I had a different idea for the foreground subject, but I'll see how it works out - like I said, I plan to include another partial figure in there, but currently I'm not so attached to the exact scheme I had in mind. I'll see how it works out when I sit down to draw that and the background.
I'm glad to know this works for folks - I had some misgivings initially...it seems this is cool, though. And certainly I had an easier and smoother time of it finishing up the second figure in the picture (went faster once I had the hang of what the heck I was doing).
I've heard the pr0n jokes about Ultimate Marvel, yeah. o_O I'd also forgotten them... baaaaad thought, thanks Ops. =D
Current WIP shot at 25% zoom. Finished lineart for Redback and Arachnia, laid down the flat colours for both. I'm not entirely satisfied with the hands, but lacking a model for the specific poses I want, you'll have to settle for me winging it. While this method means a lot of the lineart goes faster, there's still a fair bit of detail where I need to break 'off-script' - which is fine, otherwise it'd be durned boring and I'd feel awful about it. This way I'm still, y'know, working.
In case anyone's curious as to my art process, 'flats' are what I call the base colour layer. I paint on shades and hilights separately. My flats are always somewhat brighter than the intended final colours, 'cause shading will do a lot to darken it. I also colour things like eyes and lips (plus other fiddly details) at the very end.
![[Image: wip2.jpg]](http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g100/acyl84/Art/wip2.jpg)
-- Acyl
I'm glad to know this works for folks - I had some misgivings initially...it seems this is cool, though. And certainly I had an easier and smoother time of it finishing up the second figure in the picture (went faster once I had the hang of what the heck I was doing).
I've heard the pr0n jokes about Ultimate Marvel, yeah. o_O I'd also forgotten them... baaaaad thought, thanks Ops. =D
Current WIP shot at 25% zoom. Finished lineart for Redback and Arachnia, laid down the flat colours for both. I'm not entirely satisfied with the hands, but lacking a model for the specific poses I want, you'll have to settle for me winging it. While this method means a lot of the lineart goes faster, there's still a fair bit of detail where I need to break 'off-script' - which is fine, otherwise it'd be durned boring and I'd feel awful about it. This way I'm still, y'know, working.
In case anyone's curious as to my art process, 'flats' are what I call the base colour layer. I paint on shades and hilights separately. My flats are always somewhat brighter than the intended final colours, 'cause shading will do a lot to darken it. I also colour things like eyes and lips (plus other fiddly details) at the very end.
-- Acyl