Janice Richardson

Hello Friends! It's been a little while since I've posted anything new, but I swear it's not because I'm slacking. I'm Super Duper busy! I've been cranking out the finer details of my WIP Comicbook, but one thing was clear, we need more villains.

That being said, in weaving my story, I've decided to create the character below. Her current name (she's had a few, she's 900 years old) is Janice Richardson. She'll be one of our first villains and one of the most integral in forcing our hero Josh, to truly learn his new found powers.

Janice is a 900 Year old Succubus Demon in service of a mysterious other. She has long been stripped of her beauty inducing, Man-killing Succubus abilities but she's still acquired cloaker spells no doubt at the expense of another demon's hide.

Facial Study Female 2

Adding to my previous designs of simplification of the female form, I finished this Facial Study last night.

I wanted to convey a bit more emotion and also learn how to better streamline the the folds and forms of the mouth and lips when smiling. Say what you will, but not all comic book characters have snarling faces on every panel :-D

Facial Study - Female

For today's illustration work, I wanted to focus on starting to..., Distill a style combining ease and comfortability for the line work on my characters. Similar to Christopher Nolan's approach on designing his world of Batman Begins (with the help of production designer Nathan Crowley), I think if I can nail down the facial forms with a versatile simplicity, i'll be able to establish a sharp realistic edge to my comicbook designs.

Below is my first shot at the streamlined female face.