Whassssup!?,

I thought some of you might like to check out a bit of the background work that went into creating the Gambit and Rogue drawing I posted recently. You can see the coloured version here: [link]

fig A: This was my initial thumbnail. I did a bunch of sketches in my sketchbook to get an idea of Gambits poses. This was the one I was happiest with, so I went for it.

figB: This was my full size blue pencil rough version of the thumbnail, which i liked....but there was something missing here. Not dynamic enough perhaps? I dunno...Looking back, its still kinda cool, but i wanted to draw Gambit BIGGER! I have a bad habit of trying to fill the page too much.

fig C: All of a sudden, I decided to flip the page and draw what became the final piece on the back of the board! This is why the whol drawing is completely different to the thumbnail. I added Rogue in there. My plan was for her to accent the visual flow of the page. I'll admit that it was an after-thought though.

So there ya go...thats pretty much how I do my work. I'm working on another pin-up for an Aussie comic at the moment, and I'll probably post some more process stuff on that one so you guys can watch the piece develop before your eyes!

Thanks for lookin!

J.