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Published: 2008-07-30 18:08:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 194999; Favourites: 3613; Downloads: 0
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This is the Rogue litho I just finished for Sideshow Collectibles; it comes with the Rogue comiquette if you order the exclusive version.Since my hand is messed up, I couldn't pencil and ink this the way I'd like. So, since I needed to make sexy lemonade out of this mess, I took my original concept illustration and just colored & painted it in Photoshop.
Before anyone asks, here's the reasons why I cropped it... First, I thought that the Black Cat print was dull, and one of the reasons is because it's full figure. You don't NEED a full-figure print of the character.... because you have the statue! You can see her toes THERE. I decided to crop in so that the piece would be about the face and the body language. I also cropped in because time was tight, San Diego was looming, and the AC was out and it was 95 degrees in my house.
As for technique/method.... I took the original high-rez Grayscale scan, cropped it, and converted it to CMYK Mode. It looked the same. I then used things like Variations, CHannel Mixer, and Hue/Saturation to change the gray values to have hues. At that stage, it looked like an oil painter's underpainting.
I then went in and built up the highlights using the pencil tool set on 10-21% opacity to slowly build up my "brush strokes" and give it an analog feel.
The highlights on the latex were accomplished using the lasso tool and my color Fills set to Screen or Linear Dodge.
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Thanks for the description of the process, Rogue has never looked better IMHO.
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really nice work not to little not to much and thanks for the mini tut every bit helps
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I just finished "Cover Run" (it's been on my 'to read' pile for a while - no offense..."Brush with Passion" is still sitting there). I have really enjoyed your work for some years now; in the past I have often been tempted to buy books simply on the strength of your covers – “Wonder Woman” and “Power Girl” in particular – but the interior art was seldom up to snuff. That’s why “Cover Run” was not to be passed up! I enjoy most of the artists who have inspired you as well…perhaps this is why your style appeals to me more than, say, Alex Ross (not to disparage him any – his work is admirable). Maybe it’s the Norman Rockwell influence that always appealed to me…to my art teachers’ chagrin. I was gratified to find several You-Tube videos you posted which explain your technique – it was very illuminating and inspiring. I haven’t looked too deeply into your Photoshop colorization process (it’s an expensive program that I have limited experience with). I was also pleased to see how you gave preferential treatment to the folks waiting outside at a Comic Con to purchase a sketch from you (I suppose that was your wife, Alison Sohn). It’s just refreshing to see someone with such talent who is willing to share his knowledge and is also sensitive to his fans. I have been following “Before Watchmen”: Particularly your “Dr. Manhattan” and Darwyn Cooke’s “Minutemen” – both are awesome! I was particularly arrested by the picture of Ashley Taffar in your book – what an expressive and pretty face. I did a search to see other pics of her and was surprised to see none (she must be yours exclusively). An aside: You seem a little defensive about using photography as a tool – don’t be – it’s a tradition that predates Rockwell considerably: Leonardo da Vinci used a camera obscura way back when. (P.S. Scan your pages [like David Mazzucchelli did] – I would really love to see IDW do an Artist’s Edition of your work). Thanks - Howard
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Quite freakiiiiiiiiiingly awesome. Hot chick comin' to slap you@ the cheek!
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LOVE! what cheek! its adorable AND hot who can do that?!!! Ah.....
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As difficult as it is to forget the boobs and the butts(especially the butts)you are right,the eyes and the hands are where its at 
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I absolutely LOVE your style! Rogue is among my favorite X-people. You did her justice.
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I must have your power sir!!!!!!!!! Shiny green is my new favorite color
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made me smile to think...a rogue striptease would literally be DEADLY
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Thats very funny and sexy at the same time, I love it, especially that sparkle in her face, very vivid.
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I wish i could fav something multiple times, i would everytime i look at this.
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I really need to learn more about doing progressive latex surface lighting, especially linear dodge and how to make a progressive surface across a dark color like black. Usually it fades to gray, so I'm not sure how to get that Overexposed look.
Also, I'm not good at making decently shaped hotspots over a body's surface.
Can you provide any tips regarding that?
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She is my all time favorite X-Men character, and you have done a really, really awesome job drawing her!
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Somehow I can't find Rogue smiling and taking off a glove sexy... more ominous, given what she can do with those gloves off...
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omfg you should have done the ultimate xmen series lmfaooo
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Last weekend, i saw the figure based in your art of "Picara" (this is the name she recieve in Spain, i don´t know in USA...)
It was as athonising as your drawing!
Congratulations.
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ha, I entered my name in to win this statue on comic art community...HOPE I DO!!!
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it actually looks like you cut a piece of latex and glued it to the picture, super realistic looking. and with a dodgy hand too...I think I'm gonna throw up, I'm so jealous!!!
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Very interesting way of painting this lovely piece. You would give my Digital Artist professor a heart attack[good/bad] from both the uses of the tool [good] and how you moved them in your own way [bad...but it would be funny to see, lol].
Hope that hand of yours is better now, personally hate it when that happens.
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That is absolutely amazing!! I don't know how you do it....
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I love your work kinda stumbled on it looking around i also love to draw comics but yours are amazing your art reminds me of Norman Rockwell I loved his drawings and i am a new fan
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Oh man I love it, I was Rogue for halloween and I have no idea why I never bleached parts of my hair almost white before. I love the sleekness and how fun you made her.
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Ugh! I have this statue, bought it a couple weeks ago from a local comic shop! B E A Utiful work here, chap, I love this.
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Just received the Rogue comiquette via fedex and it is awesome, it also came with the Rogue litho.
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i have the avengers comic that she first appears as a character!
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