15th Post!

Thought I'd post some of the process for making this Cowgirl pinup.

Started with just a couple random sketches with a blue col-erase pencil on copy paper.

Scanned the sketches and drew up a cleaner version in photoshop.

Flipped the art and printed it out and traced onto 9x12 bristol paper with red (and blue) col-erase pencils.

Then added Copic Markers.

Decided to just render the skin tones (and hair) on this one. It's a look I've wanted to try for a while, but would usually get so wrapped up in the coloring that I'd be halfway finished before remembering :).

14th Post!

Since it's San Diego Comic Con time, I saw that Zenescope's Swimsuit issue is being offered for sale. So I figure I should be able to post this. I was asked to do a pinup with their version of Tinkerbelle.

Here's the pencils...

11x17 paper with red/blue/purple col-erase pencils

and the digital colors...

I just wanted to something cute, like she was on vacation. Rather than trying to go too overboard on sex appeal.

13th Post!

Thought I'd post a few images from a recent commission. I just had a headshot of a photo to work with for reference, but it was a lot of fun. The final painting was 18"x24", I haven't painted anything that large in a long time.
Started out the usual way, did a digital sketch in photoshop (did a few different poses but this was the one we settled on):

Next up was the pencils. Since I knew going in we wanted to keep the color range in the pinks and purples, I did the pencils in purple col-erase pencil.

Then onto the painting. I had planned on taking some in progress photos and promptly forgot :(.
The when I had the painting finished, took a quick photo with my camera. I had also planned on taking a better picture...but realized that after I had mailed out the art. doh!

Final painting was acrylic paint on illustration board.

12th Post!

if you've seen the blog Gene Gonzales and I do (2-pointperspective.blogspot.com) you'll know tomorrow's theme is Brandi Bare, the character I've been drawing for a while :)

I ended up drawing two pictures of her and decided to do one for this blog and the other will be posted there.
Here's the pencils:

(using graphite this time, just for a change)

and I decided to color this one digitally using Photoshop:

11th Post!

A couple more Heroes Con commissions...

Power Girl...the only inked piece I did at the show and I must admit I had fun with it. I'd like to do more inked pieces some day. Ink 11x17

Psi Judge Anderson. I love the Judge Dredd universe. I used to read 2000 A.D all the time (well, depending on who did the art usually). But this was the first time I've drawn Judge Anderson. (bigger than normal chest was requested ;)) Copic Markers 11x17

Wonder Woman in her regular costume. watercolor 9x12

And a nurse...I actually started this before Heroes Con just for fun, then once the con started never had a chance to get back to it. finally finished it up at home. Copics 11x17

10th post!

Back from Heroes Con and thought I'd post a few photos I took of some of the commissions I did this weekend.

Thanks to everyone that stopped by the table to chat, get sketches, look at art or just in general creeped me out :).

and thanks to Gene Gonzales for driving us to Charlotte and back and for introducing me to Bojangles and their Bo' Berry biscuits. If i ever have to choose a last meal, it's gonna be those for sure!

anyway, onto some art... :)

Marvel's X-23 (for Jarryd)

DC's Scarecrow (for Doug)...and yes, it was fun to draw something a little different this time :)

and Dean Yeagle's Mandy (for John.)

all of these were done in watercolor. I'll post a few more through out the week, some with copics, ink, etc...

oh, and here's a progress shot from the 9th post (supergirl and batgirl) that was for the Heroes Con Auction.

it was great seeing everyone at the show!

9th Post

a little something for Heroes Con...

watercolor 13"x19"

Batgirl/Supergirl copyright DC comics