Nine Years Ago...

[Logan Darklighter]

OK, here's an update. I handed off the drawing to Lee about a month ago. The expectation was that he'd have it back to me at the next game session. (We
hold the game every two weeks) Well a couple of people got sick and the next game session was canceled, then Thanksgiving etc. And Lee was out of town. Anyway,
I finally got the drawing back a few days ago, and Lee had done a fine job. I got a scan of it here. Plus some other recent things I've been doodling on.

Unfortunately, this scan cut off part of the right side, and I didn't notice it until later on (scan was done over at a friends house, as my scanner died.)
But it still shows the progress made with Lee's help on the backdrop. Still need to do the water effects and all, but this is just about done.



Someone expressed interest in seeing other examples of my work. At first I wasn't going to post, but then I thought about it and figured I'd get some
constructive criticism. And to be thoroughly honest, hopefully a bit of ego-boost as well. I'm realizing that I've been stewing without any of that for
a long time. And kudos and thoughtful advice are better than cash in motivating me. I'm perfectly aware that this stuff isn't anywhere NEAR as good as
some of the more recent fan arts I've seen elsewhere but hey - anything to pop me out of my rut.

This a quick 10 minute sketch of Lily the Diamond from City of Heroes. This is just a preliminary and the proportions are a bit off. I can nail it down with a
second, more careful take.



This is sketch of my World of Warcraft Character Avrel Naria that I did at work while taking calls. I didn't have any reference at all, just doing this
from memory, knowing I'd gotten it wrong, and fully intending to do a second pass...



Which I did later after actually using a screenshot of her as reference.



A character from Stellar Horizons, a private, home-brew system that's coming to a game shop near you "real soon now". It's classic
space opera (and the game I mentioned above that I play with Lee Madison and some others.) Not quite done, but almost. You can see the rough block-outs of a
spaceship scene behind her. I was originally going to draw all that on the same page. But having mastered a bit of photoshop layering, I realize that I can do
that stuff as a separate element and fold it in for a finished piece.



A quick sketch of Quarian, an Elf character for a friend in a recent D&D game.



I JUST started on this! I attempted a first take on a pose of Cyberman 8, but it didn't work. It was all wrong and looked ridiculously stiff. This is
working out much better. I'll be filling in more details with reference to an in-game screenshot. The proportions are just a touch off, but I can modify
it. I do like the helmet and face though. That's actually surprisingly difficult to get JUST RIGHT. The shape of the helmet and head has to be damn near
perfect, unlike the usual fudging around that I do with hair hiding odd proportions. I'm thinking of actually filling this out and coloring it with a
screenshot of the City behind him. What do you think?



Though I've actually been told recently that my art actually is one of the few that person has seen that actually works BETTER in black and white than in
color. Which is something of a relief to hear, since coloring is a pain in the ass to do!