Acquisition Page 4 black & white colouring

So, I did do a couple of black and white colourings of Acquisition pages before, where I basically turned the coloured pages black and white. It worked, but it wasn't great, and it was helpfully pointed out to me that it was a bit too muddy and confusing.

Therefore, I tried out a different black and white technique here, where everything should be clearer (although I noticed a couple of drafting / pencilling errors about the page that are really bugging me). Please let me know what you think.

©2012 James Mathurin

Acquisition, Page 4, finished inks (or ARE they finished?)

So, here are the final black and white images of Acquisition page 4. I've done it in my normal style, but am already wondering if I might do whatever my next project is with a  style more like I had in the previous stage.

Anyway, this is my last post as an unmarried man! Excitement! This is also a good time for me to thank my future wife Tammy, as she encouraged me so much to do this, and I would have let my art fall by the wayside years ago if not for her. I will always be grateful to her for that, and I'm looking forward to our life together, and anything (art, kids, I don't mind) that I produce in that time.

©2012 James Mathurin

Acquisition Page 4, first inking stage

Just showing an inking stage I posted the other day, but without the pencils...

©2012 James Mathurin

Acquisition Page 4 Inking stage

So, moving along with Acquisition, here is a view of the first inking stage.

©2012 James Mathurin

Voodoo lady

Here is the coloured version of yesterday's Voodoo Lady, done for Callan Maloney.

©2012 James Mathurin

A digression... into voodoo

While still working on page 4 of Acquisition, I had a request from Callan Maloney, who has appeared a few times on this blog. The request was simple:

A sexy voodoo doll.  

I did my best to oblige; what do you think?

©2012 James Mathurin

Back! Acquisition Page 4 pencils

It's been a bit of a hiatus, but I have the excellent excuse of preparing for my wedding! Having got a few minutes to carry on with my work, here is the result: Page 4 of the pencils to Acquisition. I had to go back to the drawing board (literally) for the main figure - researching gymnasts, etc. I think the end result was worth it.

 ©2012 James Mathurin