72nd post!

Wrapped up MegaCon this past weekend, and here's a few of the commissions I did at the show.

Angel of Death. 11x17 Copic Markers

She Hulk. 9x12 Copic Markers

Lady Mechanika 11x17 Copics

Zenescope's Robyn Hood. 9x12ish Copics in Sketch book.

SpiderGwen Sketch cover

 Dorothy on a Zenescope 'Oz' sketch cover

Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy on Harley Quinn Sketch cover

 Red from the game Transistor 11x15 watercolors

Another Spider Gwen Sketch cover.

plus a few others that I forgot to take pictures of...whoops :)

43rd Post!

Just a little Joker and Harley Quinn love...

first up a *very* quick digital sketch :). I did this one real fast a week or two ago when I had the idea, but didn't have the time to work on it. So I just threw this down in photoshop, knowing when I saw it again, I'd remember to finish it up someday.

here's the cleaned up digital sketch:

Next up is are the pencils (col-erase to be exact):

Here's a couple in progress shots of the watercolors:

and then I forgot to take any more photos while working on it :).
here's the finished photo:

and a scan:

This one was done at 11x15 size on canson watercolor paper.

3rd Post!

I thought I'd put together a little walk through on how I created the Gotham Bad Girls girls commission I posted on the first day of the blog. (here)

I first did a few sketches with different ideas. These were all created digitally in photoshop.

After the first image was selected I went ahead and tightened up the sketch (still in photoshop).

The following step was added just so I could get a feel for each character and make sure things weren't too confusing. I usually only do this on multiple character pieces.

Then we get to the actual pencils. Drawn with my favorite pencils, col-erase pencils (red, blue and purple). Not as messy as graphite and I just like having some color on there for when I move to the color stage.

Now the coloring stage. This piece was colored with Copic Markers and some white colored pencil and a touch of white acrylic here and there for highlights.

Next shot shows where I was asked if it was possible to make Catwoman's goggles Red instead of Green. Which worked out rather well (even if I wasn't completely sure it would work :))

I was also asked if I could make her catsuit black instead of purple. Which ended up being an easy fix. Usually when working on a commission with a character that's had multiple looks I usually ask ahead of time if there's a preference for a certain costume. This time I forgot. doh! But it all worked out so no problems. whew!

And here's the final photo before I went ahead and scanned it. (see first blog post for that version)

anyway, hope you enjoy the look behind the scenes. and maybe one of these days I'll do a progress shot on a watercolor piece.

-Joe