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Skeletor - flat color by ~Laemeur:iconLaemeur:


©2008-2009 ~Laemeur
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I was reading an old comic the other day, and on the back cover was an advertisement for Masters of the Universe: The Power of He-Man(a video game for the Intellivision and Atari 2600). It was actually a pretty good rendering of He-Man and his arch-enemy, battling valiantly in front of ol' Greyskull, and it made me realize that I haven't drawn a He-Man character since I was a little kid. So, I did something about it.

Here sits Skeletor, weary atop his throne at Snake Mountain. Near as I can tell, he's just noticed Evil-Lyn has decided to snap a photo. I'm not sure whether I think Skeletor's the kind of guy who gets grumpy when people take photos, or whether he's a total camera whore. I mean, he's got serious egotism issues, so it could go either way.

I'll do a better colored version of this later. I just finished the linework today, and blocked in the color nice and quick so I could post it here as WIP.

Done entirely in GIMP.

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:iconrunewitch:
That guy's got some serious toenail issues :lol:

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:iconspiff-johnson:
He looks about ready to give up.

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:iconlaemeur:
He should, given his never-ending losing streak. :)
:iconsobreiro:
Sweet!

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:icondelta-india-oscar:
really nice coloring although it's flat color! it looks don't flat anyway :)

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:iconmase0ne:
Haha - love the write-up. Looks like you went with the actual toy costuming (as I remember it) - great job.

It always distressed my child mind that Skeletor had a skull head and fleshy body. Still does, now that I think about it.

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:icondesert-spirit:
Amazing! I love the inking, looks great on flat colours.

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:iconlaemeur:
Thanks.

I looked at a few sources for the costume, including the action figure, and just sorta made-up the rest which, apparently, is what every artist working on MOTU stuff did in the '80s. I don't think I saw two different artists interpret the costume the same way.
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dude...this must be one of the best skeletor pics i've ever seen.

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