Michael Firman

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I make pictures. Eventually one of them might be good. michaelfirman.com 🇨🇦

A drawing of Dragon Ball’s Goku standing neutrally in his orange gi with blue accents and big spiky hair.
Another lil’ drawing of the Kiln goddess.
I didn’t finish a solid drawing in time! But here’s an attempt of the goddess in Double Fine’s new pottery-based multiplayer PvP game Kiln. She is staring at the viewer while some pots hang upside down behind her dumping water streams.
Illustration from the thighs up of Mortal Kombat’s Kano, approximating his original design of a white gi with brown bandolier. His hands are held up in front of his stomach dripping with blood.
Doodle of Ben resting his head sweetly in his hands and looking up at a web-suspended spider with affection.
A drawing of Spider-man bracing his legs against the side of the Hulk, pulling on webbing that has ensnared Hulk’s oversized fist. Hulk looks enraged (how unusual!), Spidey looks strained.
The titular character of the Bayonetta games, in a graceful gun ballet pose, or at least as graceful as my clunky style gets. She wears glasses and long black hair tied high and intertwined with red ribbon and gold chain, and a skin tight black suit with pistols on her high heels.
A messy little drawin’ of Spider-man swinging on a web. Assume he’s up to some spider stuff.
Grace Ashcroft from Resident Evil Requiem depicted from the knees up in a white t-shirt with bandages underneath. She’s holding a pistol down by her jeans, wears her hair in a wavy bob cut, and looks concerned.
Marvel’s Daredevil & Spider-man are sitting on the cornice of a NYC rooftop where Punisher stands behind them, and a water tower stands behind him. They are at rest, as if being photographed for an album cover.
An illustration of Nintendo character Donkey Kong’s nephew Diddy Kong, a smaller monkey who wears a red top with yellow star graphics, a red baseball cap, and a wooden barrel jetpack. He is holding up a partially eaten banana.
a lil drawing of paintscroll's cat Minmo
A pale red & blue illustration of Zack Fair from Final Fantasy 7, drawn from the thighs up. He is slightly hunched and looking pensive. He has medium length black hair flowing back towards the massive sword on his back. He wears a SOLDIER uniform like Cloud’s, with a blue, ribbed turtleneck, giant belt, and pauldrons.
A mock retrospective of my 2025, reading “A look back at my year in art” next to a picture of me smiling and drawing, followed by a paper with a turd and “CRAP!” written over it, then an illustration of an overflowing garbage can with “TRASH!” over it, then an illustration of scribbled out mess and “UGGHH” written over it, and finally a doodle of Chun Li and its phrase simply being “CHUN LI!”
Cheryl, the sister of Ash Williams, from The Evil Dead (1981), after she’s been demonically possessed and trapped in a cellar, peeking through a trapdoor. Her hair is chaotic, her eyes red, her face inhumanly wrinkled and patchy. Though the imagery of this moment is iconically creepy and taunting, I’ve instead drawn her resting her chin over her folded arms and smiling amiably, like she’s posing in a photoshoot.
A drawing of Princess Daisy from Super Mario Strikers on the Gamecube. She is hunched over in a nigh crouch while her elbows are raised. Her fists, teeth are clenched. She wears soccer garb: an orange short sleeve top, orange shorts & socks, and a small crown atop her long brown hair. Her attitude looks feral because she seems ready to stomp people out in that game.
A profile portrait of the comic character Hellboy, a red-skinned half-demon with shorn horns and glowing yellow eyes. He has receding hair that is tied back in a knot, and it continues as a beard down his ample jaw to meet at a strip on the chin. The collar of his tan overcoat stands up.
An illustration of Ulala from Sega’s Space Channel 5. She wears blue headphones over pink pigtailed hair and smiles at the viewer. She wears scant, retro sci-fi clothing that feels like a mix between 60s and Y2K, all of it orange with some light trim. The top is like a sports bra that rises into a flared rigid collar, and below is a short miniskirt that also flares out. She wears orange gloves that cover the forearms, and her left hand is holding her Space Channel 5 microphone (she’s an investigative reporter). A blue ray gun is strapped to her right thigh, and a jetpack attached to her back.
A rough illustration of Morrigan from Capcom’s Darkstalkers franchise. She is facing left in a midair pose, her left knee raised to her bosomsome chest which is barely contained by the dark bodice over her purple, bat-patterned tights. She has long flowing seafoam green hair, and 2 pairs of purple bat wings: a large set on her back, and smaller wings coming out of the top of her head as if from a Halloween headband. Her arms are relaxedly outstretched for balance, the biceps covered by a ring of feathers attached to her leotard, and the forearms covered by pale orange sleeves.
