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Mako Mori

Posted in Character Profiles, Movies, tagged , , , , , , on August 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »

MAKO FINAL

I drew Mako Mori from Pacific Rim!  I absolutely adored this movie and adored Rinko Kikuchi’s portrayal of the lovable Mako Mori.

Check out more art at http://fig-tv.com/

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Catwoman

Posted in Character Profiles, Movies, Television, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on August 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »

I’ve drawn Catwoman in the past, but I decided to take this approach a bit more cartoony.  Enjoy

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visit more art at http://fig-tv.com/

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Joel and Ellie

Posted in Fig Art, Video Games, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on August 1, 2013| 2 Comments »

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Here’s a piece of artwork I’ve done in honor of The Last of Us.  It’s currently my background.  I absolutely love the game.  Feel free to leave me feedback!  And read my review on the Last of Us when you get the chance!

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Maybe Banana Scoop Isn’t Dead Just Yet…

Posted in Maintenance, tagged , , , , on February 20, 2013| 1 Comment »

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What the what?

For those who don’t know, I made a statement for which I closed this blog after nearly 2 years of updating and sharing with you all my thoughts and opinions on movies, tv, and videogames.  I had essentially left this blog to start a new site Fig-tv.com.  The site is fully functional and features art  and videos created by me.  I’ve ultimately decided that throwing away both the audience I’ve created as well as WordPress’s amazing network abilities would be such a waste.

So I’ve decided to maintain Banana Scoop as a means to updating new images and videos I’ve added to my site.  I’m doing this primarily as a hope to both entertain an audience as well as simultaneously bring some traffic to Fig-tv.com.

I’m very excited in coming back to WordPress after all these weeks and I can’t wait to reconnect with everyone else from the old days.

Expect some updates in the time to come!

-Patrick

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Where Have I Been? Let Me Show You!

Posted in Fig Art, Maintenance, tagged , , , , , on November 19, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Yikes, I might’ve skipped last week in terms of articles.  Primarily because I’ve been working on a new project that has been taking a lot of time.  I’ve included the video introduction below.  The video is essentially about me starting up a new site sometime in the future that focuses on something a little bit different from this blog.  Check out the video below.

Woo-hoo, that’s my real voice!  Can you believe it?  Probably not exactly what you expected.  But enough about that, back to the real news.  The shift of focus to art from this movie and television blog will certainly have some repercussions to what I’m prioritizing, but overall I think it’s the right move.  [Ha, be sure to ignore the ‘Banana Scoop is dead in the water quote’, it’s more of a humorous observation than a real statement.]  I’ll still be updating Banana Scoop as often as I am now, with only 1 or 2 passionate articles a week.

The other writers are now more like contributors rather than full time writers, being able to use this blog as a creative outlet medium at their own pace and time.  So I still hope you come by every once in a while to check out what we’re up to.  On a side note,  check below to see a time lapse of an art project I’m working on!

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The Future According to Movies

Posted in Movies, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 5, 2012| 1 Comment »

This is a really freaking cool graphic.  And it’s really freaking big, so I included a preview of the image here and then if you hit more, you can get the humungous image afterwards.  This is from Michael Hobson from Tremulent Design, where he essentially compiles the best of all sci-fi/futuristic movies and puts them onto a timeline.  It ranges from 2012 to as far as year 10191.  I haven’t seen a quite a number of these, so if I don’t recognize the title, I try not to read it to be aware of spoilers.  I also really like that he tells us to ‘prepare’ for the future.  Seeing as 2012 is wrapping up, a pretty quick vampiric pandemic needs to happen if I Am Legend needs to occur.  But maybe this all doesn’t matter if the 2012 disaster actually happens..Bah who are we kidding, no one actually believes that mumbo jumbo do they?

Regardless, this is a really cool graphic and I highly suggest you check out.

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Sunday Sketch: Borg Romney

Posted in Fig Art, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on September 23, 2012| Leave a Comment »

By no means are we a political site, nor is this image supposed to send a particular message.  As a favor to a friend, I drew Presidential candidate Mitt Romney as a Borg from Star Trek.  In all honesty, I have never seen the original Star Trek series nor the next series with Patrick Stewart, so I had to Google what it was.  The Resistance is Futile slogan is well known enough in pop culture and I had a blast drawing that awesome optical thingy I put on his head.  What exactly can Borgs do?  Does our boy Mitt have what it takes to be a Borg?

