Cintiq 12WX

Our PNW rep says it'll be available mid December in the US for $995.00... we'll see(?)

Spider-woman on a '97 Camry

She has been away for awhile and so was I. In brief this image started with a rejected SW sketch that I brought back to tinker with. I wanted to try out an animated style but the finished piece without some context or background was lacking interest. I decided to do a rainy scene so I bought in an older photo that I took in Chinatown to quickly pull the idea together. I did a bit of processing to get the right feel and focus. Next I added rain drops effect, added rain as well as comping in some background and foreground mist. The color of the figure had to be tweaked to match the scene. I added a cheap reflection on the hood where she is kneeling using a inverted copy of the figure. Lastly I added blown out lights for the background and punched up the contrast of the figure by adding some rim lighting. Originally I was targetting 1/2 hour to complete a quick color sketch but at the end I probably spent about 2 hours and change on this piece.

Boar-ish head

I'm supposed to draw a super cartoonish boar creature later today so I started by drawing a more realistic one to wrap my brain around it...:)

I wish I was alive too.

Do I still need to type here too? Can't I just post the image and be done with it?

Sargent Study

After John Singer Sargent's Lord Ribblesdale.

Challenge VI (Special Edition Halloween): UNDEAD!

Go! Go! Go!

Dark Knight

I've been reading Dark Knight Returns lately, and there's no new challenges. So I'm just riffin off of rayford.

F.A.C.A. Arena Girl!

My entry for Sam Hiti's Fist-A-Cuffs blog. An art blog that pitts people's creations against each other, tournament style!

from the site: Ok FACA-ers... Here is the call out to make an FACA Arena-Girl. I will post them above mine, and everyone will vote for the top 12 best- who will then hold the cards for the upcoming FACA4 matches.

so yknow, vote for me if you want! And if you're so inclined, enter a challenger for the next tournament!

Batman Commission

UPDATE! I've added a process sequence over on my blog: http://raylederer.blogspot.com/2007/10/batman-process.html

Here's the final for the commission piece. I spent way to long on this. I learned much from it that I hope to apply to more interesting subjects later...:)



This was the section I enjoyed the most. I was able to play with textures in some unexpected ways...



I picked up some good things from this. Eh... I don't know... hopefully the next one won't be so ham fisted. Thanks for looking! -R

Batman or Bust

A quick study for a Batman commission. I'm not settled on this one and may do something a bit more action oriented if I have time. Mostly I'm figuring out how I'd like to handle the costume. Eventually I need to do a Gouache version so I don't want to run out of time iterating but I can definitely do better.

Voltron finds his sword, and his destiny.

The day Voltron became King of the Trons.

Warm up sketches

Some warm ups from the other day...

CHALLENGE V: Mythical 80s

Mash your favorite character or characters from an 80s show into a scene from a mythological story.

Example shows:
A Team
Transformers
My Little Pony
Knight Rider
He-Man
Thundercats
Care Bears
Family Ties
Cosby Show
Magnum PI
Miami Vice
Alf
Punky Brewster
Rainbrow Brite
Voltron
Thundercats

Mythology of your choice. Greek, Norse, Roman, Christian, Jewish, Islamic, etc

If only...

Shading:

1) Adding depth to a piece of art by realistically darkening specific areas

2) If you're Unfather, darkening random spots with a pencil and ruining your art

ZIMMCREDIBLE!

Get well soon buddy!