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[edit 04 06 2012 ]
Reviewed some stuff like Jean's boots; Emma eyes... plished a bit the colors also.....
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YOOOOO !!
I listen to my POLL results ! ... Sometimes.... more or less
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I planned to submit this only in 2/3 days, but I'm soo happy with the result that I HAD to submit it right now !!

The basic version featured more tanned skin tones and then more saturated hues (well emma had already less warm colors, it was part of the oposition between both characters ).

As always I planned to add the usual Art Nouveau stuff and such.
THEN,
I thought that It was maybe a good moment to try something else, something more tricky : working with a full desaturated background, with white and grey tones.

Thanks photoshop, I could re-arrange Jean and Ems skin tones very easily, and very fast.
It's a bit hard to work with white and greys ; there's no real cool relected lights; and you're going to have a very COLD mood, which can suit very well to Emma, but less to Jean; but knowing our Black Queen wear black and is a red head, you can have a very cool contrast in the pic HOWEVER, even if I lost my basic skin tones contrast idea :/ but it's not THAT problematic.

I worked with blue shadows, then added soft green tones in them, to warm them a bit, but also if you know your color theory, you know that red fits with green; so here you go.
Plus I really DO think it add a lots of interesting stuff in the colors.

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Last but not least; because I know hardcore fans are going to complain/ ask why Jean has not her tied hair and why they are more orange than red:

> first I dislike the haircut she has when she's the Black Queen; and second I like a lot untied long hair, it allow so much cool stuff to do, good patterns, movement, and I do think it's way more sexy actually.

> About hair color : well it's a problem with every comics : you always have different colorists. In the late 80's Jean used to have RED hair, but toward the end of the 90's she often had Orange hair, when she was -again-the phoenix (around Nate Grey's period ). Generally she is full Red however, but I always thought it looked too unatural so I switched for a more more red/orange tone.

/ ENDS OF AESTHETICS OPINION

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OTHER JEAN & EMMA :


OTHER TEAM UP:


OTHER JEAN:


Other EMMA:


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TOOLS
JEAN & EMS :
-HUGE pencils and inks on 56 x 29 cm /22 x 12"
COLORS AND BACKGROUND :
-drawing & colors w/photoshop 7.0 + wacom.
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Emma Frost ,aka the white Queen & Jean grey , aka the Black Queen are © MARVEL comics
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Comments: 122

KRMarvelJedi [2022-02-19 15:20:38 +0000 UTC]

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FandomFoodie [2018-06-10 17:56:15 +0000 UTC]

What do you think of the theory that Grant Morrison's Emma Frost is an imposter?   What the heck is up with Emma Frost?In the early 2000’s, Grant Morrison relaunched Emma Frost’s backstory de-aging her to 27, and thoroughly shifting her around.  
Which doesn’t make any sense in continuity.  Astonishing X-Men which came about immediately after Grant Morrison’s New X-Men had Kitty Pride returning in her 20’s.  For context: Kitty was 13 years old when she first met Emma.  Joss still treated this as canon.  Which post-Grant Morrison would have placed her anywhere from 17 to pushing 20 at the time.  Which doesn’t mesh at all with Morrison continuity.  In HIS version, she was on the lamb or in college at the time.  And Disowned to boot.  To put THAT into perspective, in the original continuity, she had assumed headmistress position at the Massachusetts academy.  Which was how she attempted to induce Shadowcat and how she selected her Hellions.  Except that she and her father DISOWNED each other during the Morrison run.   She did VERY inappropriate things with her telepathy and Scott's mind, and left the X-Men's guard down in repeated rapid succession right after the 2004 relaunch.  And the overall downward spiral of Cyclops's life after he left Jean.  

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Zicue [2016-07-08 22:15:44 +0000 UTC]

My friend and I are so in love with this piece of yours! We decided to recreate it in cosplay (but with the red queen)! zicue.deviantart.com/art/Madel…

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J-Estacado In reply to Zicue [2016-07-08 22:27:56 +0000 UTC]

Oh sweet  !!! 
I like the idea very much , thanks for sharing it ! 

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Zicue In reply to J-Estacado [2016-07-08 22:31:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank you and <3 thank you so much for creating your brilliant art!!! Very inspiring!

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ArtbroJohn [2016-04-29 02:27:16 +0000 UTC]

Very nice work!

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olddare6 [2015-12-29 20:43:29 +0000 UTC]

Great artwork

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jtedson [2015-11-11 11:55:46 +0000 UTC]

I love the ying and yang effect.

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Huftness [2015-10-12 17:54:51 +0000 UTC]

Love this

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BoldRobber [2015-08-25 14:25:27 +0000 UTC]

Yang over Yin in love with this   

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batgirl1969 [2014-08-12 17:10:55 +0000 UTC]

69

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Archsider [2013-10-16 14:45:20 +0000 UTC]

just <3

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BooKoFBoBB [2013-08-09 07:53:07 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful delicate work 

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vision77core [2013-05-22 08:15:57 +0000 UTC]

wow grat work!

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Soulgem01 [2013-04-02 22:04:25 +0000 UTC]

Now, that's good work!

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oO-Monkey-Oo [2013-04-02 03:31:25 +0000 UTC]

This is beautiful work

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Spiderlly [2013-01-01 18:31:51 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful! I love this queen series thing.

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SmwhiteCAMS22 [2012-06-14 14:24:03 +0000 UTC]

nice picture

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toppa23 [2012-06-06 01:04:58 +0000 UTC]

fantastic.........simply fantastic

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mpz28 [2012-06-05 07:26:35 +0000 UTC]

very nice

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GabAroa [2012-06-05 01:43:59 +0000 UTC]

wow. just..wow

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Tafuri42 [2012-06-04 20:55:39 +0000 UTC]

Love your colors

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Uber-Topl [2012-06-04 16:37:47 +0000 UTC]

Excellent!

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t0n1s [2012-06-04 14:56:33 +0000 UTC]

Amazing As Always !!!

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SweetyWhite [2012-06-04 14:47:44 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful, like ever!

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Kazemizu [2012-04-09 00:12:32 +0000 UTC]

Your art has been featured on our Awesome Alt Art blog! You can check it out at: [link]

All the best!

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BREIZH-ANKOU [2012-03-16 19:54:50 +0000 UTC]

Que dire, à part que c'est magnifique !!!!!!

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Cekil1 [2012-03-04 13:23:34 +0000 UTC]

Knowing how dirty Emma can be makes her coy and innocent expression all the more fun!

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J-Estacado In reply to Cekil1 [2012-03-04 13:30:20 +0000 UTC]

isn't it

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seiya2280 [2012-02-07 08:39:57 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful

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Mike800 [2011-10-24 15:11:33 +0000 UTC]

what digital software do you use

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J-Estacado In reply to Mike800 [2011-10-24 15:55:53 +0000 UTC]

this is clearly written at the end of the description.

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batgirl1969 [2011-10-18 14:50:35 +0000 UTC]

Like the ying and yang....69! Black queen would so dominate that cute petite little blonde emma...she is so pure and white

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JamrocKid [2011-10-14 12:30:10 +0000 UTC]

Massive. skills.

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gonzo22 [2011-10-09 22:18:14 +0000 UTC]

great work

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Carringd [2011-09-08 07:55:27 +0000 UTC]

magnificant!!!

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Britt601 [2011-07-31 22:38:54 +0000 UTC]

I really do like the colors and how they blend in together so well. I'm not a huge Emma fan, for reasons I don't need to explain here, but that bad bitch is starting to grow onw me. Fantastic job on the art!

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J-Estacado In reply to Britt601 [2011-07-31 22:59:29 +0000 UTC]

Heh, I'm no fan of emma either, so there's no worries

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celaoxxx [2011-07-29 03:09:46 +0000 UTC]

Awesome dude!

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RaverDan [2011-07-25 04:27:37 +0000 UTC]

HOLY SHIT! THAT'S AWESOME!

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Wolfzero-kun [2011-07-14 01:05:15 +0000 UTC]

^^

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ilovemykids [2011-06-24 03:07:13 +0000 UTC]

cool

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aidangunn [2011-06-23 12:49:37 +0000 UTC]

love it!

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PzlWksMedia [2011-06-23 04:00:59 +0000 UTC]

great composition and delivery, I enjoyed your gallery very much.

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hawkeye [2011-06-13 04:48:03 +0000 UTC]

How gorgeous is that! And very very hot we can't forget that.

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TracyWong [2011-06-10 02:51:17 +0000 UTC]

Oh my gosh I love it!

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angrypandaink [2011-04-25 01:07:44 +0000 UTC]

Seriously one of my most favorite pieces of artwork I have seen in a long time. Absolutely awesome!

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mitko2025 [2011-04-16 20:04:28 +0000 UTC]

Xtremely badass! Instant background

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nahp75 [2011-04-12 13:47:54 +0000 UTC]

Tu as un style dingue! il faut que tu finisses célèbre, c'est O-B-L-I-G-E !

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J-Estacado In reply to nahp75 [2011-04-12 14:03:03 +0000 UTC]


j'aimerais bien, mais depuis le temps que j'y travaille, ça n'arrive pas bien vite :/

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