Sketch Card of the Day- Optikk!

Optikk Sketch Card by Taylor Lymbery

Today's deviation is Optikk! No matter what type of science fiction or fantasy you are in to, this is one of those characters that you just have to love. Why? Opitkk is a space mutant that is essentially an eye ball rolling around on top of a human-noid android body! He is weird, but extremely cool in my opinion. He is originally from the New Adventures of He-Man or He-Man toy line, but has also been in the Masters of the Universe Classics toy line. When he was first shown in the classics line, he was the most recognizable New Adventures of He-Man character that I remembered from my youth (and I remember from package card backs). Again, it is hard not to see the coolness and the absolute weirdness of an eyeball sitting on top of an android body. Robots AND Monsters! You can't not love this space up! I ended up getting an Optikk Classics action figure and am very happy that I did. One day hope that I can afford a New Adventures complete action figure as well, but... I won't hold my breath. You can also see this sketch card here.

HEY EVERYBODY! DALLAS COMIC CON IS COMING UP QUICK! READ BELOW!

Now, I'm going to have a bunch of these sketch cards available at the Dallas Comic Con. I'll be selling them for $10. I am also opening commissions of sketch cards. They will also be $10 + shipping and handling which will be $6 in the continental United States of America. I'll have to get a quote for any territories outside of that. I will also open up my colored page line drawings for commissions. Same price as the sketch cards, but I'll have to check on the shipping (due to the difference in size). If you want to see what I mean by colored sheet drawing, go here. If you want a sketch card, send me an e-mail to taylorlymbery@gmail.com. Name your character and we will go from there.

The Convention will be May 19th-20th. It will be at the Irving Convention Center that is located at 500 W Las Colinas Blvd. , Irving, TX. Tickets for Saturday will be $25.00 for 11:00am to 7:00pm, and tickets for Sunday will be $20.00 for 11:00am to 4:00pm. If you happen to go to the Convention, stop by and say hi to Rob and I. 

 I want to make sure you all have links to the projects and sites that I work on. Here is the listing. 

Here's what I have:
Twitter: Barnlord
Deviantart: Barnlord
Cafepress art shop: Taylor Lymbery's Pop Parody art Shop 
About Me page: Taylor Lymbery
Xenex Website: www.xenexthebugman.com
Xenex on Facebook: Xenex's faceybook
Xenex Cafepress art shop: Xenex the Bug Man shop
Unstoppable Force website: Unstoppable Force

Sketch Card of the Day- Hydron!

Hydron Sketch Card by Taylor Lymbery

Today's deviation is Hydron! As I get more into collecting ALL runs of the He-Man action figures, I keep my eyes open for a Hydron toy. This is one of those figures that, "got away" in my youth. By the time that the New Adventures of He-Man toy line came out in 1989, I had already started looking at other toys. I know that I have already stated this in a previous New Adventures of He-Man sketch card blog entry, but I was thrown off by the futuristic look, the difference in figure scale and the packaging. I didn't think of this line as a He-Man toy line. So, I ended up passing up a Hydron. I have gained great respect for the New Adventures toy line. The toys are uber radically cool. But...back to Hydron. I would have to say that out of the heroes in the new Adventure of He-Man series, Hydron is an absolute favorite for me. From the coloring of his uniform to the molded flippers for feet and BRIGHT primary yellow accessories (including the yellow hose system that hooks up to his clear bubble helmet), this guy could have been the Scuba Steve of my youth. If only there were a way to turn back the clock. If there were only a way to go back in time and make myself, or my mom, buy this action figure for me. If there was another way to get one... Wait a second, I'm an adult that collects toys! I have ebay! Thank you pseudo time machine! Now if I could get past the rather high collector's prices...You can also see this sketch card here.

HEY EVERYBODY! DALLAS COMIC CON IS COMING UP QUICK! READ BELOW!

Now, I'm going to have a bunch of these sketch cards available at the Dallas Comic Con. I'll be selling them for $10. I am also opening commissions of sketch cards. They will also be $10 + shipping and handling which will be $6 in the continental United States of America. I'll have to get a quote for any territories outside of that. I will also open up my colored page line drawings for commissions. Same price as the sketch cards, but I'll have to check on the shipping (due to the difference in size). If you want to see what I mean by colored sheet drawing, go here. If you want a sketch card, send me an e-mail to taylorlymbery@gmail.com. Name your character and we will go from there.

