i’ve been working on today’s strip for-ev-er and my results are still mediocre. a frustrating lack of skill
i’ve got so many versions of this that look even worse
i’ll have to post them some time
since this strip works best horizontal, it will probably look best for you here (and it’s in color)
you can also view a color version here
another new steps strips for the 30 days of comics
old snake from metal gear solid 4
eating some watermelon in a bombed out building
this ones a bit of a hot mess
you can tell its a hot mess because i had to explain the drawing
here’s the sketch
inktober 2018 is over:(
its been a…slice
a little metal gear solid 3 action with volgin giving snake a jolt
you even get the sketch
where else can you get deals like this
day 29: double
so here’s a little paper, rock, scissors between twin snakes; metal, and liquid
its hard to believe that this inktober is winding down already…
it’s been so much fun, and somehow, less stressful than last year
i don’t know if my results have been any better, but the schedule was easier to keep for some reason
hopefully i can keep it up because i’m going to head right in to 30 days of comics in november.
what’s in the box?
it’s a cardboard box!
very useful in the metal gear franchise
had no idea, but according to the metal gear wiki, raiden translates to ‘thunder and lightning’ or ‘thunder god’ in japanese… so today, a raiden sketch
day 26 stretch
forgot my waterproof ink so no washes today
drew snake’s left leg way too long in the sketch but corrected it on the inks
i may have mentioned this before, once or twice, but i haven’t played mgs5 so i can’t say for sure that there isn’t a porcupine suit in the game.
and since this is the third one of these i’ve done, i guess this makes it a ‘running gag.’
hoo!
…
i’ll just show myself out…
took a bunch of sketches to get here but here we are.
a little 4 panel action with raiden and a gekko from mgs4 for day 24: chop
update: maybe it helps to see this piece like this:
muddy.
day 23.
a sketch i didn’t ink.
a sketch i did ink but didn’t love.
a third one i just went ink on. no pencil sketch underneath. its pretty frank miller-y.
im not crazy about any of them but…deadlines.
the fury and snake again from mgs3
we revisit the fury and snake from mgs3 and day 3
to anyone with more inking experience than me: its getting increasingly difficult for my brush to keep a fine point, making it very frustrating to use – does that mean its time to get a new brush?
one of the stranger threats in a bonkers game, mgs2, was the ‘fatman.’ he was a master bomb builder who also wore roller blades and kind of looked like uncle fester
here’s some process shots from sketch to first ink lines to final wash
I can’t decide if I should’ve added the ink wash or not
anyway. inktober metal gear continues. day 13. guarded.
And that’s not a cake floating out there. It’s a ration. They float in the mgs games.
I haven’t played Metal Gear Solid V, so I can’t say for sure that there is not a whale suit in the game.
inktober 2018 celebration continues in metal gear land.
i think this image would work great for any of the 3 new yorker captions that works on every cartoon.
metal gear solid 3 has maybe the most beautiful (and sad) boss battle in video games
update: i did an ink wash but i don’t think i like it as much:
To my knowledge, there’s no ‘One Ring’ in the Metal Gear franchise…
metal gear solid 2 introduced the idea of having to deal with the enemy guards you’d incapacitated. You had to drag around the guards, hide them in alcoves, or stuff them in lockers so fellow guards wouldn’t stumble upon them and your presence wouldn’t be detected.
After using a wash in yesterday’s sketch, I decided to try it out here today. I’m digging the results.
And here’s the original sketch.
In Metal Gear 4, Snake is an old man, exhausted by years on the battlefield.
He wears a sneaking suit that helps him blend in, octopuslike, with his environment.
I try to convey that effect with a little ink wash. I’m not quite successful, but the effect is interesting, nonetheless.
As a little bonus, here’s the preliminary drawings.
First the pencil sketch, than the inks.
Onward.
I haven’t played Metal Gear Solid 5 so I don’t know if there’s a chicken suit in there or not.
But I’d like to think there is.
inktober 2018 day 4: spell
metal gear solid. meryl is under the spell of foxhound’s resident psychic
this one could really use a background. maybe i’ll go back in sometime this month and fill it in
on day 3 of inktober, you get 3 drawings. this trend will not continue.
one of the antagonists in metal gear 3 is the fury, a cosmonaut obsessed with flame.
mgs 3 also features a survival element, where living off the jungle may help your character, snake, complete his mission
those elements combined.
if you look closely you can see abandoned underdrawings in the first two sketches
Inktober 2018 continues with Metal Gear Solid 2.
Metal Gear Solid was already a strange game, but Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid 2 was completely bonkers, and great.
Today’s prompt: tranquil.
