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It's finally finished!
This is the great 's linework for a TF Mosaic piece back in the day:

I colored the first panel alone a few years back, but never got brave enough to tackle the entire page. Till now. I've been lucky enough that channandeller has always supported me putting markers onto his lineart for this piece. But it's intimidating! There's so much going on here! And I so wanted to do the art justice. It's in my top 10 faves of all time. And I'm not alone in thinking this; the guys at the local copy place made one extra printout when I went in and got this put onto some good 11x17" comic board for Markerin'. They begged and pleaded to be allowed to keep it. So pal, your artwork is hanging in the back of the shop here, inspiring everyone who works there. They love it. Just sayin'!

I wanted to color this in intense colors. Because what's happening is intense, all right. I wanted the look to accentuate the emotionality of the conflict. I always color this in sunset. but whereas last time I actually put the sun in, this time I did not. It's down just past the right side of the page, I guess. I had it in, but it was distracting, and I realized the lightsource in the lineart did not quite mesh with where I'd put it. So, no visible sun.

I absolutely LOVE all the debris in this. I say it every time. But trying to get everything colored and cool-lookin' while not detracting from the bots themselves proved a real challenge -- especially in that central panel. Oh man. Megs DID NOT want to stand out from the background. I tried.

There's such wonderful continuity in this line work. Everything feels like it's actually there, like the bots are moving through an existing space. So good! I am so honored to have been allowed to color this piece.

Prismacolor markers on 11x17" comic board, with bits of colored pencil [to cover mistakes] and even white gel pen where I absolutely had to make Megs's legs pop out from the background.

AARGH. Please forgive how the scanner ate it.

Description
It's finally finished!
This is the great 's linework for a TF Mosaic piece back in the day:

I colored the first panel alone a few years back, but never got brave enough to tackle the entire page. Till now. I've been lucky enough that channandeller has always supported me putting markers onto his lineart for this piece. But it's intimidating! There's so much going on here! And I so wanted to do the art justice. It's in my top 10 faves of all time. And I'm not alone in thinking this; the guys at the local copy place made one extra printout when I went in and got this put onto some good 11x17" comic board for Markerin'. They begged and pleaded to be allowed to keep it. So pal, your artwork is hanging in the back of the shop here, inspiring everyone who works there. They love it. Just sayin'!

I wanted to color this in intense colors. Because what's happening is intense, all right. I wanted the look to accentuate the emotionality of the conflict. I always color this in sunset. but whereas last time I actually put the sun in, this time I did not. It's down just past the right side of the page, I guess. I had it in, but it was distracting, and I realized the lightsource in the lineart did not quite mesh with where I'd put it. So, no visible sun.

I absolutely LOVE all the debris in this. I say it every time. But trying to get everything colored and cool-lookin' while not detracting from the bots themselves proved a real challenge -- especially in that central panel. Oh man. Megs DID NOT want to stand out from the background. I tried.

There's such wonderful continuity in this line work. Everything feels like it's actually there, like the bots are moving through an existing space. So good! I am so honored to have been allowed to color this piece.

Prismacolor markers on 11x17" comic board, with bits of colored pencil [to cover mistakes] and even white gel pen where I absolutely had to make Megs's legs pop out from the background.

AARGH. Please forgive how the scanner ate it.