Orion Compositions

DtJ icons vs realism

These are for a book about a woman who goes from a drunk to finding Jesus, but it not quite fixing her life. The author's concept for the cover was a triptych. She's passed out drunk/puking in the first image, then kneeling/praying in church, then in the third there will be an asteroid crashing into Earth (to symbolize disaster.)

I am wondering whether it should be realistic or simplistic iconographs. As it's a non-fiction book, I'm not sure an illustrative look is the right choice. Thoughts?

Handsome Devil Sketch 01

Stylized sketch of a guy I met the other day at the bookstore. He had cool hair and a nice suit, so I asked if I could take his photo. I want to use his look as the basis for a devilish character. If he had black hair, he would sort of look like Mr. Sable from Good Omens.

Crimson Kiss- Page 19 Color Test 2

Here is a panel from page 19 of Crimson Kiss. I reworked Ramus (the redhead) to improve his pose, redesigned the spacesuit so it looks less like armor, and increased the contrast.

I think I'm ready to color the whole page now.

Space Marines Cover Background WiP

Background for a sci-fi novel cover I'm doing. I just need to add the figures.

Crimson Kiss- Page 19 Color Test

I still want to add some more dramatic shading and inking, but I figured I'd post a work-in-progress.

Crimson Kiss- Color Flats Page 19

I was hoping it would work with just pencils, but now that I see it, it would probably look better with inked lines.

Crimson Kiss Sketches

I might be working on the comic Crimson Rose by William Mitchell in the near future, based in the same universe as his RPG Imperium Chronicles.  He'll be setting up a Kickstarter to pay for the comic, and when he does, I'll be sure to post a link.  I did some basic sketches to get a feel for the characters before starting.

Ramus, the main character. He has powers that allow him to change his arms into claws.

Fugg, the mechanic.

The sketch on the top right is a cat-alien prostitute straddling a wrench. I'll add it as a tattoo to his arm.

My first attempt at GEN, a general-purpose robot. She's too sexy though.

Some more GEN designs. The final will a combination of the elements in these.

A Parvulian. They are tiny aliens that get around in large mechanized suits.

The Blood Prince. He is of a race like the Drow.

The Girls from Alcyone- Suko Sweeping Hair WiP

As soon as I saw this pose I knew I had to do a drawing of Suko with it. I'm not sure if I should leave it rough like this or refine it.

Pose from: ~ImperialStarletStock

Demon of the Fall WIP

Gunslinger Trio Poses/Comps

I'm trying to decide on a pose/composition.  It's going to be a picture of a female gunslinger and her two henchmen/back-ups walking into town.  I think I prefer it when one has a pistol and the other has a rifle or another pistol. Two rifle seems weird, but some of those comps are good.  Thoughts?

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Angel Lighting

What lighting/shading works best? The large eyes on the wings are the light source

Creolization Sketches

In Typography class, a client was brought in and we are to design an album and logo for them.  The band is Creolization, a word that captures the music, which is a mixture of many cultures and musical styles.

So I was thinking of a staggered composition with the band members

There are five band members, so maybe have this spread across the two pages?

One of their songs is called "Zydeco Brought Me Back from the Dead"
so I thought of using colored skeleton[s] (band members.)

Then I started playing with instruments.

Obviously just filler type for now, and the color/spacing wouldn't be the final choices.

Not sure about the stripes. They are a little too zebra-like.