bandit-bandit has his hands on his hips and is looking at salazar lying facedown on the ground. hes labeled "dead". next panel bandit says "if my boss is dead, what do i do with all this prize money? return it...?" salazar lifts himself up yelling "im alive im alive"
the king of all bandits and his singular henchman: bandit-bandit
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taggart blushing while looking upwards and thinking about a short haired woman with ear/nose piercings and painted nails (labeled alt chicks). basil rubbing the back of his head and looking downwards thinking about a bearded guy in a leather jacket holding a motorcycle helmet (labeled thick motorcycle dudes). chip crossing his arms and confidently imagining a buff flexing man and a buff woman. a guy in the background is smugly grinning after blowing a heart. its afterburner btw. (labeled: muscles in general. and... well...). samson standing and staring off into the distance, pleased. hes thinking about himself, who is looking at the viewer. behind him is a cheering crowd. (labeled: yep)
what theyre into
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black and white halftone comic. chip is clenching his fist and laughing in a sinister manner. the next panel hes brushing his hair back and saying "you have no idea how long i've waited for this"
saw a cool halftone drawing and was compelled to also make a halftone drawing.
chip thinks hes finally gonna have a match with his long lost rival but hes gonna be sooooo mad when he wakes up from his dream
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a collection of drawn colored busts of: basil with his hat, chip (with glasses and with his hair slicked back), taggart with his arms raised up cheering, and samson (startled) and samson again (slightly disheveled, smug)
a drawing of taggart excitedly doing the torture rack (or argentine backbreaker) by holding a suffering afterburner up on his shoulders. a smaller drawing of them is in the corner, taggart is asking an annoyed afterburner if he is mad at him
doodles of my guysssss
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drawn color portraits of taggart on an orange background. him on his phone, him leaning back while talking, etc. also drawings of him younger with a bandana around his neck, with longer hair and a shaved head
colored portrait drawings of basil during his "afterburner" persona years (with orange highlights in his hair) and a drawing of him more modern day scruffy. and a fullbody of him walking in his tagcen-era wrestling gear (a black shirt, a hat, gray tights, kickpads)
o ya i finished these taggarts & basils btw. my guys...! younger and older
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a drawing of chip crying a waterfall of tears while angrily clenching his teeth saying "why is he such a loser now!?" samson is standing next to him rolling his eyes saying "good grief." in the foreground, slightly blurred, is basil and taggart facing away from chip and samson. they are standing next to each other talking. basil looks happy
chip's struggle. how is he supposed to get proper revenge on basil in these conditions
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basil wearing a black tshirt and a baseball cap, with a text box that is a screencap of a reductress article titled "im trying to be less of a bitch, in case you idiots didnt notice". taggart follows up with "i noticed" and basil stammers "oh, uh, good" and then crosses his arms confidently and says "yes, good. thats. what i wanted" while taggart is nodding and saying "yep!" theres another comic panel of basil angrily prodding chip and saying "im trying to be a better person!" and chip (shirtless) is responding with "why? thats stupid and lame as hell"
colored an old drawing of basil. my guy with problems...
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samson is in the foreground, clutching his torso and walking away from a wrestling ring. hes grimacing, his eyes covered up by a dialog box. "and when my time was up? i accepted it gracefully. i'm humble like that." in the wrestling ring is a referee counting, and his opponent is watching him leave. "six! seven! eight! nine! ten!! ding ding! the winner by count out: blueshift!" the next panel is a side view of blueshift holding the championship on her shoulder, looking back to the camera in rage, on the other side of a chainlink fence. "blueshift's the champ now. i hear she's been trying to hunt me down... i don't know why shes so mad. she won, didnt she?"
samson is sitting on a bench alone, hunched over, a shadow over his face. he looks grim. "i haven't been avoiding anyone. or anything. if i'm scarce around the isc title scene, well... thats just because ive moved on to better things." the next panel is samson standing at the corner of a wrestling ring, leaning on the post looking somewhat bored. in the foreground is a wrestler with a big grin. "i'm busy with the tag team circuit now. im working towards getting into this invitational tag team tournament..."
