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Youngblood Cover

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Youngblood Cover Cover

I just finished this illustration from the non profit project Comix Gone Rogue.  It is a cover of a Youngblood cover (actually the comic that inspired me is called Awesome Youngblood #1).  It is a portrait of the character Suprema.  Here it is…

Awesome Youngblood

I took some snapshots to document the of the progress of my work.  I think would be good idea share them, so people can gain insight on the way a I work.  I wish I took a couple more photos, like one of just the pencil work, but here is what I have.

Youngblood Photo 1Here is a photo of the pencil work being inked.

Youngblood Photo 2This is what the project looked like after it was inked and he pencil lines have been erased.

Youngblood Photo 3
This is what the cover looked like when it was almost near complete.  I did make some changes since this point.  In my rendition, Suprema reminds me of Xena:Warrior Princess.

There.  Those were the photos I wanted to show you about the process of my cover piece for Comix Gone Rogue.  More blog posts soon.

-XOXO Dre

 

“Anime Eyes” Makeup!

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 Sailor Jupiter

It was the night before the Philadelphia Body Painting Competition at the Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention and I could not get any sleep.  I decided it would be a good idea to paint on myself as a warm up before the big day. Tutorials on doing “anime eyes” were plaguing my mind (like this one).  So, I tried it. I was pleased with my results! I costumed myself as the popular Sailor Jupiter from the legendary shojo manga Sailor Moon. My anime eyes were a hit with my friends!  I used water based theatrical makeup, but you would be able to get away with using heavy pigmented eye shadow creme and eye liner. This is the anime makeup style which you keep your eyes closed for those big, and kawaii anime eyes. Here is step by step tutorial on how to get “anime eyes”!  I break it down to six easy steps!

Step One: Paint your whole eyelids white.

Screen Shot: Step One

Step Two: Paint each iris. Mine are green in this case.

Screen Shot: Step Two

Step Three: Create black eyelids and eyelashes

Screen Shot: Step Three

Step Four: Create pupils with black.

Screen Shot: Step Four

Step Five: Glue on eyelashes to eyebrows!  Isn’t that funny?

Screen Shot: Step Five

Step Six: Add white shiny highlights.

Screen Shot: Step Six

There you have it!  Beautiful anime eyes to impress your friends with.  Send me photos of yours when you create them! Dretime at gmail dot com.

Sailor Jupiter 2

-XOXO Dre

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A Red Helmet for a She Devil

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My friend Erin May asked me to illustrate her roller derby helmet.  She derby alias is Laura Bomber a word play on the name of the character Laura Palmer from Twin Peaks.   So the helmet had a Twin Peaks theme to it.   This was a fun and challenging project.  I’m going to portray each step that the project took.  This is how I ended up doing this project, but there are numerous ways of executing a permanent illustration on a helmet.  Hopefully this “How-To” will inspire others to design their own helmet or any other 3D object that has a non-porous surface.

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