Coloring Commission - CallMePo - SJD83 - Lion-A is a Captive of Willa

Here’s a newest piece that was commissioned to me by SJD83 of a lineart that was done for him by callmepo. 

Original Lineart:  Mature Commission for SJD83

And so, we have another romp into the adventures of the genderbent version of Lion-O from “Thundercats”.  I knew that this was going to be a rather large challenge when I saw the lineart.  But as an artist I do need to try to stretch and stretch especially when it comes to backgrounds because backgrounds help to make a picture seem a little more complete. 

After coloring Lion-A and Willa, I went to work on the background.  And I will admit that in coloring the background, I couldn’t help but hear in my mind’s ear, the voice of Bob Ross painting happy little trees and bushes.  Although, I’m not entirely sure how happy these trees are given that they’re in such a dark forest. 

But after coloring the trees, vines, bushes and grass, next came the lighting effects.  A pretty simple technique of putting in black and white triangles to mimic shafts of light coming through the forest canopy.  Then adding a few dots of white and blurring them to give the illusion of dust motes. 

Note:  Al character(s) depicted here are 18 years of age or older

© Lion-A (Lion-O) and Willa - Thundercats - RankinBass