 All right, there we go now if it'll just work Okay now That just needs to stay secure for me Hello everyone one second second Hi, okay. I want to see Hey guys, I'm just working out how I can Keep the the live chat up. Can you guys hear me? Okay? Let's see This is the first time I've attended this and I don't know if anybody can hear me. Hello Hey, everybody. Tell me if you can Tell me if you can hear me Yes, okay, cool All right, and I forgot my glasses. I'm gonna need my glasses for this hang out for a second be right back Oh there. All right. This isn't the first time I've done this But uh It's been a long time since I've done it. So I've got to do some sketches for some patrons and I thought maybe you guys would want to join me for that um, I've got the Live chat over here. So I can glance over there and see what you guys are saying because my camera is up here sort of over my shoulder Um Peter is the new leader. Melissa says to um, you take commissions. I haven't for a while, but Um, I could um, I was doing like 20 bucks for a commission. I think um Last year So, uh, if you'd like one, uh, hello, lia If you'd like one, I guess just send me a message Send me an email or a message on facebook or whatever And uh, we can see if I can um Work in the time to do it. Oh, where's um, oh, yeah Hold on. I'm drawing spirit I'm drawing spirit I'm all right Lazarus Um, so you'll have to forgive me. I won't be able to uh, keep a constant eye on the live chat because I Got to focus on my drawing here Um Hello Dale Hello Ben nice to see you Oh, yeah. Yeah, I I did a flint uh for for ben. I'm glad you like it um, so Um, I've got three sketches to do I kind of have them already sort of blocked out here And I say sketches, but like it's sort of already at the sketch phase. Um, so it's more like, um More like a fully rendered drawing than an actual sketch. Um, but Uh for patrons, I like I like to give them A little bit more than just a sketch. So um, I'm doing spirit And you may not be able to see it too well um Unless I can let me see if I can zoom that in a little bit All that like All right, let's see Oh, yeah a little bit Okay, hold on hold on No, nobody panic um But if I okay, that's pretty zoomed in if I don't move it then You won't be able to see the drawing. You'll only see my shoulder So let's try that Okay, all right, so that's what I was uh hoping wouldn't happen. Hang on here All right Okay. All right, um And we're back Let's see make sure that's On there are fairly securely All right That's as good as it's gonna get I think There we go. Okay All right, we took a little adventure Okay All right, so let's uh, this is my eraser here Um, it looks like I mean I've got it up on my screen here and it looks like there's quite a bit of lag So sorry about that But um I've been needing to get these done for like two months now. So I decided tonight is the night to do it. It felt like a sunday night activity um So I figured out I'm gonna do some drawing tonight and why don't I try to To live stream it Um And just see if anyone wants to join Yeah gravity the ultimate enemy. Yeah, um, I kind of uh MacGyver it up a mount for my phone because I kind of gave away my only Uh phone mount for my tripod, uh to someone else who needed it Um, and so I don't I don't have one now I am gonna get another one. I just I just don't have it yet. So, uh, yeah, I kind of had to uh To uh create a makeshift mount for the camera I mean for my phone okay, so for spirits, uh braids I've got one kind of coming around and then resting on his shoulder And the other one's going to be going behind his back and I've got their figure here for reference Let's see So we're gonna have like a a feather necklace here with some claws on it and then we've got uh I'm just gonna give him one grenade because I I don't think he needs more than that one grenade Uh that apparently is just hanging on his pocket. All right, so there All right, and he's got a knife on this side Something like that. All right, so these are sketches for patrons. Um and uh I'm trying to Take care of my patrons a little bit better than I have been. Uh, I know I've been distracted um but uh First of all, that should not happen. I I shouldn't allow myself to become distracted because um People are being very generous and I need to give them what they are paying for um But uh, what situation as uh, it is now Um, I'm going to be depending on on patreon funds uh more than More than ever before so um I need to make sure that I deliver on my promises for patrons Um, one thing I like to do when I'm drawing Um, is I like to make the pouches a little bit bigger than they appear on the figures Um, because I just think it looks better. Um, okay, there is a strap there that is unpainted I really like the spirit version one action figure But there are some details on the chest that really Really ought to be painted that really would make a big difference feathers a couple claws Two or three claws on that necklace There we go Yeah, we all get distracted and I've had uh many distractions Um life has been chaotic and that's putting it generously Um, it's done in good spirits. Thanks. Well, we'll see We'll we'll see how it turns out Uh, let's see. I've got kind of a he's kind of got his head sort of slightly tilted up and kind of a Got a hero pose going on here um, I struggled with how to Draw the eagle and I I did look at some references. I didn't want to um Have the the wings out that's maybe just a little too overdone. So I wanted um I wanted to uh, I wanted to have the eagle at rest But um, I was having a hard time bringing out how to Position the eagle. So we'll see if See if it turns out kind of get that nose here Sorry it was just uh Concentrating there just for a minute. Uh, what's going on in the live chat guys Um Lazarus says how did I develop my artistic skills? I did go to art school for about a year um When I was 18 so that was a hell of a long time ago. Um Uh, I uh, I just drew a lot before then Copying a lot of other people Just trying to learn things. I got books that helped me learn how to do certain things um, but uh, a lot of it's uh, just practice um, and um I never I don't know. I never got the the skill level that I really wanted I always wanted to kind of be at that professional level, but um, I just didn't have the time to devote to Developing that level of skill so um For those who look closely you will see plenty of flaws in my work But uh, you know, I I try to keep it at the fun level I just try to try to keep enjoying it And not put a lot of pressure on myself