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Here's a simple sketch. It's my take on Death Commando from the Deathstroke module back in 1983. ( I don't know if the character belongs to Bruce Harlick or Kevin Dinapoli)...anyway, my take, a reoccurring villian and major motivator for one of my original characters (Nightstalker/Templar)...not to infringe on copyrights...instead of Death Commando, it was Death Stalker (and the armor stolen was a prototype of the Nightstalker armor) Here goes...

Why? Because I can, that's why...lol

I have a character, Task. He's a gadgeteer, with abilities very similar to those found in Tron: Legacy. I thought of a power, to isolate individual combatants...sort of a virtual reality. It's not a full-blown cyber world, etc...I didn't want that, but can it be done, to isolate a combatant, to only "fight" him. I would assume the VR component would just be special effect, but not sure how to go about constructing something like this. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks for the feedback. The first is a colored pencil drawing. While it looks great in person, the transition to electronic media dulls the "prismacolor"...similarly, the digital color loses it's sharpness when printed onto paper. I do like the digital coloring, now that I'm gaining more proficiency with it, but as I look at other artist's renderings, I'm left with questions on how long it takes them, as compared to me, and what level of detail are they looking for? (To me, mine seems far more textured...I'm no professional, but I wonder how the pro's get their depth and lighting effects...most of mine simply comes from my imagination...what I think it should look like.) I also wonder what tools other artists use. I draw the "blank" line drawing, scan it, then using a 10 year old graphics program and a trackball, go to work...

Sorry, shameless post to hopefully garner some interest and consideration of my latest drawing...(previously edited post #4235, that didn't post with the new date, since it's an edit and not "new" post. I would appreciate the feedback.

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Here's my lastest re-color. I dug out my old copy of Paint Shop Pro 9. Because of the scan, it had a ton of shadows, and needed a lot of work, but I used that time to reacquaint myself with PSP9. Let me know what you think, here's Badger (prismacolor) and Badger (PSP)...EDIT...I kept looking at the PSP pic and liked it, but the lack of shading in the white areas bugged me...OCD and all. So I made some adjustments...better, or worse?

Here's my first complete image done with computer graphics/coloring. I used the 'blank' scan of Templar, and colored it using Manga Studio Debut 4.0. Neat program for making comics, and a decent rastor-based graphics. I'll put the two finished pics, the 1st from Prismacolors, and the 2nd computer colored. Here goes, let me know what you think.

Nah...alien tech and bioware...he's a long lived human, with peak human abilities...but nothing superhuman...that's what the armor's for...lol

Life has been...complicated lately...not much time to do things, but I had an old picture of Nightstalker, (my first Champions hero) that my granddaughter took an interest in...so I drew an updated version of him, in line with my Knights Templar theme. The Nightstalker mantle was passed on during game play with Johnathon Templar becoming an NPC...but I always liked the character. So, he's "back" as the leader of the Knights Templar...and renamed aptly...Templar. I managed to keep numerous elements of the original armor in the new design, although this one is far more bulked up, and in effect, "Space Armor"...but that's deliberate with the amalgamation of modern and alien tech, with steampunk, etc. for the campaign tone. He retains all of his original toys, although in somewhat revised fashion. A favorite was grenades...now they're micro-grenades, housed and launched from his gauntlets...and others I could go into, but won't since this post is already too long. He's a galactic level hero. The pic is simple pencil and ink, and colored with Berol Prismacolor pencils. Went for an alien texture on the "blue" pieces, sort of like the organic armor of the Vorlons from Babylon 5. Here goes:

Here's the next digital edit of Sunder...again, minor changes, still don't like the light highlights on the chest, but I'm learning the program.

Here's something. I picked up a program, Manga Studio Debut 4 (it's about 6 years old or so)...anyway, I started tweeking a few pics. Here's the first comparison...only minor changes so far, still learning the program. Kestrel (from my earlier post), with an update.

Who, my friends, or the trolls? lol (The troll doll villain sounds like a cool idea...I'll have to look into that)

ROFL, that's funny...

Here's the latest addition for the Knights Templar: SUNDER. I did this one a bit different, I found a 36 color gel ink set at the dollar store...so I tried to see what I could do with them. The pic was quite large on a piece of bristol board, so I had to scan like four angles and rotate, cut and paste the pic together. Turned out alright...a few light distortions. Here goes: