Jon Talbain (Gallon) from Darkstalkers
For a change I drew a character from a game series and my choice fell on Jon Talbain, because he looked quite cool in my opinion. Like my last major art project (Lexana Electris) I wanted to give the impression that it was drawn with coloured pencils (+(cross-)hatching for texture). Designwise I took inspirations from some of the official art and concept art and you might recognise some similarities. Next time I will probably switch to a different art style (and different brushes etc.) for a change.
the final artwork. In the final step I add colours and add additional highlights, shadows and more details
this is how the picture looked when I was working on the final line art and shading
(somewhat) final line art. The lineart is more loose than otherwise, but good enough for the next step
colour and shading test
a more refined sketch to flesh out the idea
a rough sketch to get an idea for the pose and character design