And who in the hell should I vote for come November?  Let me know in the comments and in the poll!

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News Report: Ben Starts this Week and so Does School

Posted in Maintenance, tagged , , , , , on August 19, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I’m both ecstatic and dreading this week.  School starts.  I think it’s more exciting because the weight of school work hasn’t burdened on me yet.  I know I’ll eat those words later this semester when my classes start bearing down on me.  Georgia Tech has a knack for doing that to people.  Other than that, nothing much else is new on Banana Scoop here.  Ben starts his rotation on Wednesday this week, minor maintenances updates, etc.  Read below for the full Scoop.

School Begins this Week

So school starts this week.  As I mentioned above, it’s a mixed feeling.  Mostly good, but I know what I’m in for.  Long nights, impossible tests, foreign instructors, and no mercy.  So is the life of an engineer in training.  As odd as it sounds, I feel as though Banana Scoop will surge at some point because I use this blog as an outlet for the stress.  But as I’ve been warning for the past couple of weeks, all it means is that prepare yourself for frequent breaks throughout the semester.

Ben Starts His Article This Week

We announced Ben’s new status as a writer and we’re all very excited to see what he has to contribute.  His weekly publishings will be on Wednesdays at 11:00 EST.

Maintenance Updates

The Maintenance updates widgit hasn’t been updated in a while and I mean to fix that sometime this week to better reflect what’s going on.

Weekly Preview

  • Mockingjay Review
  • Fall TV Preview
  • Bill Hader is Hilarious
  • Joseph Gordon Levitt is Awesome

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Sunday Sketch: Cameron

Posted in Fig Art, tagged , , , , , , , on August 19, 2012| Leave a Comment »


This is my second shot at a someone from my Black Circus Series, Cameron.  She’s had a wardrobe change as well as a hair cut.  Drawing women [or regular humans for that manner] is not my forte.  I’ve had much better luck at werewolves and creepy clowns. Be sure to visit my deviant art page for more!  Also see the original Cameron below.

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Maintenance Update: New Writer, Impending School and Universidaze Withdrawal

Posted in Maintenance, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 12, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I’m really starting to like these Maintenance updates primarily because I don’t get to write much creative writing anymore because between school and writing about Youtube videos I found, there isn’t much room for creative flair.  But it turns out I can dish out some personality through these updates.  So instead of the usual straightforward talk as seen in the eighty word descriptions that usually circulate this site, there’s a little bit of sarcasm and wit.  I’m sure as I keep doing these, they’ll get more and more outrageous.  But enough about that, let’s get to the exciting news.

Maintenance Update on a Sunday?  Where’s my Weekly Preview?

I’ve decided to roll a Maintenance update every week by combining it with the Weekly Preview.  So on Sundays, you’ll have an update with everything we’re doing here at Banana Scoop as well as a a look at what we’re cooking up this week.  Granted, the combination of the two means the both will lose some content than they usually would have alone [shorter updates and smaller previews], but combined, I think we’re killing two birds with one stone.  And besides, that just means I can write Tuesday articles again!

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Universidaze on Break

Posted in Fig Art, tagged , , on August 1, 2012| Leave a Comment »

I’m ironing out some things with Universidaze as well as I’ve been asked by a friend to work on a project.  I’ve been heavily investing my time into that so I don’t have a Universidaze out for you guys…sorry!  We’ll hopefully be back next week!

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Sunday Sketch: Baelor

Posted in Fig Art, tagged , , , , , , , , , on July 29, 2012| Leave a Comment »

 

The beautiful product of Adobe Illustrator.  This project took about 8 hours.  When  I was working with only Photoshop, I never did anything this distinct, clean, or clear as this.  Illustrator just takes things to a whole new level.  Shadows are easier, lines are clearer, and organizing is all around better.  I’m very excited if this is my first real work with Illustrator, I can only get better right?  I’ll keep you all posted as I continue to draw art like this.

Heavy Influence from Monster Madness.

