Lucifer + Persephone from WicDiv (The Wicked + The Divine)

Sorry for the bad photo, will have to try and find a place with a good enough scanner to pick up the color.

This commission definitely turned out to be an unexpected treasure. Upon reading WicDiv 11 and finding out that Laura/Persephone and Lucifer were, respectively, the Queen of the Underworld and the Lord of Hell, I knew I needed a Wada/Anka piece of the two of them done at Heroescon. I asked Kris and Kevin about it on day one of the show and they accepted the request. On day two Kris and I talked about details/posing and I suggested Persephone lighting Lucifer’s cigarette, which they both seemed to love. On day three I was really excited to see the finished product when Kris caught me in a queue and asked if I was okay with the piece taking a slightly different direction from their usual collaborations. He and Kevin really wanted the art to be colored by Matt Wilson, who is the colorist on WicDiv, and the two of them had done some line work already. He was very understanding that the idea was a 180 from what I was expecting and assured me that it would be okay if I said no, but after taking a couple of minutes to talk to all three parties I was on board and delivered the line work to Matt, who was able to get it done in the last half hour of the con.

It is so flattering that Kevin and Kris liked the idea so much, and even though Matt told me he might not be able to finish it he really worked hard to squeeze it in his schedule, which is incredibly appreciated. I really try to commission things that I think artists would enjoy doing, and the fact that everyone wanted to take the piece further and give it as much life as possible was extremely gratifying. I think this is a really fun commission, and the story behind it reminds me of just how much people adore this series. I think this art is a tribute to that adoration.