Zaboo & Codex - B&W

Yesterday was the debut of THE GUILD: BLADEZZ one-shot from Dark Horse Comics.

If you picked up the issue (and you should), in the back is the pinup above - but in full color.

You can read about how this came to be here --> [CLICKY]

A few notes about this piece; As I had the idea of Zaboo thinking about the idealized game him along with the idealized Codex, I tried to do my typical comic book likeness of actor Sandeep Parikh. However, for the idealized versions, I went with a much looser, cartoony take on both Sandeep and Felicia Day. I spent much less time trying to nail an dead-on accurate likeness on Felicia than when I did the "Red" piece (see here), and I think Codex looks pretty sharp for it - and still has a touch of Felicia in her face.

For the Frank Frazetta fans out there, the layout of the piece is loosely based on the "Fire & Ice" painting/movie poster. I give Frazetta an "after Frazetta" credit on the final piece, as is expected and deserved, so worry not, those who think I'm trying to Granito (well, I actually drew 100% of this).

This pinup also marked the last time I did a drawing 100% in Photoshop CS2. From the next day on, I all my digital inking and digital drawings were done in Manga Studio EX 4.

For now I'm showing off the black and white lines to the piece. Next week at about this time I'll show y'all the final color piece. For now, if you want to see this piece of Guildness, you'll have to pick up the comic.