um Because I you know, I'm not a comic book professional um, I'm not Uh a commercial artist This is supposed to be fun for me. So um, so that's just That's just where I try to keep it. But you know a lot of it's um Getting books that showed me some techniques Um practice and then uh a little bit of art school All right Maybe like that grenade needs to be drawn in Yeah, so uh, I am um Newly single I guess Uh living on my own again, which is okay um, but uh I am highly motivated to uh Get some videos done and Uh get the content flowing um Because uh Um well first of all because I really want to because I've neglected it for so long and I I Really eager to get back to it but also because um I'm going to be relying on my Revenue and patreon and super chats and stuff like that um To live on Now that I've got to basically pay for everything myself Um, which again is okay, but um It's all right because I I can it gives me a good reason to focus And get and do uh more videos and do better videos Um, and that's that's not a bad thing. That's not a bad thing at all. Um, I have I actually feel kind of inspired I feel like I've got um I've got new goals for the channel In the past I I had one uh Top goal for the channel And that was to reach 10 000 subscribers and we did that we did that Um And after that, you know, just everything was cake, you know Um, but I don't know I kind of need a challenge um And so I I've got some goals. I've got some aims. I've got some things I want to do with the channel and uh And I've got some motivation to do it The pocket there and there's a pocket. Let's see There The tails get a little bit cluttered there Okay All right. Sorry guys. I'll check the super chat here in a second. All right starting to starting to look like Spirit let's get his other braid here All right starting to look like spirit. I'll have to find a way to darken his hair in a little bit um Falconer is talking about astro boy. Okay, cool. Um Let's play on uh linux. Hello, how do you do? Um, I still have the log gig. Yes, that is true um For those who don't know I am a lawyer and a public defender um And for those who are unaware, um Uh In nobody in public service is getting rich um You might say but um I I do I I do like that. I I do like the job It gives me an opportunity to help people I I have a career of helping people and that is A great thing. In fact, that's the reason I went to law school in the first place Is uh is to um so that I could Help people And now I I do that I do that, uh for my day job So I mean that's great but um But your average public defender is not raking in the big bucks. I think I'm not a come not complaining not complaining That's just a reality the pocket over here It's kind of at a different angle. All right with that. We have a belt little belt details It's coming along. I don't know if you guys are getting uh a decent angle here But it's coming along. I got to do two more after this one and um, I think I have like, um Five in total to um To to actually package up and send um, but um, I just saw uh that somebody increased their patronage to 20 dollars Recently, so I need to find that person and message that person and find out what sketch that person needs um Because I want to get these I want to get these done and I want to get them out So he's gonna have like fist on the hip very Superman pose that Spirit is doing here. I just I just like this I I Um When I think of spirit, I think of dignity. I think I think of you know, he's he's got an eagle The eagle is majestic and I feel like his character should Uh match that Spirit is maybe maybe doesn't have the greatest sense of humor, but um But uh, he's someone you can always count on. Uh, he is uh He's a serious guy And that he's got kind of the he's uh buck skin trousers and he's got another knife on the left leg So let's kind of hint at this knife It's kind of at a extreme angle there to the side. All right Spirit of steel. Yeah um, I'm gonna have to tackle that eagle, but I'm putting it off because Um I'm just I'm just not sure what I want to do with it yet um And the eagle will probably be the weak point in this drawing to be truthful Okay, uh, let's see. Let's move on Um strap that goes around his leg like so The strap would like sort of pinch the cloth of his trousers Um, and he's got a little bit of fringe doesn't he? He does but we don't get to see the fringe because it's like We don't have a good angle at this pose to see the front. Maybe we can we can see the fringe a little bit Let's put it a little bit of fringe here But this knife covers up a lot of it And on the other leg it's on the opposite side yeah, um every every time Someone takes his land or infringes on his uh rights or the treaties signed with his peoples Um spirit it just gives spirit a really lousy day you know, he uh He finds himself annoyed sometimes according to um Yeah, uh spirits fan. So spirit is like the um the kind of the opposite of uh airborne who's one of the other native american uh characters um Airborne's family was rich. They were like oil rich and uh spirits family was dirt poor. I think I can You know, I like I like airborne I do um He's one of my favorite 1983 characters but I think I can I can um Relate more to um spirit than airborne Because remember airborne joined the army because he didn't want to be a lawyer He went to law school. No doubt paid for by his parents He passed the arizona bar And decided screw this um I'm gonna join the army. Well, that's fine I'm glad that he was able to do that But he got an education. He had opportunities um opportunities that someone like spirit never had and uh And if he did have them you probably appreciate them a lot more and honestly, I've known people like that. I've known like rich kids who um Rich kids who like they get an uh an education paid for by their parents um, it's just handed to them And they just blow it off That is not what I want to do You know, I'd rather be Uh a yoga instructor You know, I Whereas like there are a lot of people in the world who Will never get that opportunity. All right. Well, there's There's spirit. Um, we gotta tackle that eagle, huh? The eagle is not gonna be perfect. I'm going to uh I'm just gonna I'm gonna give it a shot. I mean, I'm probably just sort of gonna draw over what I've got here and call it a day Peter inks says I really want to be an animator, but think working for the government isn't that bad I don't know. Um, might maybe there are some animators for the government Um, I do not understand what you're saying autobahn 303, but