Kalen Knowles! And all that that implies...

Atticus

2009-10-29T23:41:00.001-07:00

This is Dr. Orlock, who you've seen before, but here he is in a less than natural form. I am working on color design, and these quick sketches help.

Abbott, The Ace, Caldicot, and Captain Zoop

2009-09-07T01:24:00.000-07:00

I'm trying to do one of these a day, and so far I've succeeded. Let's see if I can keep it up...

Glumes

2009-08-12T21:41:00.000-07:00

These are Glumes, a race of what I like to call 'super-ghosts'. They can do just about whatever the like, including extending their limbs, freely severing and re-attaching limbs, and fading to invisibility.

They come from another dimension, and are, in actuality, an alternate version of what we (well, I) consider ghosts.

Sinestro

2009-07-07T01:19:00.000-07:00

It's just Sinestro. Move along.

FART

2009-07-06T00:25:00.000-07:00

I apologize to everyone for this. I just...like his face.

Death(s)

2009-05-03T01:55:00.000-07:00

These are various Deaths from various dimensions, gathering together to discuss Gods and political affairs. Note the changes on Cuthbert from the last post, if you would like. If you don't, I won't be too offended.

Cuthbert

2009-04-15T00:52:00.000-07:00

This is Death from an alternate universe. He's named Cuthbert. Not pictured: his pipe, which he smokes to remain calm. His arms? They are like accordions.

Balloon Men

2009-02-28T02:34:00.000-08:00

The Balloon Men! These dumb looking aliens study planets and figure out what poisons kill their inhabitants, and then fill themselves with that very substance, and then rule the world, as any physical attacks will release the poison, and kill a bunch of people.

While I don't have the particulars for you, they are actually a sort of slime mold which spreads over the skin of a creature, eating it slowly from the outside in. That explains their different shapes, as they retain the shape of whatever they originally killed.

Dragon God

2009-02-12T20:03:00.000-08:00

This is the Dragon God. He's a pretty nice guy, but people are creeped out by him, 'cause they can see his insides. It really bums him out, so that's why he's okay with living in space. He shoots incredible lasers from his trio of eyes, and once destroyed a whole fleet of alien invaders bent on the conquest of Earth, and Earth didn't even say thanks! What a bunch of jerks! Huh!

Also, he moves around by *ahem* dispelling gases, as there's not a lot of air in space, and, even if his wings had some sort of film between them, they wouldn't do anything when flapping!

HE-MUN

2009-01-30T02:23:00.000-08:00

This pleasant fellow is a combination of all the Root Mun in a weird sort of Frankenstein way.

I'm pretty sure he studies dead stuff...I don't really remember to be honest.

Phaunts

2009-01-23T00:55:00.000-08:00

These are Phaunts! *ahem*

Phaunt – Ramphastos Pachydermoid – Roly-poly creatures that live in the jungles of Napaji, Phaunts are rotund, but very agile. Their gaseous bellies help keep them in the air, as that’s what actually makes them so rotund, and also protect against falls as they just bounce off the ground. Their large, powerful arms help to guide their travel, and they have an equally powerful trunk which is used as a third arm. Their tail is short but can be used to wrap around a branch for further footing. They have long, sensitive ears and keen eyesight as well. On the ground their short stubby legs offer little speed, which is why they live in villages amongst the treetops.

And there you have it!

Comic

2009-01-08T02:30:00.000-08:00

Look, a comic! It's just a test, to see how I like this Wacom business. Turns out, I like it! Now I just need to, you know, improve my art skills, and I'll be set!

GHOULS!!!

2008-10-08T01:00:00.001-07:00

This is The Count! He is a vampire, who was turned into a Ghoul. As a result, he has a thirst for blood, but cannot satisfy it, for living creatures' blood provides no nourishment to a ghost, and other ghosts have no blood! This caused him to go stark raving mad, and he went on a spree, killing hundreds in an attempt to quench his thirst.

This is the Baron. He runs the entire steam industry! You'll note he's a ghoul, but certainly his body looks much larger than the Count's, who has a normal-ghoul sized body. I wonder why that could be...

