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Description Wolalina the Time Travelling Detective... take 2!

Pencils and inks by Ian Richardson...

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Colour by myself, 2099!

I coloured this up a while back, but Ian and I were never really happy with it. It was lacking something, and the palette just sucked! Here it is...



So Ian suggested a redo for a new submissions portfolio. I stepped up and applied everything I'd learnt since last go at it I guess... I think its alot better. Palette, focus and general rendering all feel much more confident Tried to keep it painterly but keep the lineart and blend it in a little more this time.

Here's some info on Wolalina -

Orang Utan Comics is the publisher for the Wolalina comics that are about a lady, who is a former secret agent for the M.Y.T.H. (Mythological & Young Terran Heroes) agency, where people from ancient mythologies actually exist and they work together with humans to stop evil organizations from across the universe. Now she works as a time-traveling private detective to find people who have mysteriously disappeared in the past.

There are going to be 5 bi-monthly comics in color with 40 sequential/comic pages in each comic and Wolalina: The 52 Weeks Gallery is a 52 pages long pin-up gallery book to show where is Wolalina during each week in her busiest year that has 2 Eisner award winners, a Russ Manning award winner and tons of artists, who have drawn comic books like 52, 2000 A.D., Action Comics, Army of Darkness: Ashes 2 Ashes, Astro Boy Movie Prequel, Authority, Back to Brooklyn, Batgirl, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Cable & Deadpool, Caliber, Captain Planet & the Planeteers, Castlevania: The Belmont Legacy, Crecy, Criminal, Darkness, Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, Deathlok: The Demolisher, Dynamo 5, Elmer, Emma Frost, Excalibur, Fables, Fallen Angel, Fantastic Four, Fathom, Fear Agent, Forgotten Realms, Galaxy Rangers, G.I. Joe, Gravel, Grimm Fairy Tales, Hack/Slash, Hellblazer, He-Man & the Masters of the Universe: Icons of Evil, Immortal Iron Fist, Incognito, Incredible Hulk, Jungle Girl, Justice League of America, Lady Death: Dark Horizons, Lockjaw & the Pet Avengers, The Losers, Marvel Adventures: the Avengers, Marvel Zombies, Micronauts, Nightwing, Noble Causes, Northlanders, Nova, Peter Parker: Spider-Man, Power Rangers, The Punisher MAX, The Real Ghostbusters, Red Sonja, Robotech, She-Hulk, Silver Surfer, Sleeper, Spawn, The Star Trek Manga, Star Wars, Street Fighter, Supergirl, Superman/Batman, Tales of T.M.N.T., Teen Titans, Texas Chainsaw: Massacre: The Grind, Thunderbolts, Thundercats, Tomb Raider, Transformers, Uncanny X-Men, Voltron: Defender of the Universe, War of Kings: Warriors, Wetworks, WildCats, Witchblade, Wonder Woman, X-Factor, X-Force, Y: The Last Man and many more.

I havent read or seen anything but covers and pin ups yet, but they've all been great works so far

Hope you like anyway guys,

Cheers and Rad!

Edit - Minor adjusts to the bg to push it back a bit more!
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Comments: 50

LordoftheBling-XXL [2011-02-12 11:24:02 +0000 UTC]

nice work si

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spidermanfan2099 In reply to LordoftheBling-XXL [2011-02-12 14:18:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Kev mate

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Sephirosu-nechan [2011-01-12 14:49:09 +0000 UTC]

aaa... yes.. definite improvement . im loving the palette.. it's darker and more.. mature i think is the word im looking for. and all in all it gies it an oil painting feel. Really loving this!

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spidermanfan2099 In reply to Sephirosu-nechan [2011-01-12 16:32:45 +0000 UTC]

Thanks alot, that was pretty much what I was going for... the oil painting look

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Sephirosu-nechan In reply to spidermanfan2099 [2011-01-12 16:39:06 +0000 UTC]

you are most welcome! im sure to watch you more closely from now on!

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spidermanfan2099 In reply to Sephirosu-nechan [2011-01-12 16:52:27 +0000 UTC]

Cheers dude

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DivineTrauma [2010-12-22 03:36:46 +0000 UTC]

I like a lot of things about this: the expression, the movement, the story it evokes...

Not so sure about the hat. Is it sitting too high on her head?

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spidermanfan2099 In reply to DivineTrauma [2010-12-22 16:59:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks alot dude, I am with you on the hat though... it might need to be a tad lower to compose the rest of the head properly!

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SeanE [2010-12-21 12:49:13 +0000 UTC]

much better

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spidermanfan2099 In reply to SeanE [2010-12-21 15:04:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanks alot Sean, its a definite improvement for sure

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NF8th-DaniT [2010-12-20 01:32:46 +0000 UTC]

Definitely pops more... She really stands out form the background... I hadn't noticed the first pic blended her together with the background... Now we can clearly see her as the focal point... Still friken great man!!! Still waiting to see more paintery styled colors from you're clearly rockin' it from where I stand!

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spidermanfan2099 In reply to NF8th-DaniT [2010-12-20 18:36:44 +0000 UTC]

Thanks dude, glad you noticed what I was aiming to do

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NF8th-DaniT In reply to spidermanfan2099 [2010-12-21 10:20:32 +0000 UTC]

Well it worked!

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juliusdean [2010-12-18 08:27:56 +0000 UTC]

Nice

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spidermanfan2099 In reply to juliusdean [2010-12-18 20:19:49 +0000 UTC]

Cheers

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juliusdean In reply to spidermanfan2099 [2010-12-20 01:00:59 +0000 UTC]

No problem...

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DarkTarot [2010-12-17 19:27:01 +0000 UTC]

Hmm, I find the colors in both of them to be interesting. They both add something in their own ways. Nice work.

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spidermanfan2099 In reply to DarkTarot [2010-12-17 22:32:51 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much, and for the watch too. Much appreciated

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DarkTarot In reply to spidermanfan2099 [2010-12-17 22:50:32 +0000 UTC]

you're very welcome.

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Treyos [2010-12-17 14:12:24 +0000 UTC]

Definitely like this better than the older version; the palette gives it a grittier feel that suits the stormy look better. Interesting story concept, too.

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spidermanfan2099 In reply to Treyos [2010-12-17 16:17:07 +0000 UTC]

Glad you like it, i'm seeing things to change a bit already but its definitely better Thanks

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crazyfoxmachine [2010-12-17 09:25:16 +0000 UTC]

Ah - amazing to see it re-done - not that there was much wrong with it before but this is just incredible!

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spidermanfan2099 In reply to crazyfoxmachine [2010-12-17 16:17:34 +0000 UTC]

Yeah Bwoy haha! Maybe my third attempt could be in 3D

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therealARTURO [2010-12-17 09:16:08 +0000 UTC]

DAMN your stuff is Awesome! Great work my friend! I love this version. Instant !

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spidermanfan2099 In reply to therealARTURO [2010-12-17 16:17:51 +0000 UTC]

Nice one, thanks Arley

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Ross-A-Campbell [2010-12-17 07:26:06 +0000 UTC]

Looks alot better than the last man. Great job. Lovin the textures too

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spidermanfan2099 In reply to Ross-A-Campbell [2010-12-17 16:18:12 +0000 UTC]

Thanks dude, texturiffic haha

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Ross-A-Campbell In reply to spidermanfan2099 [2010-12-17 16:51:55 +0000 UTC]

word!

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MightyCharlie [2010-12-17 04:24:01 +0000 UTC]

Once again, she is just hot.
I loved the other one, but I do agree that the colors are more matching to a brutal disposition. Love it and fantastic work, as always!

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spidermanfan2099 In reply to MightyCharlie [2010-12-17 16:18:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks alot Charlie

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BDStevens [2010-12-17 02:26:59 +0000 UTC]

I think you're right that this one is much improved. Her face looks quite a bit different with the rendering on this one. Maybe that's what you were going for?

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spidermanfan2099 In reply to BDStevens [2010-12-17 16:19:36 +0000 UTC]

Hey, thanks dude. I was definitely trying to get the face right this time. It felt like it was pushing in on itself last time with that lighting... this time I wanted to really plump it out a bit more, soften stuff up and get painty

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donkermaaag [2010-12-17 02:16:00 +0000 UTC]

Wow! I'm completely stunned! This looks amazing! Good job!

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spidermanfan2099 In reply to donkermaaag [2010-12-17 16:19:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Dan

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donkermaaag In reply to spidermanfan2099 [2010-12-17 21:59:31 +0000 UTC]

Cheers! Just went to see TRON LEGACY! FUCKING AWESOME MAN! See it!

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spidermanfan2099 In reply to donkermaaag [2010-12-17 22:32:33 +0000 UTC]

oooh.. its a must for sure

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donkermaaag In reply to spidermanfan2099 [2010-12-18 21:28:55 +0000 UTC]

I think I had 10 mini orgasms during that movie.

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spidermanfan2099 In reply to donkermaaag [2010-12-18 23:34:37 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad I wasn't a cleaner there

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donkermaaag In reply to spidermanfan2099 [2010-12-19 10:43:29 +0000 UTC]

Haha me too.

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QuarterstoneComics [2010-12-16 23:49:52 +0000 UTC]

the depth of the background works better in the first one. But nice work!

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spidermanfan2099 In reply to QuarterstoneComics [2010-12-17 16:20:23 +0000 UTC]

Cheers man, i'm looking to tweak the bg a bit, the old one has much more depth you're right

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Andrew-Ross-MacLean [2010-12-16 23:24:32 +0000 UTC]

this looks amazing dude

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spidermanfan2099 In reply to Andrew-Ross-MacLean [2010-12-16 23:29:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Andrew, its been killing me slowly! Glad its done, might be some tweaks at some point but I doubt it'll be major so thought i'd get the feedback early

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Andrew-Ross-MacLean In reply to spidermanfan2099 [2010-12-17 01:34:15 +0000 UTC]

well i think you nailed it man. I don't know who your color influences are but I've never seen anything like this. Especially the sky dude, it looks foreboding like a giant stone about to fall. badass man

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spidermanfan2099 In reply to Andrew-Ross-MacLean [2010-12-17 16:16:32 +0000 UTC]

Ah the sky, a happy accident I guess, just going with the word 'Turmoil', it started off as a sunburst but I thought it was too cheesy

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Andrew-Ross-MacLean In reply to spidermanfan2099 [2010-12-18 22:03:51 +0000 UTC]

I think the "turmoil" is perfect.

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spidermanfan2099 In reply to Andrew-Ross-MacLean [2010-12-18 23:34:46 +0000 UTC]

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valstaples [2010-12-16 23:09:22 +0000 UTC]

Cool!
I think you did better than what I did on the piece.

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spidermanfan2099 In reply to valstaples [2010-12-16 23:13:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks alot Val

I used your piece quite a bit to be honest, to help me along and take me away from the abomination I made last time. I thought your lighting and general scheme was so much better than my original... you were a shadowy inspiration haha!

And it only took a fraction of the time of the last one, I think thats what made me happiest with it

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valstaples In reply to spidermanfan2099 [2010-12-17 00:05:42 +0000 UTC]

The speed comes more and more, that's for certain.

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