thumbs up anyway um Make the eagle your own style. I'm trying it's definitely not going to be too realistic But I just wanted to be an acceptable pose That looks right Um, so, you know, he's got the He's got legs here and he's got a a body and I think that the shoulder of one wing is showing there And then the shoulder of the other wing Is coming down here and we'll just kind of Get the hint of feathers tail What I'm worried about with this eagle is that um, it'll not be at the same level of detail as um As spirit and so it'll look out of place. So I'm gonna try to get Lensed there's lint on the page. I'm gonna try to get A little bit of feather detail in here, but that's just not really working very well Okay, uh, the head is gonna go like this Give him like a little bit a little bit of eyebrow there Make him look fierce That is far from perfect, but I think that's the best I can do um And I gotta get this case. He's got black hair. I've got a kind of Shade his hair in a little bit I want Make him blonde Give him his proper black hair Okay, I am declaring this spirit done All right, this is Sign my name hcc seven eight eight And we're still in may 2020 okay All right, that's one Next, I think I need to move on to zartan Um Okay, let's move on to zartan this one. I'm declaring done. Oh, hello, vincent um I thank you vincent I'm doing all right. The last few days have been not super easy Uh had a couple rough days, but Uh, I'm just trying to keep my eyes on the future and uh keep my head up. So Yeah So there's spirit Uh, let's go on to zartan Uh, and what I did before I got started here is I just sort of sketched out Uh, generally What I wanted Take the thinking my soda here Thank you gas Hello, mud puppy. Hello Burgess Meredith. Okay Um, let's see. So this is a zartan and I can already tell that the head isn't the shape I want but the pose will be all right Or I've got zartan and a little bit more of an action pose. Um, he's a little bit on the thicker side from uh from spirits Um His his uh costume may be a slightly different from the figure, but it's going to be It's going to be mostly figure accurate Uh, thank you Juan. Thank you very much Welcome back green yeti Uh, yes, that's true. They gone. Um, and I I have been talking to some friends who have helped me out a lot Uh, and I will be okay, but you know, uh everything's new right now I'm having to learn how to live on my own Um, and it's not always easy, but um, it'll be all right. It'll be okay Um So anyway, let's uh, let's start on zartan here and like I said, I can tell the head isn't quite the shape that I want Clean up these construction lines a little bit The care bearer villains. I I don't like I always remember from the care bearers is the care bear movie Uh, and I only remember that because my daughter's watched it over and over and over Um, yeah kujo, um is a great guy kujo is generally genuinely a really really cool guy Um He's one of the good ones Happy memorial day, uh, anthony is a little early, but the happy memorial weekend anyway All right. Let's uh, let's make zartan happen here. Um I feel like his head's just His head's just not right His head's just a little bit too big. So let's uh, let's rain it in here a little bit Uh, where's okay got a heavier eraser Uh, let's see, you know, I just want it, um, there ish, okay If I can get a general idea of where things should be I can I can do it See erin steven last a stream hit. Yeah, um Yeah, and I'm sorry for um For uh hitting you that hard erin. I hit me kind of hard, but um, I just I felt that everybody should know And I needed to explain to everyone what was going on. So um Yeah, I just I felt like I had to tell everyone and I wanted to tell everyone In a live stream because I just it felt more like I was talking directly to you Rather than making a video out of it. So uh, yeah, it There are many great changes, uh going on, um, and We will all have to adjust Um But there's some good news for instance this weekend. Um, my daughter was over And we had a really good time. We had a really good weekend. Uh, we did some stuff together um And uh, it was fun. So, um, like one of the big things for me is making sure my daughter is taken care of um, and that that seems to be Going okay And the other thing is to make sure that I can pay my bills because I need to make sure that my daughter has a Has a roof over her head and and we have uh food and You know electricity and bills are paid and things like that. So Um Now it just doesn't feel right does it? Um, I have a particular way. I like to draw a zartan's chest plate and it usually works out okay for me, but um One to be a struggle this evening essentially like the uh Chest plate sort of takes the shape of the uh, the rib cage Yes bills Those williams it's a never-ending story No, I think the dog's gonna want to go outside Hold on. I'm coming dog Okay, let's try that again All right, okay. Well, that's not the right angle Okay, let's uh, all right. All right. No, no, no That's not it at all. Hold on There let's try that Yeah, the dog is very loud Okay, sorry about that. That's the second time the phone has fallen Um, so this live stream is a thrill ride Um, so zartan has like this little, uh, bit of his, uh Pants that go above his belt Um Kind of reminds me of football pads Uh, okay, and then Okay, okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. All right. So that's kind of blocked out. Okay Airwolf checking in hello airwolf. Nice to see you I'm sorry. The dog is loud. Uh, yeah, she, uh, apparently Needed to go outside. She had a barking emergency. She had to go outside and bark Oh, now she wants in Are you gonna be good? You're gonna be good or you're gonna be loud Okay So anyway, all right. This this is closer to what I want. So there is This piece of tape is giving up. Uh, there is the start of zartan um And let's uh, let's just draw it in Let's just draw it in Um And I think this one's gonna be a little more straightforward Sometimes I do zartan sort of, uh Morphing into his like invisible Camouflage or whatever But this one I just I just feel like doing a straight zartan You know just straight zartan in an action pose. That's what that's what this one feels like to me Eyes nose mouth Okay, let's get it and the shape of the cowl is all often a challenge and uh, its features would be a little different than Spirit obviously I feel like zartan has a flatter nose and kind of a A wider mouth Because that's to me. That's kind of what the figure looks like it. You look the figure looks like it has sort of a A fuller face