Digital Art - Sword Fight

I like samurai swords while me friend prefers the buster sword. speed vs power, who will win?

Sword Fight (2005)

This was sketched and scanned, and coloured on Adobe Photoshop, I used the lens flare effect for the swords.

Digital Art - Comic Book Character

Another old piece of digital art, this was based on a friend. Sketched and scanned, then coloured on Adobe Photoshop, with a very basic gradient for background.

Doosh Padre (2005)

Digital Art - Street Captain America - Pencil Sketch Coloured and Cosplay photo

Here is Street Captain America concept art for a cosplay, this was sketched in pencil and coloured very roughly in photoshop.

Street Captain America Cosplay Concept (2005)

Several years later I got to put the plan in action with my Street Captain America Cosplay costume:

Street Captain America Cosplay (Sept 2009)

Photo Manipulation - Shroomin

My first piece of photo manipulation, this was created using a friends photo of tie a dye patterned throw, I manipulated the photo using photoshop to create a hallucinogenic vision of the pattern. I played with layer blending options and played with gradients to achieve the lit from below look.

Shroomin (2005)

Fan Art - Battle Angel Alita

Another copy from the comic series Battle Angel Alita, sketched in pencil, and then I played with the colour filters in Photoshop to create the eerie colour effect.

Scared Alita (2005)

Fan Art - Battle Angel Alita

Another piece of fan art of Battle Angel Alita, this one was sketched in pencil, copied from a comic cover. Then scanned and edited in photoshop with gradient and layer blending options to give it a lit stone effect.

Battle Angel Alita (2005)

Digital Art - Soldier

Another learning curve in Photoshop, this time I played with the gradient and layer blending options to great the lighting effect in the background, the drawing was sketched in pencil and scanned, all edits in Adobe photoshop:

Soldier (2005)

Fan Art - Battle Angel Alita Coloured

Here is the Battle Angel Alita headshot (original pencil sketch) coloured on photoshop, this is probably the first time I played with the blending layer options on photoshop.

Battle Angel Alita Coloured (2005)

Fan Art - Battle Angel Alita Headshot: Pencil Sketch

One of my first pieces of fan art, from Battle Angel Alita, my favourite Manga series, this was a pencil sketch:

Battle Angel Alita Head Shot Pencil Sketch (2005)

Coloured version to follow.

Comic Art - Runt Monkey

Onto another oldie from 2005, The Runt Monkey: A pimp stick wielding superhero that was based on a friend, sketched using a biro, and coloured on photoshop.

Runt Monkey (2005)

Back to Where it all began: Digital Art - Cami

Here's a real oldie to start off with. One of my first attempts when I first started using Adobe Photoshop:

Cami - (2001)

Not my finest piece of work to date, but we've all got to start somewhere... :)

A Quick Hello...

Welcome to Scarlet Monkey Comics, my new portfolio blog, that I'm hoping to use to chronicle all my artwork through the years, any feedback is always appreciated, and there is also a link to my current online comic series The Unmentionables, at the top so please check that out too :)