one point and tried to defend him from Bass.
* Hey, it's Diman/Di. Below is a redesigned Dr. Radius (to be honest, she looked too much like Dr. Ramano before).
* Tried Classic-izing Ran. She's probably not a sniper in this continuity.

Surely I'll soon have more to upload than felt pen drawings and photos. In the meantime, my Koto-MM arrived today, and I got him assembled not long after. Thanks for commissioning me, ~taichara and Liz!
Let's talk about model-building. I briefly got into it a few years ago, when I acquired a Gundam V model (I think) from a convention. Or maybe when I got that old Zero Bandai model. Either way, I had fun putting the things together, then I made the mistake of tackling the Master Grade MSA-003 Nemo. Two days to assemble and the damn thing wouldn't stay assembled. "Break time," I figured, and didn't touch another kit for a long time.
(There was probably something in the instructions that wasn't in English, therefore I missed something important. Either way...)
Megaman here was a lot simpler to put together, barring the occasional piece that either wouldn't come off the plastic tree easily, or had to be pried apart because I'd stuck it on the wrong way. (And I'd forgotten how sharp those plastic bits can be...)
My main concern with this kit would that it wouldn't have that much weight to it--it actually does, or at least more than Bandai-model-Zero. Dunno why I'd worry so much about that. :/
All in all, I'm happy with its quality and how it turned out. Maybe if I ever get Proto, Roll, or ZERO-era Zero, I'll know which way their arm parts are supposed to be assembled.
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This would've been drawn in SAI if I hadn't come to a mental stop while it was open. :/
Here's a Sora group pic. What are they falling towards, and why do they all have the keyblades/sword out? Does Sora being in his "dream world" clothes explain why everyone's there with him, or should I just write out the relevant bit of fanon?
* Sora's just in his KH3D outfit because I really like it and want to draw it more.
* Likewise, I thought I should try drawing Ventus's armour, hence why he's the only one here wearing his. Maybe his soul went out to assist Sora in ass-kicking.
* Vanitas's clothes' colour scheme looks more like his Sentiment's. :/
* That's Kara over on the far left, wielding the Dream Sword because it sorta went poof, as opposed to the Dream Rod and Shield (yeah, Sora can use it in Days, but that's it). Perhaps with enough wild mass guessing, I can take him out of the realm of the AU and properly explain why it took so long for him to rejoin Sora, and why Sora didn't suffer for it.
(Relevant bit of fanon: Eventually, KH-Cosmos tells Sora that he may be able to use Kingdom Hearts to bring his other selves back into existence. He does, and it works, but they're warned that if any of them die, they might not return to Sora)

Hey, Wily's retired from trying to take over the world! This means it's safe (durr), and you've outlasted the crazy geezer!
Of course, now Rock has no reason to get up early (no reason that matter to him, anyway), and now you have to physically drag his ass out of bed if you want him up and about before twelve noon. Whoops!

Rock and Roll are about the same body type, so...

Sorry, Malice, but you'll never be as effective as Nightmare Moon or Discord. You're just a solid-gold [sonic slicer] who makes no effort to hide your transparent evilness.
Also, how do I pony back views

Let's talk about J. Axer. I first discovered his art back in '03, when I got StH #119; later, I found the rest of his art (either through Team Artail's now-nonexistent galleries, or his website). I was amazed at how detailed his pics were, especially that one Sonic group shot.
What's that got to do with this? I tried putting Rock in something Axer's characters (both his and renditions of others') would wear, and it ended up being a lot plainer.
Rock apparently took on a job as a courier, and his [dark hold] employer didn't warn him that he was carrying something high-risk.
(Kinda wonder if Mr. Axer ever drew any proper MM stuff, and not just his disembodied head on those two sketch pages)

