Work stages on a 2012 UDON CAPCOM videogamey illo!
Added 2021-04-29 13:00:04 +0000 UTCHere are the complete work stages (including the finished pencils, which I rarely bother to scan) for a 2012 illo drawn for an Udon art book focusing on the Marvel vs. Capcom fighting videogames. Line art by me, colors by the great Rob "Robaato" Porter.
Gotta say that I do love the inks on this piece, which were among the last I'd do with a Japanese Zebra "maru" pen-tip; not long afterward, I had to abandon that form of inking due to insuperable problems with the increasingly challenging interaction of pen, ink, and paper surface.
The line quality of these maru-inked pieces remains visibly superior to that of the serviceable but less-crisp PITT Artist Pens I use nowadays, but I wound up forced to abandon line quality in favor of reliability. (In fact, I'll likely post here the disastrous ordeal of a cover illo that represented my final breaking point with quill-based inking.)
TOMORROW ON THIS HERE PATREON: Brace yourself for a Vintage Con Sketches post featuring the very earliest Empowered commissions ever drawn, as well as a (very) rare glimpse of work stages on a con sketch.
Comments
Would love to hear about all the different materials you've used over the years. I also use PITT Artist Pens but I feel like the ink haven't been as black lately and the lines aren't as crisp. Maybe I just got a bad batch.
KranberriJam
2021-05-14 17:39:30 +0000 UTCMan...How MvC went downhill,shame....Noice work
T.Geist
2021-04-29 19:08:32 +0000 UTCand a wee (in the distance) MODOK!
Joe Crawford
2021-04-29 16:46:48 +0000 UTCTron Bonne ... Mega Man legends is still one of my favorite series ^_^
travis duryea
2021-04-29 14:14:35 +0000 UTC
