Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Aliens - Cotati

Cotati

Here is the original entry for the Alien Race: Cotati 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:  Once again, here are the quickly scribbled digital pencils on a New 900px x 1,350px document.

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STEP TWO:  Here are the quick colors thrown over top the pencils, and I used the Eraser to carve out leaf designs.

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STEP THREE:  And here are the added highlights and shadows on the same Layer.

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This was done digitally with Photoshop.

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Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Aliens - Clavians

Clavians

Here is the original entry for the Alien Race: Clavians 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:  Here are the quickly scribbled digital pencils on a New 900px x 1,350px document.

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STEP TWO:  I decided to change things up a bit stylistically and did some quick color layouts, rather than the typical digital inks.

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STEP THREE:  I did everything on a single layer this time, just for fun and to try something a little different.  I added the highlights and shadows, and also made some slight adjustments to the character's facial structure after digging up my old copies of "ROM: Spaceknight" and looking at their first appearance.

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Created digitally in PhotoShop.

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Mini-Paint: 4-LOM

4-LOM

Saving the best for last in the series of  bounty hunters from "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back", it's 4-LOM!  There is something about an alien, robot-bug head mounted on a C-3PO body that tickled the fancy of a young John Douglas.  To me, 4-LOM and IG-88 were the coolest of the bounty hunters.

The palette was: Titanium White, Naples Yellow (Red Lt.), Yellow Ochre, Burnt Umber, Cadmium Red Deep, Cobalt Blue (Hue), and Ivory Black.

This painting took about 2 hours.

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STEP ONE:  Here are the pencils, roughed in on a 5.5" x 8" toned, gessoed hardboard.

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STEP TWO:  Here's the first pass of acrylic painting using a #10 Flat brush, done over the course of an hour.

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STEP THREE:  And this is the final painting, which an additional hour to tighten up all the details, using both a #10 Flat brush and #10 Round brush. 

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This was done with Acrylic Paint on 5.5" x 8" gessoed hardboard.

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Mini-Paint: Zuckuss

Zuckuss

It's another Min-Paint!  The penultimate bounty hunter from "The Empire Strikes Back", Zuckuss.  Although, for a while, he was confused with his bounty hunting partner, 4LOM--Kenner even release the wrong name on the action figures for a while.

The palette was: Titanium White, Naples Yellow (Red Lt.), Yellow Ochre, Burnt Umber, Cadmium Red Deep, Cobalt Blue (Hue), and Ivory Black.

I'm not sure why, but this was one of those which spun out of control, time-wise.  It took about 3-1/2 hours.  Yeah, I know...

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STEP ONE:  Here are the quick, scribbled pencils, done on a 5-1/2" x 8" piece of toned, gessoed hardboard.

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STEP TWO:  Here's the first pass done with a #10 flat brush, which took about 90 minutes.

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STEP THREE:  And the next two hours (?!) were spent working on textures, highlights, and shadows with both the #10 Flat and #10 Round brush.  Yeah, I really don't know why Zuckuss took so long to paint.  I think it just got a little too "fussy" with the smaller brush.  Live and learn, I guess.  Well, live, anyways...

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This was done with Acrylic Paint on 5.5" x 8" gessoed hardboard.

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