“I’m the one who steps from the shadows, all trenchcoat and cigarette and arrogance, ready to deal with the madness. Oh, I’ve got it all sewn up. I can save you. If it takes the last drop of your blood, I’ll drive your demons away. I’ll kick them in the bollocks and spit on them when they’re down and then I’ll be gone back into darkness, leaving only a nod and a wink and a wisecrack. I walk my path alone… who would walk with me?” ~ John Constantine
Today’s post was a exercise in mimicking a noir style based off of a Hellblazer comic book cover. It all started as an ink sketch in my sketchbook.
I actually drew it a while back and completely forgot that I did. I was flipping threw my sketchbook when I rediscovered it and I was greeted with the satisfaction one feels when finding lost money in a coat pocket.
I decided that it would be fun to scan it in to play around a bit with Photoshop. I experimented a little with partially inverting my line work which added some interesting textures. I also started to add some highlights to make the character pop and then overlaid a brick texture to give it a dark alleyway look. Finally, I slapped on my Simian logo for your friendly neighborhood graffiti. Good times and smoke’em if y’ah gottem and by that of course I mean happy belated 420.
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And if you made it down this far you totally deserve an extra bonus in the form of another Constatine sketch.
it’s way better without the photoshop coloring & lighting, it’s much more expressive. well done anyway.
@picoslavios: I like an honest critique as much as anybody. Thanks for offering your opinion.