Once again, I've connected with Nate Miller at Dominion Press Comics for another series of digitally colored character sheets. It appears to be family-friendly cyborg concept, and the colors are right in line with my rediscovered fascination with popular Japanese mech designs.

I also may have some good news regarding another piece being featured in a digital art book. An invitation to submit to the book arrived this morning, and a specific piece was requested! It's just the first stage in the process, but it's exciting to have gotten the invite!

S.O.U.L.

I'm at it again with yet another digital color project from Nate Miller's up and coming Dominion Press Comics. This piece is a pin-up featuring the main characters from the S.O.U.L. title: Showtime (back) Hakeem (lower right), Honey, (lower left) and Hood (right). Sanford Green crafted the original line art. I love the crisp sponteneity in his work. The vingetting of the overall compostion actually made laying in the base colors easier than usual. I'm shooting for a vibrant anime inspired palette with a painterly feel and also experimenting with a bit of rim lighting.

I'm working in Photoshop CS2 with a single color layer for the line art, plus two adjustment layers with the back ground gradients. I'm also considering adding in a NASA shot of the mood to add just a twinge of realism to the scene.

Onward!