Vorcon Rull

2008-09-25T01:15:00.000-07:00

This is actually the father of one of my more main characters. He's a Yarrick, my generic brutal, war-loving race, but don't worry, they get transported out of their dimension and educated an are all tech-savvy now. Anyway, you'll note he looks kind of dumb. Here's why!

Yarricks have these big ol' stingers-of-sorts on their backs, which pierce and immobilize their prey, and then they pierce 'em again with their fangs, and drink their juices. Like a spider!

Oh! Also! Their forearms are made of tough, thin tendrils, which allow them to just have a big spike, or a claw, or fingers, or...well, that's about it really. But they've got a few options, y'know?

A Battalion Unit

2008-09-08T03:01:00.001-07:00

This is a Battalion unit. They can shift and change their appearance, as well as adopt to other, unfamiliar forms of technology. They come from outer space!

2008-09-06T16:11:00.000-07:00

Well, I think Kalen's blog smells funky. Actually we should call it Kalen's funk-a-blog. Ahh ah ah...

King Krupp

2008-06-22T01:29:00.000-07:00

This is King Krupp! He is a very large Cactor. As you can see, he is near his life-long goal of obtaining the elusive Golden Whale, however, this is merely a piece of what some might call "concept art" and by no means proves that he reaches his goal of possession. All those little cactus-men are exact tiny clones of him, which were created by him cutting a bit off of himself and letting it grow.

To gain the Golden Whale, he announced to the world he would pay a handsome sum to who-ever capture it for him. Thus began the adventures of Capitain Cactoom, who you have yet to meet.

Octo-Guys!

2008-06-12T01:43:00.000-07:00

Octo-Guys!

Artamentals

2008-06-07T02:26:00.001-07:00

Say "Hullo!" to these guys, for they are the Artamentals! They come from the world known as Khartoun, and they make art, I guess. Anyway, here's two pretty big rivals, Chalk and Charcoal, only seconds before they duke it out.

Bonus! Here is a Paint Artamental. All of these guys are actually little triangles of energy which have control over a particular substance. Up top you can see Chalk's jutting out of his head, and Charcoal's is pretty obvious. Paint's a bit more clever, having it hidden away in his insides (you can see it, if you look real close!)

Ideally, they would be drawn out of whatever art material they represent, but I don't have any chalk, and I tried painting Paint and it was not a success.

Kraunk!

2008-06-02T19:06:00.001-07:00

This a picture of the Franken-monster, Kraunk. He is beating up some Sea Goons, probably to stay in shape. If you can believe it, he's got no privates, as he's powered by electricity and thusly has no need for a digestive system, and all that that implies. Instead he's just got MORE MUSCLES, making him super strong. He's got a crab claw for one arm and a tentacle for the other, and a totally wicked side-ways beak, but you can't see it.

And What a Marvelous Battle it Was!

2008-05-16T15:50:00.000-07:00

Mr. Marvelous and Mr. Not-So-Marvelous (Seen in color here) have obviously just had a tremendous battle! The winner, obviously, was Mr. Marvelous, because he is the good guy.

The Bowler Again

2008-05-05T22:21:00.001-07:00

Heeeey, so this is Felix the bartender, as seen previously fighting Potato Man. He's just a bit redesigned, with a big ol' neck and jaw now. I drew this with pen, which I don't usually use on account of not being able to erase (and this pen smelled particularly foul [?]), but I'm pretty happy with the result, though I DID clean up the nose a bit.

The Crab and the Butler

2008-04-21T12:49:00.000-07:00

This robot with the umbrella, that's Bruce J. Roboticon. Out of each hand he can eject a claw, umbrella, energy blast, grappling hook, or blade.

This other robot, that's Crobster. He looks like he's a crab, and he's a mobster, get it? Dang, I forgot to draw his cigar. Ah well. He takes advantage of people's power, like Bruce's here. If he gets in a tight spot, he gets out of it. He's a real sneak like that.

Dimensio!

