A couple of friends requested artwork of their oldest daughter in a tweaked Spider-Man costume. "Does she want one of the Spider-Woman/Girl costumes?" No, they said. Spider-Man. She even has her own Spider-Man pose.
I made some reference images as I played with composition, but they didn't work well on the page.
After a couple of false starts, I drew a full image on one piece of board, and then split the foreground and background onto separate pieces.
This let me finesse each component and find my mistakes before making a final drawing. The building reflections worked better in the pencil sketch. When I played loose with them on the background ink, the illusion failed. When I'm ready to move to the final artboard, I can move around the figure for the best placement over the buildings and then add black reflections based on the figure's black areas. I want the background to be noticeable but stay back; it shouldn't compete with the figure.
I've also, since these scans, fixed the torso webs and redrawn her curly hair.
I showed them the figure image a few weekends back, and they seemed happy with it. I can move forward with a scoash more confidence.
I made some reference images as I played with composition, but they didn't work well on the page.
After a couple of false starts, I drew a full image on one piece of board, and then split the foreground and background onto separate pieces.
I've also, since these scans, fixed the torso webs and redrawn her curly hair.
I showed them the figure image a few weekends back, and they seemed happy with it. I can move forward with a scoash more confidence.
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