REFERENCE: The Women of 'PPG'

I have a softcore Miss Keane pic coming up so I finally got a good reason to rewatch The Powerpuff Girls and snap some reference from my DVD box set. Out of all those great Cartoon Cartoons made in the '90s/early '00s, this one is IMO the best of the best. Seeing how it had so many of the talented people behind the first two seasons of Dexter's Laboratory, PPG had great potential right from the start. To be honest, it didn't really let down until the last two seasons when the original creator had left the show and the remaining people were starting to run out of material, which resulted in the show becoming more self-aware (cute and funny but caused a loss of excitement).

Most of the unfunny episodes of the later seasons tend to center around the Mayor, who went from a lovable doofus to a retarded manchild. I was also never a fan of the majority of season 4 where they experimented with double-length episodes as it just made the show lose some of its usually tight pacing. Still, I'd say that three strong seasons (1–3) and two average-to-good (4 & 5) out of six is a pretty good achievement. Even better, CN apparently greenlit a seventh season but the creators decided to end the show to avoid it getting completely dried out. Even though we never got to see that episode centered around the evil Powerpunk Girls from an alternative universe, I'm happy that they pulled the plug off the show rather than let it become a franchise zombie.

Anyway, enough with my ramblings, have some reference – all the combined screencaps were made by yours truly:


Miss Sara Bellum

 

Miss Keane

 

Femme Fatale

Sedusa

Multiple characters

Final JABComix pic out

JAB has released my final commission, this time showcasing Paulina with an older señor you might recognize from a couple of Paulina-centric episodes. As with the previous pic, this one's also an animated .GIF, combining the regular and the alternative version. For the record, I never issued such instructions, so if you don't like it, please do not blame me. I also didn't ask for the images to be resized so small (50% of what I intended them to be). You can find the pic in question on JAB's site.

This ends my batch of commissions for him. Whether or not I'll do more is up in the air. I have to say it came to me as a surprise at how they decided to handle my artwork...

As for now, I have a few remaining commissions that I need to do before I do a few regular pics of my own ideas (I'll try to tone down the amount of Maddie, I know you've had an overdose of her lately, lol). I also have this other project I meant start up earlier this month but due to real life events messing up the schedules for both me and the writer, it remains to be seen how much will it be delayed if it will happen at all this year.

COMMISSION: The Dominatrix Is In

Commission for IronBloodAika, who ordered it as a gift for his friend Coonfoot (who himself is also an artist and has a blog here). I guess it was supposed to be for a birthday or something but, well, you know me... when it comes to hitting deadlines, I'm the Valve Corporation of fan artists.

I haven't drawn Penelope Spectra for ages. I think the last time was for a hardcore pic two-three years ago and if I try to look at something that old, chances are I'm going to hate what I see. My previous constructions of her have featured that traditional Hartman lighting style but I chose to abandon it for this piece because I felt it needed some extra pizazz that a simple cel-shaded light reflection near the outlines wouldn't have accomplished.

Before you jump into conclusions, I have to make it clear that I'm not a fan of BDSM and the order never specified what kind of lingerie Spectra would be wearing. However, ever since Spectra's first appearance in S2, I've viewed her as a potential dominatrix type due to her sadistic demeanor and her tendency to subdue her victims before extracting life force (and other things) out of them. From that angle, I think, it makes a lot of sense.

While the commissioner had the idea regarding the mirrors, it was Toonspew who came up with the suggestion that I show Spectra's other forms in them. Thanks, both of you!

Update (7/25): Here's one of the reasons I saw Spectra as a dominatrix...

New Paulina pic at JABComix, plus correction

I need to correct myself. The last Paulina release by JAB was not the penultimate pic, but rather the second pic released out of order. Apparently, the first pic has now been released, featuring Paulina leaning against a pole, making Danny an offer he can't refuse. You can find the pic in question on JAB's site.

I love you, /co/

Oh exploitable:

...and someone comes up with this:

Awesome.