Mase's Sketches

[Mase]

I finally have enough of a backlog to start one of these up. I'll update it once a week. BEGIN!

Some Urban Shogun character designs - Scorpion, Mantis, Phoenix:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/scorpion.jpg
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/mantis_sketch.jpg
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/phoenix.jpg

[Mase]

Hellboy doodle:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/hboy.jpg

Splash page layout:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/mantis_kick.gif
(Final) (http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/page_9.jpg)

One of my EnterVoid characters enjoying some tea:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/ty_tea.jpg

[Dr. Baltar]

Woot! Cool stuff man, bring it! :cool:

[JimLeeforGod]

Its about damn time dude! :)
Nice to see your work in one spot.
Awesome angle for the kung-fu pic!

[riq]

Nice J.. I have the same sentiments as Jimleeforgod.. boutd damn time.

riq.

[NickRocks]

neat! tencharacters

[spidey976]

Hey Mase

New here ... so I am new to your stuff ... I am definetly impressed. Nice style.

Shawn

[Mase]

Thanks a lot everyone. :)

Here's the initial sketch for the New Cap drawoff. I kinda like this one better in some ways than the final...
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/cap_dd_sketch.jpg

[Dri]

I prefer that one too, Mase. It looks more natural than your finished pic. I like the muted colours too.

[Ugga Bugga]

Hooray, Mase art makes me all happy.

[Mase]

That's why I'm here guys - thanks.
Some more for this week... an action pose of my new favorite hero - "The Captain Without Fear" (and a very squat Hulky):
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/daredevil_sketch.jpg
And a grown up version of Toph - one of the main characters from "Avatar: The Last Airbender":
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/toph.jpg

aaaand an old sketch that eventually became this poster (http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/poster_final_small.jpg):
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/poster_long.jpg

[shushubag]

Awesome work dude. I really like your style and sense of characters, there,s a nice contrast between each character. What is Urban shogun? Is it out in stores?

Love that splash the lay-out is off the hook!

[Mase]

Thanks shushubag. Nope - its not in stores yet. Just cons for now - someday, though.
I'm really glad I finally started this sketch blog. I'm shooting for 1 update a week, and its forced me to sketch more.
Ares, from New Avengers:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/ares.jpg
An older Urban Shogun character design:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/phoenix_sketch.jpg

Bodybagger Mack, from an old drawoff:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/mack_500.jpg

[theGOBLIN]

Nice new Sketches. Love the Ares sketch. He is one of the New Marvel characters I like. Is that Hulk-Drawf?

[Mase]

Is that Hulk-Drawf? Huh? Not sure what your question is...

Another sketch from Avatar - I was pretty jazzed about the latest episode:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/iroh_sketch.jpg
Some older stufff...
A buddy's entervoid fighter "Itami":
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/itami.jpg

A hefty WW sketch done after sitting next to Mithc Byrd at a con:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/wonderwoman.jpg

[spidey976]

Hey Mase

Those are some awesome sketches ... I have to admit something ... I would have loved to have seen these roughs of your DareCap done fully and put into the Cap Redesign Draw-Off. I know you won ... and you final look great ... I just really really think these are more dynamic. Also, I love looking at your pencils ... there is a really cool energy to them that I am hoping I can match.

[Mase]

Yeah man - I totally agree. I drew that one after I had already finished, though.

Finished Iroh:
http://creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/uncle_iroh.jpg

Sketch of "BlackBird" - main character of a friend's comic:
http://creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/blackbird_sketch.jpg

[pencilboy916]

sweet art ..i like the tee girl pic.

[jeremy dale]

You should post that awesome Firestar you did for me.

- jeremy

[Mase]

Certainly! I offered sketch requests for watchers over at dA. These were supposed to be just pencil sketches, but I added some quick colors to jazz them up.

Here's the first 3 (of 5) - Firestar was for Jeremy:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/firestar_600.jpg

"Kalanni" - someone's original character:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/kalanni_600.jpg

And Samus:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/samus_600.jpg

[hardcore]

very cool firestar

[jeremy dale]

very cool firestar

Indeed!

- jeremy

[Mase]

Thanks guys. Here are the last 2 to finish out the set. These ended up being a lot of fun.

Deadpool:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/deadpool_600.jpg

Ms. Marvel:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/msMarvel_600.jpg

[krikkit13]

I'm digging these colored roughs a lot - nice work.

I like the colors on the Ms. Marvel one the most, although I think her arms ended up a bit on the long side - although it might be an optical illusion created by the pose.

You should put that texture from the Deadpool pic in the background of all of them. It looks great there.

