“The Ancient Minion” was another character introduced late in the Minions at Work 1.o run. I really liked the idea of the character, but he was hard to come up with single-panels for. He tends to be kind of static,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We lost David Bowie yesterday, and that’s no laughing matter. It’s quite sad. But we’re in the business of funny here, and I’ve found myself listening to “Space Oddity” over and over. It’s one of several songs (Elton John’s “Rocket[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The guard tower, one of my favorite props. This shot was done in front of a backdrop carefully made from pasted together, cut-out sections of a scrapbooking paper I found that had evergreen trees on it. The paper was too[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I like this one in that it suggests another dynamic to the relationship between Minion No. 1 and Minion Number 2. (By the way, in case you’ve been wondering, it’s not a typo or error that I use “No. 1”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I really, really like how this cartoon looks. Texture and detail, that’s what sells, and this panel has lots of both. The tombstones and gargoyles are all cheap Halloween decorations. The fall leaves are plucked from a roll of decorative[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is a very simple setup, but I like it. That’s of course a Star Wars rancor monster. I absolutely love those guys. Probably my favorite Star Wars creature. The “ripple glass” office divider is a total trick. It’s an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The robot here is an electronic toy called a Maxbot Max 1. Basically in design he’s an unlicensed knock-off of Honda’s famous robot demonstrator ASIMO, rendered in slightly larger than 1/6th scale (The real ASIMO was just over four feet[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What is Cap’n Rehab’s “thing?” This cartoon pretty well sums it up. Building and lighting sets for Cap’n Rehab’s submarine, the “Naughtyless” is loads of fun, and I keep getting sucked into spending inordinately large amounts of time building props[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I did this shot for a lighting blog-post I did on my old “One-Sixth” blog years ago. It was just thrown together to demonstrate the use of practical lighting, thus the LED light in the box. I liked the look[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What’s there to say about this one? Winter uniforms, big guns, fairly typical lair set, though by this time, the stock set pieces I was using were getting pretty good.