The Convention will be May 19th-20th. It will be at the Irving Convention Center that is located at 500 W Las Colinas Blvd. , Irving, TX. Tickets for Saturday will be $25.00 for 11:00am to 7:00pm, and tickets for Sunday will be $20.00 for 11:00am to 4:00pm. If you happen to go to the Convention, stop by and say hi to Rob and I. 

 I want to make sure you all have links to the projects and sites that I work on. Here is the listing. 

Here's what I have:
Twitter: Barnlord
Deviantart: Barnlord
Cafepress art shop: Taylor Lymbery's Pop Parody art Shop 
About Me page: Taylor Lymbery
Xenex Website: www.xenexthebugman.com
Xenex on Facebook: Xenex's faceybook
Xenex Cafepress art shop: Xenex the Bug Man shop
Unstoppable Force website: Unstoppable Force

Sketch Card of the Day- Captain Glenn!

Captain Glenn sketch card by Taylor Lymbery

Today's deviation is Captain Glenn! Captain Glenn, or Queen Marlena in a space suit. Yes, they are one and the same. Recently, Mattel put out an action figure in the Masters of the Universe classics line that has interchangeable suits and heads. It's a really cool figure. I do have this toy and I have her set up in her space fairing outfit harking back to her filmation days (although her space suit in the original cartoon is white). One big feature with this figure is the fact that she has the ever wonderful trooper rifle that is modeled after Skeletor's Troops' guns in the Motion picture! Squeel! Overall, I like the Queen, but I'm not a gigantic fan of her...until we get into the Modern 200X series. I do feel that the Masters of the Universe writers of that series actually gave her more of a purpose than being the mother of Adam and Adora, and wife to Randor. She councils Randor and Man-At-Arms several times keeping the throne of Eternia at peace within the palace. In one episode, she is stranded in a far off land that has a maze of caves. She is being tracked by Snake men and defends and holds her own against her assailants until Randor gets to her and helps her run off the rest of the snake men. I just don't feel that she has the same treatment in the original series. I might be wrong. Also, I really like her armor in the 200X series. I don't remember her having armor at all in the original series. Now, I haven't watched the original series as much as I have the 200X series, but that's just me. Oh, maybe Mattel will make a Queen Marlena in her 200X armor! Just title her a Battlefield Queen Marlena. If they do, they should know that they will have at least one buyer; me! You can also see this sketch card here.

Now, I'm going to have a bunch of these sketch cards available at the Dallas Comic Con. I'll be selling them for $10. I am also opening commissions of sketch cards. They will also be $10 + shipping and handling which will be $6 in the continental United States of America. I'll have to get a quote for any territories outside of that. I will also open up my colored page line drawings for commissions. Same price as the sketch cards, but I'll have to check on the shipping (due to the difference in size). If you want to see what I mean by colored sheet drawing, go here. If you want a sketch card, send me an e-mail to taylorlymbery@gmail.com. Name your character and we will go from there.

The Convention will be May 19th-20th. It will be at the Irving Convention Center that is located at 500 W Las Colinas Blvd. , Irving, TX. Tickets for Saturday will be $25.00 for 11:00am to 7:00pm, and tickets for Sunday will be $20.00 for 11:00am to 4:00pm. If you happen to go to the Convention, stop by and say hi to Rob and I. 

 I want to make sure you all have links to the projects and sites that I work on. Here is the listing. 

Here's what I have:
Twitter: Barnlord
Deviantart: Barnlord
Cafepress art shop: Taylor Lymbery's Pop Parody art Shop 
About Me page: Taylor Lymbery
Xenex Website: www.xenexthebugman.com
Xenex on Facebook: Xenex's faceybook
Xenex Cafepress art shop: Xenex the Bug Man shop
Unstoppable Force website: Unstoppable Force

Sketch Card of the Day- SlushHead!

Slushhead Sketch Card by Taylor Lymbery

Today's deviation is Slushhead! Oh Slushhead, or if you know him by Kalamarr, Oh Kalamarr. This guy is basically a mass of fish man with a fish bowl on his head. And it seems that I am making fun of this guy, but one of my child hood heroes was a motor bike riding fish known as Fearless Fish from the Sweet Pickles book "Fish and Chips" and he wore a water filled bowl on his head. And I can't just stop there. There is even more attractiveness to the Aquarium Helmet wearing heroes from my past! What about Ed Harris's character in the Abyss? Yep, I wanted that Deep Diving suit due to the fact that he had a helmet filled with liquid. I know the last is a far cry to get prove a point, but... Anyways! So Slushhead was one of Flogg's, not Skeletor's, lackey space mutants. He had two techno arms that would flail claws and clamps around and he had a mean fishy disposition. Although the New Adventures of He-Man cartoon treat him as though he was lacking in brain power, I always viewed him as a pretty quick and efficient predator or assassin.  Slushhead will be available in the Masters of the Universe Classics line this month. Sad thing is, I can only get one figure from the site, and that will be Stinkor. Maybe I can pull funds together to get this really cool guy. We'll see...You can also see this sketch card here.

