Thursday, February 23, 2012

KRANG!!!

I grew up watching the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, like many cartoons for kids at the time it's most memorable and awesome parts seem to have been the title theme song and the accompanying animation. The animation produced for the show itself was choppy, however we watched it for the characters, the story lines and the fight scenes.
Though Krang was never my favourite there was something unique about him, aside from the fact he was a super intelligent alien from dimension X who orchestrated his evil plans from his massive Technodrome underground New York City. It was the fact he was helpless weak and soft bodied with two small tentacles as his only limbs which had the arcade machine control panel where he'd sit in the stomach of a massive android which happened for some reason to look like a sumo wrestler in a steel mankini with matching gloves and retro punk glasses and a tuning fork protruding from his head.
Krang always seemed to nag and his voice would become grating, but a better written villain hasn't come along in a while. 

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Madoosa Sedusa WIP Ed Dyer 2012





LANTERN G

I was always fascinated by the Green Lantern, as essentially he is a cop. Though I am no means a comic book purist the way this character has been handled in other media has been exceptional. I first discovered this JLA supporting cast member a while ago and his story has been one of the more diverse, and his portrayal is more open and varied because it's not solely the story of one character but an entire team, The Green Lantern Corps (basically the supporting cast for a supporting cast member) also I like the dynamic pose.

Making these comic book hero themed drawings I want to not only showcase the abilities I have as an artist but also to show, it's not all about caricatures, this pony knows more than one trick.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Then and Now Biz Card Mascot Designs Ed Dyer 2008-2012


This was the original design for my business card and the mascots for my caricaturing business,  basically what I wanted to encapsulate here was the Wild Mouse roller coaster experience and the 2 main reactions to my work. There's also more subtle and sublime references to the old comedy and tragedy symbols of the theatre, Luna Park itself and the controlled chaos of it.
In this updated version my work has come a long way from the more conservative and nervous line work of  previous incarnations. I wanted the look to have a maturity and an eccentric energy to it, better reflecting the kind of caricatures I now create.