[Nuñez]Hello everyone, it's been awhile since I posted anything, but this is an X-Men piece I did recently with the X-guys going at it against the Sentinels. I played around with Cyclops' outfit a bit, but it's mostly their old-school costumes from when I used to read them.
I wanted to go for an action moment, but still show them all off, so tilting the angle really helped with that. Maybe next time I'll do a similar piece with the X-girls.
Hope ya'll digz.
[jimlee]Worked on it here and there over several days as a warmup to my real work.
The 80's ruled...
[jimlee]After the layout sat on my desk for a couple of days, I went back in and tightened up areas that didn't look right (it's good to have some time to gain perspective) and then I take a lead stick holder and use the side of it to lay down my black areas. To add form, shadow, indicate texture but most importantly, to create depth and a feeling of light and 3-dimensionality. I squint a lot during this process to make sure the black areas are forming the basic shapes I want to create.
After I chunk in the blacks and squint to make sure the shapes actually form different planes and essentially look well balanced and composed aesthetically, I go in with a .5mm mechanical pencil, HB lead, and start capturing and better defining shadows and add detail and rendering. I work left to right sometimes so that I don't smudge any of the final pencils.
[jimlee]Here's a blast from the past. Rogue from the X-Men circa issue 269 when she's trapped in the Savage Land. A very short scene but you wouldn't believe how many fans hold it near and dear to their hearts. Here, I'm trying to apply my since evolved style and do another take on the fan favorite character.
[Nuñez]Hello everyone, here's a commission I did over the weekend. I was asked to do an homage of Jim's Uncanny X-Men #268 cover. The crazy thing about doing this piece was that the layout was already there, yet trying to get it right was still a little tricky for me.
Overall, I'm pretty happy with the turnout of this piece and it was really fun to do. I just hope the fan enjoys it as much as I did. :)
Peace out.
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