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VINTAGE CON SKETCHES: S'more BUBBLEGUM from the days of yore!
🕑 Added 2023-04-05 13:00:02 +0000 UTCWellp, at least two of these Bubblegum Crisis-derived commissions should be new to (most of) you, though the last few were prrrrrobably posted here before, albeit potentially years ago.
First off, Priss sporting "THAT leather jacket," which was of course photoreferenced from a friend's jacket in pics taken during, I think, the summer of '96:
Priss is also sporting the extremely stylized facial structure that my evolving art style had come to favor; soon enough, however, I'd wind up ditching this angular style (and nasal structure) for an increasingly different approach circa 2001-03.
Next up, Nene with a katana, presumably for a very specific request:
And there's that hyperstylized facial approach once more. Golly! Also, points off for an incorrect katana grip, as proper positioning of the support hand would place it down at the bottom of the tsuka (haft) for maximum leverage. Then again, A) Nene wouldn't necessarily know the proper grip, and B) visual reference for such minutiae was just a tad harder to dig up speedily in those bygone days of technological yore.
Next up is a piece depicting Vision in idol singer costume from the original BGC (OAV) episode 7:
This image was already in the old CON SKETCHES hard-drive folder, suggesting that it was probably posted here some time ago in an earlier Vintage Con Sketches post but, ehh, screw it, here 'tis again.
And on that tip, next to the Vision jpeg in that folder was this Nene(-chan!) piece, which I'm just about as sure was already posted here some time ago:
..which is undated, oddly enough; however, judging by the nostril depiction and the more rounded facial line, this piece might well have been done circa 2007 or 2008, well into my changeover to a rather different form of artistic stylization. Golly, once more!
NEXT TIME ON THIS HERE PATREON: Not sure at the moment as to exactly what's coming up in the next M/W/F slot, TBH. Let's find out together, shall we?
Comments
Steven Ng
Adam, the Nene with bonus ADP officer is from 2005. I also have the pencil prelim. Great to see three of my commissions here.
Krazy Krow
Great stuff! I owe you a scan of that Priss commish you did for me a few years back!
Will_K
THAT leather jacket
A Patreon of the Ahts
I loved that book. I'm also glad you caught the grip thing. I see that mistake all the time, drives me nuts. Especially when the holder is supposed to be a Master Samurai....
Strypgia
Priss looking real good in that first shot. And I think youe BGC miniseries was one of the first things I read in your works. That or 'Plague of Angels'.
Burninator
Fun Fact: there actually was a bubblegum crisis spawned by the pandemic, as IIRC sales dropped like 30%+ overnight from people not going out or commuting anymore. One caveat: the National Candy Hall Of Fame member I originally discussed this was born in 1954, and I'm not sure how trustworthy the opinion of a Boomer is on Bubblegum Crisis.
