500. Blue Beetle


It’s Day 500! Seems like a milestone to me. So, I drew my favorite superhero, Ted Kord aka The Blue Beetle. But you knew that already. What you might not know is that today’s piece is an actual painting – hand painted – with acrylics on colourfix paper. And this is also the first thing I’ve painted in 16 years. I think 1998 – my last year at art school – was the last time I had painted anything.

Below is my progress from initial sketch, to transferring to the paper, to the flats. Everything beyond that was just experimentation until I felt it was done. I’d say that I kind of hate the final piece, but also, it’s not bad for having not done a painting in close to 20 years.

UPDATE: Apparently June 15th was the 75th anniversary of The Blue Beetle (Dan Garrett version)! Serendipity!

499. Cyclops

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Over the last few days, I watched Crank which I enjoyed on a big, loud, dumb level. I watched the first 20 minutes of a movie called Bloody Mallory and decided it would be best to watch that with someone else to soak up the awfulness. And I finally saw the new Godzilla which I will probably talk about on the new Stupid Sexy Podcast next week!

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494. Proudstar


Which one? ‘Sup to you!

493. Snake Plissken


By request. I like the idea of Snake Plissken movies. I watched Escape from New York for the first time a few years ago. I did not care for it. In fact, I kinda don’t care for many John Carpenter movies. Sure, I really like some (The Thing, Starman, In the Mouth of Madness), but I can do without ever seeing any of his other movies again. Or perhaps, any movie he makes in the future.

492. He-Man


By request, but not in this particular form. I don’t know why I chose to do it this way.

Thursday, I went to see Amazing Spider-Man 2. This morning, I watched the new X-Men movie. I will talk about them on the next Stupid Sexy Podcast – if there is one. Tonight, though I watched Escape from Tomorrow, a bizarre guerilla film, shot mostly at Disneyland and Disney World without any authorization from Disney. Beyond that initial gimmick, there is nothing worth watching about this movie.

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