Share your GIJOE MEMORIES

YO JOE! I'm back on the throwbacks with a vengance. As a kid I collected G.I.Joe figures and indulged in the 80's cartoon. One of the most remembered characters for me was Destro. Looking back now as an adult, he looks kinda pimpish, so I had to throw the Barroness in this pic. For the backdrop, I tried to replicate the toy packaging. I drew the characters on animation paper, scanned them in, then colored it all in photoshop.
NOW IT"S YOUR TURN TO DRAW YOUR FAVORITE JOE! BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR DRAW YOUR VERSION OF YOUR FAVORITE JOE ( or Joes) AND SUBMIT IT FOR A PRIZE! CONTEST DETAILS WILL BE POSTED SOON. START SKETCHING NOW BECAUSE "KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE!"

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Permalink Reply by Eric Smith on January 28, 2008 at 12:14pm: Thanks B. Yeah, I saw some great upbeat pieces already, so I went the other way.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Harry the bastard on January 28, 2008 at 3:35pm

Didn't feel right not to make a drawing of my first figure: crock-master as well. Got it for my 5th birtday. My friends were joking about his big butt, but I loved the little dude right from the start. He had whip and a big ass crockodile too, what more could you want ;D This guy started the Gi.joe craze for me.

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Permalink Reply by David Sones on January 28, 2008 at 11:46pm: Crock-Master was pretty B.A.! I was always drawn to the characters that came with a pet. Did anyone in Cobra actually have a cobra?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Trevor Pitt on January 29, 2008 at 1:08am: Serpentor came with a cobra...

http://www.yojoe.com/action/86/serpentor.shtml; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Hasdrubal on January 29, 2008 at 12:54am: Cobra Commander was turned into snake at the end of one of the cartoons. Does that count?

There's no reason why you can't put a pet snake in a picture with the commander or any other Cobra character who pleases you. There's no harm in imagining something a little new for established characters that wasn't done in the comic book or TV show.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by David Sones on January 29, 2008 at 7:38am: Thanks guys! I forgot about Serpentor snake, and Cobra Commanders transformation.

True enough Hasdrubal, I've never let reality get in the way of drawing anything before, so I say "snakes for everybody!"; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Harry the bastard on January 31, 2008 at 7:04am: One snake a day, keep's the Joe's away ;D LOL; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Joe Mills on January 29, 2008 at 6:52pm

Just in time for the deadline....I had to do something that included my favorite character... Alpine. Since I still have the figure, I decided to make that the center of my artwork and re-envision his surroundings. Enjoy!

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Permalink Reply by Hasdrubal on January 31, 2008 at 9:52pm: Here's a an extra black and white photo of some of my collection as a parting shot. I'm not sure if it belongs as a contest entry, but there should be a place for "real" American heroes here as well.

(Click on the link below to view "General Eisenhower's Jeep, Dec. 1944")

http://raw.channelfrederator.com/photo/photo/show?id=890404%3APhoto...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Joe Mills on February 7, 2008 at 5:48pm: Congratulations to the winners! I'm hoping for another Throwback Thursday very soon....; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Harry the bastard on February 14, 2008 at 10:12am: Yeah, hailhail to the winners ;) I'm curious what the next throwback will be. Favourite oldskool video games maybe? Always love to draw Final Fight pictures haha.; ▶ Reply to This