This was an attempt to draw a hyper-realistic figure on Autodesk Sketchbook. Heman was by far the most difficult. Sometimes I look at my drawings and can’t believe I did this. The whole picture is drawn! Surely it’s not 100% perfect, but I’m quite happy with it.
Instead of a heroic warrior, a wild beast, and a robot, we have the most extreme faces to choose from. One figure turning from good old Heman to the most evil, Skeletor, to Hordak, the father of all evil.
That’s what happened in five years Masters of the Universe fanart and fan fiction.
Six M.A.S.K color switch projects. I have some more of course, and a MOTU color switch is waiting already!
Fifteen titfortat battles, what means round one is almost complete. In round two the most powerful figures will join!
Fifteen toy reviews, means so many more to come. And I had recently the chance to look at my toys, and take more photos…
Twenty five crossovers, plus the many drawn on paper, this was how hefarts.com began, and I’m keen to do more crossovers.
My drawing skills went from ‘let me try tiny MOTUS with felt pen & paper to hyper realistic on Autodesk Sketchbook, and somehow also peaked there. At some point I thought I still haven’t found my own style and just keep drawing, and that is probably my style.
Things to come are titfortat 2nd round, a post of the odd other figures that were mixed in our collection, and somehow something about the New Adventures figures I have. I also have a bunch of new drawings, some are really cool.
Thank you all for reading and looking!
Namwuob
This crossover of MOTU’s Orko and the stealthy Waldo happened within a couple of minutes from idea to drawing. I guess I created a worker who’s always hard to find, and who’s capable of doing magic. A hidden gem, someone who is hiding in the masses, someone who has the ability to do things you wouldn’t have thought were possible. Do I get some HR goosebumps here?
Wasn’t that Orko’s job? The Masters of the Universe either couldn’t believe what he’s done (because it was so stupid), or they couldn’t believe what he’s done (because it was so awesome). The red slapstick sidekick is today a welcome crossover project, and I’m sure this wasn’t the last. And while I’m typing this a new idea came up already…
Waldo, aka Wally, Charlie, Walter etc. was never on my radar. He came to earth in 1987, that would have been a perfect match. I guess I just wasn’t bothered to find him, or wasn’t even aware that he’s missing. I respect him, he’s a super popular man, and he made it to the Simpsons and many other shows and movies, plus having his own TV show!
The MASK Monochrome Monitor Images got me for a while. The figures are somewhat challenging to draw, because I’m still no hero when it comes to hands and faces, so I went for the vehicles. I never bought one (or better said wished for one) when I was young, but I got a second hand Wind Raider in poor condition once. Computer, select the best suited vehicles for the next mission in Eternia.
WIND RAIDER – HE MAN’S ASSAULT LANDER, COMES WITH A GRAPPLING HOOK AND WINCH
BATTLE BONES – COLLECTOR’S CARRY CASE FOR 12 CREATURES AND WEAPON STORAGE
LAND SHARK – EVIL MONSTER AND VEHICLE. JAW WILL OPEN AND SNAP SHUT WHILE MOVING.
The perfect Saturday morning was when both, Masters of the Universe, and Mobile Armored Strike Kommand were on. The latter had the sequence when the best agents for the current mission were selected by the computer. It’s voice was a bit annoying, but the blueprint like images of the agents and their vehicles were absolutely amazing, and my highlight of each episode. Believe it or not, I had no name for these images. Blueprint, vector design, monochrome sketch? I asked in the Facebook group ‘M.A.S.K. Toys and Fans by MASKFORCE.com’, and it seemed there no broadly used term for it. I’ll go for monochrome monitor image for now.
So what if MOTU did the same? Computer, select the best agents to fight Skeletor…
While MASK would only introduce the heros in that cool monochrome design, hefarts.com has the evil for you as well! Wait for much more to come… it’s fun to draw.
I just realised I was never too much into flying vehicles or action figures. It wouldn’t stop me from buying those as a kid, but they weren’t my favourites. MOTU had just very few, Buzz Off, Zoar, maybe Hordak, and of course Stratos. The rest needed a Wind Raider.
MASK had many more, Thunderhawk, Stiletto, Firefly, Manta, Condor, Dynamo, Slingshot, Switchblade, Goliath, Buzzard, Meteor, Wolfbeast, Vampire, and the amazing Corvette Raven brought your imagination high up.
