So, this is gonna be a slightly more casual video than I normally do. With comic con coming
up, I'm in the mood to do a superhero, comic style drawing... I'm gonna start with a concept
sketch in my sketchbook and then I'll scan it in and do some digital inking on top.
By the way, I went through some of my model reference and decided this is a cool pose.
But I don't want to just copy this. I'm giving myself freedom to play with the physique,
design, clothing... Ok, let's continue.
So, sketch is done. Not completely happy with it. I'm gonna bring it into photoshop and
make some corrections in there.
Need to improve the gesture. It's really stiff right now. The force is coming up the arm,
but then the shoulders and arm curve to the side. I think if I raise his arm a little
more vertical the gesture will be stronger.
Background needs to be cleaned up. I need to design some good shapes.
The cape... Eh.
The face definitely needs to be developed. I just put it into shadow cause I didn't like
it, but that's not an excuse.
I can keep it in shadow, but the stuff in the shadow needs to look good to.
I think that's about it, let's bring it into photoshop.
At this point I've mainly been focusing on the edges of the shadows, aka shadow mapping.
It's the same way I approach a traditional drawing.
Now I'll fill in all the shadows, make sure the light and dark design is working and then
add some rim light or reflected like back into the shadows.
I'm pretty happy with how he's turning out. To finish it off, I just need to figure out
the cape and the environment.
I'm not happy with the punch. It feels boring and wimpy. I'm gonna try to add an explosion
with rocks flying out to make the punch feel stronger.