The Captains of Heroism

The Captains of Heroism

FINALLY!!! I have been keeping the identity of the fifth captain a secret for the longest time, and it is great to be able to get that off my chest. Yes, that is Captain Caveman standing among Captain America, Captain Marvel, Captain Atom, and Captain Planet. Not exactly the type of superhero you would see standing alongside those greats, but IT IS the type of character that I would draw. Truly Captain Caveman is my favorite of this drawing. Sadly, however, this was the last drawing of a Hanna-Barbera character that I will do for a while. I will eventually do more Hanna-Barbera characters, but it will be more show based instead of grouping shows together. I just want to take a break from Hanna-Barbera. Disney, Warner Brothers, and comics are still waiting for their moment in the sun, and I should give it to them. 

The funny thing about this drawing other than seeing Captain Caveman standing there with those superheroes was that he was the one who inspired this drawing. I don't remember how I started thinking this exactly except one night I was lying in bed when I began thinking about how many superheroes include a captains title. When I thought about Captain Caveman the idea for the drawing fell into place. I actually had an idea for a Captain Planet drawing that would feature his Planeteers too, but I couldn't make up my mind on how it should look. So when I came up with this idea I scraped the planned Captain Planet drawing in favor of this.

It was a lot of fun working on these character, but I had some trouble with figuring out the background. I didn't want the characters looking as though they were floating in space, and so something had to be back there. Nothing really fancy like the backgrounds of It All Started with a Mouse and The Doo Family Portrait, but it should still be interesting looking. I thought about a flag pole with a waving American Flag, but as my mom remarked, it would be perfect with Captain Marvel and Captain America looking up at the flag, but then you have Captain Atom and Captain Planet turning their backs on the America Flag. So instead I went with a giant star. I still got my American Flag in there with using gradients to create the red, white, and blue.

I feel like there is more to do with it, but that could just be my bulldog mentality of never letting anything go talking, and so I will just move my concentration somewhere else.

Political Drawing

America Burns While Democrats and Republicans Fight

I had promised you all when I first started this blog that I would never ever discuss politics or sports unless it pertained to art. Well, this has been a rather volatile political season with dirt flying from both sides that I have grown tired of it.  Important issues are being used to gain votes and power that I have decided to do my first political drawing. It combines my love for history and my disdain for the political system...or at least those who run the political system. That it is based on the legend of Rome burning while Nero fiddles, but in this case,  America is burning while the Democrats and Republicans are fighting. The drawing will feature a donkey and an elephant boxing with the U.S. Capitol in flames, and in the foreground there are political signs with liberal points and conservative points.

It will be a rather dark drawing, and unfortunately, by doing it I have painted myself into a corner because I will have to do another political drawing. The second drawing would be much lighter, and perhaps it will feature the donkey and elephant working together to put out the flames.

Final Thought

So I met with Prof. Gregg Azzopardi last Friday, and he told me that I needed to add some in-betweens here and there in my section of the ANIJAM film. I understood what he was saying, but I just hope I can add them without having to cut the balloon sequence. So I'll get back to work on that, and I should finally have it finished by next weekend. That's good news because I have a lot of Art History events to plan.

Until next time, this is Billy Wright wishing you all a good night. So long, everybody!