Completed In Ultra Wide Screen For Your Enjoyment

A little while ago, I was posting preview pics for an X-Men piece that I was planning to do. I posted one of Psylocke and of Spiral, but I really didn't post anymore. Well, I was drawing on it the whole time, but I just wanted everything to be cohesive. This was done for a draw-off competition, in which the person I was drawing against was a no-show...and the topic was his idea. I haven't even heard anything from him since the deadline. I wish I could say this was the only time thats happened, but, its not. Anyways, I'm not going to take this in negativity, but use it as a learning experience, because everytime you put pencil to paper, you're getting better.

Alot of what I originally planned for this didn't make it into the final picture. I still have thumbnails and other scraps that were supposed to be in there but didn't fit or made everything jumbled. The picture was supposed to be much bigger too, but my computer just couldn't handle all the layers and everything that was going on, so I had to cut things out. Well...enough talking about it...its posted below. Make sure you click on it to get the full sized view, because saying that you're missing alot if you don't is a severe understatement.



Also, in Redux Deluxe news: New page up today!! So far, I'm liking this Thursday update thing, so I think its pretty much gonna stick. So from now on (until further notice) my webcomic, Redux Deluxe will be updated on Thursdays!! So, make sure you go check it out...leave comments, subscribe to it, and check back often!!

Spreading the Love

For those who have been keeping up with the Illuminate Darkness Experiment, you would know that I am a webcomic artist (struggling...but still, I qualify). And when I was first thinking about seriously doing a webcomic sometime last year, I went around and looked at several just to get a feel of what other artists were doing, how their comics/sites looked, and everything like that. I ran across some that were really weird, some that were very adult in nature, and some that were just all over the place. There were a handful though that looked awesome in terms of website layout and content....many of them I still follow today.

I found this webcommunity called WebcomicsInc, and through there I've found some really great comics. Some of the artists were even nice enough to offer input as to what not to do and what their methods were. I really appreciate that, and a handful come to mind. But there was one in particular that I liked...from artistic style, design and content, and it was called Imy. I like how bright and colorful that it looked, I loved the characters and everything else about it. Luckily Irma, the creator of Imy, saved me as a friend on WebcomicsInc and follows me on Twitter. And I've been following it eversince.

I'm guessing (since I really don't know yet) that one of the greatest feelings of being a webcomic artist (other than having a ton of readers/followers) is someone who would make fan art of their characters and let the original artist see your spin on their creations. So, I did just that with Imy. That webcomic offered alot of inspiration, so I decided to take time out of my artistic schedule to create something for the comic. And here it is:


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And I guess that Irma loved it, because its posted on her site! Maybe one day, I'll reach the point in where other artists will send in fan art to my site as well.

Well, with that said, check out Irma's comic, Imy and let her know that Charles of Redux Deluxe sent you over there. And make sure to comment!!

And speaking of webcomics, check out mine, Redux Deluxe. So far, I'm tentatively scheduling that all updates will take place on Thursdays as of right now, and hopefully twice a week.

Hopefully both webcomics will be more than enough to warrant you to become a repeat reader!

Soundwave

Not much to really elaborate on. When I'm bored, I like to sketch. And my preferred sketching choice is ball point pen. So, here's a sketch in ball point pen. Soundwave...Laserbeak...of Transformers fame. See...that was relatively easy, wasn't it?

Bic should give me a lifetime supply of pens...just sayin'...

Spiral

In continuing with what I 'promised' in one of my previous posts, here is another piece from my X-Men picture. In all honesty, I never seen Spiral (thats her name) in the comics at all...but then again, I never really was a serious comic book reader. I have however, seen her in the various X-Men cartoons and the videogames...so I know that she plays a somewhat important part. She's not one of the good guys though...but it is what it is. Plus, I needed some more villains in my pic to even everything out...because right now I have way too many heroes...but it might stay that way.

What I've Been Up To

Its kinda hard to keep up with my promise to myself to draw more often...but I have...I really have, promise. Its just that what I've been drawing recently doesn't look like much of anything. I think for a while, I'm going to take a long break from doing huge drawings and illustrations and concentrate on much smaller ones. That way I can do more, practice more, and just get more done. And now that my excuse is out of the way...

I don't have much of anything new to show. But since I knew that was going to happen, I started to color one of my older drawings using some new techniques and stuff that I've picked up from here and there. And right now, I just started, so it probably doesn't look like much, but hopefully this practice will pay off once I start using what I know and applying it to newer stuff.

You may remember this picture from a couple of months ago...its the Captain America that I did using a ball point pen. I want this to look kinda old and weathered, so we'll see if that works out when its done...if not, oh well, no harm in trying I guess.

Psylocke

I don't have much really to update...so I decided to throw this together really quick. Its part of a much bigger...BIGGER piece that I'm still putting together and ironing everything out on. The whole picture is supposed to be of the X-Men, and I plan to have several different characters in it (but I might shorten my goals depending on how tedious everything gets). This is Psylocke of the X-Men. Unfortunately, she wasn't in the cartoon rendition too often (I remember like 1 episode with her in it) but she's in all of the videogames and in the comics. I'll try and post everyone as I get them done, but I can't make any guarantees. I will guarantee however, that I will post the full version of the picture...so you won't be missing out on anything. Still trying new things in photoshop and coloring in general, so I hope this experiment turns out positive. And as always, clicking on the pic will make it much higher in resolution.