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I’m a big fan of all things George Miller so it’s no surprised I’m stoked for Furiosa!

Can’t wait to see Anya Taylor Joy and Chris Hemsworth throw down in the desert wasteland!

#illustration #artists on tumblr #digital art #procreate #fan art #character design #digital illustration #mad max #fury road #furiosa #george miller #anya taylor joy #charlize theron

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Yellowjacket Trigger

黄色 - 上着 - 引き金

This is a project I’ve had in my mind for a year now. I initially wrote the concept for all this in my notes app and sketched out all the bits and pieces over the next several months when I had downtime.

I researched a lot of anime and figures to find the right look and style and it was super fun building out this whole world and concept. That core concept being “a team of cute girls who hunt down robot beasts”

Within that world we have UMOD (Universal Mechanoid Observation Division), a branch of the military standing against the robotic beasts and soldiers called Mechanoids that terrorize the planet. The Yellowjackets are an elite team of UMOD soldiers who hunt down Mechanoids.

With that, let me introduce the team:

First up, Izzy! The newest member of the team, she is brash and confident. I wanted someone who was the “loose cannon cop” type. The rockstar. She’s joining an established team so it always helps to have someone that shakes things up. Someone with unconventional methods but gets the job done.

Up next is Catherine, the most skilled member. She’s super serious, because it’s always fun to have that clash of serious with confident. The Murtaugh and Riggs dynamic. She considers herself the leader purely because she’s the longest surviving hunter.

Introducing Anita, one of my favorites. Every team needs to have the cautious and hesitant one who isn’t always keen for combat. Much like Donatello, she is the brains of the bunch, helping with inventions and tech, and the upkeep of Panzer. She’ll fight to protect her team… just at a distance.

This is Olivia, the ditzy dumb sniper. Every good group of characters has to have the classic airhead, this one just happens to be deadly at 800 meters. What she lacks in intelligence she makes up for in deadly accuracy. With most of these designs I had to give into a bit of the style and play with anatomy.

Then we have Dee, an absolute unit of a soldier. She’s the muscle, the heavy, the strong silent type. I was very keen to offset the body types of this team with some muscle. I imagine her being the typically quiet one but when you give her a behemoth machine gun she goes off like a kid with a new toy.

Lastly is Panzer, my favorite element of this whole project! The Mechanoids that the team hunts down are robotic soldiers and animals and Panzer here was one they found and repurposed for their side. As deadly as he is precious and loyal, he stands by the girls day or night. I went a little overboard with his design, adding in seams and panels because A from my research, that’s how you solidify a mecha design, and B I imagine he has quite a bit of firepower tucked away within is body. He is, the goodest of boys.

I have so much more of this concept laid out with Mechanoid designs, various important figures, and a rival group of hunters.

If you guys enjoy this let me know!

#digital art #illustration #artists on tumblr #procreate #digital illustration #character design #anime #mecha #mecha art #anime girl #can i pet that dog #robodog #good boy

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A VERY HAPPY THIRTIETH BIRTHDAY to the character that started it all!

I’m not kidding. Scud is turbo important to me.

When I was super young and started learning the mechanic of putting pencil to paper to give the things in my mind a physical form, Scud was the first time I saw a character and thought “He’s so cool! I want my OWN cool character!” and from that day forward I plagiarized everything I loved and called it an original idea.

#illustration #artists on tumblr #digital art #procreate #fan art #scud #scud the disposable assassin

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Back when the RotB trailers started dropping I got hooked on the idea of a Liam Neeson style action flick starring Optimus Prime. Just the idea of him fighting to survive in the last days as Cybertron begins to fall.

#illustration #artists on tumblr #digital art #procreate #fan art #digital illustration #transformers #optimus prime

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I had the absolute pleasure of drawing up this epic commission for Superkaelyn and Soopurkul and Snowbee. They gave me full carte blanche with their designs and poses and colors so… I went hog wild. I wanted to do something as fun and colorful and energetic as they themselves are!

#illustration #artists on tumblr #digital art #procreate #digital illustration #dnd art #dnd

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I fully truly love Death Stranding. There’s something about what Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions s were able to accomplish with this game that has a tight death grip on me. I can truly spend hours just walking through the beautiful landscape making routine deliveries.

I’m excited for the upcoming film with A24, and I hope it successfully translates Kojima’s vision.

I’m so genuinely proud of this piece. I wanted to do something different with it and I did. I wanted to take my time with it and I did. I love what I do but I also love the look of rough art, oil painters especially. They have this way of forcing a cacophony of color into a beautiful shape, and in these new days of fake AI creations, we could all use more human flaws.

#illustration #artists on tumblr #digital art #procreate #fan art #digital illustration #death stranding #sam porter bridges #norman reedus #hideo kojima #kojima productions

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Together we peer into the new year.

