Trinity

I try to spend some time looking around the net every day for inspiration and reference. Sometimes I find some cool stuff, sometimes I find a lot of junk. Every now and then I find something that inspires me to such a degree that a new piece springs to mind and I am forced to take the time to throw down some scribbles to get it out of my head.

That's what happened down below. The image above is the result of an hour or two of testing out colors and refining line work after getting that momentary flash. I'll of course keep you posted as it develops, but I'm hoping it'll end up as a piece that travels with me to the various expo's that I attend this year.

There's a Storm coming...

My darling wife put in a request for a "proper" Storm quite a while ago, and while I did take some time to do a redesign, I haven't done a piece that makes the character recognizable. I'm endeavoring to change that now, and so far I'm pretty happy with the results.

I started with this environment study, but soon realized I didn't have an idea as to where Storm would go,  so I scrapped it and moved on to...

 A composition that puts the figure front and center. 

I'll be coming back to her a lot in the next few days/weeks as I think there's a lot of potential here. 

Back in Black

I haven't been looking at my black background pieces much lately as I was starting to worry that they were becoming a bit of a crutch. That said, I had this urge to do up a Cyclops piece (he happens to be on the Req-a-sketch list) and after some doodling in my sketchbook I brought it up on my comp and started to push the color. After a little while I sat back and realized that what I had done was pretty much a black back piece, only it didn't have the right dimensions (the tall/skinny frame was part of the challenge for the black backs).

I might go back in at some point to see if I can crop it to match the rest of the set, but for now I think I'm done with it. 

EPS #3

Hey all, did another EPS portrait up a little while ago and just got confirmation that the client has received it (I don't like to post things here until I know the client has had a chance to enjoy it first).

Also, I've got a ton of WIP sitting around and I'd like to see what I can do to share it. I'm going to experiment with scheduling posts ahead of time, to see if I can put together 3 or 4 posts at the beginning of a week and then have it drop without my having to come back to post it. I tend to horde work during these big breaks and posting it all at once seems silly as I'm worried that whatever I post first will end up off page, and thus ignored, so I'm hoping this scheduling thing will help to alleviate that issue while still allowing me to throw down a lot of content all at once.

Leo

Whipped this up a couple nights ago. I'm loving the idea of Leo moving towards the traditions of a Samurai, or perhaps getting interested in Bushido. Earlier I was toying around with the idea of him in his later years (40's or 50's) but then I got to thinking it'd be cool to do a version of him in his prime. I might go through and do a few more (gotta have a Raph) but I must admit I enjoyed the ragged feel of the older turtles a bit more. That said, they're hella fun to draw no matter what age I'm working with so it's safe to say the TMNT will make another appearance soon.