#karbunkle

Biker Mice from Mars!

And of course, because I've been corrupted by Voltron: Legendary Defenders and She Ra and the Princesses of Power, my deranged brain wanted to redesign them and make a AU rewrite. These poor unfortunate souls.

Started with redesigning Charlie and gave her a pet cat named Oscar, the Oscar Mier Wiener, who ironically was adopted to help her with her mouse problem in her garage. At least the earth ones at first.

Inspired by the design principles of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I gave each character a shape and color scheme. Only this time the main four's colors are based off the polyamorous flag. Hey, if ND Stevenson can make She Ra queer, why can't I make these space mice and their adopted human? (Finally fixed up Carbine's colors. At first my brain was like, ugh she's got too many colors together. But then I realized her main color could be green! It took me a while but I finally got there)

Was challenged by a friend to do a shot redraw with these designs, including a body horror version of Karbunkle. This is for the girlies who also like their "Battle Angel Alita" manga and John Carpenter's The Thing.

This has started off as a year to get words onto long-lingering planned projects! I have no idea when publishing will be because I don't want to make promises I cannot keep. But look WORDS!

These words are in Wars Are Won By Those Who Dare: Sacrifice of Happiness. Choice of POV will probably eyebrow raising but it is what it is.

Doing inktober with a friend this year. Didn't know what else to do, so I decided to make it a Biker Mice from Mars theme. Here's day one, dream. Looks like Throttle is having a good one for once.

Day two. Modo hanging out with some spiders.

Day three. Vinnie contemplating the paths his life could take.

Day four. Throttle dodging a punch from one of Limburger's goons.

Day five. Charley shows the guys a map of the city, probably not long after they arrive in town.

Day six. The golden boy himself. As in fur colour. I've always seen it as a sort of golden brown anyway.

Day seven. Charley fixes a drip.

Day eight. What is Karbunkle doing with that toad? Do we want to know?

Day nine. Finch used bounce! It was super effective!

Day ten. Limburger prints himself a fortune.

Day eleven. Forgiìivve my wandering eye! I cannot explain why it's right over there!

Day twelve. Things are just a little too spicy for Modo.

Day thirteen. *Altered Beast voice* Rise from your grave!

Day fourteen. Throttle hanging out in Hamlet's castle.

Day fifteen. Tigerlily with her favourite dagger.

Day sixteen. The advice that angel is giving Modo may be a little suspect.

Day seventeen. Of course Vinnie has a little demon on his shoulder giving him bad advice.

Day eighteen. A motorcycle seat is also known as a saddle.

Day nineteen. I'd call Greasepit's piggy bank plump, and now it's also full of cash. Thanks to me. Because The Pits always pissed me off. XD

I've thought about this a lot but haven't posted any artwork for it. I feel Karbunkle from Biker Mice from Mars deserves a good redesign. There are many reasons for it, so I'll give a few here; 1. While Karbunkle's design is perfectly fine as a stock mad scientist, his actual character is not a stock mad scientist. He does what he does less for science and more because it gives him a paycheck. If someone were to offer him a better deal, he'd leave Limburger in a heartbeat. In fact, in every three-parter episode, he DOES. 2. Related to the above, Karbunkle is not some weirdo hired from the gutter. He has a long history of being the head scientist for successful Plutarkian invasions. He used to have a lot of clout and still is so skilled that no one on Mars or Earth can replicate his creations. Even though he now grumbles under Limburger's failed invasion, he is still offered jobs from other factions. 3. Karbunkle being vaguely human would be fine if it was ever actually used. But aside from one joke in the 2006 show, it just isn't relevant to his character at all. So my redesign focuses on these three factors. First off, he is now visibly non-human. His core shapes stay the same, but he has a dorsal mane, fluffy ears, and fangs.

And created a bunch of new villains cause I'm a dork.

Hey, they're mice, I HAD to create a "Pied Piper" type villain! I'm surprised they made it 30 years and haven't faced a guy like this!