The Death Battle Crew Welcomes In The New Year

Well, it's coming up to the New Year, and I thought I might as well commemorate it with some more Death Battle fan art. This time, the hosts are watching their own private firework display as the clock strikes midnight.

I like to think that Boomstick designed the firework shown here himself and decided to make it a reality, basing it on the Death Battle skull logo. Ringmaster and Wiz probably helped out a bit too, especially when you consider the fact that Ringmaster loves fireworks and explosives himself. It's not perfect - it lacks the same detail that the actual skull has, but Boomstick's efforts still count.

Boomstick is getting rather emotional and teary-eyed here over what he is witnessing. He's cried before when witnessing what he considers to be beautiful moments, the first time being the victory of the Death Battle t-shirt in "Death Battle vs. The World" and the second time being the spectacle that was "Hulk vs. Domesday". I only thought it was natural to replicate moments like those here - plus, I'm a sucker for man tears.

I used the dark filter on my computer on the top image to make it seem more like night, which explains why I had to create the speech bubble on the computer later on. Unfortunately, it still did not do anything to fix the white blotches on Boomstick's face. Maybe I could go for the idea that the brightness of some of the fireworks is causing the effect due to him standing the closest to them. :P

I also gave Boomstick a sparkler to hold, both to reflect his childlike nature and because I always loved using those myself on Bonfire Night. Unfortunately for DUMMI, Boomstick has held it too close to him and he has to suffer the consequences of his poor handling as a result. He's pretty much the only character not in the mood for welcoming in 2023 at this point in time. X)

Anyway, I hope everyone has a happy new year, whether you're a Death Battle fan or not. I'm looking forward to doing more fan art and stories in 2023, and hopefully I can branch out into some new themes as well. Possibly even some new colouring methods. :D

The Death Battle Crew Celebrates Christmas

Christmas is coming, so I decided to celebrate with some fan art of the Death Battle hosts. They're all dressed up and ready for some festive joy!

My theory is that Boomstick normally doesn't wear a coat during the winter due to not being able to afford one. At most, he probably wears a long-sleeved and buttoned-up version of the shirt he wears over his vest in order to keep himself warm. This time however, he has been given the gift of a long Santa-like coat, which he is very happy about in this image. He also gets to wear a Santa hat to complete the look. As for the gift he's holding? Probably has beer in it. ;)

Wiz has a similar coat to Boomstick's but in light blue - both as a reference to the winter cold and as a reference to the blue t-shirt he used to wear in artwork before Death Battle introduced the animated host segments. It covers up both arms this time round in contrast with his lab coat, though his robotic hand is still on show. To complete his winter look, he wears a black beanie hat with the Death Battle skull on the front.

Jocelyn is dressed in casual winter attire for the season. Nothing too drab, but nothing too gaudy either. She's also swapped her boots over for ones that she can go out in the snow in whilst keeping a good grip on the ground. I imagine that she would wear earmuffs outside to keep her ears warm, so that she doesn't struggle with trying to put a hat over her bun.

Ringmaster obviously only goes for what he considers to be the most stylish and trendy winter clothes. He's wearing a pink ski jacket that probably cost a tonne of money along with a designer scarf and woolly hat. He still insists on wearing his normal suit underneath for some reason though. XD

As for DUMMI, he's just stuck wearing a Santa hat like Boomstick's. No wonder he's put out as always. X)

Celebrating 10 Years of Club Penguin's Operation Blackout

 Remember back in 2012 when people thought the world was going to end because of an absurd misunderstanding of how the Mayan Calendar works? People were churning out books, songs and even Minecraft mods based around it, and yet on the 21st December, nothing happened. Which, being a major skeptic of the whole business in the first place, I wasn't surprised at all. Besides, as long as you didn't take the mass hysteria over the whole deal into account, there were absolutely zero signs of this so-called apocalypse about to occur during the "build-up" to it.

...Except in Club Penguin. For about a week, the apocalypse really was coming. And it was the most badass moment in the franchise of all time.

It's exactly ten years since the famous Operation Blackout mission occurred and ended in the now sadly defunct Club Penguin. For those wondering what the mission was about, this was when recurring villain Herbert P. Bear destroyed the E.P.F, captured all the members (except the player) and froze them, inserted himself as dictator of Club Penguin Island and then blocked out the sun in order to freeze the island over and KILL the penguins.

It was brilliant (if incredibly disturbing) moment in the normally family-friendly franchise, and I was just as invested as the other fans were. The story was well-thought out, as was the gameplay, and it was the peak of the franchise. And as for when you complete the mission...well, it's just worth seeing Herbert's plans fall apart as light finally returns to the island and both it and the E.P.F. are saved.

To celebrate the day in which the mission ended, I decided to draw two illustrations of myself and two random penguins. The first is of the island shrouded by darkness, while the second is of the moment light finally returns to the island. As with most of my drawings, they're pretty amateurish, but I hope my intention gets across in them.

I used the dark filter on my computer in order to play around with the colours for this one. Otherwise, they are all done by coloured pens and felt tips as usual.

As for this one, I didn't really need to use the filter at all and the colours are done in the same media as the previous image. For the sun's rays, I used orange felt pen.

My main regret with the images is that I didn't draw Herbert in them, but hopefully the change between dark and light gets across the moment in which his plan was working and the moment in which it fell apart and the penguins won.

There are plenty of other fan projects that other Club Penguin fans have done in response to the mission, which you can find online. There are also the many walkthroughs online so that you can witness the mission in its full glory, even if you were unable to play it at the time.