I combined Stratos and Raven, creating Ravos, THE airborne superhero. Stratos was never in my collection, though I do like the gray color. But the fly-theme in my opinion was not well visible. He’s more like some hairy guy who clipped feathers to his arms.
Raven’s colors were perfect for a more serious looking hero. The Gulliver mask of Calhoun Burns might look a bit like a biker helmet. It hides Stratos’ ape-like face. Ravos is using one of the immobiliser discs, which might return to him like Thor’s hammer. If I’m not mistaken Stratos in the original version had no weapon at all.
I came up with a raven logo, because it always bothered me how little MASK vehicle names were connected to their design. Isn’t it weak to have nothing but black color on a car called Raven?
Stratos is represented in the feather attachments, and the harness.
My holy grail of drawing so far is the crossover of MOTU and MASK, I’ll call it MASTrs. MASKERS. Besides MOTU, MASK was the second toyline that made my childhood. The cartoon was like He-Man in a typical 80s format. Another similarity is the annoying side kick T-bob, whom I like as much as Orko. So far I haven’t seen any new MASK yet, not sure why. I know there are many enthusiasts waiting!
For this crossover I combined Beastman with Wolfbeast, resulting in beastBeast! Wolfbeast is Mayhems dark blue Corvette Stingray with neon pink flames, and Mayhem is wearing a skull mask, called New Viper (why would things make sense here?! Where’s the wolf-reference?). BeastBeast is a dark blue version of Beastman, including some neon pink pattern. He is wearing New Viper, and carries an axe inculding wheels of Wolfbeast as weapon. This time I learned drawing an almost entirely dark character. I highlighted the edges with lighter blue and it worked fine. Motivated by that I also tried some more shading. He wears the spider like symbol Mayhem has on his uniform (OK what is the theme, Wolf, Stingray, Viper or Spider?), and the arm accessories are green like the clone, one with Beastman-like spikes, the other with the alien-like skull from Wolfbeast’s hood. Having that done I realised that the three main colors suddenly resembled Trapjaw’s color mix. I totally avoided any of Beastman’s orange, so I used itfor thebackground. May (hem, hehe) beastBeast be the start to a new series of crossovers on hefarts.com.
I totally understand that some people don’t like watching Family Guy. They go far to far sometimes, no, often. I love it. I do not like my crossover. Not because it is especially bad, or boring, no because it happened to be quite scary. Mostly Chris, who is now Creech, and even that name sounds intimidating, His leechy teeth look awesome, and he’s got green suction cups. Peter is Horde Pooper, the red bat goes well with his white shirt. He looks funny with no neck.
Megstor, Dragstor as Meg works well too. Both are kind of permanent victims of evil people.
Mosquitor and Stewie, that makes Mosqwie. His face impression is a bit weird. Maybe he’s insecure with the snozzle for his nozzle.
But his Teddy, Rupert, is the cutest Grizzlor ever. Lets call him Ruzzlor. He could easily tear them all apart, but he decided to enjoy the family life.
And last but not least Herbert with four legs and eyes apart, that’s Manbert the Hypno!
I made this drawing some years ago, and looking at it now I wished I had made it a bit more MOTU, and less Family Guy. What do you think?
When I got this idea, I had to draw it immediately, because it fits so well. The famous and beautiful Russian dolls are a great way to display all three faces of Man-E-Faces. His strange helmet has just the right voluminous shape to make him a doll. Let’s hope for him that the human part is the biggest one! MOTU’s Man-E-Faces as Russian dolls.
This project was a good chance to use some tools. I used the symmetry tool from Sketchbook. The line prediction caused some effect I think is beneficial, it simply rounded the corners. I also finally learned to copy and paste objects. It’s a while ago that I drew it, but it will always be one of my favourite drawings.
The grumpy, selfish, but also kind of self-confident 80s cartoon-cat Garfield had a very different relationship to his hooman John compared to Cringer and Prince Adam. While John was a truly innocent guy, who was more or less abused by Garfield, Adam with his two identities had full control over Cringer. I would say both John and Cringer were poor creatures under the control of a strong character.
As well as the crossover of roles worked in this sketch, the crossover of both cartoons has worked out well too. I managed to draw a warm back-light, suggesting a cozy TV evening. Both Warfield and Adam seem very happy and peaceful. Adams boots were replaced by slippers, and the pink sword is unnecessary. I guess they might transform to He-man and Battle cat to go for more-action activities?
