Ankh (if he were in the TLK universe)

So I love messing around with my favorite characters and turning them into various animals.  It's what I do.  It's probably why if there were a fan art license mine would be revokes rather quickly.

But I couldn't resist imagining Kamen Rider OOO characters in the TLK universe.  People make pony versions of characters.  I think TLK versions are a bit more fitting.

And I figured that if Ankh were in the TLK universe not only would he obviously be a bird like creature (because he's a bird type Greeed), he'd be a cheetah.  Something about his looks screamed "cheetah" to me.  Not just regular cheetah, but king cheetah.  I think it's really just Ryouske Miura's facial features and figure.  He's really slender.  It just registered as feline to me.  Because I'm weird, heh...as for why king cheetah...I dunno.  I really like the spots and stripes on king cheetahs.

But...of course this meant that automatically Shingo has to be a cheetah too.  And by default if I were ever to draw Hina in the TLK universe, she'd have to be a cheetah too.  It's kinda hard to characterize Shingo though 'cause he's...rather bland in looks.  He's an adorable person but the hair and everything is very bland.  There's 3 things that really characterize Ankh well...

1) His hair.  There's really none other like it.
2) His eyes.  Not really color wise (though I usually just take the liberty and make them more on the red side anyways).  But his expressions and the thicker black outline around them is what I mean here.
3) And this is really optional but the hand...the part of him that's actually him.

But for Shingo, there's nothing.  His hair is dull, his eyes are standard.  So Shingo's only Shingo because he's got the same markings as cheetah Ankh.

I think I might do some of these things to the other characters.  I know I'd make Eiji a lion.  But I don't want to make everyone lions so I don't know what I'd do with the other characters.

Raion! Tora! Cheetah!

Ra-Ta, Ra-Ta...RaToraTah!

2nd in the series of literal translations of the OOO combos. And probably the easiest of animals to combine since they're all felines. Plus lions and tigers have similar builds though tigers are heftier. Well...they're a tiny bit similar...Considering I could've used a liger or a tigon as a base, cheetah was the one that threw this combo off, but not by much.

I had a previous sketch I'd done of this guy but I decided to redo it and make the anatomy better. And this one turned out better than what I had previously.

Next up on the list to design is literal Tajador.

Progress Shots- Putotyra Possessed Literal Tatoba

I wanted to draw myself an icon to use for Halloween. This ended up happening instead.

I'd wanted to draw another picture of my Literal Tatoba anyways and this picture was sitting in the back of my mind. There's a scene near the end of Kamen Rider OOO where Eiji is completely overtaken by the Putotyra (Ptera/Pterodactyl, Torikera/Triceratops, Tyranno/Tyrannosaurus) medals. In this state, he blindly changes into the Tatoba combo and instead of that combo having the bright green eyes it usually has, the eyes have turned purple as a result of the influence that Putotyra's having on him.

While I'm designing each of these literal interpretations to be its own being, perhaps the Literal Putotyra (which I still need to design) could have the ability to put others under its control. Or maybe I can just be drawing this for the heck of it. There doesn't really need to be continuity anywhere...but it's more interesting to think about.

Anyways I used a reference for the pose/expression found here.

Basically, this is all the progress done on it today. The sketch, the base layer (blocking out the colors, shading, and lighting), and then the detail layer (smoothing out everything from the base layer). I'm sure there's gonna be one more layer to add small final details that sharpen details here and there, but for the most part I'm just working with those three layers (not counting the two in the background for the border and the black).

Images Currently in Progress

More progress on a request for DaggerLeonelli of her character Akio. No the shading will not end up being this dark. Once I'm done smoothing everything out, I'll change the opacity on the shading layers so that it's at a decent level. I feel bad for taking so long on this picture. It should've been done well before now. But because it's so close to being done plus I love the character and I like how this is turning out, I'll finish it up when I find the time to do so.



I needed to attempt to design some background creatures for my APS class and so since I knew that owls and dogs were animals that hung around the Mayan god Ah Puch, I made a skull dog. But the class wants some more humanoid designs, so this one'll most likely be scrapped. I probably won't even use it for anything. As much as I like animal skulls and animal skull headed creatures, I have no use for a Saluki-skull headed character.



Out of boredom, I wanted to try my hand at making an MLP character retain some of it's cartoony characteristics while making it look more like a pony. While I don't care for the show (I find it no different than a generic children's show), I'll admit that I do like the color palettes used for a lot of the characters and I like their markings/design. Rainbow Dash for one...I do like her colors and markings. So I tried to draw her. It's a different style for me so it's a bit out of my comfort zone. Just a bit. I'm not always used to working in such a cartoony style but it's fun every now and then.



As for something closer to my regular style, I've been trying to figure out which literal OOO combo I wanted to draw next. While I tried to draw Putotyra, I still can't figure out how to mix those three together well (Pterodactyl, Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus). So it was between Ratoratah and Tajador. Peacock tail feathers throw me off a bit so I might draw that one next. So this is gonna end up being a Literal Ratoratah (Lion, Tiger, Cheetah).



Last but not least is what I've been working on today. A model sheet for my APS's project of the death god loosely based on descriptions of the Mayan death god, Ah Puch. This is really my first model sheet that I think is fairly successful. The side view is all inked. Then I have to do the front and back. And on a separate sheet close ups of his hands and close up views of his face for my friend who's gonna be modeling him.