Which is not usually drawn that way But I just that's how I interpret the the figure um And he's got the The spooky eyes With no pupils Speaking of zartan, um timmer on half the battle has been doing main character may On zartan And that's been a lot of fun. So, uh He goes into a lot of depth on zartan. Obviously since he's doing it He does a whole month of videos on the character Um, so I mean he's gone into more depth on zartan than I probably ever will So, um Yeah, go check out half the battle to see timmer's Videos on zartan That he's been doing all through may Uh, and if you're a patron then you just today got early access Uh to the next one. So yeah Uh, I really I like timmer. I I like him as a person. Um, uh, I He's been a very good friend to me. I appreciate A lot of the the help that he's given me. Um, I I actually sent timmer a a box Um, I I got for timmer a figure that he's been looking for I actually purchased it for him. This is back when I had money, right? I actually purchased it for him and I sent it to him along with A bunch of other stuff I sent him a whole box of stuff Because I thought that would be fun for him to do an unboxing of a bunch of stuff And uh, that was just before like the the pandemic lockdown really hit that I sent it And, um, it has been stuck Um, it's been two months since I since I sent that Box and as far as I can tell It's still sitting in a warehouse in chicago And so I've tried to contact the postal service to uh To find out what's going on with it, um having able to talk with anyone Still trying but someday Someday timmer will get this box that I sent to him. I put some special stuff in there too so, uh, I am I am excited and looking forward to Him doing the unboxing, you know someday when he actually gets the box Yeah, no motorcycles. Um, that was I mean, there were motorcycles, okay, technically there were motorcycles and technically there was a Dreadnought motorcycle and I'm not talking about the um The Dreadnought cycle either which was a three-wheeled cycle I mean, there was an actual Dreadnought motorcycle sort of um Because there was the Sears exclusive Uh Dreadnought Uh ground assault set Which included a recolored version of the ram motorcycle Now that's fairly obscure. That's a very rare set. I don't have it um So I don't know if necessarily everyone even wants to include that because It was a Sears exclusive set. It wasn't not everybody could get it if you didn't have a Sears nearby or you know, you're um Just couldn't find one Then uh, then you'd never have a chance to own that one So So, you know, it's up in the air whether you Want to count that or not Uh, and I'm kind of on the fence about it. I mean it it was in the toy line, but It was in the toy line, but in a way that was hard for most kids to get it So Yeah, but technically technically there was a Dreadnought motorcycle But also it was not original. It was just a recolored ram motorcycle So that's another reason you might not want to count it because it's like They didn't even they didn't actually design a motorcycle for the Dreadnoughts. They just recolored a gijo motorcycle So it's not like a Harley, right? It's not a hog it's um It's a ram with the With the the the gun on the side. All right, I'm gonna work on this Pistol, I mean it's gonna be a little bit like Zartan's pistol, but not exactly Sorry guys Not keeping this over here where you can see it. All right, and this live stream will last just until I'm I'm done drawing I'm not I have to admit I'm not grabbing Zartan to reference for this Uh, so I'm just gonna like suggest his uh His pistol here This is a sketch after all Okay gloves trigger Trigger hands are always the trickiest to draw us Such a pain to draw hands Especially for me since I'm Far from a professional artist I just do my best Um, okay. Let me sharpen my pencil a little bit and you can Take a peek at what I'm working on Well, I'm doing that. I can take a peek in the live chat Peter Aang says If anyone whether some gijo characters are shirtless because hasbro is always trying copy he meant there was there was uh some Some attempt to copy he man. Yeah, um, my understanding is that duke was a little bit It's uh inspired by he man But uh But do keep in mind keep in mind in the 80s Uh tough guys going shirtless. That was a popular thing Um, and I personally blame Sylvester Stallone because in every damn movie he Found a reason to uh get his shirt off So, uh, yeah, um That's kind of an 80s thing Uh Mr. Commended or yeah a reference for drawing hands is a good idea um, okay Yes, arnold did it too arnold. Uh at least as much as uh as Stallone Was always shirtless so Over the top over the top is such a silly movie. It is so I don't know. It's it's a product of its time, I guess um So anyway, yeah, we're we're back. We're back to drawing. Um And I kind of do the lower half of the drawing here and then Add some details and I'll call this one done And then after that this one I need to do beach head And I am going to get the figure for beach head because that one just has a lot of little bits on it that It'll be too difficult for me to get it right if I don't Uh have the figure for reference I think he needs a chin divot Put a divot on his chin I a lot of times I draw like the front zipper on On trousers on characters because I mean they've got to have some way to To go to the bathroom, right they've got to have some way to to hit the head You've got to think of these things This is a practical matter The uniform may look awesome, but you know You're gonna have to Go to the men's room at some point. So, you know, you got to have some way of Of escape you might say Your trousers need need an escape route kind of has a Those construction lines a little bit What's going on in the live chat Earring says I depicted sartan and my gigo story as old biker man. Yeah, I can see that I think that makes a lot of sense I think that makes a lot of sense Um and zartan I think just sort of gives the the impression of someone who's older. So That yeah I could dig that Now if I were redesigning these characters, I might attempt that I might attempt uh doing an old biker zartan because I think that would look kind of cool Crease lines on the trousers. Let's see his knees are about there The trousers are bunched up at the knees a little bit because he's bending his knees Okay Now my recollection. Oh, hello comic tropes Um Speak up. I'm I'm doing the best I can the problem is like the camera is over here and like the live chat is over here But thank you for the super chat and I'll