Metal Sonic: Metal Matrix INK

Ah, you guys just knew I wasn’t going to let this lineart sit around in my gallery and fade away into dust.

This was an entry I made back in September for a contest held by the great

I actually made two entries into this contest, and while the other one was a winning entry, this one didn’t work out so I figured I might as well take on the monumental task of coloring in this sucker myself.

Yikes. This is going to be brutal. I did not envy the task I had before me. Even with some help from my bro, this one took forever. I actually finished coloring this one in earlier today, but before I go on and post that one, I do want everyone to get a look at all the inking and shading work that went into this image. The blacks, the whites and the greys.

Haha, man looking back I may have went tiny bit over the top on this one.  

There was just so much detail in the drawing, the coloring just had to reflect that. So many little rivets to shade, little nooks and crannies to shadow and everything had to be shiny. Bane of my existence, but nothing a little time and patience can’t handle.

The B/W scheme gives this a cool Noir effect. Might have to make this thing a poster and hang it on my wall.

Okay, I’ll have plenty more to say on the color version. Consider this one a preview.

 

Here’s a link to the colored version for you guys

 

Oh yeah, to everyone looking for a commission. I’m on pace to open them back up sometime in February. I’ll have official word on that in a week or so. Till then enjoy this shameless plug of my price chart.