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Communications break down at a critical moment. Luckily, Mike Baldo has an idea.

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Brainfreeze looks a little bit dead-eyed here (think Jack Nicholson at the end of The Shining), but if you analyze his mouth beneath his ice-jaw, you'll see that he's smirking. He's up to something!

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Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around. - Ezekiel 1:15-18

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This modern-day gremlin steals power to burn the incandescent filament in its bulb-suit to keep its rump warm.

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Blankson's seedy underworld contacts will be glad to get their greedy mitts on his purloined confidential materials, but they'll have to pay top dollar to get at them.

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Kelebor proudly displays his sword, Quel'Delar, and who can blame him? Those things are near impossible to attain.

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Spider-Cat outlines the evacuation plan, while problems escalate in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Watch out, Infected! It looks like there's a new Survivor in town, and his data folder in the Left 4 Dead system files is labeled "cartoonguy"!

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What do she and her son have in common besides masks, sleeveless shirts, and the letter "ñ" in their monikers? Nothin'! They're at loggerheads all the time.

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I dunno if I'm the first to do it, but I certainly enjoy drawing Team Fortress 2 characters as Mega Man robots.

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This rough sketch, accompanied by the colors I used to block out the picture initially, ended up looking good enough that I thought I'd share it in my Sketchbook.

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It took about a half hour to knock out this sketch of Magic Eight, intended to show the full details of his costume.

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It turns out those thermal signatures didn't belong to the huddled homeless of the Texas border...

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This version of Uri looks a bit different than previous versions - call him a little more grown up.

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If you've ever met Mets, then you recognize his signature pose. I have something like ten photographs of him and he is doing this in every one of them.

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Anthem encounters something fishy while Spider-Cat plans her next move.

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Here's Jeff in his dream studio - all the equipment a multimedia mix-master like himself might ever need, and more!

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A daring reporter braves the hurricane to make his mark on the world of broadcast news.

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The happy-go-lucky robot boy Fireboy Erin casually murdering Señor Booyah, who is politely trying his best to extricate himself from Erin's unfeeling robotic noogie.

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Just thought I'd do a quick World of Warcraft portrait with the skills I've picked up recently. I wanted to do a draenei, so my raiding buddy Albidaar got the treatment.

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Looks like Vannah Hart (2) was not my last drawing for 2009 - I got a hankerin' to re-do my portrait for the Characters page.

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Probably my final drawing of 2009. I worked on this picture on and off for about forty-eight hours, and I believe its quality shows.

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Meet the American Furies, the world's premiere metahuman disaster response team.

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Up until now, we only knew him as squinty-eyed and bent over. The Bearcat has been wrestling since photos were in black and white!

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"There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm." - Willa Cather

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Heavy, golden, and depicting the realm's young monarch, the inscriptions "Regis Fungorum Filia" (Mushroom Princess) and "1985" (her year of birth, as it were) fill out the theme.

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Meet the favorite of the Stoneclamber sons: Flamdar. The only male scion of Blizzdar to follow in the family business - hunting - Flamdar is largely solitary, only showing up occasionally.

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Mike Baldo checks out El Oso Grande's new super move, before everything goes to the dogs.

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Flame Lord Eric's death knight from World of Warcraft. Always a welcome addition for rounding out a five-man group, this little engine of destruction was Eric's first level eighty character.

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He was born Michael Baltovski, a member of a working class Polish family in Brooklyn. Grew up being taught that the best way to survive was to turn the other cheek and avoid confrontations...

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This is the totem that popped into my head when I started to think of totems for SHMORG. It may have gotten a little over-idealized in the process, but it's actually based on Flame Lord Eric!

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Having this character class skill will allow your character to perform an array of elemental feats, such as summoning totems or speaking with nature.

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I had a bad day, so I'm taking it out on all of you with Photoshop. It's like something out of a waking nightmare! D-does that small varmint have dynamite?

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A late birthday present to Speed Lancer! He's been needing a character redesign for a while, now.

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What started out as a logo for SHMORGASBORD ended up getting too complex. In the process, the idea for a new skill that played off of the phrase "natural twenty" came to mind, and I ran with it.

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An illustration for the SHMORGASBORD skill "Avenger". It is meant to convey that the blood of a fallen friend has spurred you into vengeful action, as shown by the blood originating from the palm.

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When he's not cruising the skies of Kong Island, he's getting down to some classic beats at Club Sugar with fellow soul brother Jimmy T.