2008-04-19T02:31:00.000-07:00

There, at the top, that's Dimensio. Note: He's got a cape. Second Note: The fact that he is named Dimensio never comes in to play. Third Note: I am kidding! It actually does! Fourth Note: It's really dumb that's he's named Dimensio.

Below? Well, two possible forms of his alternate form from an alternate dimension. I can't decide between the two of 'em. What says you, general public? Slobbery blob, or rickety snickety?

Science Team

2008-04-12T17:27:00.000-07:00

This is a team of scientists who are responsible for many amazing science-breakthroughs. Mr. Amoeba and Dr. Cube (I'll let you figure out who they are) started the team, for they were fellow employees at the same University. Seff, the smallest, joined their team as a student, and together, the trio created Per, short for Experiment 428, the final member of the team, a decision that would ultimately lead to their DESTRUCTION.

This was actually an assignment for a class, where I used different mediums for each character. Seff is made of construction paper, Mr. Amoeba of watercolor, Dr. Cube of pencil, and Per of pen. And the background is marker, colored in Photoshop. Ultimately, I am not ecstatic with the final product, but it'll do for now.

ATOMO

2008-04-08T17:43:00.000-07:00

Atomo! That's who this is. I am pretty sure he loves life. This is design is his newest, and I am much happier with it than his previous. You can't really tell, but I'm pretty sure he's going to be HUGE. He'll probably weigh around a ton.

He eventually becomes the PRESIDENT (!) of an all-robot country called Klow.

Root Mun

2008-04-07T04:39:00.001-07:00

My! Look at this peculiar collection of creatures! "Whatever are these demons?" you may screech as you point your finger in terror at your monitor with such a fierce conviction that your every limb trembles in fear! But be calm, my spooked fellows and fellowettes! These are simply Root Mun, a bizarre race with human-level intelligence which grows to a conscious state under the ground, and then are plucked forth by their parents.

You will notice that the Rutabaga Mun in fact does not resemble a rutabaga what-so-ever. This was because I did not do proper research, and had a very incorrect idea as to what a so called rutabaga looks like. Take note, kids! Always research. The result, however, was something I was pretty content with, so it stayed.

Note: All Potato Mun do not have mustaches, but they have the ability to grow one readily avaliable.

Romble

2008-04-05T15:08:00.000-07:00

So this is Romble, he's a boxing box crab, I guess. Anyway, one time he's hired as a deck hand for a mysterious ship with a mysterious captain going to a mysterious island, and when they show up on the island, they are attacked by something mysterious! And Romble is killed. And he sinks into the oceany depths.

Much later, he is turned into a ROBOZOMBIECRAB by another Crabman named Krustatior, and does his evil bidding! And then, sheesh, I think he gets killed again. And that's his story.

Overall, not a lot about him.

Digirolamo

2008-04-03T01:40:00.001-07:00

This is Digirolamo. He's an octopusish creature with a mere five arms, and he holds within his grasp the most powerful sword to ever exist. Case in point: it can slice through mountains, as seen in the background. It's been said that eyes are windows to the soul, and as a result, Digirolamo must not have a soul, for he has no eyes, just holes in his head.

As an aside, I don't like those swirls on the sword, and I will probably change them to...something, or perhaps nothing.

The BULK, The HORDE, The MASS, The Y'know, big gooey monster

2008-04-02T00:53:00.001-07:00

This is, currently, the Sentient Conglomeration, but its name will probably change again and again until it becomes an actual factor into its story, knowing me. Anyway, it's really basic: It's just a big amoebic blob with a big eye, and it fights Ignus the junk man (remember him?)

Anyway, that's all there is to it...Or is it???

Yeah, yeah, that's all there is.

...

ACTUALLY THERE IS MORE TO IT!!! (I just can't tell you about it.)

Silffer Sulfur

2008-04-01T00:43:00.000-07:00

This fellow here is the brilliantly-named Sulfur. He is, shockingly, an amorphous mound of sulfur, and as a result, stinks like eggs. A mere crew-mate of the dreaded Boss Rock, he was forced aboard the boat, and exists only to entertain the crew with his most excellent story-telling skills. Due to his shape-shifting ability, he is one of the most powerful crew members, but stays outta the fighting.

