Well my fifth and final Dr. Who piece really turned out well in the final pen and ink version.  Once I realized that the Black would be dominant on Davros’s person and life support machine, and the outer space background would be pure black and made a tactical decision to use Black as the dominant color for the nuke and Dalek killing Movellan POV.  The center Dalek in full black with a “nuke flash” in the background was a fun way to do a Dalek differently, and the Movellan really pops with the black outlining the Dalek eye stalk and gun framing the beam cutting the figure.  On a smaller note the pen and inks also really made the little details like the wires and screen partitions look really stylish as well. Overall, this piece worked for me, and was a great send off to my 5 piece Dr. Who series.

There were some small fixes on the hands of the two Cyber Troops in the foreground and alot of labor on the detail in the background. I elimated the tank driver as I really got into the nuts and bolts of how the tank space worked- and I didnt see the space for the main gun with that guy sitting there, sometimes you get more into this sort of thing than you think you will! Overall this piece turned out just like I imagined this scene would be which is a fun final result.  The inks really brought out elements like the guns and cybermats- as well as highlighted the overall composition of the piece.

I hope you enjoy it as much I did making it-!

Here is the final inked piece for the Master inside his Dark Tardis.

As a complete 180 from the Sontaran piece I did previously to this, I did use the diametrially opposed inking style of chiaroscuro to use extreme darks and lights to bring out the elements of the artwork.  I also inked this in mind for coloring, which I envision to be sort of a dark (evil!!) area lit with red and orange lighting sources.  This is why on the Master’s jacket I have a hard line of shadow next to a white area on his surfaces, as well as the “back lit” style of inking for the Dark Tardis control area.

Of particular note is the cross hatching and contouring to bring out the center of the piece- the rotted flesh and decaying cloak of the “Deadly Assassin” in the middle- I really tried to bring out something different here to the original photo reference, and I think I captured that rotted look in the skin and fabric with the mixed inking techniques, I’ll have to keep them in my bag of tricks for the future!

Overall, I felt the inks really brought the MASTER, Autons, Deadly Assasin and Axons to full evil life together with Roger Delgado.  Hopefully the fans enjoy it to!

This is the final set of inks for the Sontaran Field Marshal pinup.  The big decision on this was the style of inking, I avoided large areas of black and white also known as chiaroscuro in favor of more of a series of endless gray tones and small details.  This was an editorial choice to show a drab interior of a sphere which is where the character is sitting.  While less bold in one way, the piece was designed to do the “Shock and Awe” thing to the viewer with an overload of detail, which I enjoy doing sometimes.  I used larger line weights to pull the foreground elements out of the background as opposed to fields of black behind the foreground to bring their shapes out.

I felt the piece was successful in the execution after it was completed.  When I can make things like cabled bundles of wires fascinating to look at, it’s a sensory overload on the detail.  Of note in the inking- the Tardis wording on the police box, it’s all there in ultra fine detail.  In addition working on the blasted Cybermen was like conducting surgery with my ultra fine pens, every little bit of detail I could cram in was pushed in until I couldnt fit anything else in the space.

Ultimately, I think this piece did justice to the Sontaran character and showed us a never really seen piece of the Dr. Who universe in ultra fine detail- the interior of a battle worn Sontaran command and control ship.  I think fans of these characters and creatures will enjoy the work that was put into the inking phase of this pinup.

So the ink is dry on the epic DALEK ground war fan art pinup, and whoa, are these guys a pain in the ass to draw- you wouldnt think so, but embedded spheres, angled cones and the guts of the mechanics inside the blown up Dalek – deceptively hard.  The work speaks for itself, and on a tech side, a real showcase of line value and weight- I was really happy with the planet in the background, and the Dalek in the foreground, it really gave depth with the small and thick lines.  Just tickled with what I pulled off in the whole composition, and a really original piece of work with a rather cool, but historically stale visual (does anyone do cool art with these guys besides Robert Hack?) subject.  Deadly salt shakers indeed- well now I’m off to the Sontaran Fleet- anyone want to join me?