Progress

I'm trying a different method of painting it other than the one we learned from the eye tutorial. Its a black and white to color technique I learned from watching many different tutorials on youtube. I'll post some of my experimentations later. for now this is what i got.

progress

Reference Images (Ideas)

Here are just some ideas as far as what I want to do for poses for my illustration. There's still more I want to do. for instance i dont like the lenght of the hair so i'm going to change that in a nother reference pic.

images

I wanted to do more of an 'environmental' portrait.. hence the reason he's at caribou coffee in the picture.
I'm posting 5 for feedback on which one you think will work best.
Also, is it okay to stay pretty true to the background?

Photoshop eye Painting

For Photoshop Drawing

For my photoshop illustration I want to do a cover for my graphic novel that I'm going to be illustrating over the summer. The cover will display an image of the main character, with his hands outstretched in a crucifix like form, with stigmata like wounds. The wounds are meant to portray the character as a Christ like figure and let the viewer know that book has some spiritual and religious connotations. The character’s expression is meant to be devious and provoke feelings of mistrust and intrigue. The way I intend on constructing the image is by basing it off reference photos of myself in the pose wearing the same type of clothes that the character wears, and of a plain setting such as a brick wall or monochromatic background, so that all attention is paid to the character. And of course, I’ll put the title up at the top of the cover.

Jericho with Mace