Strange Occupation

Bond, James Bond was the topic over at www.timberlinedraw.blogspot.com .  Oddly enough, no one else picked this guy.  I struggled with the background.  I wanted to impress upon the fact that this guy is larger than life and has this intensity about him.

2100

Timberline Draw Blog topic - Lone Wolf & Cub. I took a different approach--instead opting to go with the Lone Wolf 2100 version of the storyline. A mix of sci-fi and samurai storytelling, this version of Lone Wolf features a female "cub" named Daisy and her protector Itto who holds a fascinating secret. Francisco Ruiz Velasco did a fantastic job of bringing this futuristic, but horribly ruined world to life. If you haven't read this series, I'd look it up in TPB format and highly recommend it.

Two-Face

Here's my piece for Batman.  Initially, I'd wanted to go with Commissioner Gordon, but I had recently seen the two-part Two-Face origin episode from Batman: The Animated Series and just had to go with this.  I'm thinking of enlarging this and transferring to a large canvas for a traditional oil painting (but that probably will never happen--haha).

DSC - Superman Blue

Superman Blue for the DSC. I went with the blue pencils--makes sense. Also, this sketch has a huge Ed McGuinness influence to it. I wanted an action shot, but I was strapped for time so this stoic pose has to do.

Tony the Tiger - Final with Process

Final Pencils

Final Inks

Colors

This is the first of what I hope to be a full on project that will eventually culminate into an arcade game.  

Pencils were taken into Photoshop, converted to cyan for inking.  I printed off that cyan copy, inked it, and then re-scanned the piece.  Once scanned, I clean up any stray pencil lines and brought it into Illustrator and further cleaned up using the Live Trace feature.  I did this to give a better, more organic feel to the inks as my inking tends to lose some of the organic-ness of the pencil drawing.  Then it was brought back into Photoshop for a traditional coloring.  While the subject matter usually has a cel-shaded coloring applied to it, I chose to go with a more "traditional" coloring style as it is the desired look for the overall project.

Any critiques are greatly encouraged!

Cereal Icons - A Preview

Here's my pick this week over at www.timberlinedraw.blogspot.com - Cereal Icons.  This is just a preview of an image/project that I'm looking to complete.  But this is a start.  "Ferocious" Tony the Tiger....

Alien

Here's my contribution over at www.timberlinedraw.blogspot.com. This is the first piece I've done in about 2 months. It's purely digital--all done in Photoshop.