Fanart.....Sonic Boom!

As well as creating my own characters I sometimes venture into the fan-art realm. If you know Capcom's popular Street Fighter series you should know that this guy packs one hell of a Sonic Boom.....

Street Fighter- Just call me Guile

Creating Characters....

Right, here's the process- take a rough sketch and import it into a computer using a scanner. Shade beforehand if necessary and ensure that all the lines are drawn thick and dark so that the scanner can pick up the details of the sketch.

Image to the Right

Using the paint fill tool colour the sections of design such as hair, skin and clothing using different colours on the pallette. Add shading and highlight effects by using off-colours for the main section, for example on the hair I used a white brush effect and then used a tool called liquify to give the spike effect. For the clothing I used a darker grey to highlight folds in the material.

Image to the Left

I kept this image very similar to the original scan, only incorporating a 'hair effect' brush tool. I used a darker brush for the hair around the ears to show a variation in hair colour. Using the highlight tool I added a lighting effect on the hair to show where the light would reflect off the character's head.

The images were produced using a pencil, a marker pen and the Photoshop design package.

Introducing......Grosrahn.

Ugly? Yes. Evil? No question. This is Grosrahn, the main antagonist in the web-comic series FUT-R.

Grosrahn is a ruthless dictator who is bent on World Domination, worshipped by mindless minions who support his lust for power.

Grosrahn has a great interest in historic war heroes and it is his life ambition to emulate their methods of hatred and destruction. In a World of rich and powerful leaders the devilish Grosrahn intends to overthrow the civilised World and cleanse it of those who oppose him.......which is pretty much everyone!

Check him out only at http://www.tagadan.com/.

Introducing........Zhar!

Zhar features in the web-comic called 'FUT-R' which is currently in development and soon to feature at TAGadan.com.

Zhar is a complex character who lives a deprived life in the year 2231 with his mother in the poor sects of 23rd century London Metropolis.

Despite his under-privileged background Zhar is highly motivated and dedicated to his favourite school subjects, Science and Technology.

In a World where new inventions and scientific break -throughs are common place Zhar is determined to graduate and set the standard for the future of Science and follow in the footsteps of his hero, genius Sceintist Dr. Armana.