Striffle on deviantART.com hosted a one character line-up for the month of May. In celebration of the movie, Wolverine was the subject. It didn't take too long to create and I patted myself on the back for the ink job. It's been a while since I inked by hand, you know? My entry is on the bottom, under my deviantART user name, "Midnighter".
There's a handful of artist on there you definitely want to check out.My personal faves are Dan Schkade and
Bratty Ben. Although his Wolverine entry wasn't his best work, Dan is a busy man making his comic, The Private Files of The Fowl. The excellent writing and art is inspired by the noir and crime dramas and Dan knows how to tell a story. He's a pro among the amateurs, which makes my visits to deviantART a treat. Bratty Ben, also known as Ben Perkins, is a master in the works. His sequential art is top-notch. He's great with pacing and he doesn't forget the little things. Look at the cat, for instance. The man knows how to tell the story.
Disappeared for a while. Not to worry, though. My time wasn't wasted. Lots of things going on right now, especially concerning art and comics. I'll be back with a more detail entry soon.
That's right, ladies and gents. I'm back in the commission saddle. This time, I brought my friend, Mr. Price, along for the journey. I like to call this the "Tag Team commissions", where we collaborate on a piece and split the payment down the middle. We believe $40 is reasonable. So if you're looking to have some art, message me, note, email me, signal flare me or something. Our emails are on the flyer above.
Fully colored Pin-ups can range from Comic characters, sci-fi characters, movie icons, celebrities, your original characters, and even you or a loved one.
Contact me if you want digital or traditional portraits.
Note:
If I'm doing Portraits for you, I'll need photo reference of the person(s),
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We do have restrictions:
Explicit porn/hentai Genitalia, regardless of pose/situation (bare breasts and butts are fine but penises and vaginas are not) Anthros/furries
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I entered a contest over at deviantART a few months ago. Sadly, I dropped out of it due to pursuing work that could fill my wallet, if you know what I mean? It was fun while it lasted. I usually don't do sequential work, so it was a nice change for me. Sonja is a character I helped developed with my brother, Josh. She's one-half of a mercenary duo known as the Massacre Twins. I wrote a brief description on the reference sheet.
The reference sheet pretty much has everything you need for the character. Personality wise, she's like a blend of bubbly and psychotic. I guess you can compare her to Tira (Soul Calibur) or Harley Quinn (Batman: The Animated Series) if that helps. She suffered a lot of trauma in her childhood along with her identical twin sister, Sonya. Each adapted to the abuse in different ways. Sonya toughened up and became cold hearted while Sonja, to a certain extent, went crazy.
For the contest, all contestants had to draw an invite page, displaying that their original character accepts the invitation into the fight tournament. It was fun for me because, at the time, it was a long time since I drew any panels for a story. I never considered myself to be good at it, mainly due to the word balloons. Fortunately during the course of the tournament, the word balloons get better.
Time was a major factor into making these pages, so I skipped the colors and just settled for black and white. The first Round's location was in a jungle. Sonja's opponent had Superman-like powers, but his description didn't mention anything about invulnerability, so she had to win on random luck. A snake bite to the sacks did the job. After all, it was the jungle.
Round 2 was set in "My City Screams", probably in reference to the Spirit, but any city with buildings worked according to the rules. I used stock photos for the buildings.
Round 3 was set in Cartoon Land, so I pulled out my animation style. Since I'm developing a cartoon to pitch to major studios like Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network, I decided Sonja should be transformed into a cartoon. There is a reason why she's harming the spoon. Her opponent carries a giant spoon as a weapon and used it a lot in his previous rounds. Sonja, being the opportunist, decided to disarm him and go to town on his most prized possession. Her dialog was inspired by the Hulk Vs Thor DVD.
Like I said before, it was fun while it lasted, but I had to pursue paying work. As fun as AFL was, my pockets were empty and the way the economy is, I couldn't stay. Maybe one of these days, I'll color the black & white pages. I do know for a fact that I'll kick out some more Sonja art. Hell, I'll draw some Massacre Twins art soon.
Cheers,
ケネス
Edit: Changed the size of the first two images because they were huge. It's down to a reasonable size.