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Evil Cholma, Because OF COURSE

Posted on October 7, 2013 by BrassyDel

Don’t be fooled! This dashing and dastardly gentleman is actually eCho, or Evil Cholma. Created in a secret lab from stolen hero DNA, Evil Cholma is similar to the man destined to be his nemesis. But what I really want to know is how does he keep his hair looking so good in the heat of battle?! A girl’s gotta…

Cholma, All Colored Up

Posted on October 4, 2013 by BrassyDel

It’s done! Cholma in all his technicolor glory. The lineart (ink only) appeared on Monday, then we had flat colors on Wednesday, and now I’m finishing the progressive mini-series today.

The Remarkable, Lucky Cholma… Now In Color!

Posted on October 2, 2013 by BrassyDel

As promised, here’s the latest Cholma art update. Here’s the flat colors, and I’ll have the final shaded piece ready for you on Friday. See you then!

The Remarkable, Lucky Cholma

Posted on September 30, 2013 by BrassyDel

You may remember Cholma from such exciting tales as The Christmas Caper and Halloween Hijinx, both written by Cho (of StoryTime Fame). If you don’t remember Cholma, it looks like you have some reading to catch up on first! For everyone else, move right along to today’s lineart: Cholma! He’s one tough cookie, and it looks like someone is about…

Repeating Dog Background – Tank!

Posted on September 25, 2013 by BrassyDel

Here’s a shot of the repeating dog pattern that’s currently on the website. It’s Tank, of course, since he adorns everything Studio Brassy-related. I just did some simple sketches in my sketchbook, scanned, did minor cleanup, then arranged them and did a single color overlay. On the site, the background image is actually a transparent .png, so if I felt…

International Red Panda Day!

Posted on September 21, 2013 by BrassyDel

I don’t usually post on the weekends, but apparently it’s International Red Panda Day. I also just bought Manga Studio 4 EX on the big SmithMicro sale, so I tried out drawing a red panda in it. I have a Wacom Intuos 3, so it’s great to have, but I do have problems drawing on it since there’s no screen…

Flat Colors: The Evil Dr. Brassy

Posted on September 18, 2013 by BrassyDel

Follow-up to Monday’s post, we have the flat colored version of Dr. Brassy. Flat colors means that there is no shading. After this step comes the shading, which happens on layers in Photoshop as described in this previous art post.

Lineart: The Evil Dr. Brassy

Posted on September 16, 2013 by BrassyDel

The evil Dr. Brassy casts tenebrous tentacles! I drew Dr. B on bristol board with a mechanical pencil, inked with microns 005 and 08 size pens. I scanned the piece at 600 dpi B & W (bitmap) then cleaned it up in Photoshop. I used such a large resolution because I wanted to make sure the lineart looked smooth instead…

The Last of the Faces of Cholma (part 4)

Posted on August 22, 2013 by BrassyDel

And there we have it! Cholma avatars 13 – 16. There were actually 3 more that I did for him, but they weren’t Cholma. There’s a movie projector countdown, a Dear LJ writing page, and one avatar of Evil Cholma, appropriately dubbed Wicked. Maybe I’ll still post those later? They’re not as exciting, since how much personality can you put…

Even More Faces of Cholma, Part 3

Posted on August 20, 2013 by BrassyDel

Welcome to part 3 in our series of ALL CHOLMA, ALL THE TIME. I did a huge commission series of LiveJournal avatars for Mr. Cholma, of Storytime fame, and he was so kind as to allow me to share them with you all. This batch actually features two of my favorites! I love the Science! avatar (no. 2) and I…