Hey beautiful.

Thanks, Train! It took a little time to ink this, and it feels good to finally be finished.

You draw good deer.

You draw great backgrounds.

It may be awhile before I try another backgound like this one. I deliberately left some of the textural detailing off both the character and backdrop so that my colorist will have some freedom with the piece.

That's okay. I still like it.

Deco-gasm!

LOL, I love Art Deco architecture!

Fantastic job with inking the line art, as always.

Thank you very much! It's a huge relief to have finished that background!

If Marlyn Monroe stared in a space opera this would probably be the result :)

LOL, and maybe Kaneshia is also standing over a ventilation grate for the effect with the skirts. I should mention that the city is heated with geothermal energy which explains all of those pipes and duct work on the buildings.

ah neat, like geothermal?

That'd be Marilyn Mondoe, right? ;)

You got it! That's what inspired the pose for this piece.

Ahah, the buildings still blow me away. XD I would NOT have the patience to do all that. Also like how her right leg is positioned, makes the overrall pose very powerful. 8D

Overall the image looks awesome, When you colour it, make sure that you colour her in a different scheme than the background, so that she stands out more. In this version i have a hard time distinguishing her outlines at some points. (Though the fact that she is mostly curved lines, as the background is straight lines, helps a bit)

Thanks! I was hoping that the character's pose would come across as powerful.

Indeed, the background is very busy which makes it difficult to distinguish some of the foreground details. I have discussed some of these issues with my good friend, Magic Clam who colors my work and we plan to use some bold colors for her skirts to help her stand out from the background. The buildings will be colored in darker, cooler colors to help push them into the background. I had to leave much of the textural details off of the buildings and character, so that my colorist will have more freedom with the piece.

Mmmhm, It is.

Ah, that is a logical solution. XD Hope everything works well. :D

Wow, that background is insane. I love the amount of detail and information you can cram into your pieces without them feeling overly busy or confusing.

Thanks! Sometimes, I get a little carried away with all of the details, but I'm glad that folks can still tell what's going on in the non-colored versions of these drawings. The hardest part was drawing all of those windows and making sure that they remained consistent.

I bet. That's what I love, the discipline, the involved nature of the details and the power of the scale.