[Mase]

Thanks Krikkitt - you're right about Ms. Marvel's arms being too long. The big hands just make it worse. And the background on Deadpool is just my smudgy fingers. :)

Latest Elf sketch - designed some sandstorm gear:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/sandsuit_600.jpg

Not many sketches lately as I've been working mostly on sequentials. Here's a recent splash page:
http://urbanshogun.com/Comics/cobra/cobra_5.jpg

[Mase]

A couple of life drawings - 15-20 minutes each. I changed the model into a current Venom Clan character.
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/cobra_1.jpg

http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/cobra_2.jpg

[ntholdenuk]

The life drawing rocks man,
you should do more.

[hydekomiksink]

Great stuff man - love the miss marvel.

[Mase]

Thanks Nth - I've got stacks of these, I just hate dirtying up my scanner. There are a some more on my dA account (mase0ne) if you're interested.
Thanks Hyde.

[ntholdenuk]

found ya earlier today over on DA. some really nice stuff going on over there too. You got skills man. serious skills!

[Mase]

Thanks!

Been on a big Avatar kick lately:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/toph_sketch.jpg
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/katara_sketch.jpg
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/zuko_500.jpg

[jeremy dale]

Dear Mase:

Post more artwork.


Sincerely,

The Fans

[Mase]

*blows off dust*
Thanks Jeremy - I've really been neglecting this.

Filling in some blanks from the missed time:
http://creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/pg9_600_fixed.jpg
http://creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/supertoph_500.jpg
http://creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/katara_500.jpg

[Mase]

ShoNuff! and Sokka:
http://creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/shonuff.jpg
http://creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/shonuff_600.jpg
http://creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/sokka_north.jpg
Backgrounds on the Katara and Sokka pieces are edited screencaps from the show.

[Ugga Bugga]

Dear Mase:

Post more artwork.


Sincerely,

The Fans

quoted for truth.

[Mase]

Thanks man. Here's the progress pics for the Crane Poster:

Original sketch:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/crane_sketch_2.jpg
Inks:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/crane_inks.gif

Some tones for practice:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/crane_toned.gif

[Mase]

Close up of the coloring in-progress:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/crane_wip.gif

Original final:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/crane_final_600.jpg

Got some great crits on the Finished board and fixed some things, and had more time to do a proper bkg at this point:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/crane_final2_600.jpg

[Macksamillyon]

shes HOT! mase... love the sho nuff stuff to man!! classic movie!

[Bruce Lee]

Wonderful skills, Mase. You keep improving all the time. The print turned out great!

Loston

[lost-spartan]

That poster is awesome Mase. That ShoNuff piece stills cracks me up everytime I see it. :D

[hadesillustrations]

I love her fan - really well done overall, but that open fan is great.

[sacredbob]

Bad ass! I can't believe I didn't see this thread before.

The Crane poster looks super-dope, but Sho-Nuff will become my desktop-of-the-week if it's alright with you!

[Mase]

Of course, Bob! Thanks everyone. A few more:

"Darth Vicious" concept idea:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/darth_vicious.jpg
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/saber_arm.jpg

Some fan art for a friend:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/shargayt.jpg

[1peace]

That poster is awesome Mase. That ShoNuff piece stills cracks me up everytime I see it. :D

Absolutly!

great work

[TheMayor]

I just finished watching The Last Dragon. Finally got the DVD, too.
Love the Sho'Nuff picture, as well as the rest of the gallery.

[Mase]

Thanks man - I love that movie.

Batman (Inks and quick tones):
http://creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/batman_600.jpg
http://creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/batman_tones.jpg

And some more fun thanks to comments from MC Fumunda and Musashi:
http://creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/batman_shadowed2.jpg

[Bathill8]

Wow, a Batman 3 piece from Mase.....that is one of the coolest batman pieces ever, James... your blog is rock'n it bro! 3 rock'its cause I can't do no mo! :lml-: :-lml: :lml-:

[Mase]

Thanks Bathill :) .

Spidey!
http://creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/spidey_sketch.jpg

Fan arts of M-City Defender and Stealth (indie characters):
http://creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/mcity_defender.jpg

http://creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/stealth_600.gif

[Mase]

Sketch for this month's Grand Championship:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/gun_candy_sketch.jpg

[1peace]

cool beans dude.

[Mase]

The finished version of Laci:
http://creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/gun_candy_600.jpg
And some rough concept sketches for a new character:
http://creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/mayday_sketch.jpg
http://creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/mayday_sketches.jpg

[Mase]

Fan-art for friends:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/amazula.jpg
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/blackbird_600.jpg
Further development of the space girl concept:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/mayday_2.jpg

[Mase]

Haven't been able to update much...been working on a 2D video game with some friends for the last couple of months. Here's some of the character design artwork:
http://creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/tiger_colored_600.jpg
http://creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/dodger_colored_600.jpg
http://creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/ninja_design_color.jpg

[brokenhill]

The finished version of Laci:
http://creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/gun_candy_600.jpg


Wow ,how did i miss this?I really like the new guys as well
especial the guy with the bat #99.very awesomework






.

[Mase]

Thanks B. Here are a few "sprites", based on the art above.
http://www.urbanshogun.com/streetteam/tiger/tiger_idle_anim_large.gif
http://www.urbanshogun.com/streetteam/dodger.gif http://www.urbanshogun.com/streetteam/ninjar_anim.gif

[Mase]

Some basic movements...
http://www.urbanshogun.com/streetteam/tig_walk_anim.gifhttp://www.urbanshogun.com/streetteam/tiger_run_anim.gifhttp://www.urbanshogun.com/streetteam/evade2_anim.gif

[Mase]

Running attack:

http://www.urbanshogun.com/streetteam/ninja/super_attack.gif

[NickRocks]

i think there could be a bit more "life" in the standing still sprite, like the arms bounce a bit more

http://www.killerinstinctonline.net/upload/files/Ryu.gif

[Mase]

That's probably a bit too bouncy for my taste, but I get what you're saying - thanks!

Some grapple moves:
http://www.urbanshogun.com/streetteam/tiger/grab.gif http://www.urbanshogun.com/streetteam/tiger/grab_attack.gif http://www.urbanshogun.com/streetteam/tiger/curb_bounce.gif

[Mase]

http://www.urbanshogun.com/streetteam/tiger/reverse_throw.gif

[dfbovey]

Sweet!

and !!!

[Macksamillyon]

those sprites are effin awesome!

[Mase]

Thanks guys. Here are some design sketches for a PUMMEL Street Fight. Wonderwoman redesigns:
http://urbanshogun.com/art/ww_sketch_1.jpg
http://urbanshogun.com/art/ww_sketch_2.jpg

[jeremy dale]

Nice, I dig those WW redesigns.

[Greg Anderson]

Wow, this thread rocks! :eek:

[Juan-O]

dude! This is great stuff!

[Mase]

Thanks all. Jeremy, I REALLY dug your WW from the WSG awhile back. Here's the final:

http://www.urbanshogun.com/art/wonderwoman_redesign.jpg

[Mase]

Also, some more of my PUMMEL stuff:
http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/alice.jpg

http://www.creativeion.com/doodles/jmason/uhura_II.jpg

http://urbanshogun.com/bsh/black_panther_II_600.jpg

[What?]

Look at those characters.

Coolness. <3

[Mase]

More sprites -- this it the first level boss:

http://urbanshogun.com/streetteam/ninja/boss_idle.gifhttp://urbanshogun.com/streetteam/ninja/boss_walk.gifhttp://urbanshogun.com/streetteam/ninja/boss_run.gif

[Spooko]

What program are you using to make those?

[Mase]

Photoshop, believe it or not. There's an Animation Window available - I suggest the "Frame" view, as the default "Timeline" view is too complex for simple stuff animations like these.

[Mase]

Latest from the game. This is the final boss - almost done!

http://urbanshogun.com/streetteam/oguun/oguun_hd.jpg

And the game version:
http://urbanshogun.com/streetteam/oguun/oguun_idle.gif

[Mase]

Just about finished with the initial version of the game! Some bad guys:
http://urbanshogun.com/streetteam/Violator/punx_shooting.gif http://urbanshogun.com/streetteam/Violator/idle.gif

And a sequence showing a few of the final Boss's moves:
http://urbanshogun.com/streetteam/oguun/shadowmelt.gif

[Mase]

A couple more moves to finish off another character (we hired another pixel artist to do the rest of the moves - I just helped out to meet a deadline).

We sold the actual game at HeroesCon a couple of weeks ago and the response was great!
http://www.urbanshogun.com/streetteam/stalker/stalker_axe_kick_anim.gif
http://www.urbanshogun.com/streetteam/stalker/sicem.gif

[Macksamillyon]

i wanna play this!

[C William Russette]

There are some very strong designs and renditions here. I love the attention to detail concerning the martial arts poses and some very cool noir bits scattered through out.

Well done, sir!

