Silas Zee: Red Sonja

Red Sonja

2011.01.19

A little while ago someone suggested that I give Red Sonja a go. Why I haven't drawn her before now is beyond me. :3

At first I was going to try an action shot, but since this was the first time drawing the character I decided to go with a more static picture. The sketch turned out pretty well, so I inked it up and threw some color on it. It took me quite a while to start on the latter two steps. For a gal wearing not-so-much, she's got a lot going on. Armor, chainmail, belts, and a helluvalotta red hair. I think I started coloring her bikini first and soonafter putting in the flats I started to cry. XD

But I trucked on through and this ended up turning out a lot better than I had expected. Especially her hair, which was kind of an accident. When I arrived at that step I was sick and tired of shading and decided to take the lazy way out and use the lineart segments as a flat way of "shading" and it ended up giving the art an interesting twist. So much so that I'm already planning some future pieces featuring the "She-Devil with a Sword." ^_~