try to I'll try to speak up um so let's see my recollection is that um The boots are kind of cut so that like they're higher on the On the outside leg and like they cut down on the inside leg. That's I could just get zartan And what yeah, I'll go ahead and get zartan. I will I mean It's kind of late now because I'm working at the on the boots, but uh, hold on Let me get zartan and take a drink of my soda first Is this loud enough? Oh, yeah. Yeah, he has like armor on his boots Yeah, I was doing those totally wrong. All right Okay, I have uh I have zartan for reference Um, well, I'm getting a lot of lag here. So sorry about that. There we go. Okay Uh, so I just mainly want to see his boots. Okay. Okay. Okay. They're not like that. Okay Okay, all right, so that's wrong. Let me fix that I mean, it's not the worst mistake, but it is a design element that Could be better. I think it'd look better the way it is on the figure. So Let's just do that. Who's shirtless? um If there's an episode of gi joe where they mock the censorship of the cartoon. Yeah, that um, that would be very meta um, although, uh, I think buzz dixon said that, um When he took over, you know, he I mean, of course, they weren't allowed to To show death Um, but you know, he's like, hey, this is war, right? So even though in his mind even though, you know, he couldn't show death on screen Um, just off screen Those cobra troopers they were dying So you saw the guys that that were that parachuted out of the airplane at the last second but, um for buzz You know off screen there was the guy who didn't make it out so, um you know, he's trying to, um Have the mindset of, you know, more realistic, uh, but of course the, uh The television standard at the time would not, uh, allow that to really happen Okay So I'm not gonna kind of do it like this It's not exactly like the figure, but I just kind of like this idea bunches a little bit at the Leg where it goes into the boot and Get these boots something at least a little bit like what they're supposed to look like So that's like it goes like how all right it goes like this There's a bit of a heel there and then there's this circular thing This And then it comes down here double lines Okay, so that's how that works And kind of the same He's got cool boots Hey, um Do any of the zartan cosplayers ever, uh, recreate these boots because these boots are kick-ass I'd wear these boots. I just wear these boots every day They'd be like, uh You know when I go to court or just when I'm in the office. I'm like Yeah, these are my boots. What you're gonna do about it? You don't like these boots And how about I hide them straight up your ass When I kick it Um, yeah, something like that something like that. That's gotta be a bit more curved There Okay, all right, um, I am Mostly satisfied with that the proportions may not be perfect on this guy, but That's because I'm not very good. Um, all right, so Let me uh get through go through here and just suggest a little bit of Shading or whatever Yeah Darken in these uh the face makeup on some of the or on the um, I guess the Advertisement artwork for his art hand back in 1984 the artwork that was on the the catalogs He had they gave him like a pointed hood, which Oh, I didn't need to draw that on there, uh, which I don't know. I just always thought it looked really odd and I never really liked that And it wasn't really reflected on the figure But uh, yeah, you can um, there's artwork of zartan with a pointed hood Not my favorite not my favorite Um, okay, let's uh, all right. Let's uh It's got a lot of black and like I don't want to like Use the pencil like a crayon and just darken and everything, but I just feel like it should Have some contrast Kind of shape it a little bit Shape the fingers Let's see here. Um Psych out is the team's resident therapist. Yes. Um, and Honestly, I think psych out is a far more useful character than Uh, might seem obvious at first Not so much for psychological warfare against the enemy, but because, um A team like gi joke team where people are putting their lives in danger often um, there are psychological effects to that and, um They're gonna need somebody they're gonna need somebody who can manage or help the team manage those psychological effects. Otherwise, you're gonna have A lot of guys who will very quickly not be fit for combat Um So, yeah, um Um psych out psych out, um is a needed A valuable, um He has a valuable job on the team I should say I should say A valuable non-con combat role. I'm hoping that this doesn't all just, uh, turn out to be a huge mess But we're gonna try it. Okay. Okay, um belt Let's see Which gi joke character is on midget? Uh Gidget It was Gidget the girl midget Anybody ever see that movie Gidget? I mean there's a tv show, uh later But like the movie Uh, it was Sandra D in that movie, right? Wasn't it it's been a long time since I've seen it but, uh But I liked it at the time remember, uh was it, uh moondoggy That wasn't that the the love interest name moondoggy It was the 50s surfers were big rebels at the time all right, um We're about done with Zartan here and there's a bit of uh Sickness to that boot. So we're gonna see a little bit of edge The top end there Sketch in these details Okay, and then this is gonna be like and guys I'll check the chat again here momentarily Let's kind of do Opposite angle line trying to sort of do the lines do some lines in the contour Of the shape I'm backing myself into a corner there that tape is done that taping working It's all a bit stickiness Okay, other boots I'm about to declare Zartan done And then move on to beach head. What time is it about 10? It was it was Sandra D. Thank you very much this foot is a little bit closer to To camera so it should be just a little bit larger It's also facing All right, and this pencil it's just getting Getting dull Donald duck is the best gi joke character. Well, he was a sailor. He could have served with uh shipwreck Anthony on says draw me a beach head. Well, I'm drawing a beach head for somebody I'm drawing a beach head for a patron on the patreons So I will draw a beach head. Uh, yes, uh, Aaron. You're not the first person to notice that Fortnite seems to have Borrowed some design elements from From firefly The key changes fit on the uh the flag aft deck Well, the the joes that came on the key chain like Then uh in the 90s They were regular three and three quarter inch figures. So I mean They would fit on the uh flag as well as Any other three and three quarter inch figures would so The answer to that is sort of there's not a lot of head room Um on the aft deck of the flag And as soon as I'm done with the next drawing, I will uh call it a night because I'm getting pretty tired Um, I got a lot done today. It was a very productive day but uh But also kind of an exhausting day, so Be looking forward to getting some rest, but I'm glad thanks to everyone who uh joined. Thanks for Uh joining there's like 33 people right now watching. So thank you to everyone who actually uh showed up just to watch me scribble um And I'm gonna call that Zartan done Because I need to So let me sign it here May 2020. Okay, so let me go get the The beach head that I started Okay I got a Somewhere I have more tape, uh Oh, there it is. Hang on a second. Hang on. I'm getting some more tape How's everybody doing everybody hanging in there? Okay Comic tropes said hamburger parade for some reason. I don't know what that's about Zartan disguises core whispering willy. That's uh, that's I like that That's that's clever. Well done this That piece of tape is chopped. Oops. So I have Another piece of tape I'll try to keep this closer to the camera Put Zartan back in his box I do have beach head for a reference Uh, wow that is really lagged I'm looking at the screen over here and there's at least like a 10 second lag but anyway I have beach head for a reference and I've kind of got him started here. One thing that I did differently on this is that I've got the The ammo pouch strap Uh, so drop the figure stand. I've got the ammo pouch strap going over his left shoulder rather than his right shoulder Um, just because I've kind of wanted that crisscross here that tension with the the rifle or the Submachine gun that's going to be going that way. So I just wanted I wanted to have that x there, you know Um, so we'll see we'll see if that works So let's uh Let's get it going here. Oh, hello, john carling Uh, beach head was always in charge of his teams. Excellent. Um, and uh, so john carling is a real artist and uh I am uh an enthusiastic amateur But we're going to attempt To draw a beach head here. I'm gonna kind of clean up some of my construction lines a little bit And let's go and I'm not, um I'm being super lazy and I'm not using straight edges. Um, these are supposed to be sketches after all they will come out to be a little, uh Little more fully rendered Than uh, then what usually qualifies as a sketch but um But uh, but we're we're not quite on the level of Breaking out the straight edge To draw the straight lines on the rifle. Uh, thank you mind steven. Thank you very much um Oh, uh, john carlings beach head died a lot That that unfortunately happens to uh to leaders You know they first in and uh First to get shot sometimes. Okay, here we go. Um, let's see All right He's got gloves I'm gonna suggest where his, uh Hands are rifle It's kind of tilted trigger guard there. Let me get this I don't necessarily need the rifle to be um I don't need the rifle to necessarily be exactly the same as it is on the figure But I just want to kind of get a general General shape of it. So it's gonna be like something like That's gonna come out like so Just eyeballing it here guys just eyeballing it Just eyeball it. That's kind of uh, like so So, okay, I'll just kind of Make some lines here Just kind of make it uh Make it look all right. It doesn't have to be perfect. It's just a sketch This is not rocket surgery Okay, and then the other hand is here Mm-hmm Okay, and I've got an elbow there shoulder Shoulder, okay Okay, we're in good shape. How are we doing? Um Yeah, sergeant slaughter. I just showed up and took over Well, he was the only one who could uh defeat the bats The gi joe team was uh on the ropes Get this forearm here Outline of the weapon Something like that Something kind of like that There all right. Let's work on his head because his head's kind of the most fun, right? Um, uh, enjoy the hands row channel erin enjoy Um, uh, yeah, uh, just consider the Lazarus. It was 1986 technology, right 1986 technology they probably had to program them on a a Commodore 64 or something It's it's actually amazing. They could get them to walk upright, which I actually I don't think that was even like I don't think robotics had um advanced to the point by 1986 where they could get um like bipedal Robots that could walk upright I think that was Advanced than the technology could do at the time. Of course. I can do that now but uh 1986 remember 1986 Give a beach head kind of one raised eyebrow Yeah, most of his face is covered so, um He has to express all of his emotions through his eyes. So Give him a one raised eyebrow and uh Give him his uh, his ski mask his balaclava and by the way, I hope everyone enjoyed the uh, stalker review today I was really happy to get that done I was very happy to be back in the saddle and Making videos again. So I hope everyone enjoyed that um, and I tried to um, actually make time Um, and reply to some of the earlier comments, which I'm going to try to do more I'm going to try to reply to more comments at least Uh, as much as I can um, and I'll do that mostly, um like uh Right after the video goes live. I'll try to be there and uh reply to some comments it's always it's always entertaining though because uh I had one commenter say, um If you think 2020 is the worst year in human history, then you need to do some research Do do your research if you think 2020 is the the worst year in human history Um, which I thought was hilarious. Um You know, he he had to have known that I was totally serious in that In that statement because after all it was right after I had accepted the blame for uh, the virus and the lockdown. So Um, you you know, you know, I was being serious, right? You you can tell Uh, youtube comments. Yeah, actually mostly youtube comments are are fine. Um, don't have any problem with them But there's always one special person in the bunch Who takes everything just a little Too seriously and Doesn't get the joke But what are you gonna do? I say I always say that if you ever want to be Become educated at anything Uh Don't watch a youtube video Make a youtube video about it and the commenters will Come out of the woodwork and Try to educate you on everything I have to be careful because they're often wrong, but uh Yeah, and some people comment because it it makes them feel smarter and it makes them feel like, you know, they are You know, they're smarter than the guy making the video and They got try to be pedantic But whatever, you know That kind of thing just goes with the territory So we've got a strap across there