Thursday, February 15, 2007

YOU asked to see the whole image...

Mother in color...


Here they are in color, I did this in Photoshop last night on top of digital inks...again this is part of my new banner for CON's...that scribble in the background will eventually become a penciled Batman...

Mother...


Mother will be a major character this time round...not only is she key to Dane's plan she will be one of the two keys as to the secret of the symbiotes...

This is a piece that will be digitally inked by myself for the banner that the Grail drawing is part of...

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Grail...


As before we will play up Grail being self-conscious of his looks. Therefore he will have a Philippine movie star look to him and be very fashion conscious...

For those in the know Grail this time around will be loosely modeled (looks and character) around the actor Robin "Bad Boy" Padilla...

Jester...



This new Jester is more dark looking foreshadowing the darker character he will play this time round. Although originally he was always gonna be one of our more tragic characters...

Again mixed media, mostly colored pencils and Copic markers...

Pilgrim...


The new Pilgrim is more ethnic looking. As originally she is of Native Indian descent. All new versions of the original team will look more characteristic than superheroic.

Notice the large cat-like eyes...

This is a mixed medium technique and she came out more bronze than golden...what do you think?

Sunday, February 11, 2007

WW #9 cover...Dane in new armor...

Last minute changes to WW #7 cover...read:no nudity...


I was asked last week to denudify Red on this cover so I opened up Photoshop and added a few lines here and there and then couldn't help but enhance the depth of field and color FX...the finished peice ended up coverying up some of the drawing but the goal of the piece was to show Red as she would appear in the Dead World where everyone living appears as a shining glowing figure...

The new Wetworks armory...inventory 111...

Digital INKS...


I personally digitally inked this piece. It is part of the WW's #10 cover and will be used for a banner I will use during conventions. Issues WW #5 and #6 are digitally inked by Brian Haberlin's studio...cudo's to Francis, the man...

Steps are...

1) Scan and then "level" in Photoshop to look as close to the original as possible...

2) Since you always get alot of pencil "dirt" and smudges using a 100% tiny "pencil" in Photoshop to "erase" as much dirt as possible...zooming in liberally on the image...

3) Apply "Contrast" in Photoshop until the pencil lines start to darken and look like inked lines, tho' not too much so that the hatch lines start blending into each other...

4) Then laso and fill in with black all black areas...

5) Finally take a very tiny pencil (in Photoshop) with 100% white and make sure all "halo's" have no dirt or extra lines drawn thru them, making sure all white outlines (around figures and for some hair) are purely open and white...

Guess who???...