Green Lantern

Everybody who knows who Green Lantern is, raise your hands. Oh, wait, nobody reads this. Well, I'll just pretend people do.

Green Lantern is a DC comics character. A Green Lantern has a power ring that is charged regularly in a . . . green lantern, and the ring can do just about anything the wearer is capable of imagining, limited only by the user's willpower. A very powerful device. Of course, it needed its kryptonite, so the writers made it weak to the color yellow.

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Yes, the color yellow.

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Anything yellow could not be effected by the ring's constructs. Yes, the Green Lantern's weakness is Big Bird in a school bus. Or butter. Pineapple chunks. Buttercups. Corn. Lemon Gummi Bears. Also, in explanation of my picture, he was often hit over the head with yellow objects, such as the normally harmless household lamp.

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Thank goodness the writers eventually changed that. Though it is changed, I doubt any comic book reader has forgotten.

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The most well known Green Lantern is Hal Jordan, though there have been three or four others. Hall Jordan is the lantern chosen for the lead in the upcoming Green Lantern film. Right now it seems as if Ryan Reynolds has been cast in this part. My sister is not a fan of Reynolds and therefore much dismayed, as evidenced by the email she sent me, written entirely in caps. Why the outrage? Well, this goes back to the recent past. Also, to do with the fact that my sister is a huge fan of Deadpool and Hal Jordan.

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X-men Origins: Wolverine. Ryan Reynolds is cast as the "Merc with a Mouth", mercenary Deadpool. The only thing you need to know about Deadpool is that he never shuts up, is almost utterly insane, and is hilariously funny in a hyper way. Aside from the movie having Deadpool's mouth literally sewn shut, faithful Deadpool fans had their complaints. During the, oh, two minutes of Reynolds screen time with a mouth he was completely deadpan and calm. This caused many fans to cry, "This is not MY Deadpool!"

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Therefore the general trepidation about Reynolds in the Green Lantern role. I, for one, am keeping an open mind. This is a completely different role than that of Deadpool. Hal Jordan is a calm person, upright, and completely sane (except for that time he was possessed by Parallax, but never mind). Judging from how calm Reynolds was as Deadpool, he'll probably do well as Hal Jordan. Also, by taking this role he might possibly be unavailable to play Deadpool in the spinoff film. Win win!

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About the picture . . . I mainly did it to tease my sister. After finding a similar image in one of the Green Lantern comic books I decided to make this picture and its caption and send it to my sister. She says the colors are good, it looks like a centerfold, and she hates me.

On and on

Still working in photo shop. I'm trying to improve my coloring and shading, focusing on that and leaving fancy backgrounds aside for the moment. The coloring on this one shows marked improvement, I think, but not a lot of varied texture. I'll post a picture again when I can jazz up the textures a bit more. Maybe make the hair look different from the coat, you know?

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Right now I have two thick volumes of comics, Fantastic Four and The Green Lantern. They're older and these volumes were printed in black and white. However, they were originally in color. Black and white suits my purposes, though, as I'm copying poses from them for practice. Jay's pose here is thanks to Mr. Fantastic hanging onto a building for dear life. Mind you, I don't trace, I copy freehand. Also, I have to completely change the faces, outfits, and hair. Also, in this case, gender.

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Jay's design has been tweaked a little bit. There's a belt added, for more color, and the boots are higher, also for more color. Her imagine was getting a bit boring to color with only that orange triangle to contrast the blue. Have yet to get my sister's input on the changes. Hopefully she approve of what I've done with her character.

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Suppose I should mention, but Jay is falling not flying. Jay is impervious to most damage, strong, able to jump extraordinarily high, but she cannot fly. My sister and I have made a sort of rule about arbitrarily giving our heroes the gift of flight. Nearly every superhero out there has the ability to fly, one way or another and it gets a bit boring and whenever a character doesn't fly you feel as if they are at a huge disadvantage. So Jay doesn't get to fly.

My Head. Scarey Place.

So, while I'm off at college I learn how to place some card games. Rummy, and another one I forget. Also, Uno. Never played it before. My roommate practically forced me to join the game and learn. Now I'm hooked. Had to buy my own set of cards when I got home this summer. So, naturally, I introduced my family to the game.

Uno can be a rather . . . bloodthirsty game. Those unfamiliar with the cutthroat way often times leave in tears. Then, however, they adapt and become the most fearsome predator in the game. Namely, my sister.

Now in Semi-Color because otherwise no one could tell it was blood!

And, yeah, always knock audibly when entering a sibling's room at night. Otherwise you get shot in the face. True story.

Says something about my childhood

The In Joke #9

My Internet friend (DarthVicky6) has learned how to push my idiot button. All she did was post a single word on my profile: "YOU" and this is more or less what happened. Except at the end she said, "Lol, that's awesome."

My Dad laughed.

Mom is wondering if she should be offended.
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Anyway, nothing much new with life. Doing some painting, some drawing practice, and gloating over my ten brand new painting canvases. They're about 8x10 and make a lovely neat little stack in my room. I almost hate to paint on 'em. I'll do it anyway, though. It's part of my get rich quick scheme which involves selling pictures of saints.

I Just Can't Stop Writing

The In Joke #7

Never gonna ask my sister about her day ever again.

The In Joke #8

Which is the man and which is the mask, hm? And Stebbins is such a funny name.

I blame--dedicate this cartoon to my sister.