As a thank you to you all, here’s a special treat: what June looked like when I first drew her! This is from back when I used to draw exclusively in the traditional medium, now I draw almost exclusively digital art!

Please forgive my fucking abysmal handwriting.

Have this drawing I made a while ago, I hope you like it and that you had a great day!

Pizza time.

Kentaro Miura, the author of Berserk and master of his craft, passed away yesterday.

 I used to loathe Berserk and not want to read it because my brother wouldn’t shut the fuck up about it. He clearly liked it just because he thought it was all about sex and violence. It wasn’t until I read it for myself that it really impacted me, and after I did, it helped get me through difficult times in my life. Miura is a fucking inspiration and the world is a darker place without him.

Thank you for sharing your story with the world.

I purposefully didn't identify the four Wonder Women depicted in this piece, because I wanted to see if anyone would be able to identify any of them!

But you know me, I love oversharing and making insanely esoteric references. So here's who they are and some of my though process behind each one!

Diana

No words are needed. It's Diana, you've seen me draw her. She's the best of the best. OG, cannot be matched.

You can see she's been visibly slimmed down from the last time I drew her, which really just came down to personal preference and opinion. I thought I went overboard and so toned it down.

Nubia

Nubia is a pretty interesting character, IMO. Debuting in January of 1973, she could arguably be called DC's first black woman superhero character, but the Teen Titan Bumblebee, who debuted three years later, has also been given that distinction(granted, Bumblebee is more of a traditional costumed crimefighter). Nubia(occasionally styled Nu'Bia) has had a wide variety of incarnations; from Diana's long-lost sister, an unrelated(hah) Amazon contemporary Wonder Woman, a parallel-universe Wonder Woman, or a future inheritor of the mantle.

I gave her an outfit with the idea that she is Wonder Woman, but isn't replacing Diana. Similar enough design cues that you can tell they're both Amazons, but different enough that they're clearly from different cultures. Nubia has the sort of "ribbed" top that most Wonder Woman designs have nowadays, as well as the hotpants of the New 52 Wonder Woman design. The dragon head in the middle of her top is an homage to her debut, which had a dragon crest on the breastplate!

In terms of build, Nubia is absolutely cut. She's fit like Diana, but doesn't have a bit of fat on her.

Artemis of Bana-Mighdall

The only other Wonder Woman that has arguably reached mainstream success. At least, she's more well-known than some of the others. She's teamed up with Red Hood, so it's not like she's completely obscure.

Unlike the other Wonder Women, the metallic parts of her suit aren't silver or gold. They're primarily red, with small accents of gold. Combined with a more outright aggressive and borderline hostile personality, she makes quite the distinction for herself.

In terms of build, the goal was "buff." The warm colors combined with that made me think of Jasper, from Steven Universe.

Bekka

Bekka is the Wonder Woman from the animated film Justice League: Gods and Monsters, which is... criminally underrated. I cannot recommend it enough. If even one more person watches it, I'll be satisfied. The universe it shows is so distinct, so far removed from what we know, but still recognizable in some way. Everything in it feels intentionally placed and exhaustively thought-out, nothing feels like it was just thrown in because the creators behind it thought it would be cool. The dark tone never feels excessive or overpowering, it always feels intentional and fitting.

What was this about again?

Oh yeah, Wonder Woman.

Bekka, this universe's Wonder Woman, is a New God. That's right, instead of being from a magical island, she's from a different planet entirely! Design wise, she's pretty much perfect to me, and didn't need much modification on my end. White and gold is already one of my favorite colorschemes, combined with the shiny blue/black it's absolutely stunning. The outfit itself is a perfect love letter to the New God designs of Jack Kirby, the King himself. It took me insanely long to realize that Bekka's headpiece is a visual homage to Big Barda's. As for my depiction of the suit, I added some lining in order to keep the suit from looking bare, but for the most part I stayed as true to the design as possible. The only thing I outright changed was removing the chinstrap from her helmet, which in my opinion really strengthens the design. It's such a small thing, but it's something I've wanted to do since I first saw her design.

I also gave her massive tits.

No explanation needed, really.

I hope that you all liked the piece, and I hope you liked reading my ideas behind it! Feel free to ask more questions in the comments below, I always love hearing what you think!

Love always.

Chris-Chan turns 39 today.

39 years.

Hey there, all! I'm extremely proud of my most recent piece, and I thought I'd give you all some insight into my thought process regarding it!

General/Nonspecific Ideas: I made it to look like an actual comic cover, especially one that I would read. The focus is on the characters, each with a unique, eye-grabbing texture for their costume. As you may have noticed, the Champions are standing in front of the face of Crossbones, a dangerous mercenary from Marvel. I gave extra space between Nova and Spider-Man so that you could get a hint of his eye, and not have it be completely lost.

Miles Morales/Spider-Man: the one I started with. I experimented with having the red parts of his costume outlined in black, like I usually would. But without them, the red pops a lot more, instead of being overpowered and lost in the black. I used the blue highlights and iridescent lenses seen in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse because that's easily one of the best incarnations of the character to date. It also just looks super slick, and makes it clear that it's a black costume with blue highlights, rather than a colorful costume with black shadows.

Riri Williams/Ironheart: the second character I added. Riri is pretty infamous for how poorly she's written, and I have to admit that I don't think very much of the character. Gear and I put our heads together and worked on figuring out how to go about fixing her, by adding new ideas and aspects to her character, keeping or revising what was already there that works, and leaving out what didn't. He did a spectacular job of making her into a likable character, and by tying the idea that she needs to be her own person into her arc. My end was coming up with a new look for her Ironheart suit, since the original is a little rough. It's got too many colors going on at once, and ends up looking too cluttered and visually busy. I streamlined the design and used a modified version of the black and gold colorscheme from Marvel: NOW's Iron Man suit. It's a sweet design, and I feel it should be used more. I couldn't resist the opportunity to use it here with a paler gold and blue lights. Makes Riri's armor visually resemble the idea of being initially based on Tony's designs, but being taken in a different direction.

Nova/Sam Alexander & Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan: my two personal favorites. The different textures of Nova's suit and how light interacts with them were super fun to mess around with. When I was working on the others, I realized that all of them had black as the base color of their outfits, and Kamala was the only one with a different one, that being blue. Making her costume black turned out to work on multiple levels, by tying her into the team more, and by throwing back to the original Ms. Marvel costume worn by Carol Danvers! Gear and I have always shipped the two, coincidentally. They're really cute, what can I say?

Ghost Rider/Robbie Reyes: another favorite of mine. The borderline pitch-black suit with striking white piping is a super sick look. And the chromed-out skull shooting flame, much like a supercharger, is character design genius. It's very clearly Ghost Rider, but taken from a completely different angle by being a metal skull shooting flame as opposed to a normal skull engulfed in flame. It's one of my absolute favorite superhero designs Marvel's ever made.

I hope that you've enjoyed the piece, and reading my thoughts behind it! I love you all!

Matt Watson liked my work on Twitter and I’m gonna cum

not sure if I have a large enough following to warrant this, but I still think I should ask it.

Happy New Year’s, everyone! May 2021 bring you and your loved ones success, health and happiness!