His posture here is telling of his chivalric nature; a trait that makes him possibly a bit naive, but he stands confidently and true.

Orca uses a high frequency sound waves to echo locate under and above water. The entire surface of his body reads the rebounding sound waves as the bounce off objects. He can emit sound blasts that can shatter objects and leave living creatures stunned or paralyzed. If it wasn’t for his devotion to a strict Code of Honor, he’d be a serious threat to the Seven Seas.

The LOAH characters are a group I still wish to push in the future! I couldn’t pass up the chance to have Eryck give each toon some new life. Here’s the Astonishing Boston Crab! He’s always felt like something out of a pulp horror comic from the 60s in my mind. There’re some great texture here and I love the heavy shadows which add to the ambiance of his creepy factor!

Here’s an awesome commission done by Deviant artist Inkling. This is a fun redesign of Boston Crab from the League of Aquatic Heroes. He’s shown here making some modest choices to pants-up! This is a wonderful re-design and I hope Inkling will do other LOAH redesigns in the future!

I can not stress enough how hard it was to pick just one… not just for ME as one of the judge but for all the ten judges. We each had a reason to pick our #1 choice and it’s remarkable to me that it was as versatile as the background of the judges. While recording the votes as they came in over the last 2 days I was on the edge of my seat as I watched numbers go up neck in neck.

I am extremely glad I did not have to choose the winner on my own and I am glad the winner was choosen as diplomatically as I could arrange. So, without further ado, the winner is Tomi Dzurovsk’s submission featuring Kraken!

Thank you all for not only taking the time to submit pieces for this contest and giving it a shot. Even if you are not regulars of the League of Aquatic Heroes site of webcomic there are not enough thanks we can give, trust us!

We all loved the submissions and are so very honoured to show them on the site proudly under the Fan Art page.

I’ve gathered TEN judges–all with different perspectives, men and women, young and old, artist and non-artist–which include the two creators, Nuno Teixeira and Rui DaSilva, and the strip’s artist Nikola Temkov.

Each judge is selecting their three favorites, not based on ANYTHING in particular other than the pieces “feel right” to them and therefore get chosen. This allows for different skill levels to be taken into consideration amongst other variables. I will award points to each entry: 3 points for 1st choice, 2 points for 2nd choice, and 1 point for 3rd choice. I will add them together and from there get the WINNER!

Thanks to all the participants once again! I was so happy with the turn out and will definitely do this again! Good luck all!

Sometimes I am lucky enough to stalk–er I mean–come across fanart done by artists that I’m lucky enough to add to Google Reader early! Stefan Kocevski is one such artist and I discovered this wonderful sketch featuring the LOAH crew on his blog. Stefan did the Fanart Contest Entry of Boston Crab.

This is a real fun sketch and he was nice enough to let me post it in the fanart section! I love how Boston Crab is in the background in a faint sketch holding a massive iron anchor–cause he totally WOULD beat something with that damn thing! All great designs all and all!

It’s always great to see other artist interpretations of characters, be it from Marvel, DC, old 80s cartoons (Thundercats in particular )… but it’s become a genuinely moving experience to see that done to these creations in particular.

That said: I want to extend the deadline to August 1st July 24 for this first fanart contest. Furthermore, I’d like to run one of these every season going forward (so every 4 months).

The story arcs for LOAH might take a break after this current arc comes to an end, but I’d like to keep content alive. There will be a few shorter strips, one-shots, or 2-4 part strips after “Beast of Blackwater”. I may even try my hand at a few strips as it’s been a while since I’ve drawn!

Nikola Temkov has brought a wonderful look to the strip, capturing the “silver age” feel that Rui DaSilva and I believed the strip required to start with. Nikola will be back and solely responsible for all tales that eventually culminate with the inevitable fight against Aquarius! This includes the origin story of Boston Crab (next) and the unraveling of some mysteries tied to Captain Kraken (2nd strip for a hint).

Thanks everyone for participating in the contest, coming to the site and reading the story thus far, and continued support nto the future! It’s a pleasure making these strips and even more pleasurable when people are enjoying them!

Here’s the benchmark TENTH contest entry! In the depths patrols Kraken with a watchful eye. This piece was submitted by another Macedonian artist, 19-year-old, Tomi Dzurovski.

Kraken is getting a lot of love in the Fanart Contest. Here’s an entry done by Croatian artist, Bojan Peršić!

Here’s a fanart submission of Boston Crab by The Mico!