Adventure Time's Ice King

Ryan and I have been watching a lot of 'Adventure Time' lately. Yeah, I know, we're late to the party! We've never seen the show before a few weeks ago, and now we are almost on the third season. I really love it. It's funny, clever, and heart warming. Plus, full of--right?--adventure!

It's like watching Dnd for kids, but for grown ups, but for kids.

I especially adore the Ice King. He's complicated, strange, and sweet. Since I'm getting back into painting after a long break, I decided to paint whatever I want as practice. It wasn't long before I was sketching and painting him.

The Ice King, ink and watercolors

Of course, first I goofed around and made a picture of the Ice King and I hanging out as BFFs. I drew this on (gasp) printer paper (I know, I know--but the baby had just fallen asleep and I wasn't about to wake him so Mommy could draw herself chilling with cartoons). I scanned the drawing once I inked it and colored it in Photoshop to give it a "cartoony" look. Since the Ice King steals princesses and there are so many rad princesses on the show, I made myself a cat lady princess. With a cat ear crown... And my cats.....

WHATEVER, HATERS THIS MAKES ME FEEL FABULOUS

The next step in my new obsession was to paint the Ice King in my style. So during Luke's nap times and moments with Daddy, I penciled, inked, and painted him.

I added a few "wizardly" frills.

Inked, pencil erased

First Wash

3rd or 4th-ish wash

Detail of the Ice King

Detail of his face

DETAIL OF HIS PENGUINS

Oh, hai Gunter!

Completed!

For years I pretty much always did character portraits this way, until professors kept yelling at me to add backgrounds and show action. However, like I said, I've been away from painting for a few months and I want to have some fun with it before I start making full pictures or tackling real projects again. It feels like slipping into an old coat. An old coat that professors used to yell at you was wrong.

BUT IT'S SO WARM!

Before you ask, absolutely I have other Adventure Time paintings planned! I'm either going to do Princess Bubble Gum with Lady Rainicorn, Peppermint Butler, and Science next or a painting of Lumpy Space Princess. (BECAUSE I LUMPING LOVE HER, GLOB!) And I may do the forest wizard that pops up sometimes or that weird Lich guy. Maybe! We'll see!

I also have plans to start a series of alphabet paintings, with an alligator in an apron for A, a bear in a bandana for B, etc all the way until I get stuck on Q! (A quail in a quilt! Yes! ONTO X!) I'm trying to plan a lot of "nap time" projects. Which reminds me....

Luke will be two months old tomorrow! I cannot believe it. No one is joking when they say time starts to fly when you have a child. I feel like we just brought him home.

My seriously handsome serious little man.

Luke, chilling with Fox.

Oh hello, Raccoon, we were just talking about you!

Look at this left arm I found!

He was super proud of that left arm. He discovered it a few nights ago and waved it in the air for about a half an hour.

Luke just woke up again, so I'm going to go hang out with him. Hope you enjoyed my update on what I've been up to this week!

WAIT. X-RAY FISH PLAYING A XYLOPHONE! NAILED IT!

...NOPE, THAT'S A STING RAY. I'M DUMB. BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD!