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AdamHughes — Power Girl Tonal Drawing
Published: 2009-02-16 00:44:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 97666; Favourites: 1611; Downloads: 6535
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Here's the original lineart for the Power Girl #1 variant cover. Pencil, ink, Copic markers, all on sketch paper. Probably 15"X20".Related content
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who needs an "S" on the chest?
love your art, man. very inspiring.
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... And in the background, you can see people roasting while the firefighters are very focused on this young lady's fascinating conversation.
Seriously, does she never get chest colds????
(Sorry. I'll leave now)
Still beautifully drawn. My, your women are healthy!!
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Great job, Adam!! Like Randy Green said... "Skillz!!" --Jim
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wow, just a (maybe stupid) question:
how much would you sell such a piece of art ?
(outsanding, by the way. totally worth the 3 days you spent on)
(and I know it may seems stupid, but for me one of the most impressive part is your render on the jeans °3°
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Thank you very much for the kind words. And don't feel stupid about the jeans - I slaved over them! I did the same on a Mary Jane piece and a Silver Snail poster (see my gallery!)
A piece like this will sell for somewhere between $5000-$10,000, depending on a variety of factors (market, availability of similar pieces, etc).
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yup. powergirl's logo is also her greatest power.
I'm very jealous of powergirl.
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Wonderful work, sir!
It's crazy how you handle markers and not look streaky. I still scratch my head with that medium:{
I love the expression on everyone. It feels like a Rockwell illo too
Applause!
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Love the detail on the clothes, contrasts well with the more whispy style of her hair. Do you reference any faces when drawing her? I also love how happy she is that there is a disaster occurring. "Trouble you say?! Great! I can get my boobs out!"
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Wow! Absolutely beautiful!
I love how it is reminiscent of a Superman costume change ... but OH my how it has a whole different feel with her costume & well assets!
I can't wait for the new Power Girl comic to come out. And I will make sure to get the variant cover!
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Beautiful! I love the perspective of the piece and the details (like the cross-hatching on the pants!)
Amazing!
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Thank you for commenting on the non-boob-related parts that I spent a lot of time working on!
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You're welcome!! I also love how realistic your figures are. Did you go to school for art at all? (I'm wondering because I'm currently an animation student but I love to do illustrations too)
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No school for me (yet). I'm self-taught.
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Wow! That's awesome that you're self taught!
When you color, do you just adjust the channels in photoshop to get the colors over the graytones? (Sorry I'm a novice at photoshop)
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No, I apply color to the gray tones by using either the Lasso Tool followed by Fill, or by using the Brush tool.
The trick is, set the mode of WHATEVER application tool you use to "Color", all the way at the bottom of the options (the top selection is always "Normal"). The bottom 4 options are Hue, Saturation, Color, and Luminosity. When you apply color using the Normal setting, you apply changes to pixels in all four aspects (Hue, Saturation, etc). When you set to only one of them, you do not affect the others.
Meaning, if you have a gray tonal drawing of, say, Superman, and you want to color his cape red, you pick a red you like, and set (for example) your brush to "Color". When you apply, you ONLY CHANGE THE COLOR of the pixels. Luminosity is not effected. So, your darks stay dark, it's just that they are now dark red.
BTW, "Color" changes Hue and Saturation simultaneously. If you want to affect one or the other, just select the appropriate Tool Mode.
Practice, play around with it. Remember, you must convert your scan from Grayscale Mode to CMYK or RGB mode first (if you scanned in Grayscale mode).
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Awesome!!
Thank you so much for the tips! (I didn't know any of that about the color/luminosity! Definitely learned something new!!)
I'm going to try that tonight and see what I come up with!!
Thank you again!
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Ahh! Why is she smiling? It's 9/11 back there! lol... Beautiful work.
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I love this one! Enjoyed your feature in IFX magazine, too!
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Ah, this makes me giggle. And congratulations on keeping markers alive!
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"THIS looks like a job for...!"
And then many Kramer-esque car wrecks take place.
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Boobs. Always enjoy the amount of sex appeal you put into your illustrations. Nothing hard core pornographic about them, but there is always juuuuust the right amount playfulness in them. Can't wait for the All-Star Wonder Woman.
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your b/w illustrations always show us how good and well finsihed one can make an illustration with only a few materials. you are inspiring (me and *janaschi will try this technique because of you) and besides that, your pictures are really fun to look at : )
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Do you use photographies for some drawing?
I like the composition.
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OOPS!
"pay no attention to that man behind the curtain"
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beautifully detailed Power Girl. i'm really looking forward to the new Power Girl comic. great pic! -trinity
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absolutly wow i almost like it better in the black and the white
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Well I'll be damned, I just noticed smoke coming from the building...
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Oh! Now I get the joke about "Why power girl doesnt have a Logo?"... ha.
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A huge facefull of cleavage is so much better than a big S.
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God bless you!! XD
uahahahaha
Now i've GOT to draw Power Girl! Inspiring ti... lines!! \o/
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