Shaak Ti

Beast

*** EDIT***

Check out my post showing the colouring process for this illustration!

BAMF!! Nightcrawler!

 

Abe Sapien - First attempt at using Copic Markers!

After much contemplation, dithering, excitement and investigation, I recently decided to invest some Ciao Copic Markers!

I have given myself this week to properly try them out, experiment with colour and practise a few techniques, and hopefully produce a few pretty pictures along the way! All of which I'll share with you on here!

So the subject of my first attempt at using copics is Abe Sapien, from Dark Horse's Hellboy and B.P.R.D!

***EDIT***

Check out my post showing the colouring process for this illustration!

Themed Portraits - Dragon Ball Z

Here's another Themed Portrait for you, though this one is slightly different to the others.
Instead of doing a flat out realistic style portrait as the others have been, I decided to caricature my friend in an anime style to better suit the Dragon Ball Z theme!

So here he is, Stephen is Goku! Kamehameha!!

These portrait's don't stop at cartoons! If you'd like to see yourself as a caricatured as your favourite cartoon character, then get in touch!
sara-dunkerton@hotmail.com

For information on pricing and the types of portrait I offer, click here!

Themed Portraits - Rocket Death Dog

This latest themed portrait is a rather unique one, just like that guy who commissioned it!
It kinda meandered slightly from the original pitch of being a Bioshock 1/Fallout 3 portrait and mutated into an amalgamation of this guys favourite things.

Wearing the Pip Boy from Fallout and the Nike shoes from Back to the Future 2, brandishing the Wrench from Bioshock and riding his fearsome steed, a Tibetan Mastiff called Rocket, into battle. I give you Izaak!

Do you have loads of favourite things, and can't choose which to theme your portrait with? Well, do what Izaak did and mix it all up! Get in touch and I can sort it out!
sara-dunkerton@hotmail.com

For information on pricing and types of portrait I offer, click here!

Please note, as with portraits featuring vehicles, if you wish to include a large animal to ride the pricing is subject to change.

Spider-Man vs Jeff Hardy - Watercolour Commission

Aside from the Themed Portrait commissions I've been getting in, there have been the odd request for something completely different, this post is about one such request!

A short while ago I was asked wether I might create an illustration to the theme of Wrestlers verses Marvel Superheroes! I was given complete free reign as to which characters to use, how they'd be fighting, everything! So thinking this could be great fun I gladly accepted! 

So I chose a pair if evenly matched rivals. In the blue corner we have Mr Swanton Bomb himself, Jeff Hardy! And in the red corner, your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man!

This is what I came up with,

After some rough thumbnails to work out composition and pose I worked up a full size pencil sketch, refining everything and working out the lighting.

As the final illustration was to be watercoloured I next worked up a few colour concepts to experiment with lighting once more and colour. Once I settled on a colour scheme I liked best, I used a lightbox to trace the developed pencil sketch onto watercolour paper and stretched it up onto my art board.

And here we have the finished thing!

Considering I haven't used watercolours in a good long time (and was actually quite nervous about doing so) I am very pleased with the job I did here! I feel despite the lighthearted nature of this commission it has been very beneficial for me in re-kindling my fondness for watercolour, I'll certainly aim to work in this medium a bit more in the future!