Red Hood Step by Step
I enjoyed showing off the step by step process of how I drew my Robocop commission that I also want to show my Red Hood one too.
Step 1: I got the initial penciling sketch down. For the Red Hood, I had a pretty clear image in my head that I wanted. I wanted to show his current (cool looking) Red Hood suit with guns a blazing. I also wanted to show his history as a Robin in the past. Originally, I had Batman in the even further back, but I didn't really know where to organically fit him, so I left him out.
I like to leave my pencils semi-loose so I have some wiggle room to change something, like a hand or a limb, in the inking process.
Step 2: The Red Hood's outline is half done here. I have some of the black shadows colored in, but for the bigger areas of blacks, I left with little "x's" to indicate that I will go back later to color them in with a Sharpie.
The guns that he has are also left uninked because I was debating whether the gun in his left hand was too big or not. Also, the gun in his right hand was actually a little crooked relative to the rest of of his hand, so I had to erase it and redraw it.
Step 3: I got the Red Hood all done now. I inked him and his blacks are all filled in. I also drew Robin in the back as a very brief outline.
Honestly, Robin's body does not perfectly line up with itself. But I figured that since he isn't the main focus of the picture, then it would not matter too much.
Step 4: I completed the piece by drawing in a background of the city scape behind Robin and the shadows on his body. I also did some extra embellishments on the Red Hood.
The extra detail of ink that I am most proud of is the shadows of the ripped up paper. It really makes it pop off the page!
I am very satisfied how this turned out. The figure looks real and dynamic and the anatomy is pretty good. I was inspired by the DC Comics Zero issue covers where the character is ripping out of the page. I thought it was a pretty neat way of implying that the Red Hood has a past as Robin and that he is done with it.
The extra detail of ink that I am most proud of is the shadows of the ripped up paper. It really makes it pop off the page!
I am very satisfied how this turned out. The figure looks real and dynamic and the anatomy is pretty good. I was inspired by the DC Comics Zero issue covers where the character is ripping out of the page. I thought it was a pretty neat way of implying that the Red Hood has a past as Robin and that he is done with it.