There's a funny story behind this. See, I wanted to try and colour something with a much older version of Photoshop, but I couldn't really find any downloads, nor was 5.0 LE still on my XP. So I tried airbrushing the hell out of this, and...this was not the effect I was looking for.
Still, I think it turned out alright. Pulled the colours from an anniversary image instead of MM10 art this time.
I think that "X is the original Megaman post-upgrade" theory is one of the few bits of fanon to survive the years. It was apparently disproven in an old (like, "X1 hasn't come out in Japan yet" old) interview, yet Capcom has been very secretive about any connection between X and Rock. Interview is here, by the way: http://kobun20.interordi.com/2010/07/05/rockman-x-origins-2/
Despite my comment there, I actually don't remember if I always thought of X and Rock as separate guys or not. Either way, it's fun to have these two interact, and work out how Rock would deal with X-era X losing most/all of his memory of 20XX.
As for the "X is Rock" debates--all I know is that they tend to get real long, allegedly. Even discussing what's supposed to separate one from the other is something you only do when you have vast amounts of free time.
(Also...game-X's hair. I think I came up with ten different styles in the past; this time, I wanted to both finalize it and make it distinct from RS-X's hairstyle. Knowing me, I'll forget about the first one)

"I draw a lot of RS-Proto/Rock; let's have some game-Proto/Rock, and let's also bork the hand anatomy."
Second image in that intended "make something presentable in old-version Photoshop" experiment. This time, I just didn't use a multiply layer for shading. (It took me WAY too damn long to figure out I could do that...or set the lineart to multiply instead of cutting out all the white bits with the magic wand)

Well, some of them. (Yep, Ryan Akhart a.k.a. that name I gave to the unused X1 op is actually Roll, post-body-revamp.)
Man, this conversation must be awkward...
Roll/Ryan: "You remember anything from the past yet? No?" *jabs X in the face* "THINK HARDER."

--wait, I put highlights on the armour but not the hair. D'OH
I think Iris/Rock has become my new X-series OTP. How it goes--in my fanon, Iris lives (she wasn't revived, she simply never died to begin with) but has thoroughly rejected Zero for the whole "you ignored my pleas not to and killed my brother" thing. After being repaired, and after her brain's been altered to continue not exploding without Colonel (it was a complicated process that she took a while to recover from), she eventually set her sights on Rock, who was one of the few people who wanted to help her.
...that is, he wasn't aware that she'd become a bunny-boiler. Oops.
Well, at least if anyone wants to mess with Rock, they'll have to get through Iris and her gatling gun first (hint: they won't). So, acceptable trade-off?

Rush, Tango, and Beat. The lattermost had better find a new perch if he doesn't want to get eaten.

Joker had tons of fun pissing off Rock (as the Internet is only 1994-calibre in my fanon, there aren't any "DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS" signs).
And then Rock pitched him through a window.

Proto apparently got transferred over to Raccoon City (and Rock shrank again). Hey, at least robots can't become zombies...

Seems Rock is about to turn the tables here.

Seriously, Quickman, let him activate Quick Cross first or something.

Has to do with something on TMMN's oekaki.
Don't worry, Rock, you'll get used to it eventually.

RADIX tried experimenting with combining traditional and digital. It...huh. You sure no one didn't accidentally release some acid?
At least I drew Arachwoman again (minus two arms so that she'd actually have eight limbs), plus some other lady I have yet to name or develop.

Maybe eventually, Rock and Iris build this kid ("build" not being a metaphor unless Iris wants to go to jail). Despite having Rock's hairstyle (sort of), Arco seems to take after his mom more (minus the post-Zero-fight yandere tendencies).
Poor kid is somewhat interested in becoming a Hunter--he admires his dad's friends, for one--but Rock won't let him because he's absolutely terrified of Arco getting hurt or going Maverick.
Doodled him meeting his stepbrothers; Trino finally got some armour.

It's Dr. Ramano, creeper extraordinaire, and her partner in creeping, Zaiakuman. (That disguise would be somewhat effective if not for that tail)
Don't accept that, Rock. She probably made it with hard robo-liquor.
Kinda begs the question as to why Megaman isn't just SOLD OFF, while he's still relevant. Capcom obviously doesn't want it.
And until Sora stops blubbering over Riku every time he's able to.
All I wish is for Nomura to stop pandering to the yaoi fangirls. Sora needs to get some poon, dammit!





