VALKYRIE SMASH!!! Hey, gang. Neil here. Boy, if there's one thing Yuuki does well, it's smashing giant balls with a magic hammer. It was a lot of fun to jump back into this and do such an epic Yuuki page. And I get to bring Hel back, too! The last panel is a hoot. Yuuki may be a boy, but the pose, as well as the hearts and sparkles, shows that he may be enjoying this being a girl thing just a wee bit more than he's willing to admit.
Don't forget to check out the totally awesome Crossoverlord Retrospective, now on YouTube!
Yeah, your design of Ruin Death does remind me of the Ghostbusters cartoon a lot. It also reminds me of some of the Adelaide cartoons. Both pretty good inspirations to draw from.
There's just something so wonderfully weird about making characters from all sorts of different backgrounds mesh together in one image.
It's what makes Crossoverlord and Crossoverkill worth reading.
I guess there is a little bit of a Ghostbusters cartoon vibe coming from my Ruin-Death design. I loved the Ghostbusters growing up, and I guess it rubbed off on my without even realizing it.
Anyway, great page Neil.
good thing she isn't freeing super villains, i can totally see them killing their rescuer to flex their new found freedom and to express their rage. when she was told to free ruinworld death i pictured that, but then dismissed it due to the non evil nature of deaths (even if a bit monstrous).
EssayBee, I was thinking about that the entire time. How weird would it have been for Fusion to meet the overseer if his name was Bob?
As for the style, yes, it does seem weird, but I've never truly gone for a manga style. I freely admit that I mix and match what styles I like. Whatever comes out is uniquely me.
What I found interesting was putting Yuuki in the same panel with Ruin World Death, because it is such a stark contrast. Yuuki is clearly Japanese-inspired, but Ruin World Death looks like something out of the Men In Black cartoon or perhaps even Extreme Ghostbusters.
Ozmandious--Agreed. Love the backlighting with the lightning.
And I'm listening to the Crossoverlord retrospective now . . . and Ringo was almost named Bob? Someone shares my sense of humor with cosmic entities.
algeya at 8:00PM, March 2, 2013
yay video
Neilsama at 10:39PM, March 1, 2013
Yeah, your design of Ruin Death does remind me of the Ghostbusters cartoon a lot. It also reminds me of some of the Adelaide cartoons. Both pretty good inspirations to draw from. There's just something so wonderfully weird about making characters from all sorts of different backgrounds mesh together in one image. It's what makes Crossoverlord and Crossoverkill worth reading.
theRedDeath at 6:46PM, March 1, 2013
I guess there is a little bit of a Ghostbusters cartoon vibe coming from my Ruin-Death design. I loved the Ghostbusters growing up, and I guess it rubbed off on my without even realizing it. Anyway, great page Neil.
jamoecw at 8:58AM, March 1, 2013
good thing she isn't freeing super villains, i can totally see them killing their rescuer to flex their new found freedom and to express their rage. when she was told to free ruinworld death i pictured that, but then dismissed it due to the non evil nature of deaths (even if a bit monstrous).
cres0055 at 11:39PM, Feb. 28, 2013
Great page, I like how the second and last panels turned out.
Neilsama at 9:50PM, Feb. 28, 2013
EssayBee, I was thinking about that the entire time. How weird would it have been for Fusion to meet the overseer if his name was Bob? As for the style, yes, it does seem weird, but I've never truly gone for a manga style. I freely admit that I mix and match what styles I like. Whatever comes out is uniquely me. What I found interesting was putting Yuuki in the same panel with Ruin World Death, because it is such a stark contrast. Yuuki is clearly Japanese-inspired, but Ruin World Death looks like something out of the Men In Black cartoon or perhaps even Extreme Ghostbusters.
Nero Angelo at 4:35PM, Feb. 28, 2013
NO ONE CAN TOUCH THIS!!!! X3
EssayBee at 9:36AM, Feb. 28, 2013
Ozmandious--Agreed. Love the backlighting with the lightning. And I'm listening to the Crossoverlord retrospective now . . . and Ringo was almost named Bob? Someone shares my sense of humor with cosmic entities.
Ozmandious at 9:02AM, Feb. 28, 2013
Panel 2 is epic
KAM at 6:36AM, Feb. 28, 2013
5
coolclaytony at 6:35AM, Feb. 28, 2013
Manga translates weirdly in this art-style.
gullas at 4:53AM, Feb. 28, 2013
"...can't touch this."
Mr Kaos at 12:41AM, Feb. 28, 2013
SMASHING TIME!