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"Madelyne Pryor, aka The Goblin Queen, aka The Red Queen, aka The Evil Clone of Jean Grey, as if Jean Didn't Have the Potential to be Evil Enough Herself." THAT'S the title I wanted to use, if I had the space.

"Inferno" was one of the earliest X-Men crossover events that I heard of, though I didn't read X-Men at the time. It was advertised in one of the books I did read, and even in my (somewhat) young age, the eye does get drawn to the scantily dressed redhead standing next to the big demon brute.

Advertising at its finest!

I did start reading X-Men years later, and learned more about the characters' histories along the way. Should I get the money, I'd plan to pick up some of the more classic storylines, though I don't recall there being a collection for "Inferno".

Though the main draw for this pic is Madelyne herself, the setting was the main objective for me, since I don't draw a lot of backgrounds. As you can see from the lineart , I was sparing the details on the mountain of skulls. as that would have distracted from the character. Painted, however, I took more time to detail the skulls, with more in the center, and lessening to bumps of bone the further from the character I got.

The cavern itself got a major touchup, since it didn't seem "hellish" enough in the original. I set some paper and cardboard on fire one night and photographed the flames. I merged the better shots in Photoshop, then adjusted the hues to a more ghostly green, then painted in some more flames after that.

Pencils and inks on A4 Vellum Board

Painted on Photoshop CS3 with a Genius G-Pen 450

X-Men © Marvel

Original Art by Jon Mallari

For commission inquiries, please contact me through DeviantArt Notes, or email me at blackbagstudio (at) gmail.com

Description

"Madelyne Pryor, aka The Goblin Queen, aka The Red Queen, aka The Evil Clone of Jean Grey, as if Jean Didn't Have the Potential to be Evil Enough Herself." THAT'S the title I wanted to use, if I had the space.

"Inferno" was one of the earliest X-Men crossover events that I heard of, though I didn't read X-Men at the time. It was advertised in one of the books I did read, and even in my (somewhat) young age, the eye does get drawn to the scantily dressed redhead standing next to the big demon brute.

Advertising at its finest!

I did start reading X-Men years later, and learned more about the characters' histories along the way. Should I get the money, I'd plan to pick up some of the more classic storylines, though I don't recall there being a collection for "Inferno".

Though the main draw for this pic is Madelyne herself, the setting was the main objective for me, since I don't draw a lot of backgrounds. As you can see from the lineart , I was sparing the details on the mountain of skulls. as that would have distracted from the character. Painted, however, I took more time to detail the skulls, with more in the center, and lessening to bumps of bone the further from the character I got.

The cavern itself got a major touchup, since it didn't seem "hellish" enough in the original. I set some paper and cardboard on fire one night and photographed the flames. I merged the better shots in Photoshop, then adjusted the hues to a more ghostly green, then painted in some more flames after that.

Pencils and inks on A4 Vellum Board

Painted on Photoshop CS3 with a Genius G-Pen 450

X-Men © Marvel

Original Art by Jon Mallari

For commission inquiries, please contact me through DeviantArt Notes, or email me at blackbagstudio (at) gmail.com