Category Archives: Color

09/26/11

Old Hero, New Beginnings

With all the DC Reboot talk (Relaunching of a portion of the DC Universe consisting of 52 titles) a lot of people have been speculating over different ways they could have gone with the new looks for some of their flagship characters. It was a fun concept to me so I decided to do one of my own. Heres a pic of the new Superman the way I might have redesigned him, and the process that went into completing it.

First the planning stages…

Honestly there wasn’t TOO much thought that went into it but there was a very key element. Superman has a job to do, but he is also very much a symbol. I was thinking about this in relation to different armed forces and militaries and I thought, “They often have multiple uniforms.” When you see marines on posters or nn parade floats they wear one thing but when you see them “actually” in action they are dressed differently. As a symbol I thought perhaps Superman might use 2 different outfits 1 for battle, and 1 to enhance the majesty of the symbol.

So this was the first outfit I designed.

 

 

Though a little showy, this would be the one for combat. Hope you like! I appreciate all comments.

-Danno Out

09/18/11

Painting in the Red

In my last “Frenzy” 1 of the pieces I posted was line art of Red Sonja. In all honesty I dont know a whole lot about the character, but she just kinda popped up in 1 of my fanart binges.

Still trying to improve my digital color skills and find a style that goes well with the line line work I produce. I think this one came out fairly well so I’ll post a visual break down of the process that went into it.

 

 

 

And heres a better look at the final.

 

 

So yeah, I’m pleased and I think this look is a fairly strong progression of what I’ve been trying to do. I’m gonna have to start coloring more stuff this way and see how it works out. Stay tuned to see how it evolves.

-Danno Out!