been awhile again

so i think i just found a use for this. i dont really like to post inbetween pics of my art on my deviantart or face book... so this blog seems like a good place for WIP shots.
here is a piece im currently doing for a little good hearted, talent building competition over at www.penciljack.com - the Character is a pretty obscure old school video game character called Karnov.

 this first shows my fairly loose pencils... which are digital. i didnt want to waste time with scanning or erasing and what not. im leaning more and more to completely digital.

then i start in on inking. you can see i add alot of final elements here. more details than in the pencils. some hints at rendering. i find nowadays i either do very little rendering or i go all out on it. i havnt decided what im gonna do with this one yet. when i do barely any its for the reason that i want to try and do the rendering with colors. we will see. sometimes rending in ink though just looks too darn good to not do.