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Today was spent drawing this horrible love child of a Madball and the vegetable Gremlin from Gremlins 2. I've spent afternoons worse ways.

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Fireboy Erin commissioned me to draw a picture of myself and his two dogs. It's a fine job I have, where people pay me to draw myself with their pets.

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A dangerous piece of contraband raises hackles - and questions. The questions, however, are soon answered.

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It seems that if Kirby chomps down on Retro, he gains the ectoplasm blower from Ghostbusters 2. Could this ever be useful? I doubt it!

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For his 30th birthday, FyberOptic requested I draw him "how Fyber might look after a while if he ended up in the LORD realm". Your wish is granted!

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Booyah's mother asks a crucial question, and Niño is forced to wonder if he has made a dangerous mistake.

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The late-night denizens of El Teatro's wrestling ring are awake to see Niño Booyah's return - as well as his meeting with the boss.

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The cryptozoologist of Kong Island, Crypto Kong loves finding rare bugs and beasts to show off to Cranky Kong. Is that a golden banana beetle? Oh, my!

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Whoever said artwork was easy? But at least Carlitos now has a good picture for his Characters page entry.

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It's First Cousin Once-Removed Yutz. What were you doing on Earth? Napping in the third-floor stacks? We have no idea what you're talking about.

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It's possible that Adam Champion is responsible for everything of note that has ever happened - including things that happened before he was born.

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It's First Cousin Once-Removed Mets. What were you doing on Earth? Radio taisō down at the construction site? We have no idea what you're talking about.

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It's First Cousin Once-Removed Replay. What were you doing on Earth? Loosening screws? We have no idea what you're talking about.

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It's First Cousin Once-Removed Speed. What were you doing on Earth? You wanted to go fast? We have no idea what you're talking about.

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It's First Cousin Once-Removed Sasha. What were you doing on Earth? Burying your nose in a book? We have no idea what you're talking about.

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It's First Cousin Once-Removed Booyah. What were you doing on Earth? Getting challenged to a steel chair match? We have no idea what you're talking about.

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It's First Cousin Once-Removed Flame. What were you doing on Earth? Playing with matches? We have no idea what you're talking about.

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The return of First Cousin Once-Removed Hazard! I've been playing Beautiful Katamari a lot lately, and the urge to draw everybody as Cousins is welling up within me like the most glorious rainbow bile.

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Champion of his time.
Invention authority.
Some call him Adam.

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Journey with "Prof" Hazard and Niño Booyah into the theater's interior - where El Binturong and Abuelo take us ringside.

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The theater comes to life with a history that is beginning to unfold before us.

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There's no telling where the man ends and the machine begins with Phatz Dominoid. It's safe to assume, however, that of all his remaining original parts, his soul isn't one of them.

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The smallest member of the Soldiers of Fortune is Pixie, who uses technology adapted from that used by Microtask.

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Whereas most of the other members of the American Furies are all too ready to spring into action, Elyse's serenity keeps her level-headed and tactical.

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Mini-Megapixel is equipped with a light projector (like all the best '80s toys had) as well as red and blue eyes to make the projections into 3-D holograms. Does it make any sense? No, not a bit!

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Details like Yutz's red goggles and grey robot jaw were amalgamated with Final Fantasy V's character design to create a strong hybrid of the two.

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Venture with us into the seemingly-abandoned theater, where we may soon come to know more about the masked man.

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A prize for the 7500 GET on my deviantART user page. Flame Lord Eric has so many portraits already, I had no idea what to draw. So, he gets a portrait of his Final Snipe Hunt character, Black Mage Eric.

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It's our old friend Dr. Billiam Whitehead and his constant companion Maxor. This time we see them in Antarctic waters, looking for the amazing colossal squid.

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Finally, I get to fulfill the dream every artist has from birth: the chance to eat his or her own face. I had my choice of media to work with, but as it turns out, I'm so white bread.

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Our protagonists are on the run, but the masked man has found what appears to be shelter.

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This all seems very familiar... or does it...?

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Microtask is one of the world's foremost authorities on atomic restructuring, having perfected a method of reducing space between atoms to shrink solid matter.

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Determination meets a maddening need for freedom as the walls of our protagonists' shared prison crumble.

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The masked stranger puts his fists to the test in an attempt to break down the walls of the prison.

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The mysterious cell mate prepares to play his part in our protagonist's escape plan.

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Haunted by memories of the town of faceless robots, our protagonist hatches a plan.

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The mysterious cell mate's straightjacket is explained, and our protagonist does not fulfill his side of the deal.