chip is looking back and offering his hand. narration: "the most annoying man alive has forced his way into becoming my tag team partner, but he's pretty skilled in the ring, so. i can work with this." the next panel is samson and chip having their arms raised in victory by a referee. theyre in the middle of a wrestling ring. "as long as i can get to those tag team championships. i mean, two belts is better than one, right? who would even want the isc title anymore?"
samson is in the same pose as he was in the title page, but he doesn't have a wrestling championship. his hand rests on his bare shoulder as he looks off into the distance. narration: "i know i dont need it." in the background, chip is closing a locker and has his other hand on his hip. he looks angry and annoyed. one of his speech bubbles is covered up by a narration box, the others say "samson?" and "hey! are you even listening to me?"
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samson holding an ISC wrestling championship belt on his shoulder, leaning into it a bit with a fond smile while looking down at the camera. title text says "samson" in all caps
closeup of a wrestling championship belt that says "interstate champion" on it. narration boxes say: "that interstate championship... isn't it beautiful? all that gold is heavier than it looks. for singles competition, its the most prestigious title you can get on this side of the country. every pro wrestling promotion has their own world championship. theyre a dime a dozen. but theres only one isc title, and it isnt beholden to any one company... whoever holds this title, has control over its whole territory."
narration: "but nobody stays champion for very long." theres a series of drawings of vibrant orange shadowy silhouettes of various wide-eyed champions, the champion belt standing out. "they say the title is cursed, that it changes people... that its driven every champ mad with power and obsession..." at the bottom is samson looking to the camera and shrugging with a smile, the ISC belt on his shoulder. a speech bubble from him says: "not me, though! i was fine."
samson is kicking an opponent in the face in the middle of the ring. narration: "i defended the title for two long years, and i didn't need to be insane or evil to do it. (thats the record for longest isc title reign, by the way.) nothing changed about me." a white silhouette of a disgruntled samson holding the championship surrounded by dark hatchmarks. "i wasn't even bothered when everyone turned their back on me."
an 8 page comic about samson, who may or may not have something wrong with him (1/2)
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a comic. a lady interviewer asks, "salazar, you call yourself the king of all bandits but it seems like you only have one man in your employ! whats up with that?" she holds the mic up to salazar and bandit. salazar confidently gestures widely, "look around! all those multi-man stables always end in some sort of coup. i dont want 3-5 guys teaming up to stab me in the back!" he crosses his arms and closes his eyes. "i believe in quality over quantity. and i've personally trained bandit-bandit, so i know what he's capable of." bandit, standing behind him, is grinning widely beneath his bandana mask. salazar waves a hand at him and looks back, "and he'd never betray me! right?" bandit takes a long time to consider this thought. salazar huffs and turns back to the interviewer with his hands on his hips. "well okay, he's just one guy and i can confidently kick his ass. so its not a concern."
leading a whole squad of miscreants is hard work, you never know when one might turn on you. its much easier when you only have one lackey to manage
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top: a drawing of salamander salazar confidently striding forward. bandit bandit casually follows close behind. bottom: bandit bandit and salazar are wearing fluorescent yellow safety vests. bandit has a yellow hard hat and salazar has a white hard hat. salazar is saying "hm? oh, we're normal building inspectors. the city sent us to take a look at things around here. dont mind us."
