After receiving my Yiynova MVP22U a few days ago, I finally had the device I wanted to test a few coloring tricks and methods. This classic X-Men piece seemed like the perfect place to start. As with my comic Aurorae, this is an experiment in color using the program Corel Painter. Like the comic, I’m using oil paints to achieve this effect, along with touch-up work in Photoshop. I feel as if I may have lost control of the background a bit and despite about an hour of trying different effects, it’s not quite where I want it to be if I ever plan on turning this into a print down the road. I’m putting the piece to bed for awhile and will revisit it in the future while I tackle a few other projects in the meantime.
As for the drawing itself, it’s my continued inspiration after reading the classic Claremont/Byrne Days of Future Past storyline from the early 80s. It might be my favorite X-Men story of all time once I manage to ignore how it nearly destroyed any hope of X-Book continuity in years to come. But hey, can’t entirely blame that on this book… As a stand-alone story, it’s quite good and was completely unique for its time.
Expect to see a bunch of drawings come down the line in the coming weeks. I’m going to try to get a lot of use out of this Yiynova and I’m dying to try out a few watercolor techniques. Now I just need to figure out some subjects to draw…
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