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Alright. This is the Ghost Rider picture I have been working on as a part of :iconheroescorner:'s Character of the Month for November.

This was inspired by Clayton Crain's work on the Ghost Rider books through Marvel.

For those that are interested;
Sketch is here: [link]
Inked Version here: [link]

Basically this is my done by hand version, coloured with coloured pencils, I did give the background a quick touch up though as it was a bit dirty looking :P

Ghost Rider certainly was a challenge to do and I do plan to digitally colour the inked version at some point in the future, but probably not for a while yet.

And before anyone starts... I'm sure the motorbike isn't completely up to scratch... I have no idea about Motorbikes :P

Anyway, as per usual I am most interested to hear what everyone thinks :D

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A skull for a head! This is the first detail that stuck out to me. The shadows and the blending of the general shades and tones is work at a master level. This excellent blending continues down from the head and can be seen on the entire rider. Then, going back to the head, one can not help but notice the flow and rich brightness of the flames. Fantastic work on your main subject!

The bike itself is not on the same level as your ghost rider, but is still well done in its own right. I am especially impressed with the mysterious writing on the part under the handles. This "writing" shrinks to a nearly unmanageable size, and yet the coloring is still of good quality.

I also appreciate the color spectrum used in this piece - how it sticks to darker and earthy tones. This is completely appropriate for the atmosphere your created.

The one area that sticks out to me in a negative sense is the highlight in the form of a circle right where the orange writing is. The edges of this highlight seem to sharp and abrupt to create a smooth, natural transition from the color of the highlight to the pure black around.

Besides that, superb work! :D
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I just remembered I got a premium membership recently! let's see what I can do with this....
I feel like once you were inspired, you just ran with it and was able to crank out this beauty. :]

Of course, we've seen some images like this before around: some sinister looking fellow riding a motorcycle... but the way you pulled it off is something I've never seen before. You obviously have the colored pencil technique down very well. I only feel like the motorcycle looks a bit unfinished in shading when put in contrast with the figure...

The flames and chains are rendered well and compliment the whole piece a lot.

My favorite part of this piece is probably how the shading on the shirt/vest/jacket is :]

I just feel like this piece is missing a definite light source though [but that may be because of the flames all around casting lights of their own...]

overall : really good job :]

now to go off and practice more of this "legit" critiquing that's not in comments ._. ... or something

*pretends that first venture was mildly successful*
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*eriwib Apr 19, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Love it! The pose is excellent :)
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~StingRoll Apr 22, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thanks heaps mate :D
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Mood: Joy =Nymonyrya Apr 5, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Featured! [link] :)
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Mood: Joy ~StingRoll Apr 7, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you so much :happybounce:
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~Tokikio Mar 31, 2013  Student General Artist
How exactly did you approach the background? It's also done with colored pencils?
It seems like something that could be approached with water color ;) Have you thought about using water color instead?
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~StingRoll Apr 1, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Funny you should say that, I used to do a hell of a lot with water colour but I haven't touched them in years :P

This was all pencil though, I was hoping to try and get a smokey sort of feel, not sure if I achieved that though. How I did it... I used sandpaper on the coloured pencil to get the coloured dust, spread that across the paper then then basically just rubbed it in. Hopefully that makes some sort of sense :lol:
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~Tokikio Apr 2, 2013  Student General Artist
mhm...I know that you can buy colored pencils in chalk form so that you can use sandpaper on them.
The reason I ask is because it's so difficult to get colored pencils to get smoky and loose that it looked too good to be done in colored pencils ;) it looks like water color so
Good job!
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~StingRoll Apr 2, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I tended to just use some cheap coloured pencils I had lying around.
I agree, this was so difficult to do and I reckon I spent just as much time on the background as I did the picture itself :P

I really need to break out my water colours again though and see if I can still use them.

Thanks a lot :D
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Mood: Joy ~Tokikio Apr 6, 2013  Student General Artist
Your very welcome!!!! ♥
And happy saturday! ;)
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~gangstalike Feb 12, 2013  Student Traditional Artist
Nice job! I really like the high contrast between the Ghost Rider and the background
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