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It's dooooooone...

So, we have Martha Jones, the 10th Doctor, Captain Jack Harkness, and a slightly miffed Dalek.

I knew next to nothing about Dr. Who before this commission. All I knew was my da would watch it when we were kids, there was this blue box, and the main character had this obscenely long scarf that was a technicolor rainbow. Though I hated the colors, I loved the idea of having a scarf that long. I have since been schooled in my research for this piece.

It took forever to do mostly because I'm so dutiful in my research. I must have watched a dozen episodes from the 10th Doctor era and quite a few of Torchwood so I could get the 10th Doctor and Jack Harkness (the two required characters) to have the right essence. Once I understood that the Doctor's face was made of elastic rubber bands and that Jack was a walking case of sexual harassment, things went much smoother.

The actual commission, bless him, didn't want to interfere with the art process and only said "make sure it has the Doctor and Jack Harkness." A girl who was part of the conversation enthusiastically said "And Daleks!" It took me quite a while before I could settle on something, I vacillated between doing epic hero shot (which mean many sci-fi beasties I have no talent and doodling) or something much simpler.

I finally settled on this when the client said he wanted to bring home something to his wife that justified his "useless art" hobby. So, Mrs. Client, I say unto you it's not useless; it pays my bills! Since she thinks the Doctor and Jack are hawt (and realy, I agree) I tried to make them as sexy as I could.

The piece itself is actually quite a few layers. I was having such trouble - particularly with the Dalek and keep everyone in proportion to it that I had to draw each character separately and then resize them once they were all in one photoshop window. The Dalek came out crooked, and no amount of transforming could straighten him out. Martha's crooked, too, but for her you don't notice as much. Jack's head is waaaaay out of proportion to the rest of his body.

In spite of all the flaws, though, I like it. Martha looks very independent and competent - which rumor has she absolutely becomes in the continuity. And is it wrong that I love her shoes? The Doctor probably came out the best, though; it looks just like him and I take great entertainment out of the fact that he's perched so lazily over his hated nemesis and smirking in delight. The poor Dalek looks thrilled.

As always, let me know what you think!

Description
It's dooooooone...

So, we have Martha Jones, the 10th Doctor, Captain Jack Harkness, and a slightly miffed Dalek.

I knew next to nothing about Dr. Who before this commission. All I knew was my da would watch it when we were kids, there was this blue box, and the main character had this obscenely long scarf that was a technicolor rainbow. Though I hated the colors, I loved the idea of having a scarf that long. I have since been schooled in my research for this piece.

It took forever to do mostly because I'm so dutiful in my research. I must have watched a dozen episodes from the 10th Doctor era and quite a few of Torchwood so I could get the 10th Doctor and Jack Harkness (the two required characters) to have the right essence. Once I understood that the Doctor's face was made of elastic rubber bands and that Jack was a walking case of sexual harassment, things went much smoother.

The actual commission, bless him, didn't want to interfere with the art process and only said "make sure it has the Doctor and Jack Harkness." A girl who was part of the conversation enthusiastically said "And Daleks!" It took me quite a while before I could settle on something, I vacillated between doing epic hero shot (which mean many sci-fi beasties I have no talent and doodling) or something much simpler.

I finally settled on this when the client said he wanted to bring home something to his wife that justified his "useless art" hobby. So, Mrs. Client, I say unto you it's not useless; it pays my bills! Since she thinks the Doctor and Jack are hawt (and realy, I agree) I tried to make them as sexy as I could.

The piece itself is actually quite a few layers. I was having such trouble - particularly with the Dalek and keep everyone in proportion to it that I had to draw each character separately and then resize them once they were all in one photoshop window. The Dalek came out crooked, and no amount of transforming could straighten him out. Martha's crooked, too, but for her you don't notice as much. Jack's head is waaaaay out of proportion to the rest of his body.

In spite of all the flaws, though, I like it. Martha looks very independent and competent - which rumor has she absolutely becomes in the continuity. And is it wrong that I love her shoes? The Doctor probably came out the best, though; it looks just like him and I take great entertainment out of the fact that he's perched so lazily over his hated nemesis and smirking in delight. The poor Dalek looks thrilled.

As always, let me know what you think!