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themightyadam
Joined: 28 Jan 2004 Total posts: 569 Location: Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., Earth, the Solar System, Milky Way GXY, The Universe 00001 Age: 30 Gender: Male |
 Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:21 am Post subject: Character Jam - Metamorpho |
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Hey kids! This jam's dedicated to a favorite of mine: Metamorpho!
Metamorpho first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #57; his freakazoid concept was DC Comics' response to the success of Marvel's off-beat characters. The story, written by Bob Haney and penciled by the talented Ramona Fradon (a personal favorite of mine) introduced Rex Mason, hired adventurer and glorified "gopher" in the exclusive employ of Simon Stagg. Stagg, a millionaire and scientifical-type genius, sent Rex on a hunt for the fabled Orb of Ra; an ancient artifact hewn from a piece of mystical meteor hidden away in the pyramids of Egypt. Rex "has an accident" and is left for dead when the original Meteor transforms him into Metamorpho!
Though physically a freak, Metamorpho possessed the amazing ability to change himself into any form of matter on a whim. This started out limited to only those elements occurring in the human body, but this was sort of "forgotten" over the years, which makes him a pretty powerful hero, limited only by his imagination.
In later years, Metamorpho would make guest appearances all over the DCU and eventually landed himself a team membership when Batman founded the Outsiders. He also became a member of Justice League Europe, has had a female-Metamorpho sidekick, has been split into several separate people, has been the single combined body of several different people, joined the outsiders again, and has died and been resurrected at least a billion-zillion times.
Pictures for you:
From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Rex_and_dinah.jpg
Transformed!: http://www.themightyadam.com/images/Metamorph01.jpg
It's almost always a hammer: http://www.themightyadam.com/images/Metamorph02.jpg
Those last two are Ramona Fradon.
Here's more info:
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorpho
toonopedia: http://www.toonopedia.com/metamor.htm
Metamorpho as he appears in the Justice League cartoon: http://jl.toonzone.net/metamorpho/metamorpho.htm
And here's mine.
Now get to drawing! Metamorpho's got to be one of the easiest guys to draw since he can look like anything.
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| TheRonin Moderator
Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Total posts: 7130 |
| Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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Quite an original character for this jam 
Adam, you really captured the classic, almost "kirby" feel of the period
Here's my quick attempt. I am also posting the rough sketch in green I used as "pencils"
for the inks. You were right: this character is fun to draw 
Cheers,
Francesco
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| Marty M Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Total posts: 767 Location: Prince George Gender: Male |
| Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:29 am Post subject: Metamorpho |
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Been a dogs age since I posted.
Awesome work as always Francesco.
Good classic start Adam.
Here's my attempt. Trying out Painter IX - did a little tweaking in pshop.
Inspired did another.
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themightyadam
Joined: 28 Jan 2004 Total posts: 569 Location: Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., Earth, the Solar System, Milky Way GXY, The Universe 00001 Age: 30 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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Francesco, that's excellent! Metamorpho's organic look really works well with your style, and vice versa.
Great stuff Marty! Especially that last one. I really dig it!
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Kelly Tindall
Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Total posts: 3486 Location: Canada Gender: Male |
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| Marty M Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Total posts: 767 Location: Prince George Gender: Male |
| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 2:01 am Post subject: |
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| Hey Kelly that's kickn'. Works excellent black & White
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| TheRonin Moderator
Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Total posts: 7130 |
| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 11:32 am Post subject: |
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Wow, I am really surprised that with such a fun character this jam is being so slow to take off.
Thanks to Marty and Adam for the nice words, really appreciated
MartyM: love'em both, but the stylish design/graphic of the second is a winner
Kelly: great washes there I agree, it is perfect as it is in BW
Another quick one I did last night before going to bed - darn, that water was a pain to
draw - hopefully it came out right 
Cheers,
Francesco
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space_bean
Joined: 06 May 2006 Total posts: 140 |
| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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Hey, been a while. I need to get myself back into these things.
TheRonin: Dude! Francesco! Slow down! Let the rest of us stop drooling and catch up to you. 
Marty M: I like the last one, reminds me of something you'd see off an old Pink Panther episode. Maybe you should animate it. 
themightyadam: Great idea for a jam, man. The bulldozer took me a while to get, but then it was hilarious. Keep it up.
Kelly: Sorry I can't see your work, stupid 'net filter doesn't like most image hosting sites. I'm sure it's great, though.
edit: Nevermind, that version I had up was crap. I've got something better in the works, so I'll post that later. Keep it up, everyone!
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space_bean
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| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, I'm a threadkiller!
Better version:
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Marcelo Di Chiara
Joined: 21 Jun 2002 Total posts: 838 Location: São Paulo - Brazil Age: 34 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
Itīs been a while since my last post. Iīm working a lot, but
I couldnīt resist join this week jam.
Adam:simple and beautiful,
Francesco: I love it..both drawings are amazing.
Marty M: I like the second drawing, very fluid and dynamic.
Kelly Tindall: awesome work.
space_bean: I didnīt see the old version, but the new one is great.
Hereīs mine.
Marcelo
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themightyadam
Joined: 28 Jan 2004 Total posts: 569 Location: Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., Earth, the Solar System, Milky Way GXY, The Universe 00001 Age: 30 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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Kelly, that's fantastic! I really like how you did his face.
Francesco, that second one's wild. He looks really intimidating.
Space_bean, I missed the first one also, but that one there has the kooky mood that makes metamorpho one of my fave's.
Marcelo, very cool! He's such a tough guy. Nice job with the smoky finger effect.
Keep it up you guys. I'll have to throw a couple more into the mix.
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K.B.
Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Total posts: 370 Location: Chicago Gender: Male |
| Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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Great stuff.Really fond of Kelly's and Fancesco's especially.
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johnnyB
Joined: 01 Mar 2006 Total posts: 1388 Location: 2nd star to the right. Straight on till morning. Gender: Male |
| Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:18 am Post subject: |
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themightadam:Great jam character!! I Love the old school look of your drawing!!
TheRonin:What can be said?!! I wish I were the Parasite and get ahold of you! Then I would be an art GOD!! Bwahh haahaaa ha!!
ahem.. Nice drawings!
Marty M:The 1st post is a great concept! I like the 2nd one also!
Kelly Tindale:Nice! I love your wash work!!
SpaceBean:I'd something nice. but for some reason I can't see your post. 
Marcelo Di Chara:I really like the style you drew him in!! Great Face!
Here's mine for all of you to suffer with. Don't ask me why a magic lamp. Okay, I couldn't think of anything else at the moment.
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jaimie 13
Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Total posts: 205 Location: Bromley, KY Age: 32 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I haven't posted any art in a WAY long time. But I just couldn't resist a chance to draw Metamorpho. Everyones work on here is rockin!! Hope you enjoy.
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Yancy St.
Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Total posts: 585 Location: NashVegas Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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Really great stuff gang!
Francesco, you're right, what a fun character.
I'll be back with specific comments in a bit ('company over for the wknd...) 
Here's mine;
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