TMNT Prelim Part 06 - Good Board

At the risk of sounding like Doc Brown, I apologize for the crudity of this photograph. Rest assured though the final product will be crystal clear. This is truly one of the most challenging pieces I've taken on thus far. Here is what I've done up to this point for TMNT, the image from part 05 enlarged and transfered onto 11 x 17 3-ply art board. The skin tones base coating is 1 drop of india ink mixed with half a cup of water, followed by 2 to 3 drops. The background is going to be a brick wall, which will allow for the appearance of shadows to really bring the figures out. To show distinction of texture, I'm using cool and warm grey copics on the shells, weapons, and masks, coupled with graphic pens to bring the details out. The elbow pads and knee pads, however, will be shaded with 5H graphic leads to again show different material. As to the actual background, I'm using baseline india ink to etch out the guys basically being caught in the spotlight. For starters though, to get that great widescreen feel, I've blackened both the top and bottom of the illustration board. More as it develops.