and we're gonna have our uh, our, uh Um Magazines are kind of covered up by the rifle, but that's okay. There's a ton of detail on this figure like a crazy amount of detail Um, yeah, what about 1918 or 1812? You you do your research There's always someone who does not who just doesn't get the joke and you know, you you gotta let it go Um All right, um, let's see. Let's see. Let's see. Uh got some details. The backpack is gonna be mostly covered I thought I'd try to get some details on the backpack, but it's gonna be mostly Covered up that's okay. Now he has a couple pouches here on the front of his tactical vest I try to get those Okay, um before I get too far into this I'm gonna draw the line details on his balaclava because Uh, I don't want to go back and do it later. Oh, thank you tim. Sorry. I didn't see you in there, but um Thanks for joining. Have a good evening But nice to see you tim. Thanks for showing up I'm not keeping a close eye on the live chat because I'm drawing Can't really see it at the same time. I'm looking at the page So sorry to everyone who I haven't seen come in um He has an arm patch, uh, which I will kind of add in here It's really tiny detail It's a bit more detail that I would want to draw usually at this level of rendering, but All right, let's let's do this These lines on his mask allow us to give a little bit of a contour To the shape of his head And so that's kind of cool He's got this it's kind of folded up. Um, kind of rolled up at the neck but we've got that kind of knitted line detail on his, uh Around his neck as well There we go Okay, um kind of hint at this little, uh Doohickey here on his backpack It's taking shape It's taking shape see if I can Kind of let you see the progress there tell us a Contrast wants to know my scariest time at the beach I don't think I've had a scary time at the beach Yeah, remember I don't We don't have beaches here, right? So the only time I go to the beach is when I travel um So I haven't been to beaches, uh recently But honestly, I think every time I've gone to a beach. It's been just a great time I I can't recount, uh, a scary time at a beach Only good times drawing in this sub machine gun here a little bit more Because Some details are going behind it. So I need those lines A bit more defined It's not gonna be perfect. So don't you know, don't get out your ruler Uh, don't look at it too closely because it's not gonna be perfect Um But as sandy used to say it's good enough for the girls I go out with So on his belt Um, he's got these straps going down Uh from his belt Kind of diagonally here and what I thought I might do is I might like um do crisscross Um straps Um because that that gives me like a crisscross here And another crisscross here Um, and I just like that I like that layout. Uh, yeah, no shark fights. Uh, never actually even seen a shark In person. Well, I mean I've seen sharks in aquariums and stuff But I've not seen one in the wild so to speak No scary shark moments Um, no, I've always had I've always had a good time at the beach I love to go to the one of my friends took a vacation and went to a beach um And was posting photos and I was quite jealous Besides which I think everyone knows who would win and a fight between me and a shark I think everyone knows who would win The shark would win 40 people in here now. That's pretty good for an unannounced or a surprise Livestream so that's cool. All right. Let's get these, uh magazine details sort of sketched in behind The other details and this Be like there and there and there. Okay Uh, and then these pockets, which I just realized I did not draw the same size. Let's try to Fix that a little bit and um, this one I'm I don't think I'm going to like darken in the uh The blacks because with all of these details. I just think it would Not look very good. So I'm going to leave the blacks, uh, not filled in Give him maybe a couple extra pouches All right, his belt buckle is just like Since I'm not going to be shading anything in I'm going to just Add some minute detail Just to make sure that it's it's filled in really well buckles here on the straps and a little bit detail here and there Um, Ozzy says question if only gi joe is gi joe if they made an arbor in gi joe along the lines of resolute movie That held true to the characters. Would that be a gi joe? Well, yeah, I guess it would be um and I think that um, some people have Have suggested that that might be uh, a cool idea. I don't think they will do that but Um, I know some folks have suggested that they might watch something like that Um, and I would be interested in seeing what they could do with an r-rated gi joe movie Um But I don't think hasbro is going to go that direction with the property. It's just it's an intriguing idea It's just an idea, you know something that we can think about um So now we got some crisscross straps um, and then you've got a pistol on the left side Give them pistol on the left side Won't see a lot of the pistol holster because it's at a extreme angle and then the other side just has a knife It's coming together guys. It's coming together Um, I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support I've gotten a lot of supportive supportive messages And that has really made a huge difference for me. So thank you Um, it is uh, it's a difficult time. Uh, it's an emotional time. I don't like to um show You know too much uh negativity and have a lot of uh be too emotional here like on On my show, uh, that's just not It's not how I want to present my show But uh, still be honest with everyone, you know, tell you what's going on But uh, but I do some It's rare that I'm I'm less than reserved with my emotions But uh But the the messages of support that I've gotten have made A big difference and it's one of the reasons why I really do feel optimistic about the future I mean, it's certainly not the way we would want things to turn out, right? It's it's it's not ideal It's suboptimal you might say but I I think we're gonna be okay. I really do um and um Of course, but whenever something goes wrong, I always think about shutting down the channel, right? It's something that that I've brought up a few times And uh, I keep contemplating like I just don't have the mental energy to keep the channel going But honestly, I I feel the opposite of that Right now. I feel like I Not only do I want to keep the channel going I have goals. I have fresh new goals for the channel um And I want to do more um And a lot of you kind of know maybe if you've been here for very long about how g i joe kind