Now, I'm going to have a bunch of these sketch cards available at the Dallas Comic Con. I'll be selling them for $10. I am also opening commissions of sketch cards. They will also be $10 + shipping and handling which will be $6 in the continental United States of America. I'll have to get a quote for any territories outside of that. I will also open up my colored page line drawings for commissions. Same price as the sketch cards, but I'll have to check on the shipping (due to the difference in size). If you want to see what I mean by colored sheet drawing, go here. If you want a sketch card, send me an e-mail to taylorlymbery@gmail.com. Name your character and we will go from there.

The Convention will be May 19th-20th. It will be at the Irving Convention Center that is located at 500 W Las Colinas Blvd. , Irving, TX. Tickets for Saturday will be $25.00 for 11:00am to 7:00pm, and tickets for Sunday will be $20.00 for 11:00am to 4:00pm. If you happen to go to the Convention, stop by and say hi to Rob and I. 

 I want to make sure you all have links to the projects and sites that I work on. Here is the listing. 

Here's what I have:
Twitter: Barnlord
Deviantart: Barnlord
Cafepress art shop: Taylor Lymbery's Pop Parody art Shop 
About Me page: Taylor Lymbery
Xenex Website: www.xenexthebugman.com
Xenex on Facebook: Xenex's faceybook
Xenex Cafepress art shop: Xenex the Bug Man shop
Unstoppable Force website: Unstoppable Force

Sketch Card of the Day- Icarus!

Icarus Sketch Card by Taylor Lymbery

Today's deviation is Icarus! Ok Flipshot. No wait! I mean Icarus... If you know what I'm talking about then I absolutely commend you. That means you really know your He-Man lore. Icarus is one of those characters that had dual names for some odd reason. One thought is that his cartoon name of Flipshot, is the same as a Nerf foam gun. One is that the name of Flipshot didn't translate over seas.  But the truth of the matter is this, the name on the original He-Man (New Adventures of He-Man) package is Icarus. That's what Mattel originally chose. I guess Flipshot is just his nick name from the cartoon. When I was young, I came a cross a whole run of He-Man (NAOHM) figures. I passed them up due to the fact that I was not really aware that these action figures were really in the same universe as the Masters of the Universe line. I was thrown off. I ended up passing them up. Which also could've had something to do with money or the lack of... Well, the sad part of the story is this. I have gained a great deal of respect for this series, and now, can not afford these figures due to collectors price. (It's all about money, folks!) So, I am very happy that Mattel is adding these New Adventures of He-Man characters into their Classics line! Well done guys! Now, if I could just get you to not have all new characters selling on the same sale date. Seriously, can you please move Slush-Head back to August? I really don't have enough money to get two figures this month... Sad Panda. You can also see this sketch card here.

Now, I'm going to have a bunch of these sketch cards available at the Dallas Comic Con. I'll be selling them for $10. I am also opening commissions of sketch cards. They will also be $10 + shipping and handling which will be $6 in the continental United States of America. I'll have to get a quote for any territories outside of that. I will also open up my colored page line drawings for commissions. Same price as the sketch cards, but I'll have to check on the shipping (due to the difference in size). If you want to see what I mean by colored sheet drawing, go here. If you want a sketch card, send me an e-mail to taylorlymbery@gmail.com. Name your character and we will go from there.

The Convention will be May 19th-20th. It will be at the Irving Convention Center that is located at 500 W Las Colinas Blvd. , Irving, TX. Tickets for Saturday will be $25.00 for 11:00am to 7:00pm, and tickets for Sunday will be $20.00 for 11:00am to 4:00pm. If you happen to go to the Convention, stop by and say hi to Rob and I. 

 I want to make sure you all have links to the projects and sites that I work on. Here is the listing. 

Here's what I have:
Twitter: Barnlord
Deviantart: Barnlord
Cafepress art shop: Taylor Lymbery's Pop Parody art Shop 
About Me page: Taylor Lymbery
Xenex Website: www.xenexthebugman.com
Xenex on Facebook: Xenex's faceybook
Xenex Cafepress art shop: Xenex the Bug Man shop
Unstoppable Force website: Unstoppable Force