After a weekend of sorting through reference sources and sketching out ideas for our entry in the Art Forum's Doubles Showdown, I have finally accomplished my objective. Now it's off to my partner as soon as I can shoot him a copy of the finished illustration for coloring.

It was a real challenge (read: bitch) to get it all together. While I was sketching out concepts for what would have been our original entry, I had an epiphany, and my partner thought it a novel idea. So we changed our plans. Only trick was conditioning myself to draw renditions of pre-existing characters; established and well-known characters. I haven't drawn this type of subject in a long time, and I think I'll do it more often after this experience. It was tons of fun, digging through reference materials and refining the trademarked look of each character.

Granted the final result may not be immediately recognizable, given the nature of the concept we went with, but I am pretty proud of some, if not all, of the similarities. My only regret: that I had to limit the size of the piece for technical reasons, limited scanner surface. In my mind it would have been a 17" x 14" piece in the end; this would have been the optimal scale for my intentions. Nevertheless, I think it will be a unique entry and with the added finishing touches my partner will apply, I think it will stand out.

Peace out.