Harley Davidson Commission

I was asked to draw a Harley Davidson Street Glider for a present and the idea of that scared me a little. I know that the detail in the motors are really high and knew it'd be a challenge. To make it more fun for myself, I suggested we add Ghost Rider into the mix and thankfully the client went for it. The new Ghost Rider drives a muscle car but I wanted to draw him anyway since his history with bikes is long and full of life. I also wanted to draw the new GR because he's Latino and I don't get to draw enough Latino characters. If you watch the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. show, you'll see him there. 

Feel free to reach out to me at thelearningcurv@gmail.com if you'd like a custom piece of art for yourself or your loved ones. The holidays are coming and this would be an amazing gift for you and yours!

Below you can see what the pencil and ink stage of the piece look like.

The Hunt

With my book about to be on Kickstarter, I have been able to knock out some commissions. I rarely draw night scenes so this was interesting. I did my best to differentiate Black Panther from the night time colors.
Balancing extreme light vs dark is no easy task. Who do you think would win between Black Panther and Moon Knight?

The original point of this drawing was to marker it up and I realized I never did a piece with either character and wanted to have it in my portfolio. This will go out to the commissioner tomorrow with a big thank you for allowing me to take it home and digitize it... This took a total of 6 hours from sketch to markers.

 

Lady & Hoots

Continuing in the cartoony vain, here is Lady & Hoots, a commission created for a client who wanted his little cousins turned into superhero types on a comic styled cover. The nicknames of the children are in the title and I was asked to create their looks in the theme of their nicknames.

I had so much fun designing the boys costume that I had to do some more drawings of it, in a slightly different way to separate it from the look of the commission so that it was my own.  I tried to make it simpler  and easier to replicate, giving the original commissioned piece more detail and more bang for the buck.

Below is the final color version next to the original inked piece.

Tink runnin wit los Loco's=]

I was commissioned to create an illustration with Tinkerbell being an engineer, with the conductors suit and the Steam Engine being the two other things in the mix that needed to be there. The client told me the man that she was giving this to took down his favorite picture in his office and replaced it with this=] I was very honored to hear that!

Sometimes I almost wish I only had to do pencil drawings with regards to commissions, they hold so much life in them.  I will always enjoy doing illustrations though, I can't help but be happy seeing the end result, knowing that my mind and body was able to begin a concept and see it through to create this final product!

The Marvels

I have enjoyed the discussions about Ms. Marvel's new costume (on the right) and honestly, it's probably the most classic image I have ever seen in this modern age.  Generally when a characters costume is changed, it's very gimmicky and lacks any substance but this change is so different and at the same time very majestic, it does the character honor.

The other character I don't know much about, but I do know her name is Sharon Ventura and she use to go by the Ms. Marvel title. Doing a little research helped me to find out that she use to be the She-Thing as well.  I never understood that character , but it lead to an interesting bunch of stories in the Fantastic Four comic.

I've done a great deal of learning this past year.  This is the original inked drawing that was done and I realized I needed to change the composition. This image alone was fine, but was too static.  Bringing them both closer to the viewer felt more immediate and imposing so I made the changes for the color version. 

Ororo Munroe

The last illustration helped me complete this commission of Storm of the X-men..... thought to be an African Goddess, Professor Xavier recruited the weather witch to help not only those of Africa, but everyone in the world.  She's been one of the greatest characters to ever lead the X-men and always will be a compelling character!

New 52 2.0

Green Lantern, Black Canary and Green Arrow. I have been thankfully tasked with throwing these three together and what fun it was researching their looks!  I ended up seeing a funny picture of the Winchester Boys in the Green Arrow suit as a parody.... pretty funny=]

check out http://thelearningcurv.deviantart.com to see the pencils and inks for this=]

Archangel Slays the Devil

 This was a piece I was commissioned to do, and I got to ad grey toned markers to it, which was extra fun.  This is going to be turned into a tattoo, but I have to wait for the commissioner to erase the old tattoo before he gets this put up. I'll post that once it's on his arm!

The Marvel Project.....

 I was commissioned to do 5 sketches on Marvel Project variants at the Big Apple Con this past October. Yea, something I've never done before, but enjoying the experience of trying to come up with something I can be proud of, and something that the owner will be happy with as well.  Taking the time I have taken, I want to give him my best work..... what do you think?