Happy birthday to me! I spent four HOURS on the lineart for this next piece last night, making me stay up until midnight, but it only took me about an hour or two to get it colored
But this is a request from a RL friend were I needed to make my character John Austin from my ongoing story (
It's the End of the World As We Know It) have an "epic scene". So I made it a Dream sequence and drew this picture for the story:
John woke with a start, cuddled up against Molly. He just knew someone or something was out there. Clad in his camo pants and black undershirt, he scooted away from Molly, not awaking her, and ventured outside the tent to investigate. Carefully stepping to avoid making any excess noise, he moves past the campfire, now only embers glowing on the pitch black night.
Then he sees it, clear as day, only about ten yards away from where he's standing. A lizard in an entirely green military uniform. The blood red star of Communist Asia seemed to glow where it was stitched onto both sleeves and the front of this soldier's hat. Everything slows as the lizard spots John and the canine draws his standard issue Berretta pistol. The lizard starts to bring his Kalashnikov to bear, but it's too late. John has already pulled the trigger. A clean headshot on the Asian private. Suddenly, another dozen soldiers had surrounded John, each pointing their rifle at John's furred head. John chuckles, taunting the squad of lizards and weasels, then starts leveling every one once the gunfire starts. Each time John shoots he hits someone square in the forehead. He spots the leader fleeing, and shoots him in the leg for future questioning.
Molly rushes out of the tent, nearly screaming, "What the hell is goin on out here?"
"Another squad of Communists tried to take us out in our sleep, but don't worry, I took care of them."
"Well John," Molly says in a sultry tone, "it seems like I'm eternally grateful."
"Well how about you show me how grateful you can be?" John says matching Molly's suggestive tone.
A Twig snaps, jolting John awake. "Dangit, it was only a dream..."