 

 

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Garfield Minus Garfield: A Look into Jon’s Sanity

Posted in Books, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 26, 2012| 5 Comments »

Jon Arnbuckle.  We know him as the goofy, loveless, and unfortunate owner of Garfield and Odie.  Most of the time, Jon has witiful banter with his cat Garfield that has so famously been immortalized by Jim Davis.  But artist Dan Walsh has done something incredible by removing his usual partner in crime of the comics, Garfield, from the panels.  What we have left is a look into who Jon really is.  By removing Garfield, it appears that Jon Arnbuckle is a lonely man in critical need of attention.  His speech bubbles left untouched, most of the time Jon looks as though he’s talking to himself or validating himself.  It surprisingly works incredibly well and produces some hilarious situations.  I’ve compiled some of my favorites below, but definitely visit GarfieldMinusGarfield.net for the full website.

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My Love Hate Relationship with Adobe Illustrator

Posted in Fig Art, Maintenance, tagged , , , , , , , on July 22, 2012| 5 Comments »

A while back, I posted an article about my drawing method.  Well after a little research, I quickly learned that I would forever be stuck in super amateur mode during that process.  Turns out legitimate graphic designers take an entirely different approach to drawing.  My original method was a very simple yet not very yielding process.  So in response, I guess I decided to upgrade myself from Adobe Photoshop to Adobe Illustrator.  In the process, I’m awing in the genius while simultaneously ripping my hair out.  It’s not as simple as drawing a circle and filling it with the paint bucket fill tool anymore.  There are vectors, paths, anchors, and handles.  I’m trying to learn it all and even tried to produce an extremely ambitious project for you guys.  But after about 2 hours that yielded me something not very satisfying, I decided I needed to practice a little more with the simple stuff before I tried to go for the advanced things.

Luckily, I’ll use simple enough interface to draw for Universidaze, so I’ll try and use Illustrator for my comics for now on as a means of practice.  To promote and test it out, I drew up this quick Miles from Univesidaze in Illustrator and it took me about 10 minutes to draw that.  It literally takes me 2 in photoshop, but this is something hopefully practice will help me fix. So that’s my excuse for no legitimate Sunday Sketch, but I’ll include the 2 failed projects below just so you can see how hard I tried for you guys.

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Sunday Sketch: Victor and Nora Fries Play at the Pool

Posted in Fig Art, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 1, 2012| Leave a Comment »

The tablet is alive!!!  I reset all my preferences and my Bamboo Tablet is back in business.  For the first time in a long time, here’s a Sunday Sketch.  My ‘Batman Universe as Children’ gallery gets another addition with young Victor and Nora Fries play by the pool.  The future Mr. Freeze finds a neat astronaut suit action figure while Nora steals his favorite water gun.

For more of my [amateur] art, visit my Deviant Art Page

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Checking if My Graphics Tablet Needs to Use It’s Warranty

Posted in Fig Art, Maintenance, tagged , , , , on June 27, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Another Universidazeless week ladies and gents.  My tablet is on the fritz and the above photo is a work on progress I started last week to post that hasn’t moved since then.  It’s the worst, but I’ve sent an email to Wacom to check my options.  Hopefully they’ll have a solution so that I may start drawing again.  Until then, I’ll take this one post break to possibly catch up on some other posts I need to finish up.

Enjoy your Hump Day.

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Universidaze is On Break This Week

Posted in Fig Art, Maintenance, tagged , , , , on June 20, 2012| Leave a Comment »

It’s probably more poor planning that it is the excuse I’m going to give.  But I wasn’t able to finish this week’s comic primarily because my Bamboo Tablet is on the fritz and when the tablet is on the fritz, then no new comics can be made.  I’m sorry for the inconvenience.  Sure I tried to do it the night before, and simply giving up is a lot worse than trying to at least troubleshoot it, but I said, what the heck, readers can stand one break.

As a poorly kept promise, I’ll try to come up with two comics next week or release this week’s would be comic to be this Sunday’s Sketch.  Thanks for hanging together with us.

-Banana Feed Team and Mile Langdon

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Universidaze: Eating You Up

Posted in Fig Art, tagged , , , , , on June 13, 2012| Leave a Comment »

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Universidaze: Summer = Playing Catch Up

Posted in Fig Art, tagged , , , , , , , on June 6, 2012| Leave a Comment »

 

Read more Universidaze Here!

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Sunday Sketch: A Playground in Gotham

Posted in Fig Art, tagged , , , , , on June 3, 2012| 1 Comment »

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