Monday I posted a He-Man pic. In the blog I went on and on about how he-man should look more bad-ass. Well, that got me to thinking: What bout Skeletor? Skeletor in the cartoons/comics/toys always looked like a hulked out smurf to me. He basically wore the same thing as HM, but he was blue and had a skull face (mask?). Buh. I’ve always hated his design and never understood why anyone would be afraid of this guy.
So today, I took it upon myself to do a quick sketch of what I think Skeletor should look like. Gone is the “Barbarian Smurf” motif of yesteryear. To me, Skeletor should be scary. He should be the thing that Eternian Parents use to scare their kids at night. The dude’s supposed to be a sorceror, let’s play that up. The tattered robes, the staff, the chain made from animal bones, the snake skull cloak pin all say “mystical scary dude” to me. I also think that the dude should be thin. Like skeleton thin. I think that in the western world especially, it’s scary when you look at someone and can see their bones through their skin. Like it reminds us of our own mortality. That should be Skeletor all over. His name is Skulletor, after all.
Agree? Disagree? Do it in the comments!
On a related note – If you’re an artist that like to draw with pen, you owe it to yoursef to check out the Pentel Stylo Sketch pen. I drew this with one of these and it was awesome. Variable line widths, easy to control and it flows smooth like buttah. Do it, you’ll thank me later.