salazar is being interviewed by a microphone to the right. he confidently says "yes, well, we may have lost this tournament, but there'll always be others. bandit don't turn around. anyway we gotta go, so if you excuse us..." bandit-bandit is standing behind him, facing towards the left, hiding a trophy from the interviewer in front of his chest
the king of all bandits (salamander salazar) and his singular henchman (bandit-bandit) do nothing but cause trouble in their local wrestling promotions
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various colored drawings of samson. him with messy hair looking crazed. him shrugging and saying "who do i have to kill to make everybody love me". a drawing of normal-him flexing with chip standing next to him who is saying "unimpressive." and a large drawing of him lovingly clutching a championship belt and looking to the camera while smiling
some samsons. ngl ive had trouble nailing down what his whole deal is this whole time, but i think ive fiiiiinally figured it out
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a comic. taggart says "wow, its true. he really does leave faster if you take your shirt off." basil flexes and says "hes so predictable!!" taggart looks concerned and says "didnt you want to get food, though? no place around here is gonna let you in half naked." basil scratches his head and looks off to the side. "oh yeah... i could put the shirt i wrestled in back on. it wasnt too sweaty." taggart playfully asks "going out in your ring gear? scandalous" and basil responds with "its a normal black shirt!"
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a comic. taggart says "wow, you havent worn that shirt in forever. basil is standing next to him, pinching the shirt, responding with "i must've grabbed it by accident... i thought i got rid of this ages ago." chip, who was in the background, rushes forward to interrupt and says "yeah, its a bit of false advertising now that you've gone all soft, dont you think?" basil rolls his eyes, "youre right." he then takes his shirt off, chip stares at his bare torso while hes not looking. "in fact, it'd probably suit you better, huh? you can have it." basil offers the shirt to chip who stares back at him annoyed. chip snatches the shirt and says "as if i'd wear your hand-me-downs." he then storms off saying "i'll just save you the trouble of finding a trash can." basil swoons mockingly in the background, saying "aww thanks" with a heart symbol
a comic. chip is holding up a shirt and thinking to himself "it smells clean... not like im disappointed by that or anything". samson, walking by in the background, notices what chip is holding and turns to face the camera, revealing hes also wearing a shirt from the onion that reads "report: its not okay to just start talking to people you dont know". samson points angrily and says "do not wear that. people are going to think we're friendly. or worse: dating." chip crumples the shirt meekly, and asks "...would you say that would... inconvenience you!?" and then unveils that the text on the shirt hes holding reads "inconveniencing others makes me feel alive". the word checkmate floats above samson, who is looking anguished, and is saying "no... it wouldn't." chip is smiling menacingly and says "then i guess its not a problem then!!!" while samson is frustratingly closing his eyes and clenching his fists saying "i... guess not..."
drew comic about graphic tees of my guys. inspired by a tumblr post
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samson doing a demure pose with big ol' anime eyes. chip is in the foreground saying WHAT THE. samson then does an exhale and looks normal (though tired. but thats normal for him). chip is stunned and asks "why is that even a thing you can do"
samson special technique: looking offputtingly cute for exactly 10 seconds
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drawing of basil (shoulders up) from a birds eye kind of view
basil from a topdown kind of angle
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samson and chip uncomfortably pressed together, looking annoyed at the viewer. a chat screenshot from "almost the baja blaster" says "clacks chip and samson together". a response from "m'ladys of the kind" explains that the only reason these two aren't going to murder him over this is because it'd be a bonding experience and they dont want to be brought closer together by such an act
a drawing of samson pressing his fingers against his head, directing energy towards chip, labeled "trying to kill him via his mind". chip is standing with his arms crossed, facing away, smiling but sweating, labeled "pretending it doesn't hurt"
samson and chip
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chibi drawings of my ocs standing in a line. samson is looking annoyed at chip, who has a wide stance and his hands on his hips. basil looks neutral, maybe a little tired. taggart has a big smile.
do not underestimate how much I love to draw my guys in standing 3/4 view. it will continue to be a recurring event
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a comic. burner is tauntingly saying "uh, okay. what, do you think i'd look prettier if i smiled more? like you?" and taggart is excitedly responding with "yeah! from my experience, people think youre more approachable when you dont look like a total bitch all the time." burner is stunned at the unexpected audacity. taggart stares back with a blank smile and then looks away. he turns to walk away slightly nervously, saying "ah, i think i forgot something, somewhere?" while burner (with a terse grin) grabs his shoulder and says "no, no, come back. you seem to be an expert in 'not being fucking rude.' I could use your wisdom and advice, tell me more."
