Streetfighter challenge

Here's a bit of a process of my contribution to Oz comic's facebook comp this week. So: I did some pencils. Each figure was on a seperate page and I wiggled them about in PS till they sat right scale and angle wise

Now I spent alot of time here on each character. First I blocked in basic colours and got frustrated with the contrast and started to blend them to this stage nonetheless. Firstly I use the default opacity sensitive brush without that option ticked and then I started to blend with that little option ticked in the dialogue box...

On another layer I started to go over the pencils and add in darker shading and blended the colours below with some fresh ones on top. Much needed contrast comes through here.

Now on a layer set to overlay I punched up the vibrance adding a dark purple to get saturated shadows and an orangey colour to get the flesh tones more interesting.

Finally I add more background elements and on a layer set to hard light I add in the glow to the bodies that's eminating from the energy ball...I think I can call it that, or hadouken.

This is how bugs say 'I want you!!'

My hand is swollen and my spine crunching itself but I'm almost there...and I think it's worth it.

Comic page

An inked page for an upcoming comic written by Tom Taylor, published by Gestalt. It's an Anthology called Briefcases

quick 15 minute sketch

Racoon Bobby plays the mouth organ all night until his hair gats cranky.

Hellboy

I inked this one traditionally for a facebook challenge and slapped on some colours in Photoshop.  Very happy.  I think I found an inbetween of my style and Mignola's I reckon.

Zombie Bride

Did this one for an Australian Comics Facebook group.  I really like it.
Though I'm not a dead keen (haha) zombie fan I thought the idea was funny and the atmosphere works quite well.

Steampunk Assasin updated

So according to the good people on the forum her boobs and nudity were a problem.
These things often are so I bent to public opinion.  A little