Sweatbox

A bit more progress on page 4 of the book... almost halfway done with this nightmarish task...
I'll drop the full page on this post once I finish with the color chores completely.

This panel is far more yellow-green in it's full resolution to push the hot, hazy atmosphere of the panel...
I hope that even in this compromised version, the oppressive heat of the crowded city streets can be felt.

"Lucky trio..."

Just got to see a copy of "Eye Candy from Strangers" over the weekend... a sort of hodge-podge showcase of sexy girl art published by Brand Studio Press to promote both area Illustrators and their art book line... and saw my painting inside!

I was shocked to actually see it in full print glory covering a full page... man, Alberto must've been hittin' the bottle awful hard during that editing session! Regardless, it was nice to have more work in print...

Funny thing is... this is not truly a painting at all... it is actually 3 small oil sketches from a series of female nudes I painted using the phases of the moon as a lighting motif. Each painting was executed using only black, white, and one saturated color (some of the luminosity is a result of the ochre wash I used to prime the masonite boards prior to painting. Each color study took exactly 15 minutes to render...

I just scanned three of my favorites, crammed them together alongside one another on a scanner, and turned them into one piece... weird, eh?

"Intro finale"

Still some minor nips and tucks to apply... but basically, here is page three...
I'm quite pleased with the simple layout of this page as opposed to the panel density of the two preceding ones.

On to page four now... and the beginning of our tale...

PAPAYA!!!