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Year: 2011Client: Imagine FX magazine
Media: Media: Pencil, PITT Pen and COPIC marker on Strathmore Drawing paper.
This is what I produced on my drawing table, before going into Photoshop and coloring it.
Here's the final version: [link]
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Comments: 145
Flawless, what inspired you to use Audry for Catwoman, brilliant by the way.
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I bought this Imagine Fx only cuz i saw your work there
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Just bought the DC Cover art book......good stuff.
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great.. you describe me the power of copic makers.. your work with makers is amazing... i am learning from each your picture... am just stare at it sometimes...
I imagine that you must work fast .. keep it wett .. then its good to mix copic makers tones isnt it?
I am working with warm grey tones and thats is sometimes hard for me to do smooth transition from light to shadow.. you are expert in this..
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I must agree with thecheckeredman. The end results are wonderful. Bringing it a bit back from digital wonderland (or stopping short ) from time to time really warms things up. Showing my age a bit but I love the old line work. Oi, and the textures have ever been the best
Wishes and envy (a bit)
Jeremy
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love the way you draw catwoman 
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Hey Adam, I'm a huge fan of your artwork (but who here isn't I guess), and I've been wondering something for a while and only just now did I think to ask. I've noticed that on many of your photoshop colored pieces you do this cool thing where you'll convert some of your inks to a different color or lighten them to give a sense of atmospheric perspective or just to make it a different tone. I've always wondered how you do this. Do you just zoom and lasso really close between the inks you want changed and the ones you don't, and do you just fill or paint with a lower opacity, or is there some easier way that I'm not thinking of?
Also, if you're too busy and you know you've answered this question on deviantart before just say so and I'll look for it. Thanks for your time!
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No, the way you describe is pretty much the way I do it.
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Awesome! Thank you so much, you're the best!
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i hate you. and your talent. MAKE SME CRY!!
hahah!
so well done
artists with your talent is what makes us other lame ones happy and push on.
I don't think I'm quite done crying yet to click on the finalized version.
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I just bought the latest Imagine FX! Thank you so much for the tutorial Mr. Hughes! It really is a very wonderful article, showing one of your processes of creating such magnificent artwork!
Thank you again! Really appreciate it! *Bows*
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You are simply amazing, I love the way you draw women! just beautiful!
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Ok I'm buying the magazine just for this cover!!
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That's some amazing value control. And a fantastic drawing.
Do you use reference at all, Adam, or is this fully conceptual?
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I absolutely love the way you render latex. What a great piece!!!!
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Just curious, but I noticed on the final version you added the redish tones in the art, is it easier to do in photoshop that win copic markers?
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I don't know if it's necessarily EASIER, I just like working that way.
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So you work in tones (mono) first and add color primarily in PS?
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Not always. This is just one technique I use.
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I apologize for asking so many questions, so this will be my last (Thanks!), when you do full color COPIC, do you do tones first and then blend the color or just color straight away?
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Hmm, Adam if I may ask, what do you use to make the COPIC blend so seamlessly, like those on her face? I tried but always end up having seams, hard seams like you can see it even from like 2 foot away...or its just my COPIC drying up lol...
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He mentioned in the other post how he likes to do it like a watercolor, when the ink is still wet. There is also a blender marker that just has the alcohol medium with no ink.
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Ja, he's mentioned it before.
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...Nice lights and darks in this pic are
well balanced...nice work...
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excellent ilustration my friend!! your design, catwoman, is perfect. Besides this similarity with oderint Hepburn, always attracted me. greetings and luck.
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I bought this the other day (I'm in England). I like the final illustration, though I love this version. Great stuff.
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Once I saw this on the magazine rack, I had to pounce on it!
I gave the markers another go quite recently, [link] . Thing is, I can't afford a big selection of markers, and they don't have as many shades as I would like. What would you recommend as the "barest minimum" of shades for an illustration?
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I always a pleasure see you works showing Selina!
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I just picked up this issue today and as always amazing work!
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I love cat woman and you do a great job with her!
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The volume and the texture is so well rendered, that it feels like you can touch all of it.
I'm talking about the bag. Of course.
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I like how your pinups tell a story. Not only does she look great as always, but there's something going on in the meantime. Always wondered if there was a particular run of comics you illustrated that stands out as a favorite, or maybe a job you learned a lot from.
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I just got the mag in the mail today, and it's just plain awesome! I love the way she stands out on the red cover!
Side note: I see they sold out the back cover of the magazine. Such a shame...
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wow it is amazing ... how did you get that real funny face expression ? how did you get that realism ?
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Call me old fashion. I still like traditional artwork.
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Wow.......this is how you do fine illustration. Very smooth and clean- magnificent tones and values.
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