of saved me when um My life wasn't going too well um and I think Uh, I think g i joe may just save me again. I think this may be um This may be another time when focusing on this this thing from my childhood and this thing that has meant so much to me and this thing that has uh brought me in contact with with so many, uh great people and um You know, I've made so many, uh friends new friends through this project, um You know, this is something that has been An unmitigated good in my life And that's what I want to focus on That's what I feel like focusing on and so yeah, I I um I want to do more videos because that's That's a great source of of positivity and a great source of just, um Just good energy in my life. So thank you to everyone Um, I appreciated a lot it has meant a lot to me Uh, and we're gonna keep going We are going to keep going. We're gonna, um We're gonna do good. So he I totally forgot that he has like a knife over here and he has like this, uh bomb thing over here. So let's uh I could leave those elements out because Good lord. He already has enough stuff, but I think I think that'd look good One thing I really like about beachhead is that he's got so many things strapped to his body that he just looks geared up You know what I mean? You know, he he looks ready for battle. He is he's got all of the things On his uniform So he's got like this little Black knife here except I didn't draw that very well. Let's fix that little straps this knife will come up here and Proportion wise it's gonna be like just below the not the knife on the thigh I've got it. I'm trying to think of like The knife has to have a handle that will fit in those hands and I can't so I can't make it too small Um, and then over here. He's got a strap and a strap and then like this Sort of explosive thing On his leg we're almost done guys And as soon as I'm done with this one, I am gonna wrap it up and I'll probably go to bed. I'm pretty tired Eater Nauta Comma tropes has an excellent channel by the way Um, I I never miss one of uh comic tropes's videos. I am a supporter of comic tropes on patreon Uh, and and uh chris is is just a good guy. I am going to give him taller boots than uh, the figure has because Just because I think that I want to I don't want to on on the uh On the figure the the trouser legs come down pretty far Over the boots, but uh, we're gonna just do things a little different here and he's got like this Foot is the the feet are like Kind of jutting straightforward and they're not quite level hang on So, I mean I like this stance because his like his feet are basically painted pointed straight toward camera Um His legs are are far apart. So he's firmly planted um and then he's like his um Torso is slightly twisted that way and then his head is twisting that way or turning that way So I just it feels I mean, it's not the most dynamic pose ever I could do a few other things that would make it more dynamic um, but um, I do sometimes go more for like uh, the understated pose sometimes, uh, just because I I I kind of feel like Understating things a little bit, uh makes them a little more realistic and a little bit more believable Um, that's that's one of the reasons why some of my favorite Gijo artwork, uh, is the artwork on That 1982 lunchbox and I wish we could find out who painted that Because honestly, I think that artwork is um Is fantastic. It's it's so great uh, because it's um the The figures are um I mean, they're not necessarily Super dynamic, but they're not static either. They They feel like they have weight, right? They feel like They exist In the real world not that they're hyper realistic, but uh, they just feel Right, they feel like they, um, have substance Um, the clothes on their their bodies look like they are Made of cloth. They they're not drawn like superheroes with, you know, skin tight um uniforms uh or anything like that um, and I just that really, um Excites me because when I see When I when I see artwork of joes that, um feel real to me Um, that just really that makes the characters feel more real And you could you can kind of imagine what it would be like to be standing in the room with that person Um as as if that character has come to life Uh, so I just love that style not that my artwork is is like that, but Sometimes I do oh, uh, oh, uh, Mike, uh, steven sends a super chat Says your video's coming through some difficult times and got me back into joes Thank you. Keep up to great work. Thank you very much, uh, Mike. Um, I'm really glad First of all that you got through The difficult times. Um, I know how you feel Had some difficult times myself um But thank you for letting us In this community kind of go with you on that journey Um, because yeah, well sometimes life Life serves you some curveballs And, uh It can be surprising where where you find help and I have found help uh here Yeah, with this community and with uh with you guys and so Um, I'll say thank you to you, Mike. Thank you for being here. That that means a lot to me and that that Um, that helps me get through a difficult time. So, uh, thank you. Thank you very much Okay, um, I'm gonna do a little bit of camouflage kind of the Sort of a tiger start camouflage And then we're calling it a day on this guy And he's got like these, uh, sort of Thin fingers on the camouflage that sort of Wrap around his legs Okay Close close to being done Okay, um, all right. I think that's done. Um, not a lot of shading. I really don't want to do a lot of shading Um, I just want to kind of leave those details as they are Uh, all right. Let's sign it. Um, I'm about right down here There we go And that is drawing number three. Let's go get the three of them and stack them side by side and see how we did All right And see if I can do that without knocking over the camera again spirit Zartan And beach head Let's see here All right, let's see Zoom in a little bit. There's spirit Zartan And beach head slightly on a kind of beach head is kind of a smaller scale than the other guys But there we go And that's it With that I will say good evening. Uh, thanks everyone for watching. Um, I will, uh Be back for the regular tuesday live stream live stream. Um It might be a live scream too, but it'll be a live stream as well Um, thanks everyone for your support. Um, and uh, yeah, let's just keep it going. Um, I'm already working on the next video That's in process Um, and I've got some other things I'm working on so you will get a lot more stuff soon Uh, so thanks everyone. Uh, and I will say good night. Good night everyone. Bye. Bye