Tuesday, August 28, 2007

LOST Simpsons Characters Part III!

Here's the latest batch of Simpsonized characters from "LOST"! I toyed with the idea of doing just The Tailies, but instead went with the direction of those who lost their lives on The Island, excluding anyone who may or may not have died in the last half of Season 3, so as to protect those few who are still in the process of catching up with DVR.

So without further ado, A LOST Memoriam!




Boone Carlyle, former protege of John Locke, of whom helped him break his obsession with his step-sister, Shannon. With Locke, discovered the Hatch that led to the Swan Station. Died after making radio contact with the Tailies when the derelict plane he was in fell out of its tree and slammed into the ground giving him life-threatening injuries.




Shannon Rutherford, Boone's step-sister. Lost her father to a car accident when Dr. Jack Shephard chose to save the life of the other person involved in the crash. After his death, Boone's mother took all her husband's money leaving Shannon with virtually nothing. Used Boone's good nature and crush on her to con him out of money but eventually slept with him, thus cementing his love/hate relationship with her. Started a relationship with Sayid on the Island after helping him translate some French. Killed by Ana-Lucia after running into the woods to find Walt. A spooked Ana-Lucia shot her, thinking she was one of the malevolent Others.

As I've stated before, female characters are hard to do. This was the closest hairstyle to Shannon's I could find, and yet it really takes away from the attractiveness she had on the show.




Ana-Lucia Cortez, former LAPD who lost her unborn child when shot by a suspected burglar. An angry and avowed enemy of the Others, she led the Tailies across the Island to the Survivors' camp and accidentally shot Shannon, thinking it was the Others coming to get them. Attempted to kill the captured Other Henry Gale (later revealed as the Others' leader, Ben Linus) in the Hatch, but failed. Gave her gun to the treacherous Michael Dawson to kill Benry Gale, but was instead shot and killed by him in his attempt to free the Other and retrieve his kidnapped son.




Libby, aka Elizabeth, another Tail Section survivor. She gave Desmond Hume the boat that is named after her to use in a race around the world, the one he crashed into the Island with. Struck up a friendship with Hurley, whom she may or may not have recognized from the mental institution they once lived in. Was shot after Ana-Lucia in Michael's attempt to free Benry. She died before being able to tell everyone it was Michael, and not Benry, that shot her.

Despite being upset with how most of the females have turned out, I am VERY pleased with her, thinking this Simpsonization looks very much like the actress Cynthia Watros, capturing her wide eyes and straight nose.




Mr. Eko, former Nigerian warlord who, as a kid, saved his brother's life but damned his own by taking a gun out of his younger brother Yemi's hands and killing an old man with it, an act local guerillas tried to force on the unwilling Yemi. Eko walked softly on the Island and carried a big stick, the Jesus Stick as it was known because Eko carved scripture into it. He carried a lot of guilt for the men he killed in his life, but when confronted by a vision of his dead priest brother, whose body was found in the derelict plane Boone sustained his deadly injuries in, Eko refused to confess his sins, believing he did what he did only to survive. Moments later, the Smoke Monster appears before Eko, picks him up, and beats him into the trees and slams him into the ground, killing him.

While catching his look, the Simpsonizing process doesn't have the traits needed to really make this look like Eko from the show. I didn't expect there to be any battered shirts or Jesus Sticks for the character to have, but he really needs a body shape that is bigger than the others, with broad shoulders and large muscles. This was the broadest body I could find, but a larger one would really make it stand out from the other LOST-ies.

To Be Continued..... BOOOOOOOOOM (sound from every episode's end).

--Cbake

Sunday, August 12, 2007

LOST Simpsons Characters Part II!

Here's the next round of Simpsonized characters from the show LOST! It's the Couples Edition!




Here's James Ford, aka Sawyer. He was a bit easy, though the trick was in not letting him look more like Tom Petty than actor Josh Holloway.



Kate Austen. I'm not very happy with this Simpsonization. The website does not have very good bodies for girls. They all have big hips (Kate is pretty small), and if you want one to have a tank top, like I did with her, it has to go with a miniskirt instead of pants (NO one but Shannon wore a skirt on the Island), or the tank tops are tucked into khakis. Either way, nothing really *looked* like Kate. To top it off, there are NO pony tails in the hairstyle section, which is unfortunate. Aside from the freckles, I think a ponytail would have really made this character.

UPDATE:


I think I like this hairstyle better. As you can see, I'm like George Lucas. I just can't step away and let my project "be" after its finished.




Jin Kwon. I'm VERY happy with him. His hair is perfect; just what I was looking for. More of a Season 3 look for him.


Sun Kwon, Jin's wife. Again, I'm not happy with the choices available for females, but I think I captured Sun well with her pulled back hair, sad smile, and conservative dress ala Season 1.




Former hobbit, rock star, and druggie Charlie Pace. I like him. Wish I could have found better hair, but his clothing feels right.


Claire Littleton. Seriously, the females are MUCH harder to do than the guys! I wish there was a pregnant body choice, but nooooo, of course they don't have what I need, so I had to do Claire post pregnancy ala Season 2. She had bangs in Season 3, and nothing really looked right except for the style above. If only I could put on that long necklace she always wears. Or maybe a baby.

Stay tuned for more!
--Cbake

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

LOST Simpsons Characters Part I

I had so much fun Simpsonizing myself at http://www.simpsonizeme.com that I decided to experiment a bit and see what characters from my other favorite tv show, "LOST" would look like had the show been animated in the Simpsons style.

And so I say to you BEHOLD! SIMPSONIZED LOST CHARACTERS!



The good Doctor Jack Shephard; the first character I tried to make, and he didn't come out as well as this. Thankfully, when revisiting the website three days later, it had for some ungodly reason, remade all my characters to look totally different than how I had originally made them, so Jack was given a better head-shape to work with. I found better eyes and better hair that was more appropriate as well.



John Locke, another second generation character that turned out better than the first. Like Jack before him, I made his stubble using the website's freckle option, which was a timely process but one that ultimately looks better than using their "stubble" or "beard" option.



Sayid Jarrah. He'd look better with stubble between the beard and ears, and I wanted to add Snowball II (the Simpsons' cat) to be Nadia (from the Flame Station episode where we first meet Mikhail), but the website completely destroyed what I had already done, and Sayid's new headshape was all wrong.



Michael Dawson. Captured in one of his many moments yelling the iconic "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALT!!!"



Walt, Michael's son, here with his faithful dog, Vincent.

To be continued (cue the creepy LOST finale sound and title card)...

--Cbake