March M.O.D.O.K. Madness 2026
(Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing)
It's the next submission featuring that Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing:
MARCH M.O.D.O.K. MADNESS!
This time doing a parody of the classic "Akira" poster by Otomo, with M.O.D.O.K. doing the classic walk toward his Kirby-Powered Mecho-Chair. This is one of those images I've had in my mind for quite some time, but it feels so familiar. I tried to do a check on The Googles and such to make sure this hasn't been done before and didn't see an example. Perhaps it has been on my mind for so long that I gave myself deja vu.
As for the Kanji for M.O.D.O.K., as I neither read or write Japanese (heck, many argue I barely read and write in my native tongue, English), I will have to put my blind faith in the Internet that the English to Kanji translator I used is correct. What could possibly go wrong? Anyhoo, I traced over the Kanji to go over the M.O.D.O.K. ala the "Akira" poster, just to be as accurate as possible and to minimize the odds of my accidentally writing some unintentional.
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STEP ONE: Here are the very quickly scribbled digital pencils done on a 2,000px x 3,000px canvas.
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STEP TWO: And here are digital inks. I didn't care for the penciled steps into the Mechano-Chair as the 1-point perspective made it look a little on the wonky side, so Ichanged it in the Inks to make them a bit more rounded and curved to follow the Mechano-Chair's form.
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STEP THREE: And here are the added colors, done on several layers under the Digital Inks. I debated exporting the Inks Layer as a .png and doing the colors in Rebelle, as it does a much better job with some of the paintings brushes and tools, but decided to just do it all in Clip Studio Paint. I love Clip Studio Paint's Ink brushes, and Rebelle's color and digital paints. If only they could be combined into some Frankenstein program!
Good enough to call DONE and go on the start the next one!
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Done digitally in Clip Studio Paint.
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Most excellent! I can't recall a March MODOK with a DOK outside his shell!
ReplyDeleteHello Joe, 🙂
DeleteThank you for the kind words! I didn't think so, either, but it was one of those things where the image was so clear in my mind I began to wonder if it was because I had seen it before. Cursory searches brought up nuttin' and I hate feeling like I copied someone else without credit. However, there comes a point where you just have to say "To H-E-Double Hockeysticks with it, I'm gonna do it anyways, whether it was done before or not!"
Since you mentioned you haven't seen M.O.D.O.K. walking around without his shell, I had considered having him in a smaller Mechno-Chair that would dock (D.O.K.?) into the larger one, but the walk on the "Akira" poster is so iconic that I felt I had to do it that way.
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John D.
I'm a happy new follower via RSS! Your post with the various Thing vs Thing vs Thing is inspired!
DeleteHello Joe , 🙂
DeleteAgain, thank you for your kind words! If you're into dumb jokes and puns, obscure comic book and pop cultural references alongside illustrated Nerdery and Geekdom, you've come to the right place!
Also, RSS? Keepin' it Old Skool! 😃
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John D.