P.S. Turbans don't make any sense and are hard to draw!

Goo and X-an

2008-03-29T03:44:00.001-07:00

Yeah, I've posted this drawing before, but I don't care, 'cause I like it. It's of Goo and X-an, two of the earliest characters I ever created. Neither one is usually this grumpy (except for that X-an, boy can he be a hand full!) but, ah, well, there ya go.

Simply Marvelous!

2008-03-22T02:07:00.000-07:00

Here we have the Super-Robot, Mr. Marvelous (on the right), and his early prototype, who's name has yet to be decided, but will probably be something like Commander Marvelous. The two battle when Commander Marvelous is stolen, re-booted, and released on the public, and believes Mr. Marvelous to be an impostor of him.

And here we have the cleverly named Mr. Not-So-Marvelous, a mysterious robot who seems to serve as the bane of Mr. Marvelous' existence. But, as there always seems to be with arch-rivals, there is more than meets the eye...

Potato Man!

2008-03-21T03:10:00.000-07:00

This here is Potato Man, wearing his tremendous Power Gloves. These inventions give him much greater strength than he normally has, and thusly he only wears them on special occasions, such as the following:

Here he is in combat with the fearsome fiend known only as "The Bowler". Note that the power of the gloves is knocking the Bowler's head further than his eyeballs, thusly they are sort of sucked down into his head! What power!

But what if I were to tell you that The Bowler is actually the good guy, and Potato Man is the villain of this story...?

...!

Wizards!

2008-03-20T01:58:00.000-07:00

Today we've got two characters, both powerful wizards. That's right, everybody: Magic! These two are pretty darn good at it, too, but they have opposing morals. Had they ever met, they most definitely would have been bitter rivals, but a good 500 years or so separates their lives.

The first fellow is Orima, a good wizard, who's blatantly ripped off of Merlin from Disney's Sword in the Stone. The goggles he wears protect his eyes from fine particles and the like, one would suppose. He battles the evil wizard Serbow Akoop (not pictured), a large rotund man who commands an army of monsters (also not pictured).

Following said fellow is Edgewater the Octopus, one of the countless cephalopodic characters I have. In his youth, he hunted down the Deadlies of the Deep, who granted him the ability to fly and breath above water, with the side effect of giving him the eyes (and ensuing poor-eyesight) of an insect. While pictured with only two wands, he in fact wields eight at a time, each one skilled in a different subject.

Hatch, the cook and bodyguard

2008-03-18T21:06:00.001-07:00

So here's a picture of a mysterious man in a suit, and his robotic protector, Hatch, in a poncho. The mysterious man in the suit reprogrammed the robot, who was previously a cook (hence the cleaver), to serve as his bodyguard after traveling to a foreign land full of danger.

The tiny robot floating in the air is a completely separate doodle, but he just really looked like he wanted to be included, so I kept him in.

Ignus

2008-02-28T14:43:00.001-08:00

This here is Ignus, the volcanic junkman. He's a gruff ol' curmudgeon, but I'd bet a pence he's got a heart of gold. He fights a gigantic toxic-waste monster at one point called the Mass, or the Heep, or something generic like that, but that's a story for another time.

Dr. Orlock and Rollo

2008-02-23T17:59:00.001-08:00

Here we have a poorly colored Dr. Orlock, the main character of my little world. He's ascending from a leisurely jump, I assure you.

Below, we have his sidekick, Rollo, smashing up a Sea Goon. To his right, all four Sea Goons, tiny-fied.

Octoguy and Mountain Man

2008-02-21T22:10:00.000-08:00

Here's an old bit from yon sketchbook. The pointy-headed guy is saying "L" because, you guessed it, I drew it left-handed.

Well, Hello There!

2008-02-07T14:38:00.000-08:00

Here is my first post! Ta-da! Let's see how this works out.

As it turns out, it works out pretty well! This is a factory-man-robot that I can't say too much about, lest I spoil the future for you.