Its been a while but I guess it was worth the wait. I’ve decided to use the Bristol Paper that I purchased recently. All I can say is it is the best paper I have ever used and I highly recommend it. It is very sturdy, smooth, and you can use almost any medium on it without any problems. The only thing that I didn’t like is that it didn’t fit in my scanner. The paper is 11×14, a lot larger than what I usually use, 9×11. However, I was able to scan the drawing twice and put it together with photoshop. I don’t think it came out too bad, but you can still see the line where the two sections meet. I tried taking a picture of it with my camera but I just didn’t like the quality, it was too blurry. Overall, I enjoyed working with more paper, it gave me the opportunity to add more things in and for once I was able to fit an entire character into the page.
About the characters: You can see another antagonist in the middle, she is the leader of the “Spider-Ninjas.” She specializes in stealth and assassination missions for the Imperium. No references used so the anatomy may seem a bit off at closer look. For example, I think her legs are a tad too short for her body. The head could also stand to be a bit smaller. I think with all the details on the page it can be kind of hard to notice these things.
Doing the background and foreground were the tricky parts for me in this drawing. Aside from getting the anatomy right in the poses of course. The background took a surprisingly long time so I started to rush it so its not perfect. It was very good practice for me though. I have never inked a background/foreground before so it was good practice. I will try to do more drawings with backgrounds now just because I know I need the practice. Hopefully if I get around to doing digital art the process will be a lot easier with the advantage of layers and the undo button. All in due time though. Hope you enjoyed the new drawing. Peace.
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March 18th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
All of your characters have masks………. where are their faces? You’ll need that for the novel
March 26th, 2009 at 11:31 am
Ivan, I am aware that most of my characters have masks and trust me I will tie up all loose ends before I start working on the final project. I will also draw up some more concepts for these characters that show them without the helmets. Thanks for the comment and your concern is noted.