"Hey Shrek, check me out! I'm Scorching!" ("Shrek 2")
There's been a few black spots during Plightsite.com’s history, and the picture we did based on the first "Shrek" movie would be one of them. It was our first year doing the Blockbuster Gallery and my contribution for "Shrek" was, to put it bluntly, pure sh!t. I had never drawn a picture so awful, so rushed, and so mismatched before or after the fact that to this day, whenever I think of the absolute failures I've done - that picture ranks very highly.
So it was important for me on a personal level to make sure my contribution for the sequel wouldn't suck. I thought about revising my first picture and doing it right this time, but the concept was more 'fairy tale' than about a green ogre and his donkey. Likewise on having a Prince Eric rescuing the Maiden Kari. So instead I decided to play it safe and do the old "draw one set of characters dressed up like another set of characters" act.
Some may say it's a cop-out and since I didn't add a background, a rush-job at that. But say what you will, I actually spent a great deal of time trying to get the shapes and sizes down. Donkey's face alone took a lot of practice sketches until it looked like him and not like Crash Bandicoot (no joke). And after last week's inking fiasco, I was very picky on the thickness of the lines. No, I'm pleased with how this turned out. It doesn't rank a "10" (maybe a 5?), but it's far not as bad as its predecessor. - Jake