Thomas Vera commission step-by-step
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 10:21 -0700
Stan Sakai (on Facebook) wrote: January 19, 2018
Finished up a commission for Thomas Vera. Ink and watercolor on 11x17 inch, 4-ply, 500 series Strathmore Bristol.
I had drawn Rocket before, but first time for Kung Fu Panda.
Thomas Vera did not specify if he wanted portrait or landscape format so I did rough sketches for both. He went with landscape.
These were done on one 9x12 inch sketch paper.
Full size drawn with .5mm HB mechanical pencils.
Inked with Koh-i-Noor Art Pen and Platinum Carbon Black ink and erased with Sakura Sumo Grip eraser.
He did not have a preference for background color, but mentioned blue so went with that.
Worked on Rocket first.
Did a really dark gray for KF Panda. It is much more subtle on the original art.
Used a dilution of the same gray for the tones.
Worked on Usagi, a few details like the flame coming out of Rocket's gun, and finished.
