Commission for MechaGhidorah. This one's been worked on since late April/early May this year. As usual, there were many obstacles tossed in front of my by that nasty things called 'real life' that resulted in some serious delays with finishing this picture. I usually don't do crossovers, but here it was relatively easy to pull off due to the similarly of Genndy and Butch's art styles. Besides, it's got Maddie Fenton in it. How could you go wrong?
Well, you could. I tried several times to draw the characters from a completely flat sideview angle as I was uncertain if a ¼-perspective (as originally requested by the commissioner) was going to look good. Eventually, after failing a bunch of sketches and wasting precious time, I decided to go for it and was surprised how much more effortless it was to actually do what was originally asked. Then again, I should've realized that hey, stupid, MG also draws and isn't oblivious to the process of framing an illustration. The only major thing that ended up changing from his original idea was that I switched Maddie to be on top because she's got a bigger ass.
In the end, I'd like to believe I walked away from yet another completed piece knowing a little bit more than before. I'm especially proud of how the lighting came together, as well as the floor pattern modeled after the wall-to-wall carpeting you occasionally see in Dexter's Laboratory.
(of course, Agent Honeydew lives in a building that has wooden floor in the living room... but hey, this is fan art!)
I hope you all like it! There's going to be at least one more piece before the new year, so stay tuned for that.
