Now, since it's been released and officially shown in Tokyo I thought I'd post up some pictures of how I made the Eyezon Battle Painting.
1. After working out the composition thumbnails I start with a 1/1 sketch of the painting. This one is actually drawn on very thin paper because I transferred it from previous sketches.
2. Next, I take a charcoal or similar piece of drawing tool and rub the backside of the paper. Then place the paper over the desired surface and basically use this as a cheap method to transfer the sketch/drawing onto the canvas.
3. After I transferred the basic line work I take a pencil of a similar color. In this case brown and tidy everything.
4. I forgot to buy some masking film and so I have to use my regular painting tape. It's a bit more work but works just as well.
5. My aim was to recreate the gradients that can be found in quite a few ukiyo-e prints and in this case the airbrush was a very helpful tool. The spray even added some wonderful texture making the gradient more lively.
6. The last final step in this case was the inking and painting the details with a brush.
Scanned painting
The print
Prints are available here. Yay.
tried earlier this week but didnt have the funds..happy there was still one left for me. cant wait to get it. i love eyezons and this print looks awesome!!