A looping run cycle of a cartoonish 3D model of Wolverine from X-Men. It's not well done but felt like a nice day's accomplishment for me as I try to learn & practice using Blender.
A drawing of Marvel comic character Deadpool (Wade Wilson). depicted from the hips up holding a sidearm such that the top of the slide rests against his temple, as if he’s recklessly scratching his head with it. He wears a red & black (or dark blue) body suit that covers him entirely. He has pouch-adorned shoulder straps and twin katanas sheathed at his back.
An illustration of Rogue from the X-Men comics, depicted from the hips up & leaning forward. Her long hair is brunette but with a large section of it being white, and it’s over a green headband. She is lightly smiling to the viewer, and wears a short brown jacket over her green & yellow unitard. I’ve also drawn her wearing long yellow gloves that are bound near the elbow.
A drawing of Ghost in the Shell’s Batou character. He is large and wears a dark shirt under a popped-collar white jacket which he is reaching inside of with his gloved hand. He has a long face and circular discs as cybernetic eyes.
An illustration of the Predator from the movie Predator. It’s an alien with a metallic helmet and dreadlock-like cranial appendages. It wears some bones as trophies, and has netting over its muscular body, in addition to some sci-fi partial armour which includes a gauntlet sporting two claw blades.
A drawing of Waluigi baring his teeth like a mobile game icon. He wears purple clothes including a hat with an upside down “L” on it, dark coveralls, and has a large pink nose atop a wide mustache waxed into narrow spikes.
A portrait of comedian Sean Lock, who I know of from UK panel shows where he often made me laugh. Sadly he passed away in 2021.
A simple illustration of the player character Jade from Ubisoft’s 2003 game Beyond Good and Evil. She wears a green headband over short dark hair, green lipstick, and a matching green cropped jacket over a pale cropped shirt with copper trim. A shoulder strapped camera hangs at her side.
A drawing of Susumu Hori from Namco’s Mr. Driller, trailing behind his active drill which is aimed straight down and kicking up debris.
A drawing of Gears of Wars characters Augustus Cole, Marcus Fenix, and Damon Baird. They’re drawn light-heartedly with beefy proportions in beefy armour, each holding a rifle with chainsaw at the front like it’s a bayonet. Cole rests his elbow on Fenix’s shoulder, and they all scowl.
A drawing of Rei Hino from Sailor Moon, wearing her Sailor Mars outfit plus a pink baseball cap and sipping the straw of a takeout beverage.
An illustration of DC’s Batman superhero character over a pale pink background. He has cartoony muscles under a light grey bodysuit with a bat emblem on the chest. His mask covers the top half of his head and spikes upward as two bat ears. A long black cape trails behind him.
An illustration of Aerith Gainsborough from Final Fantasy 7. She is holding her staff in her left hand resting it on the ground, and looking up to the sky. She has brown hair with ringlet bangs and a braid at the back that passes through a pink bow. She wears a cropped red jacket over a pink dress and oversized bangles on her wrists.
An illustration of a trio from the game Gunstar Super Heroes. The characters Red & Blue are holding out their pistols in action poses, and behind them Yellow is pointing out targets and holding her earpiece shouting comms stuff. ガンスター (GanSutā) is written out over the piece in large, semi-transparent katakana.
An illustration of Faith Connors, the player character from DICE’s Mirror’s Edge franchise, mid-fall. She has short black hair and spiky eye makeup around her right eye. She wears a black elbow sleeve and red glove on her right arm which is also adorned with computer circuit style tattoos. She is wearing a black tank top, white cargo pants, and red running shoes along with a yellow carrier bag strapped around her shoulder.
An illustration of Dr. Wright, the player’s advisor in the SNES version of Sim City by Maxis (and designed by Will Wright, who lends the character’s surname). He is short but heightened by a tall, green, bulbous hairdo that bifurcates up top like a heart shape. His face sports circle frame spectacles and a toothbrush mustache. He wears a blue bowtie over a white shirt, brown vest, and maroon suit patterned with dots. He is also holding a pointer.
An illustration of the masked player character from the game My Friend Pedro by DeadToast, published by Devolver. He is holding up two firearms with bananas floating around him. His hair is an undercut top knot and his mask is dark and featureless but for the glowing white eyes. He wears a black jacket with yellow trim over a long yellow tee with “XOXO” written vertically down the front.
A tetraptych of sketches of the Toad character from the Mushroom Kingdom in Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. universe. The portraits depict Toad as disapproving, disgusted, unamused, and enraged.
An illustration of Sephiroth from Final Fantasy 7, his depiction disintegrating beyond the torso as a small visual homage to the Jenova Doll from the game. He has long white hair which hangs down past his hips, and a part of a single wing behind his right shoulder.