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a grayscale drawing. taggart is in the foreground jogging towards the camera in a tank top and shorts. in the background basil is leaping along as he runs on top of a small dilapidated brick wall beside the sidewalk. in the corner is text that says "lets do cardio!!"
a grayscale drawing. taggart is pointing out to basil he has a shoe untied. basil in looking down at it while in the middle of taking a drink out of the ice chest from a food truck. someone (its me) is paying via creditcard for something from the food truck
a grayscale drawing. basil is doing a standing thigh stretch while talking to someone off screen. theres also a drawing of taggart doing a hamstring stretch and basil doing some sort of kneeling hip stretch. in the blank space in the upper left is a doodle of taggart and basil's faces labeled "them"
various sketches of girl-chip chadwick. theres a comic where she is bragging about her physics textbooks to taggart, who asks if knowing physics makes you a better wrestler (or vice versa). chip thinks she is making fun of her and storms off angrily, taggart is confused at why chip would bring up her college major in the first place. theres also a small comic where girl-basil says "who is this insane bitch obsessed with me" and taggart responds with "you dont remember? you bullied her so much in school!"
various sketches of girl-basil. when she was afterburner she has shorter hair with a dyed a strip of orange in it, a vest, a white shirt, and a collar. there is a drawing of her putting school-era chip in a grapple hold while giving her a mocking kiss to the forehead. modern day basil has long hair, a black tank top, baggy pants, boots, and the same basil hat. there is a comic of her washing dishes and saying "taggart if you put me washing dishes on your insta stories i WILL break your phone" to which taggart gives a thumbs up and says "ok! i wont" and tweets it instead.
sketches of girl-taggart. she wears a white half-tank over a black crop top, elbow pads, knee pads, black shorts, and boots. there is a drawing of her covered in blood with a crazed look on her face, and a comic where afterburner-basil looks concerned and asks "uhh....are you, like, going to be okay?" while taggart cheerfully responds "don't worry, most of this isnt mine" and follows up with "not looking forward to when the adrenaline wears off, though! ha ha". there's a drawing of her holding two medals with a sheer sarong-esque skirt tied around her waist. theres also drawing of her in casual clothes getting yelled at and bothered by casual wear chip, taggart has a neutral/pleasant expression but her fist is clenched tight.
sketches of girl-samson: shes patting a furious chip on the head and asking "what do you put in your hair?". shes holding out a hand for a handshake while her face is covered in blood-her tongue is sticking out slightly as if shes licking some of the blood. shes enjoying putting chip in a cruel leglock.
ngl they're pretty much exactly the same lol. but they got their own particular je ne sais quoi I can appreciate
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a colored drawing and various sketches of a female chip chadwick. her hair is slicked back and she has some sort of mullet. she is wearing black and red shorts, kneepads, black hand-tape, is shirtless, wearing a leather sleeveless vest, and her chest is taped down flat. in one of the sketches she is dripping blood from her head and looking crazed.
drawing some women with the input and assistance of my friends who are womanlikers. heres a compilation of drawings ive made over the past year or so. had to split it into 2 posts cuz it's 5 images
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a sketch. basil is in his ring gear (a hat, wrist tape, a t-shirt, some tights, knee pads + shinguards and boots) adjusting his hat and looking somewhat annoyed. taggart is standing next to him, also in his ring gear (shirtless, shorts, kneepads and little wrestling shoes). he has a hand on basil's shoulder. taggart has a big smile and a somewhat crazed look in his eyes
"get ready here comes the most specialest boy ever if you dont cheer and clap for him i'll fucking blow this whole building up" - taggart, probably
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