Kneel

      Shots of a sketch I'm working on in between other projects and work. I'm still playing with line quality and variance, but I think Photoshop isn't the problem. I might have to go in an adjust my pen pressure sensitivity settings in the hardware to get the nice sweeps I'm used to with traditional pens and inks.

      I want to tell you all about this sketch, but I can't yet. If you're interested in the story behind this character, I encourage you to read my short short novel, "Of Myth and Mendacity" which can be found on my deviantART. Click here to set forth on your journey with our desert slave, Ramando, as he risks his own life in search of the rumored safe havens - "underground railroads" of the Arabian sands, with only alleged stories as his guide.

So another update, look who's back! Aye, Zylix (or Ramando as some may know him).

I wanted to try out a coloring technique inspired by modern American comics.

I'll admit, Zylix is a bit out of character here, since in the story, for a fugitive slave to reveal his brand is certainly a deadwish upon another deathwish, on the finest cheap china in the cabinet. But I couldn't resist! I had to make a visual connection between Ramando in the past, and him later when he takes on the name Zylix instead. (And that my pretties will be explained in the graphic novel he stars in).

Below is my process. I didn't get a snapshot of the entire body, but oh well, these will do methinks.