I hope your 2024 is filled with joy and happiness.

I’m very excited about this new piece. I tried some new techniques and I used my new StickyBones figure for pose/lighting reference. I plan to push myself even more as an artist this year. I want to keep learning and growing.

#illustration #artists on tumblr #digital art #procreate #digital illustration

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MOVIE MANIACS!

Leatherface. Michael Myers. Jason Voorhees. Freddy Krueger.

So thrilled with how these pieces turned out.

If you’d like a print of one of these lovely psychopaths for yourself, check out my print shop at

https://society6.com/MrBayless/designs

#illustration #artists on tumblr #digital art #procreate #fan art #Leatherface #michael myers #jason voorhees #freddy krueger #horror

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Character 2 of 6 for the #DCtober list.

Etrigan the Demon!

I wanted to stretch some unused muscles for this one and went heavy on the 90s dark comics vibes, with a dash of Gargoyles and Mignola.

With all of these I schemed up in my head, both for fun and for determining the vibe of these covers, what kind of story I’d do with the character. If you’re interested to hear any of them, let me know.

#illustration #artists on tumblr #digital art #procreate #fan art #dc comics #digital illustration #etrigan

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You guys might’ve seen the DCtober list going around, I’ll only be doing 6 characters as opposed to all 31. I decided to start with one my favorites, Black Canary.

I think she’s a truly amazing character that I hope gets more attention in the years to come. If I had the chance, I’d love to tell a story of a Black Canary who has had enough.

Owner of the Canary club, Dinah Lance is trying to take it easy and look out for the women of Star City in her own way. When one of her waitresses is hospitalized, she takes matters into her own hands and returns to her violent past, hunting down the criminals responsible. They sent one of hers to the hospital, she’ll send them to the morgue.

#illustration #artists on tumblr #digital art #procreate #fan art #dc comics #black canary #dinah lance

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“Mario Unleashed”

I had a lot of fun recently working on this piece. I loved the energy of the Fallout 4 piece I did and wanted something where I could continue that chaos but with more characters and more planned out.

I’m absolutely in love with how this turned out. I wanted to do something where Mario and friends looked unhinged like they were rampaging through the Mushroom Kingdom, I also had fun figuring out how to render the Star effect in Mario.

#illustration #artists on tumblr #digital art #procreate #fan art #digital illustration #nintendo #mario bros #super mario

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“Run Away With Me”

Finished this piece up last night and I’m thrilled with how it looks. I spent a lot of time fiddling with bits and techniques and just having fun with it.

It’s based on my own partner’s experience with Fallout 4 which makes it all the more fun.

#digital art #illustration #artists on tumblr #procreate #fan art #artist for hire #digital illustration #fallout 4 #fallout fanart

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Had the idea for a vertical upright piece and the first thing that came to mind was Link and the verticality of Tears of the Kingdom.

It was not prepared for how quickly this came together having finished it in a few hours in just one stream.

#illustration #artists on tumblr #digital art #procreate #artist for hire #digital illustration #fan art #Zelda #link #totk #tears of the kingdom #nintendo

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“Invasive Species”

I’ve been working on this idea for almost a year now. What started as a piece of two people in a post apocalypse scene turned into two children an overgrown landscape. Where originally I had ruined buildings and signage, I now have unnatural plant life.

I’m very happy with how this piece has turned out!

It was a big reminder that if the piece doesn’t work at first, take some time away, look at it again, and don’t hesitate to delete your art and try again.

#digitalart #digitalillustration #dystopia #scifi

#illustration #artists on tumblr #digital art #procreate #artist for hire #digital illustration #science fiction #dystopia

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Drop something red from your gallery.

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It’s very funny that this trend is making the rounds as I just finished this piece the other night.

It’s based on a story idea that I’d like to tell someday of an elven warrior named Felthorne fighting to survive in the barren wasteland of The Red Plains.

#illustration #artists on tumblr #digital art #character design #procreate #digital illustration #fantasy

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Was going through old drawings and found a piece I wanted to give another shot.

After a week of fiddling, I am very happy with the results.

You tell me.

#illustration #artists on tumblr #digital art #character design #procreate #artist for hire #scififantasy

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SHE’S HERE! It’s time for the first posts of Hailey Comet and Beeboo you guys.

These’ll roll out on socials the first Monday of the month, but if you sign up at Ko-fi.com/MrBayless (only $5 a month) you can see these plus next month’s comic already!

I am happy to share these with you guys as they’ve made me happy to draw.

These first few posts are going to be funny too because, the first few ideas were just stream of consciousness, draw the first thing I think of lol. Later on I sat down and made a list of ideas and now I pick which one I have a good concept for or whatever sounds most fun to do.

#Hailey Comet #illustration #artists on tumblr #digital art #webcomic #ko fi