Karolina - Work in Progress

I am trying to go a different coloring route on this and forcing myself to use a different palette than I normally do.

Original sketch copyright of Randy Green, a.k.a. randygreen on deviantart.


Coloring in progress. Probably around 50% complete.


Original sketch by Randy Green.

Cowgirl - Line Art by Tony Vargas - Coloring by Me

Original sketch copyright of Tony Vargas, a.k.a. KKADUKEN on deviantart. Painting about 60% complete. I still have a lot of work to do to finish this.

Zepher - Complete

Original sketch copyright of Tony Vargas, a.k.a. KKADUKEN on deviantart. Zepher is a superhero character of his. I had a really great time painting this. I am now working on coloring another one of his pieces of a cowgirl.

Zepher - Work In Progress - About 70% Complete

Getting down to the wire on this. I am probably going to de-emphasize the background some more to make Zepher stand out. This is not conforming to her original suit color scheme (blue and purple instead of red and yellow) but I am liking where this is going.

Original sketch copyright of Tony Vargas, a.k.a. KKADUKEN on deviantart. Zepher is a superhero character of his.

Zepher - Work In Progress

Original sketch copyright of Tony Vargas, a.k.a. KKADUKEN on deviantart. Zepher is a superhero character of his.

Atypical Tinkerbell Completed

Original sketch copyright of Jessica Hickman. jessasketch on deviantart. I had a really great time painting this. Line art created in Adobe Illustrator and painting done in Adobe Photoshop using basic brushes. I added a couple of letters in the right wing... "FML" and "FTW". A friend suggested that I do a zombie version of Tinkerbell now.

Not Your Typical Tinkerbell - Coloring in Adobe Photoshop CS5 WIP

Original sketch copyright of Jessica Hickman. jessasketch on deviantart. Work in progress about 80% complete. Still trying to figure out what I am going to do with the wings and if I need to add any accessories to get my vision across.

Not Your Typical Tinkerbell - Coloring in Adobe Photoshop CS5

Original sketch copyright of Jessica Hickman. jessasketch on deviantart.

In the middle of my process. About 70% complete.

Illustrator CS5 Testing - Variable Width Pen Tool - Tinkerbell

I have found that this function is so awesome. Gone are the days of "penning" each individual line in a piece of artwork. I cannot believe how this speeds up my work process. If you have the means, I highly recommend Illustrator CS5. Here is an example of line art that I did of Tinkerbell.

Original sketch copyright of Jessica Hickman. jessasketch on deviantart.


Variation of traditional colors.


Traditional colors.


Line art completed in 2 hours using the variable width pen tool.


Orignal sketch created by jessasketch