[Mase]

Thanks guys. Some more:

(From reference)
http://www.urbanshogun.com/2011/face_color_study.jpg

Did after watching Tron:
http://www.urbanshogun.com/2011/tigertron.jpg

And the poster that I colored for the comic/video game:
Pencils: Stanley Weaver; Inks: Shawn Alleyne.
http://www.urbanshogun.com/2011/streetteam_poster_small.jpg

[Mase]

My next comic is coming out soon. It will be a Marvel-Universe-like guidebook of all of my Urban Shogun OCs. Here are some of the profile images:
http://urbanshogun.com/matrix/scorpion.png
http://www.urbanshogun.com/2011/ty_redux_small.png
http://urbanshogun.com/2011/spider_venom_small.png

[Mase]

Some more...
http://www.urbanshogun.com/2011/cheetah_style_small.png
http://www.urbanshogun.com/2011/snake_venom_small.png
^Pencils/Inks by Ron Salas (Musashi), colors by me.

http://www.urbanshogun.com/2011/cobra_venom_small.png

[Mase]

http://www.urbanshogun.com/2011/tiger_style.png
http://www.urbanshogun.com/2011/vitruvian_tiger.jpg

[Mase]

Hard at work finishing the video game up. Added a new playable character: Dodger. He's fun to play, and is almost as big as some of the bosses.
http://urbanshogun.com/streetteam/dodger/dodger_idle.gifhttp://urbanshogun.com/streetteam/dodger/dodger_walk.gifhttp://urbanshogun.com/streetteam/dodger/dodger_strong.gif

[Mase]

4-hit Attack combo:
http://www.urbanshogun.com/streetteam/dodger/dodger_combo.gif

Special move, with and without FX:
http://www.urbanshogun.com/streetteam/dodger/dodger_special_fx.gifhttp://www.urbanshogun.com/streetteam/dodger/dodger_special.gif

[Spidey]

That looks like a lot of fun. When's the projected release date?

[Mase]

Trying to wrap the art up this month, so hopefully before the end of the year.

[InkDrop]

Looking really good Mase.

[Mase]

Thanks drop. Some Invincible sketches for the Project: Rooftop contest. Big thanks to Loston and the gang for all of the crits to get me to the final one.
http://urbanshogun.com/2011/invincible_sketch2.jpg
http://urbanshogun.com/2011/invincible_sketch.jpg
http://urbanshogun.com/2011/invincible_sketch3.jpg

[Spooko]

4-hit Attack combo:
http://www.urbanshogun.com/streetteam/dodger/dodger_combo.gif

Special move, with and without FX:
http://www.urbanshogun.com/streetteam/dodger/dodger_special_fx.gifhttp://www.urbanshogun.com/streetteam/dodger/dodger_special.gif

these are so good, man it is impressive you did this!

[Mase]

Thanks Spooko. Games finally done!

Here's a step-by-step of one of the final moves.
1) Hand drew the move to work out all of the kinks. This is based off of an Elena(?) move in Street Fighter:
http://urbanshogun.com/streetteam/tiger/spin_test.gif

2) Retraced it using pixels only.
http://urbanshogun.com/streetteam/tiger/spin_lines.gif

3) After coloring all of the frames, I sketched in the blast FX:
http://urbanshogun.com/streetteam/tiger/spin_fx.gif

4) Here's the final, alone and in context:
http://urbanshogun.com/streetteam/tiger/spin_fx_final.gif http://urbanshogun.com/streetteam/tiger/spin_bkg.gif

[Bruce Lee]

The animation looks sweet, man!

[Spidey]

Is it going to be a fighting game or side scroller? It looks kind of Street of Rageish as is.

[Mase]

Thanks guys! It's a side scroller - very Streets of Rage-ish. It's actually a mod built on an opensource Streets of Rage engine. Here's some actual game footage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvE6RyViQ6E&feature=player_embedded

[Spidey]

That looks like a lot of fun. Can't wait to play it. The character with the dog isn't as cheap(overpowered) as he seems he is, is he?

[Mase]

Spidey - sort of. He's got one of the most unstoppable moves (he launches two projectiles that briefly surround him), but there isn't a game guide or anything so its fairly hidden. (sorry for the late answer)

Some more stuff I've done somewhat recently:
LaRue from "Corsairs", OC character created by Charlie Fab:
http://urbanshogun.com/2012/corsairs_800.png

Sketches for a cover:
http://urbanshogun.com/2012/venom_cover_sketch.jpg
http://urbanshogun.com/2012/venom_cover_sketch_2.jpg

[Mase]

http://urbanshogun.com/2012/venom_cover_sketch_3.jpg
Finals:
http://urbanshogun.com/2012/venom_clan.png

With graphics:
http://urbanshogun.com/2012/venom_cover_final.png