Len Barboza - Green Lantern Shinji Jordan

This is the colored lineart of Green LanternShinji Jordan that was drawn for my by Len Barboza

Some of you may already know of the other works that were done in this particular vein of Shinji as a Green Lantern for a fan fiction that ClassicCowboy and I are working on.
In doing this one, I decided to try to rework the coloring of Shinji’s Green Lantern uniform. I drew inspiration, or a template if you will, from Hal Jordan’s uniform. Namely how it has green around the torso, shoulders and boots, while everything else is black and his gloves were white. Which seems appropriate given how in the context of the story for which this picture is based, “Emerald Genesis”, Hal Jordan is Shinji’s adoptive father.

For the background, what I did was I found pictures of the hallways of NERV headquarters within the context of the Evangelion series. Using the colors from that, I used an airbrush tool and a little blurring method and that created the background you see here. I also followed the advice of S2X who advised that I should blur the entire background just a little bit. In trying this out, I found out that by doing it, it gives a greater sense of depth perception. Such as how the character in the foreground is in focus while everything else is a little blurred. Without this, things tend to look a little too flat and with the lines and colors that I used it’d distract too much from the character himself.

Thanks to all my friends and collaborators who helped out on this one.

If you want to read the story, here’s the link: EmeraldGenesis

© Green Lantern - DC Comics

© Neon Genesis Evangelion - Gainax

Green Lantern - Shinji Jordan

This is a fan art in promotion of a fan fiction that will be coming up fairly soon. A fusion story of Green Lantern and Neon Genesis Evangelion.

The premise of it is that Shinji was abandoned but instead of being raised in Japan he was sent to America and was raised by Hal Jordan and Carol Ferris. This basically made Shinji into a very different individual. He’s not the weak-willed individual from the original. Instead, he’s a confident and rather assertive individual. However, this doesn’t mean that he doesn’t have challenges. Only this time the challenges are going to be very different. Especially when Hal gives him the Power Ring and Shinji must not only pilot the Eva but also wield the Green Lantern’s ring against the Angels. Then the question becomes if he can keep this a secret for long from those around him. In particular, Gendo Ikari and Seelee who have taken an interest in the Emerald Power.

© Green Lantern - DC Comics

© Neon Genesis Evangelion - Gainax

To read the story go here -> Emerald Genesis  
To give you an idea of why I stress the idea of “read the description” is often I run into people, especially on DeviantArt, who can’t seem to follow this simple instruction. 
Here’s an Example:
lostsoldierS636:  Hell no. HELL NO!!! HE DOES NOT I REPEAT NOT BELONG WITH THE GREEN LANTERN CORP!! HE SHOULD BE APART OF… I DUNNO WHAT BUT HE DOES NOT I REPEAT AGAIN NOT BELONG WITH THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

StarDragon77: Did you read the description?

lostsoldierS636:  No but still it is THE WORST IDEA FOR A DRAWING IVE EVER SEEN!!
StarDragon77:   Then you don’t know the context of the story for the picture. So therefore all you did was jump to your own conclusions.

This is why I had put up the notice of “Read the description”. *shakes head* But nobody does.
lostsoldierS636:  I dont really care what the story is, its just that Shinji is a complete p@$$^ and would never be granted the MOST POWERFUL WEAPON IN THE FREAKING UNIVERSE
StarDragon77:  You’re still missing the point, in this version Shinji isn’t a complete wuss. And if you took the time to read that you’d have found that out.
lostsoldierS636:  fine
StarDragon77:  For one, in this story, Shinji Ikari isn’t raised by his teacher as in the original. Instead, he’s adopted by Hal Jordan and Carol Ferris. And so he’s grown up to very a very different individual from what we’ve seen in canon. In this version he’s a lot more confident and also a little sarcastic.
lostsoldierS636:  Give me the link and i’ll give you some feed back. P.S. Asuka either is or should be a Red Lantern
StarDragon77:  I think that part is obvious, right?

As for the link to the story, here it is: [link]

ClassicCowboy is my co-writer.
lostsoldierS636:  Well shiiit. That was actually pretty good. It’s amazing actually, just get them out faster.
StarDragon77:  In that case, have I convinced you of Shinji being a Green Lantern?
lostsoldierS636:  Shiiiit. Fine fine I’m convinced. But a few questions 1. Why does Carol have to mention the fan service and crap, couldn’t that be done by someone else? Second, Carol would never do that also why haven’t you mentioned that Carol happens to be a STAR SAPPHIRE!!! Have you read Blackest Night, if you have thank you but if not, for shame. Any way I’m convinced, by the way if a Lantern is killed, the ring goes to someone else, Hal’s still alive so why did he give the ring to Shinji? He’d have to make a copy of the ring in order for that to work, besides you also have Guy Gardner, Kyle Rayner, and John Stewart as lanterns as the same sector Hal is. Just bringing that up so yeah I’m convinced.
StarDragon77:  All will be answered in due time.