"Bloodshot" Vs. Everybody 🔴

As you have probably seen over the past few posts I've been working on an illustration that I digitally painted recently for a Talenthouse competition. I would not go as far as saying it's the best thing I have ever created, but it is something that saw a bit of a return to the old me. Like using a pencil and paper and ink. Which should not be as weird as it sounds, being an artist and all. But with work, most of what I do tends to be Wacom, on-screen. So a change of pace to more tactile things was a much-welcomed instance.

The illustration and art were done for a bit of a competition for the forthcoming Valiant Comics + Sony Pictures' Bloodshot movie starring Vin Diesel. I have to say I was never as familiar with Bloodshot as I was with XO, but getting into the super-soldier, he reminds me of a Captain America meets Deadpool meets the Terminator. So, it was definitely fun rendering this one.

I didn't want to go too familiar with the key art already out for the movie (because then what's the point). As such I ended up with the idea of Bloodshot charging towards certain violence and danger, taking shots left and right, having his face blown off, yet still keeping an expression that was less "owwie" and more, "Alright, you're all starting to pissing me off".


So this is how things looked inked at first:

© 2020 Bloodshot. Artwork by Dulani Wilson (www.bluntspear.com)

Then took her to Photoshop and started playing around with colour and shading. I think it turned out okay in the end. But let me know what you guys think. Check it out:

© 2020 Bloodshot. Artwork by Dulani Wilson (www.bluntspear.com)

Click-clack gang.

Plus, if you could all do me a super solid and head over to Talenthouse and hit it with alike. Like, I'd be super grateful and indebted to you for life. Like kidney-level indebted. A digital kidney for your digital heart, of course. But a kidney nonetheless. Vote here: https://www.talenthouse.com/item/2266115/40c230dd

Sum up,

Buhbuhbuh BOOM

With a grimace like that...

Been steady sketching and having the pen bleed. Tactile is always king. Few things have been annoying me lately so it's always good put the energy into something cathartic.

This weeks been quite, but that doesn't mean the work stops. Whoa is me with all this debris.

Had that image inked. Check it:

© 2020. Artwork by Dulani Wilson/bluntspear.com. All rights reserved.

I've also done a colour render and my Bloodshot Talenthouse entry is also live. Will share that and a speed art type of video I made too soon.

Sum up,

Until then superfriends,