Final character concept illustration.
Digital inks done in Manga Studio EX.
Initial rough pencil sketch.
Full process from reference to finished illustration
Samurai Mash Up
Character mashup illustration done for a contest on The Cartoon Block. I had to create an original character concept by mixing the character Groot from Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy with Samurai Jack from Adult Swim. The characters were assigned to me at random. The images show the initial pencil sketch, digital inks in Manga Studio and the final colored version done in Photoshop. The gif animation also shows the figure used to create the pose reference. I am happy to say this image was the overall winner of the contest.