Mystical Warriors of the Ring - Goliath pencil + inks

Hi guys!

Here's a quick snap of me warming up my pencilling and some inks on a cool character from the Mystical Warriors of the Ring - called Goliath!

Mystical Warriors of the Ring is a 1 1/2-2″ toyline created independently by Fantastic Plastic Toys ,for sale online and at various conventions around the USA in 2013 & 2014. Tentatively we will be heading to C2E2 2013, PowerCon 2013, and NYCC 2013... 

The idea is simple, if you were ever a fan of wrestling from 1970-1995 (Prior to the explosion of ECW/Attitude Era) then imagine that world of big characters and over-exaggerated stories in anthropomorphic form. If you have ever enjoyed small collectible figurines like SOMA/M.U.S.C.L.E or more modern lines like O.M.F.G. or The Trash Pack then you will hopefully be in for a treat.

Betty Rubble

The Flintstones is a great show. Fantastic characters, fun animal-abuse as everyday household objects and imaginitive background-art.
I'm looking forward to Seth MacFarlane's version of the cartoon.

Oh and I always liked Betty more than Wilma.

Drawing was done with a 2½ HB lead-pencil and photo taken with HTC Desire smartphone.

Batgirl locked up in Arkham Asylum [sketch #2]

Continuing from my earlier Batgirl locked up in Arkham Asylum [sketch #1] here is my second quick sketch for the fake-cover layout.


I'm still trying what poses I could get out of Batgirl and her side-to-side cell-mates Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy. This time Commissioner Gordon is not walking away from her, but standing just outside and has a stern but confident look on his face.


While the Batman Gotham Adventures comic is set in the continuity and style of  cartoon Batman the New Adventures, I'm currently leaning more towards drawing Commissioner Gordon in Batman TAS style as well as Batgirl and Harley Quinn. I'm more of a fan of the gray-blue costumed Batgirl than mostly-black version.

Drawing was done with a 2½ HB lead-pencil and photo taken with HTC Desire smartphone.

Batgirl locked up in Arkham Asylum [sketch #1]

I've been a fan of Batman The Animated Series as well as it's follow-up The New Batman Adventures ever since I was a kid. The comics that were tied into giving extra life to the show's continuity were something that I never really got into, mostly because only few were published here in Finland.

But I'm really liking Batman Gotham Adventures and was inspired to draw a sketch of an cover-art, featuring Commissioner Gordon locking Batgirl inside Arkham Asylum, with Barbara trying to get his attention as the commish walks away.

Here's the first quick sketch that hopefully illustrates my idea for the layout. Proportions are propably way off, but I'll see to that when I start refining the lines.

Mad props to my bro Mikko for spitballing ideas with me. :)

Drawing was done with a 2½ HB lead-pencil and photo taken with HTC Desire smartphone.

Click here to see my cover sketch #2!