MLP:FIS- Tori no Greeed (Ankh)

So that title...I guess it'd roughly "translate" out to "My Little P"OOO"ny: Friendship is Subarashii!- Tori no Greeed". Just my little way of having fun with it (and being obnoxious with the title). The "friendship is subarashii" thing I didn't come up with. That first part came from this image: My Little P"OOO"ny: Friendship is Subarashii!!!!!!!!

Which was also the reason I felt like drawing Ankh (the "tori no greeed) as a pony. Now I'm sure there's some person who'll just be like "ugghhh! Not another MLP fan!". In all honesty, I don't understand the show's popularity. The art style is sub-par. I really don't like it. It's flat and uninteresting. The animation is sub-par. The voices range from being decent to being extremely annoying (which it is for most of the characters). And the jokes/writing are/is boring even for a children's show's standards. It's just another standard child's show and I don't think it warrants the overwhelming popularity that it has. That being said...I couldn't resist drawing Ankh-chan as a pony.




Couldn't figure out if I was going to give him no wings, one wing, or both wings. Technically he could be drawn either way. Generally in OOO, since he's using Shingo's body, he just looks like a regular person. Once he got 3 of his cores back, he was shown with one wing that easily broke due to his body being unstable. And when Lost Ankh was destroyed and he had 6 of his cores, he was shown with both wings.

So in the color picture he only has one wing. Not only does the one wing aesthetic appeal to me but that scene is one of my favorites in the series. The sketch I attempted to draw both wings but drawing wings at that angle is always difficult for me so I can't say that it isn't because I didn't draw the other wing properly. Since it wasn't well drawn, I figured it'd be best if I just went for the one wing aesthetic.

The second thing I had to figure out was the "cutie mark" (I think that's what it's called). It was between his three medals and a popsicle. Why a popsicle? 'Cause it's generally the only thing he eats in the show. And he really likes them. Since I couldn't decide between the two I just gave him both.



I discarded this first sketch for the fact that the proportions were way off. Limbs were too long. Face wasn't "toony" enough. I just didn't like it but I decided to save it to show that sometimes I do draw with some sort of process involved.



This was closer to what I wanted but still the proportions weren't "toony" enough. For this one I decided to draw him without the wings. Just wanted to see how it looks and it looks fine. But I do like the wings. So decided to make a third sketch and that one ended up being the "charm".

I don't know if I want to draw any of the other characters as ponies. Really the only character I wanted to draw as one was Ankh and that was just "for the lulz".

Taka! Tora! Batta!

Tatoba...Tatoba, Tatoba!

Finally finished with this. Stripes and shading gave me trouble, but yeah. Finished! Time permitting I should give some of the other medal combos a shot. Definitely the "Tajador" (Hawk, Peacock, Condor) combo. And the...cat one...lion, tiger, and cheetah...think that one was called "Ratorah" or something like that. Also definitely Pterosaur, Triceratops, Tyrannasaurus Rex (Putotyra...right?...I should really remember these combo names better...) one. But that's for later.

This has to be the most intricate character design I've ever made. And the most colorful. And I can't even claim it as a fully original character...

Tatoba WIP 2- Flat Colors Finished

Those tiger stripes are such a pain but turned out much more gorgeous than I thought they would. And really helped blending the three colors together much better than I thought it would. Red, yellow, and, green...I didn't know how well I could get them to work together, but as it is, I actually like it a lot. Granted it also reads "Jamaican" a little bit.

Just gotta add in the shading detail for the eyes and it should be done. Hopefully that'll be done in a few hours...hopefully. ^^; I'm sure it won't take as long as drawing all those stripes did.

Finished Commission and Tatoba WIP

Really was hoping to get that WIP image finished by the end of the day but had to do more shopping for stuff I need before I leave for LA on Sunday. Long story short...my poor mood from a few days ago ended up coming back and I'm tired. But I got a good start on it.

Anyways, first picture is a chibi commission for Grizzlybane on FurAffinity (FA). Chibis are always fun to draw 'cause...they're so adorable.

Second picture is that progress shot. It's pretty much what happened after watching way too much Kamen Rider OOO. Not gonna really get into details about what the show is about, but the "default" combination for OOO is called "Tatoba", a name created by combining together the names of the animals that the Rider armor and abilities are based off of:

"Taka" which means "hawk". Which is the head of OOO costume.

"Tora" which means "tiger". Which is the torso of OOO costume.

"Batta" which means "grasshopper". Which are the legs of OOO costume.

It was my "brilliant" idea to try to create a critter by actually combining all three of those animals as well as using the main color combination for the Tatoba combo, red, yellow, and green (as well as black). Hawk and tiger are easy to combine. Pretty much you get a wingless gryphon with that combination. Grasshopper threw it off a bit for me though. I couldn't figure out how to make the grasshopper legs completely work with the body so I modified the legs a bit more than I really wanted to in order to make it work. They're a mix of tiger and grasshopper...ish. Tiger since they're still covered in fur and are facing the direction tiger legs face. Grasshopper for the length and the feet.

If I weren't trying to mimic the set up of the OOO outfit with the critter's design, I probably could've made the anatomy a bit more fluid. But I wanted to mimic the set up of OOO costume.

Only the facial and neck markings are done so far. I've really got to blend those colors a bit more while still keeping the red, the yellow, and the green distinct. Hopefully I'll finish it...later on today (it's midnight...it's "tomorrow" already).

I gotta try my hand at animal-izing some of the other OOO combos. I definitely want to try my hand at making an animal version of my personal favorite combo, Tajador (Taka/Hawk, Kujaku/Peacock, Condor).