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Black knight Sanguine Tide by artist Tom Kelly

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This was for the Challengers Assemble Sketch blog, this week the theme was "The all New All different Marvel"  Basically marvel comics is doing a bit of a relaunch of it's titles so there are all sorts books coming out now focusing on a variety of characters and concepts. The one title I chose to focus on for this weeks challenge is that of The Black Knight. The Black Knight started off as an Avengers villain but eventually became a member of the team and a hero in his own right. The main thing about the Black Knight is that he carries a cursed sword called the Ebony blade which usually tries to corrupt and ultimately ruin its wielder. The New Black knight series is more centered around a fantasy story rather than a superhero styled one so go check it out if you get a chance.

In making this illustration I decided to do a homage to one of my all time favorite Sci Fi and fantasy Illustrators Michael Whelan who Illustrated some of my fave album and book covers. One of my most fav pieces of Mr Whelan's art is from the Elric novels so this illustration is a direct homage to his awesome cover for the book "Stormbringer".

Go google Whelan if you don't know his work it's great great stuff.

Hey when you get a chance POP on over to the Challengers Assemble blog.
here is the link. Go to that site it's really cool and I totally encourage everyone to participate in the sketch blog and its themes it's tons and tons of fun as well as a great creative challenge.
challengersassemble.wordpress.…

I created this illustration with the programs Adobe IllustratorCS6 for the main figure and ground elements using my wacom tablet, and then I did the rendering and coloring in PhotoshopCS6
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nikoskap's avatar
Very impressive piece,great homage to Michael Whelan and one of the best illustrations I've seen of the Black Knight.