Mitch: Bubble Bobble Cosplay

Here is Mitch in Bubble Bobble cosplay.

I thought Mitch would be better as a younger character, hence the design change, which I think is an improvement.

Now that I look at the picture it doesn't seem that Mitch is in an outfit, it appears that Bub has eaten him, so if I draw another full body costume I might try and add some sewing seams to make it look like he's made it himself.

Thanks to my Missus for helping me with the colouring! ^_^ I always struggle to get the colour even so she's shown some techniques I can use with the copic markers. 

Bubble Bobble is owned by Taito.

Artwork created and owned by Andrew Gardner © 2014 

Special Moves!

Sailor Mitch's special move; Sailor Quake!

A simple belly flop combined with the sacred art of breaking wind can have devastating consequences.

As you can see, Sailor Mitch is hurdling towards his foes at an alarming speed however, he also produces delightfully gaseous hearts and moons to fill up the midnight sky. Enchanting.

Sailor Moon is owned by Naoko Takeuchi and others.
Artwork created and owned by Andrew Gardner © 2014 

Sailor Mitch

Here is the start of something beautiful.

Meet Mitch, professional cosplayer, in his wonderful Sailor Moon costume.

I hadn't drawn anything for quite a while and when my wife and all of her friends were getting excited for the new Sailor Moon series, I thought it would be fun to draw a dude cosplaying as a Sailor Scout.

I sketched the whole thing in pencil, it still looks a little grubby (; _ ;)  then I inked the outlines and coloured it all in with copic markers. 

Click this link to check out the picture on my new deviantart page. ^_^

Sailor Moon is owned by Naoko Takeuchi and others.

Artwork created and owned by Andrew Gardner © 2014 

Day Nine: Play Expo

I've been going to Play Expo for the last two years and I've recently picked up my tickets for this years event in October. It's held at Manchester's Event City venue, which is a stones throw away from the Trafford Centre, and for a whole weekend it's crammed with games as far as the eye can see.

Last year Nintendo were there to show off Zelda: A Link Between Worlds about a month before it's official release in the UK, along with Sonic Lost Worlds and a playable demo of the upcoming Mario Kart 8! I imagine Nintendo will be back this year and seeing as Super Smash Bros Wii U has a planned Winter release they'll hopefully be bringing it along.

Ubisoft were there last year with Assassins Creed 4 demoing on PS4, also about a month before the PS4 was on sale, so as you can imagine there was queue that rivaled the Great Wall of China. The same can also be said for the Oculus Rift which was attracting a lot of attention, hopefully they'll be back this year as I wasn't prepared to wait in the queue last time around, and Namco also made an appearance to torment gamers with Dark Souls 2.

Then of course there's the retro games with several hundred machines on offer from the Atari 2600 to the PS2; so I was certainly spoiled for choice. This was accompanied by a huge selection of arcade cabinets and pinball machines, ensuring that everyone who attends goes home happy. There's also little hubs set up for people to play tournaments on Super Mario Kart, Doom and plenty other titles so if you want to have a little competition you're covered.

There's also a large number of stalls selling games for pretty much every platform imaginable, along with some great gaming merchandise and handycrafts as well, I picked up this Blastoise T-Shirt last year.

Cosplayers are also welcomed with a load of people turning up in fantastic outfits and there's usually talks with various designers sharing their cosplaying tips.

This year is already shaping up to be something special as they've just announced the screen.play feature, which is promising meet and greets with Hollywood movie stars, photo opportunities, film props and movie cars. 

The thing that I'm looking forward to most though is the Classic Gaming Championships, and the final is going to be held at Play Expo. I'm going to enter the heats at NERG in July so wish me luck, I'm probably going to need it.