nice and clean but...dem manhands
Inks and Microns on BlueLine Pro Board
As promised, here is the progression for the Chadhiyana and Sagreembal pin-up. The image was created as I was offered potential ad-space in a black and white publication last year, and needed an image I could use (all my Chadhiyana images were full-colour up to that point). Unfortunately, I've still to hear anything about that ad-space, but it did prompt me to draw what is my favourite Chadhiyana piece to date.
If you're new to my work, Chadhiyana is my new fantasy heroine which I wrote and illustrated two short comic stories about for a small publication which debuted at New York Comic Con 2012. (You can buy that comic online. Links to where you can buy it are on my website: jmdesantis.com.) Sagreembal is the serpent who Chadhiyana is pitted against in the second tale (appropriately named "Chadhiyana and the Serpent"). Likely I'll post the finished, coloured version this week. For now, I hope you enjoy this version.
J. M. DeSantis
Writer-Illustrator
Official Website: jmdesantis.com
nice and clean but...dem manhands
LOL. Yeah, I guess they are a little too "mannish", though my style is rather angular, and Chadhiyana is a physical type of character. I'd imagine some of her physique would be masculine-esque.
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