Sheena, Queen of the Jungle #1 Final Painting
Artist: Joe Jusko (Painter)
28 Comments - 21,065 Views - 5 Likes
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DescriptionTA- DAAAAAAA!!!!The finished painting! I addressed the jaguar's gaze by painting in a butterfly at the last minute. It solves the problem without being too distracting, and also gives the cat a little personality at the same time. I draped a couple more vines round the top and had earlier added a couple of hanging vines in the space behind the tree branch on the right and the massive tree faded into the background to add another layer to the piece. Jungles are so dense that I could have kept doing that forever.I so had to resist the urge to add a monkey or two or a snake, but that steps into the realm of overworking an idea. You have to know when to stop. I STILL wanna add that damn monkey, though! LOL I love the way this piece came out, though there are things I would have done differently under other circumstances. For one, I would have loved to mist out and obscur each successive layer, to really give the impression of a humid, wet tropical environment, but that probably wouldn't pop out on a comic rack, I chose to stay commercial instead of going "artistic". LOL This is easily one of my favorite pieces I've ever done. 18"x28" Social/Sharing |
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Rich Cirillo 
Member Since 2004
Posted on 2/20/2007
Wow! Gorgeous, Joe! One of your best! Thanks for the tutorial, I have found it very helpfull !
Joe Pekar
Member Since 2005
Posted on 2/21/2007
Wow, that turned out terrific! that's for posting the progress on this one, I really enjoyed seeing how you pulled it all together. (and I love the addition of the butterfly :))
Steven Morger
Member Since 2004
Posted on 2/21/2007
One of the coolest series of art in the entire CAF. Beautiful painting too!
jason eden
Member Since 2007
Posted on 2/21/2007
VERY NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ken Z
Member Since 2006
Posted on 2/21/2007
Absolutely Stunning piece of work ! Sheena and the Leopard are Beautiful but you can get lost just staring into the details of the jungle too. A truly Awesome piece. Thanks for the Great tutorial Joe.
Michael Bair
Member Since 2005
Posted on 2/21/2007
nice to see you swiped my "How To Gallery"....and of course did it much better...........amazing piece, Joe.
Lambo S.
Member Since 2003
Posted on 2/21/2007
YOWZA!!! Fantastic!...and the jungle stuff is pretty cool too! ;)
Jeff Singh
Member Since 2004
Posted on 2/21/2007
Wow Joe, you have done some of your best work on this one. I think you captured the jungle girl genre well while keeping a bit more of a modern look to it.
Jay Fife
Member Since 2005
Posted on 2/22/2007
Good Lord, Joe this is beautiful, though it could use a monkey :) serious, I was in love with the prelim of this. Now that I've seen the final, I have to go curl up in the corner and weep with joy.
Michael Armstrong
Member Since 2007
Posted on 3/18/2007
HO-LY SMOKES! Gotta be one of the most beautiful paintings in the history of mankind. I own a copy of Joe's book of paintings based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' characters, which is filled with awesome painting after awesome painting, but this is at a whole new level. Dang! I am dumbstruck. Joe, my compliments for expanding your already impressive talents into the stratosphere. With this painting, you have set the bar unreachably high for the rest of us!
Jeremy Bruger
Member Since 2006
Posted on 3/23/2007
Great painting however a slight perspective problem with the butterfly. It should be smaller given the direction of the jaguar's gaze. Keep up the good work!
Bob McLeod
Member Since 2005
Posted on 4/29/2007
Just wonderful, Joe! Thanks so much for this fabulous tutorial. -Bob McLeod
ATULA Siriwardane
Member Since 2005
Posted on 4/30/2007
Oh..Wow, Joe..... Just Fantastic... One of my favorite..of all I have seen. I can just go on looking at it.... I hope you don't sell it....Keep that question mark there... Thanks for the inspiration.
SEAN PATTY
Member Since 2007
Posted on 7/16/2007
INTERESTING TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH YOUR CREATIVE PROCESS. A VERY BEAUTIFUL IMAGE, THANKS FOR SHARING.
Paul Renaud
Member Since 2005
Posted on 8/20/2007
Soooo impressive! Thanks for the great tutorial Joe. Awesome cover.
danniel costa
Member Since 2005
Posted on 9/28/2007
Great to see the process, thanks for sharing! The piece is great as well, of course!
Héctor Puga
Member Since 2006
Posted on 2/15/2008
gorgeus simply master pice and tanks very much for teache my all the procces is wonderfull
Keith Vaughn
Member Since 2008
Posted on 9/8/2008
First off, thanks. I saw about this tutorial over on the Frank Cho board and pulled it to my computer to look over it in a more leisure time. Finally, I was able to today. The slow building up through layers is a technique I've read about but this demonstration has convinced me to try the technique on my next ( or current ) painting. The masking fluid idea is a godsend since I often have to redraw upon the latest opaque layer with a piece of chalk. I can see that the whole process takes quite a while...patience, patience...and that is why some of my painting have a very rough finish to them. One other question: my wife mentions that I have some difficulty with the human figure and I agree with her. Is there a book or tutorial that you know of that could point me in the right direction for better paintings with figures involved? Thank you and thanks in advance, Keith
Rod Luper
Member Since 2008
Posted on 11/10/2008
Please people....Just claps for the MASTERRRRR!!!! Wonderful!
Brian Monroe
Member Since 2004
Posted on 2/4/2010
extremely impressive and informative. i'd have done the mist with my airbrush, i've seen you do background elements with one before, to throw something into soft focus. the hot sun burning away a recent rain (hey, rain forest people!) would leave some nice steam/mist. but then you'd have to put lingering raindrops on leaves etc.
D L
Member Since 2016
Posted on 2/4/2024
WOW!
A very cool.demonstration of your process.
Thank you for sharing it.
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