Cartoon Sushi

Portrait lighting studies rendered by Phil Shoebottom for Pixar’s Toy Story 4. (source)

My first take on Armikrog characters came about 20 years ago with this sketch. I wanted to make a toy line of these guys.

- VENUS:  Oucher-Pouchers feed on rock and metal, avoid the scorching heat by shifting from foot to foot, and travel by bouncing along on their inflated stomachs. - MARS:  The Waterseeker shields itself from UV radiation with its parasol-like tail and coccoons itself inside its giant shell-like ears to withstand the frigid Martian nights. - JUPITER:  Jellyblimps float in the “Goldilocks zone” of the mid-Jovian atmosphere, where they try to avoid predatory Swordtails. - EUROPA:  Brinker-Roos skate across the ice, synthesizing nutrients through photosynthesis and drawing energy from Jupiter’s magnetic field via the EM coils lining their spines. - TITAN:  Stovebellies combine oxygen from consumed ice with the methane from Titan’s atmosphere to produce a volatile rocket fuel, while Fishimanders huddle around them for warmth. - PLUTO:  Zistles are crystalline-based superconducting sentients that communicate via radio waves. The Waterseeker has always been my favorite…It just seems the most plausible to me.  NO I HAVEN’T GOTTEN A NEW SCANNER YET

-Rumi 

Gen

~ Alistar Valadez

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