Unwanted Valentines: Kuato from "Total Recall" (1990)

Unwanted Valentines:

Kuato / "Total Recall" (1990)

It's time again for Unwanted Valentines!  Y'know, those super-nerdy Valentines you would give to your loved ones, if you wanted them to give you a semi-quizzical look and mutter "What the %$#@ is this $#!&?".

This time around, it's the mutant, parasitic twin, Kuato, from the, um, "classic" featuring Ah-nold, "Total Recall" (1990).  Actually, I do have a soft spot for "Total Recall", as well as "Robocop" from Paul Verhoeven.  ("Starship Trooper" is also mildly amusing.)  Kuato asks Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) to start the Turbinium Reactor to bring the atmosphere back to Mars.

Also, lemme tell ya, Kuato is ripped!  Lookit those abs--you could shred cheese on 'em!  I guess, when you're a mutant, parasitic twin, all you can do is hang around all day and do crunches...

Oh, and **SPOILERS** for a nearly 30-year-old movie: I always thought the movie was a dream, starting when Ah-nold went under at Rekall, Inc.  Mostly 'cuz one of the techs before he goes under says something to the effect of "Huh, blue skies on Mars... that's different," caught my attention; at the end of the movie, blue skies on Mars.  Tada!  It's all a dream!

**SPOILER (Part II)** For those curious out there, "Total Recall" (both versions of the movie) in almost no way resembles the Philip K. Dick short story the movie was based on, "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale".  Shocking, I know!  :-P

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STEP ONE:  Here are the digital pencils, done on a 1,500px x 2,100px at 300dpi.  I used a blue-line layer in Clip Studio Paint to quickly scribble the image.

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STEP TWO:  The digital inks were also done in Clip Studio Paint.  The ink brush engine in Clip Studio Paint works fantastic, IMHO.  Very close to a true ink-brush look... or what passes for an ink-brush look in my hands, anyways.

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STEP THREE:  The coloring was also done in Clip Studio Paint, and then it was imported into Photoshop for the lettering across the top, then re-sized the canvas to 200dpi (which dropped the size down to 1,000px x 1,400px) and saved each layer as a separate .jpg. 

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Done digitally in Clip Studio Paint.

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