Bat-Joker

Bat-Joker

I did this for a friend as a (belated) birthday present.  (Sorry for the delay, Dave!)

For those of you interested, below are the Step-By-Step for the painting above...

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STEP ONE:  Here are the pencils for the Bat-Joker picture.  I used a water-soluble, blue-gray colored pencil for the drawing.  Originally, there was going to be a mash-up of the Bat symbol and a "J" for Joker, which I pencilled in.

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STEP TWO:  Here is the first pass for watercolors/gouache (I use both interchangeably in most of my paintings), using a #12 size brush.  I still left the the place to do the Bat-Joker symbol, but was still not sure if I liked it or not.

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STEP THREE:  Shortly after I took the last picture, I decided I really didn't like the Bat-Joker symbol, as it looked too much like an umbrella and painted it over.  I pushed some of the darks a little more, worked on some more details, and mostly finished the painting at this step.

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STEP FOUR:  I thought it needed a little more to it, so I masked off the figure and spattered some red gouache in the background.  Also, I mixed some Pro-White and yellow watercolor to make the "Ha! Ha! Ha!" and called it done, lest I keep messing with it 'til his next birthday comes and goes. :-D

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This was done with watercolor on 9" x 12" Fluid (#120) watercolor paper

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Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Tyrannus

Tyrannus

Here is the original entry for Tyrannus to the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe".

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And here is my entry to the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Redux. 

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STEP ONE:  I sketched Tyrannus with blue-pencil on an 8-1/2" x 11" sheet of printer paper.  I scanned it into the computer and imported it into Photoshop.

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STEP TWO:  Next, I digitally inked the drawing using a 5 point round brush.

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STEP THREE:  Originally, I was going to just do the drawing with a simplified color scheme, like something out of the original comic books.  But, I changed my mind and thought I should put in a little more effort. 

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STEP FOUR:  I created several New Layers and added each color over top for highlights and shadows.  I also figured I should go back and emphasize the "crazy-eyes" and give him a jokeresque smile.  When it was done, I erased the white background and put in a light-blue background, then sent it along to the OHotMU: Redux Blog.

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This was done digitally in Photoshop

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