Portrait special order: James Powell of Mars

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More donations in! This one made me earn it, big time. I knew before I started this process that it would be common for commissions to come in that didn’t fit the cookie cutter $35 and $50 portraits. For more specific requests, I will work out with the person wanting the custom job, a custom price that fits. In this case, friend, editor and the writer of “Cora’s Dress” the story I drew for the Postcards: True Stories that Never Happened, wanted his and his wife’s heads on the bodies of an image from a John Carter of Mars novel. This was a huge challenge, and the fact that it took almost five hours to complete is a testament to that. I was pleasantly surprised with how it turned out. With my digital drawing process, it can be really challenging to predict what the final image will look like. Below is a detail of the faces along with the full piece.

And now the videos! (warning: NSFW Language in audio and somewhat in images.)

Part 1 is a monster 3 hours. My hand was stiff by the end, and I had to stop. I don’t know when the last time I went three hours of completely uninterrupted drawing. My eyes were incredibly bloodshot and I was in a panic that I was making a horrible mess of the thing. Click here if you are unable to view video 1.

Part 2, minutes-ish. Click here if you are unable to view video 2.