Drawing my second favorite He-Man character

Hello friends, I hope you were doing well. I was surprised at how well my previous illustration turned out. It made me think of drawing my second favorite He-Man character. This would be the Fisto, the master of hand-to-hand combat.

This character was only in a few episodes of the cartoon series. I loved the massive armored gauntlet that he would pummel his opponents with. The Nemean Cestus in God of War III was similar to the armor. It made me wonder if this is how Fisto would have handled in a 3D brawler. If you never played with the He-Man characters let me explain the appeal to you. They were bigger than G.I. Joe figures, and insanely muscular. The embodiment of power was part of the attraction to kids. The other thing was the gimmick. Almost every figure had some sort of gimmick. Some were flocked with red or green fur. Some changed color, shot water, kicked, or spun around. Fisto had a spring loaded torso which allowed him to throw punches when he twisted. It allowed me to knock over any other figure during our play battles. 

I had Ram Man on my cabinet, but Fisto was still in the garage somewhere. I would be sure to bring him inside once I located the box he was stored in. In the meantime I now had both figures side-by-side in illustration form. 

I was glad to start breaking out of my art drought. Every sketch in my book was helping me reconnect to a part of me that had been turned off for years, and years. Chances were that these were the only He-Man characters I would draw. But only time would tell if I'd get to the villains. Did you have a favorite toy or action figure that you did art of? Tell me about them in the comments section. As always if you enjoyed this blog, and would like to sponsor me please visit my Patreon page and consider donating each month, even as little as $1 would help make better blogs and even podcasts!

Some of my favorite Disney illustrations from 2026

Hello friends, I hope the year has been good for you. When I last posted I was getting out of my art block because I was doing some pieces featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Here’s a continuation of those pieces, including a rare drawing featuring both Oswald and Mickey.

I had an idea about putting Mickey in a race car, and having Oswald be his mechanic. I put Oswald in the uniform from his Service Station which was featured at Disney’s California Adventure. This was the sister park across from Disneyland in Anaheim.

The thing I love about working in Adobe Illustrator is that I can adjust colors, and gradients easily, and separate the characters so that I can place them exactly where I want to. This worked for me much easier than painting in different layers in Photoshop. For example here was how Oswald actually looked while standing behind Mickey’s race car.

After doing an Oswald and Mickey drawing I got an idea for another one. I was wondering how they would have gotten along as kids. I imagined Oswald was the big brother even though he was only a year older he took his job seriously. He decided he would show Mickey the ropes. One day he took him to the old fishing hole where they saw a giant butterfly along the way. One of these days I'd like to do a children's book featuring the two visiting Disneyland.

Since the summer had wound down I was in the mood for the holidays. Of course I started with the most important fall event. I wanted to do a witchy Minnie, but not with the pointy cap, or cape like she would wear in the official Disney art. So I went with her classic bow, and dress, but moons, and stars instead of polka dots. I think my version worked very well. What do you think?

As long as I was putting Minnie in costumes I had an idea for a game. One of my favorite Genesis games was Valis III. It was one of the rare anime games translated for the US. I was wondering how it would be to reboot the franchise, but swap out Minnie, and make her the fantasy warrior. I could almost see it now! Have you ever done any Disney fan art? Tell me about it in the comments section. If you enjoy this blog there are several ways you can support me. You can sponsor me directly on Patreon. Or like and subscribe to my videos on YouTube. You can even subscribe to the Pink Monorail Podcast featuring my wife, and myself.