An illustration of Zoey from Kpop Demon Hunters holding up a microphone to her mouth and spitting rhymes. It's a primarily pink & purple palette.
An illustration of Go Mifune (Speed Racer) pulling on a driving glove and staring intently through the visor and brow of his racing helmet. He is in front of a very desaturated red & yellow checkerboard pattern.
An illustration of Jill Valentine from Capcom’s Resident Evil franchise, wearing her blue beret and bulky shoulder pads. She has brown hair in a bob cut, and holds out a combat knife and pistol.
A simple drawing of the Bulbasaur Pokémon, one I did earlier this year but kept debating if it was worth sharing. It’s a little, teal dino creature smiling to the viewer, and on its back is a large green plant bulb.
An illustrated portrait of actress Anya Taylor-Joy.
A muddy & muted teal palette illustration of Pyramid Head from Konami’s Silent Hill 2. He is angled away from the viewer so that his butcher-apron-strapped back is visible. His two muscular arms hang down by his thighs, the distant one dragging his Great Knife, which is a massive sword. He wears a gigantic, unwieldy, pyramidal, metallic helmet.
A drawing of Babadook from memory except I cheated because I saw Anthony Clark's drawing first and it reminded me of the Babadook Baba-look.
Some of the colour stages of an illustration I made of Chell from Portal
An illustration of Chell, the player character from Valve’s Portal and Portal 2 games. She is wearing an orange jumpsuit up to only her hips, and a white Aperture Laboratories tank top. She is sitting on a Companion Cube with her arms resting on her legs that are in turn resting on the Velocity Challenge Braces of her Long Fall Boots.
A portrait of the famous cat Maru ( まる ) who I am sad to learn has passed away. I always meant to draw him and wish it hadn’t been in memoriam. Condolences to his keeper, Mugomugo.
Illustration of Kei (short red hair) & Yuri (long dark hair) from the 80s manga/anime Dirty Pair. They wear bikinis and knee high boots, and are back-to-back in a midair action pose holding firearms in each hand.
My mess of an attempt at colouring webslinging Spider-Man artwork made by John Romita Jr and Klaus Janson, which is the subject of a Color Jam @colorjam.bsky.social
An illustration of Raziel, a character from Crystal Dynamics’ Soul Reaver/Legacy of Kain series. He is a skeletal, blue Wraith with glowing eyes and black hair. A brown cloak obscures the lower half of his face with a high collar, and his forearms are wrapped with fabric strips.
Four sketches of Deku Link from Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask on the N64. One is a profile portrait; one is him gliding by hanging from large pink flowers; one depicts him offering up a small flower; and the last is simply the Deku Mask on its own.
An illustration of Chun Li from Capcom’s Street Fighter franchise, down on a single knee and resting her elbow atop the other. She is looking off to the side with a mean mug. The background is a muted pink & yellow.
A full body illustration of Lucia Morgan from Capcom’s Street Fighter 5 (originally from Final Fight). It’s a rear view, so we see her burst of blond ponytail out the back of her baseball cap, and the emblem on the back of her bulky police jacket. Her feet are surrounded by pink flames.
Portrait of Ed Boon
Tim Schafer, immensely muscled, ripping through his top. But he looks completely different than the Hulk and could not be confused with the Hulk
An illustration of Marvel’s superhero character The Hulk. He is, well, a hulk. Drawn very top heavy here. His skin is green, his hair short and dark, and his pants are purple and ripped. His massive hands are hanging down by his hips and dripping with blood, or maybe he was just picking strawberries.
Some doodles of various Star Wars characters in a limited pink & beige palette. The following is a list of who is depicted along with their first or notable appearances: BB-8, the adorable spherical droid (Episode VII The Force Awakens); Jar Jar Binks, a blepping Gungan (Episode I The Phantom Menace); Tusken Raider, the masked Tattooine bullies (Episode IV A New Hope); Grogu, also sometimes but inaccurately referred to as Baby Yoda (The Mandalorian); K-2SO, the towering imperial droid (Rogue One); and Garindan ezz Zavor, a Kubaz imperial spy (Episode IV A New Hope)
Illustration of the character Blue Mary from the fighting games Fatal Fury/King of Fighters. She has blonde short hair, a red turtleneck halter top, dark gloves, and blue jeans with a star graphic on the right leg. She has an oversized belt hanging off her hip in addition to the regular sized belt that is in the regular place for a belt.
An illustration of the titular protagonist of the 2010 game Shank by Klei Entertainment. He has slightly spiky, short dark hair under a red bandana, a goatee, and a wide jaw. He is wielding dual pistols with his exaggeratedly beefy arms, here pointed downwards. Straps form an X across his chest, and his light shirt is ripped to be sleeveless.