Shogun Ronin Artist: July 2010

Let me just say....Casey Jones is a fantastic and underrated artist.

I've been a fan of his work since way back when in his Excalibur days!

THE DEVIL IN BATTLE

ART~ CASEY JONES

INKS~ JAMES STONE

Here are my inks done digitally over Casey's great line work.

Done in Manga Studio EX 4.0

THE DEVIL IN BATTLE

(COLOR FLATS)

Basic Color Layers

Done by Me, in Photoshop CS3

THE DEVIL IN BATTLE

BASIC COLORS

Again by me in Photoshop

a very early progression of the coloring process.

THE DEVIL IN BATTLE

~IN THE SPOTLIGHT~

This was also done in PS CS3

here I was able to add a sense of tension to the picture with just the addition of the spotlight. Turning it from, just a bad ass post-battle pic to a post battle on the run pic.

THE DEVIL IN BATTLE

~SPOTLIGHT BLUE~

And yet another attempt to add some mood to the pic.

Using blue light filters to spot light at a higher intensity.

I'm torn between which of these "final" versions to post.

Head to my Deviant Art Page to find out which I chose.

(if not all 3!)

http://jameleestone.deviantart.com/

THE CAPTAIN AND THE SKULL!!!!!

(Line art done in Manga Studio EX 4.0)