swagers,

i def love you all... but more that i am frusterated by those that make requests then dont even respond when we draw for them. i will always draw star wars and will post them here for sure... but requests are on hold for now.

hello again! more progress work i thought you might enjoy :) i do all my work in photoshop CS4 by the way...

pre step 1 - the plain scan of the pencils for the jedi guardian character. i scan in color at 300 dpi.

pre step 2 - i use levels to darken my blacks (and allows you to see all that i scribble before the clean final piece!)

pre step 3 - now i use levels to bring out the white and remove most of those nasty sketch lines.

for all who find this stuff fascinating :)

step one - lines. these are already leveled and colored, but i would not normally color lines until the end. i am always changing up how i color lines but in this case i took the darkest purple in the colors and added black at like 60% (even though i save the art in RGB, i always work in CMYK. i feel i have more control of the color).

step two - flat colors. 'nuff said.

step three - gradient overlay. i like to use a darker magenta for bad guys :)

step four - any special effects. in this case saber and whip.

WHEW i was busy with some fan art there for a while! some of it was star wars related and you can check em out here:

http://thelegendofjer.deviantart.com/art/5-000-pageviews-yoda-vs-boba-13...

http://thelegendofjer.deviantart.com/art/5-000-pageviews-darth-maul-1334...

http://thelegendofjer.deviantart.com/art/5-000-pageviews-gg-vs-rancor-13...

http://thelegendofjer.deviantart.com/art/5-000-pageviews-quot-crash-quot...

now back to me LOVE... SWAG! i have taken several requests and cant wait to get started!

fellow swag artists... i have a confession. i worry about how my style fits in here. there are amazing artists that do some great work here. the style of these artists fits into a genre of art that fits very well into the RPG world. while i have been gaming ever since i can remember being alive! i feel that my style might not be what requesters want here. am i too stylized for this site?

this was my first time taking on a character request and i picked something challenging for me haha. but it was fun. i don't usually show all my WIP stuff but thought maybe you all would enjoy a bit :)

kisses,

jer