Wacky Reference Wednesdays, No. 353

HELLBOY AND THE B.P.R.D.: 1955 #1. 2017.
Gouache and acrylic on bristol board, 13 × 19″.

This issue hits shelves today! (Been a while, right?) Full details at the Dark Horse site. I used the Hellboy bust I sculpted in Sculptris and lit the scene in Photoshop. I threw in some simple geometric shapes to help get a handle on the lighting situation. The DC-3/C-47 model is one I found online. I took some video of the painting process, but, knowing me, it will be years before I get around to posting it.

Wrong gun! (I used my 1:6 scale revolver)

Work in progress

color study in Photoshop (with additional reference)

digital sketch

digital layouts

other reference that went into this cover

Orion for Hero Initiative

ORION . 2017. Ink & watercolor on paper, 9 × 12″.

This portrait of Orion will be auctioned off to benefit the Hero Initiative. Bidding is open until next Tuesday. I also recorded a portion of the inking and painting process, which you can view on Periscope.

Have a great weekend (and for those of you in the path of Hurricane Irma, stay safe)!

detail of raw scan

Guardians (of the Galaxy) for Harvey Relief

Baby Groot Remarque, ink & acrylic marker

The good folks at Mondo are hosting an auction to support Hurricane Harvey relief efforts, so I gladly contributed a couple of screen prints. The regular version (red logo) has a Baby Groot, pictured above, and the variant (blue logo) features Groot.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY. 2016.
Ink(ed by Joe Rivera) on bristol board with digital color, 11 × 17″.

Groot Remarque, ink & acrylic marker

Wacky Reference Wednesdays, No. 352

SILVER SURFER AND TOOMIE. 2017.
Gouache on illustration board, 9 × 12″.

Using an anatomical figure I had already sculpted in Sculptris, I created a texture to mimic the reflective surface I needed. By painting a sphere (or using a photo of one) Sculptris can map the reflections to the 3D model to create a passable rendering. This eliminates the need for computing all the light trajectories in a scene. The painting itself was done in gouache on Strathmore Mixed Media Board.

Long live The King!

I think this was a photo I altered and plugged into Sculptris

pencils

detail of raw scan