The Jestas Lair

Wow!! A NEW Update!?

2011-07-21T19:25:00.005+01:00

What madness is this!? Okay, I just managed to get myself a Wacom Cintiq,and holy SHIT this thing is a time saver! It makes sketching and drawing in photoshop so much quicker an easier!
To that end, here are a few of the pieces I've managed to get done over the past week or so:

Powergirl beating up a scumbag robber, drawn by Mike, inked and coloured by me.

A Beach Babe sunning herself, also drawn by Mike, this time only coloured by me.

An old, old picture of Gum from Jet Set Radio Future drawn, inked and coloured by me.

A piece done by me entirely in photoshop a while back, just some pilot babe chillin' on the head of her mech on a beautiful day.

And finally a picture drawn and inked by Kid Notorious of a Chibi Ken and Ryu from Street Fighter.

Well ,thats all for now! For those of you that view (and I know there's some of you out there!^_^) feel free to leave a comment, or some words of encouragement!

Mike

Jubilation!!

2011-03-30T21:41:00.003+01:00

Inspired by a Jam over on deviantart in which the objective was to redesign Marvels Merry Mutant Mischief Maker Jubilation Lee a.k.a: Jubilee! Now, I love the character, and I know she was a product of her time, but seriously, what the FUCK was up with the yellow trenchcoat/ pink wrap-arounds combo!? Yeesh...
So, drawn traditionaly, inked in Adobe Illusrator, and coloured in Adobe Photoshop.

Superman: Last Son

2011-03-30T21:32:00.003+01:00

Mike sent the individual lines for these pictures to me a few days ago, and I new as soon as I saw them they would make an awesome group shot. So, I inked them up, coloured them and did a little bit of jiggery-pokery in photoshop, and this is the final result. Mike was horrified, however, when I told him I hadn't read a Superman book sonce the Death and Return of Superman, and suggested I hunt down Last Son and give it a go.

So I did. And all I can say is Wow! What an awesome way to introduce Zod, Ursa and Non into the comic book canon!

Anyhoo, Lines by the Fantastic Mister Mike, Inks in Adobe Illustrator, Colours and Layout in Adobe Photoshop, by Me.

Orc Slaying Babe!

2011-02-12T21:38:00.002Z

Drawn at work one night last week, this was inked in Illustrator and coloured in photoshop. This became something of an excercise in anatomy, and it made me realise a couple of other things along the way:

1. I cant draw animals for shit. I had to erase the wolf I'd drawn orignally and re-draw it in photoshop about 4 times before I was happy with this one, and even then, it's not very good. Something to work on.

2. I REALLY need to practice foreshortening, especially in regards to limbs and such.

Still, I'm learning new things about my art every day. And that can only be a good thing.

A Colourised Dave, Boba for Ty...

2011-01-01T10:48:00.001Z

And also, a Happy New Year to one and all!!!

Black Widow!

2010-06-02T09:15:00.003+01:00

Here is Ty's latest piece all colourised and such. Head on over to his blog and say hi!

Another Old Ty Piece...

2010-05-10T13:54:00.003+01:00

Another old piece by Ty, this one from 2006. Here is the Teen Titans very own Starfire!

A Classic Ty Piece..

2010-05-05T13:23:00.003+01:00

This was an old, old piece Ty drew back in 2003, and I happened across it in an old file on another hard drive, so I thought I'd ink it up and colour it. It's amazing to see how much Ty has improved over the years.
Check out the original pencils here.

Red Sonja!

2010-04-24T13:33:00.002+01:00

So I was browsing DeviantArt just the other day,and I came across this awesome piece by Matt Humphries, a.k.a AmericanNinjaX. He left the Hi-rez lines up for people to colour if they wanted, and I knew I was going to have to take him up on the offer. Finished in about 3 hours using Photoshop CS3, here's Red Sonja!

Some stuff I did for Mike...

2010-04-21T21:42:00.004+01:00

Ever since my Ledheavy days, I've been collaborating with a fantastic artist named Tyrannus, otherwise known as the Fantastical Mister Mike. Here are a few of the more recent pieces of his I put my mark to...

Wonder Woman!

The ever beautiful Red Sonja.

The ever so slightly crazy Harley Quinn

Daredevil himself!

And The Cap being consoled by Iron Man..

I know Mike has'nt seen at least a couple of these, so hopefully this will come as a nice surprise for him!

Peppermint!

2010-04-21T21:30:00.004+01:00

One of the people I watch over on Deviantart is a fellow Jet Set Radio fan called Yo-Yo of the GG's.
She created an original character for the game, a cute rudie named Peppermint. When I saw the O.C, I knew I had to draw her. Well, last night I was doodling at work, and I happened to draw a new picture of her! Finished it up this morning in Illustrator and Photoshop. So here she is, Peppermint!

And So It Begins....

2010-04-21T07:10:00.003+01:00

Welcome, one and all, to the official blog of Michael "Bonejesta" Coleman, digital artist extraordinaire. This is where I will be posting my thoughts, observations and art work from now on. So yes. Let us begin...