The Mercurial

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Page 2 from the comic!

Super rough, uninked, and shrunken down. Moderate combat in the first panel, too.

I'm starting up a short comic that I'll be attempting to get up and publishable in the next few days (when time is allowed aside from Dead State). I wanted to post a rough so that people could get a general idea of what I'm working on. It's not in my typical "Europop" (a term my artwork has been given several times, not my own words) style; it has more of an anime-influence.

I'm allowing the artwork precedence over any storyline, and it's been a fairly comfortable transition. Thus far, it's about a samurai who lost a leg to the king of hell. Fun, right?

The facial expression on the image above is a bit weird, so my apologies. I have to change it to suit the material. It was originally of the character blowing a kiss, but the subject matter changed pretty dramatically.

Guh, no idea why shit is underlined. DAMN YOU, TECHNOLOGY, AND YOUR MYSTERIOUS WAYS.

Friday, March 18, 2011

Update on the previous piece.

I wanted to show some detail work on the face. The entire piece has thus far been done with one brush, which I've repeatedly used to create a faux-oils texture. That's why I've opted to keep some of the brushstrokes a little more obvious.

Working on an old piece.

This lady was something I tried to scribble up about seven months ago, but lacked the skills to complete. This time, however, I think she'll do just fine. WIP, but I hope to be done by the end of the weekend.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Update on that last piece!

I added lowlights and highlights. It's not amazing, but hey, it's a cool PS brush!

It's been ages since I've posted. However, today, I've got a crazy "art boner", as I often like to put it, and feel like posting some stuff I've been working on.

Using brush presents recommended by Loish (Lois Van Baarle) of deviantart, I created this little piece in about 20 minutes. It's still in progress, obviously.