Malthus Cartoon Art Thread

[Malthus]

Can you do a drawing of Peter North.

I probably can. But I will never know for sure. 

[Eddie Teach]

How about a pic of Cal armwrestling with (and losing to) a turtle?

[grumbler]

The really fun part is figuring out how to do the "switch" on the court cards (that is, the separation of the top figure from the bottom figure), where the colour palate is restricted to three colours - and to attempt to do it in an interesting way. Also, to try to keep the designs nice and flowing, not too detailed (I mess that up frequently).

That's the feature of the cards that most impresses me; the way you transition between the characters and make them so similar yet so different (details like the two mustaches on the king and the facial expressions on the queens).  I think you hit the switch out of the park on these.

[Malthus]

The really fun part is figuring out how to do the "switch" on the court cards (that is, the separation of the top figure from the bottom figure), where the colour palate is restricted to three colours - and to attempt to do it in an interesting way. Also, to try to keep the designs nice and flowing, not too detailed (I mess that up frequently).

That's the feature of the cards that most impresses me; the way you transition between the characters and make them so similar yet so different (details like the two mustaches on the king and the facial expressions on the queens).  I think you hit the switch out of the park on these.

Thanks!

The transition is by far the most difficult, and fun, part. I try to mix transition techniques up, though I admit, there is no way I'll have a different one for each card.

[Malthus]

Here's the hearts face cards:

[Berkut]

Damn, those are really freaking cool. I would pay for a set of cards like that.

[Valmy]

Wow Malthus you are incredibly talented. All those years wasted being a lawyer

Those cards are pretty freaky when you have no idea WTF they are referring to 

[Malthus]

Wow Malthus you are incredibly talented. All those years wasted being a lawyer

Thanks! If I had to earn a living at it, it probably wouldn't be fun, though. Even assuming that was possible ...

Those cards are pretty freaky when you have no idea WTF they are referring to 

I can only imagine. 

I mean, the character designs are freaky in the actual show ... for example, the guy on the Ace of Diamonds has a crystal for a head and snakes for hands. He imprisons people in crystals he grows with his mind, keeping them perfectly preserved for centuries in some cases (here, he's trapped the main character - my Queen of Hearts - in one of his crystals: this happens in the show ...)

[Richard Hakluyt]

The cards are really excellent, I say this having no knowledge of the show; i think that fans of the show would probably love a deck of cards like these 

[BuddhaRhubarb]

These are great, malthus

[The Brain]

Hi Bud!

[jimmy olsen]

You could probably sell these on Patreon or DeviantArt

Real good stuff

[Eddie Teach]

You could probably sell these on Patreon or DeviantArt

Real good stuff

Not the first time Malthus has been called a deviant. 

[Malthus]

These are great, malthus

Wow, thanks! Haven't seen you around for ages. How have you been?

[Malthus]

Here are the spades: