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Hey folks!

I hope you've had a great weekend. Mine was spent between projects as usual, but with some time here and there to warm-up or keep up with Inktober (often the same thing this past month). And in the midst of all that testing, someone suggested I should tackle some Overwatch characters.

Now, I have never played the game, nor was I familiar with any of its background or characters beyond the tons of artwork I've seen related to it on various outlets. So I did a bit of research and tried my hand at the ubiquitous Tracer. I must say, it was a challenge alright! Blizzard's design appear pretty simple on the surface but deceptively so. They're quite complex and any line you put out of place can ruin the whole thing, so it was definitely interesting to keep within certain constraints and hope I've done justice to the character

One other thing I've realised during the course of Inktober as well as my joining Instagram, is that I have no more physical time to color as much as I'd like to beyond the projects I'm pledged to, but I could use to step up my game and explore my linework more fully than I have. You see, in trying to master many skills at once, I found that you may end up not achieving your best in any. And after seeing the legendary Arthur Adams' posts on the aforementioned Intagram, I'm compelled to go full throttle in my pencilling/inking skills and really try and explore that aspect of my artwork as completely as possible. I have a lot of projects that only need pen and ink as well, so everything will sort of fall into place. That doesn't mean there won't be any color from here on out, but you may only see it when it's related strictly to a work that demands it.

Many of you have accompanied me in this dive into black and white and I realise some of you won't be too happy not to have fully-colored pieces so often, but I thank you for your appreciation and support nonetheless and hope you join me in this journey as I discover just how far I can go with my style

As usual, I hope you enjoy this one and I look forward to doing more of these Overwatch headshots, time allowing.

See you tomorrow!

Nic.-

Description
Hey folks!

I hope you've had a great weekend. Mine was spent between projects as usual, but with some time here and there to warm-up or keep up with Inktober (often the same thing this past month). And in the midst of all that testing, someone suggested I should tackle some Overwatch characters.

Now, I have never played the game, nor was I familiar with any of its background or characters beyond the tons of artwork I've seen related to it on various outlets. So I did a bit of research and tried my hand at the ubiquitous Tracer. I must say, it was a challenge alright! Blizzard's design appear pretty simple on the surface but deceptively so. They're quite complex and any line you put out of place can ruin the whole thing, so it was definitely interesting to keep within certain constraints and hope I've done justice to the character

One other thing I've realised during the course of Inktober as well as my joining Instagram, is that I have no more physical time to color as much as I'd like to beyond the projects I'm pledged to, but I could use to step up my game and explore my linework more fully than I have. You see, in trying to master many skills at once, I found that you may end up not achieving your best in any. And after seeing the legendary Arthur Adams' posts on the aforementioned Intagram, I'm compelled to go full throttle in my pencilling/inking skills and really try and explore that aspect of my artwork as completely as possible. I have a lot of projects that only need pen and ink as well, so everything will sort of fall into place. That doesn't mean there won't be any color from here on out, but you may only see it when it's related strictly to a work that demands it.

Many of you have accompanied me in this dive into black and white and I realise some of you won't be too happy not to have fully-colored pieces so often, but I thank you for your appreciation and support nonetheless and hope you join me in this journey as I discover just how far I can go with my style

As usual, I hope you enjoy this one and I look forward to doing more of these Overwatch headshots, time allowing.

See you tomorrow!

Nic.-