Blackjack Betty & other stuff. *mild nudity*

#1

This post was killed when the forums were hacked, so I’m putting it back up. Thanks to those of you who previously commented. :slight_smile:

This is a concept for a new character I’ve been developing for a series of personal werx based on Betty Page. Kinda in the cheeky vain of the old Heavy Metal stuff. Fakk, Tank Girl, etc… Used a reference of Betty Page for the face, everything else is from the head.

Blackjack Betty:

PS7 and a 9x12 Wacom.

Used this image as referance.

Here’s a detail shot.

Here’s a little mixed media speedy:

Ink and watercolor on board, scanned into PS7 for some additional painting. About an hour of total work time.

And finally, A cover. I posted this a while ago on CA, so I figured I’d share it here too (text pasted from original post).

Spent the better part of a month and a half on this project.

Everything you see here, front cover illustration, title logo, back cover design, spine and front cover decorative ledge, was done by yours truly. The back cover, spine and front ledge will be used for the entire series of Arcane Codex source books, while the cover illo and title logo are just for use in the Dark Elf source book cover.

0 photo ref for the cover illustration. Had my chick do some quick hand poses for the Dark Elf priestess that I sketched form life, other than that, it’s strait from the head. The cover illo was pretty heavily art directed, so color and style choices for the character’s clothing wasn’t my decision. The noble guy on the left is a little stiff, but all in all, I’m happy with the results.

The back cover, spine and front decorative ledge were done by painting one side and then duplicating and flipping it to keep both sides exact. After they were merged I came in a painted some little details, mostly nicks and scratches and such.


Copyright © 2003-2004 Nackter Stahl. All rights reserved.

Get a closer look at the cover illustration HERE.

View some full res details from it HERE.

Anyways, I hope ya dig.

Take it easy,
Malachi

#2

Hi!

I realy like the first! Good render, Her face remember me “betty page”

the last one , it’s for a RPG ?

good work man! :thumbsup:

#3

Blackjack Betty looks nice. nice colours.
and your cover is great. I really like how detailed it is.
has it already hit the shops? RPG, like Diablo 2?
sorry, but I don’t really like the second one … (but the colours are great too)

#4

My last post got deleted so I will just state what I did then (I think)

Great work no crits just hope to see the real booklet one day :wink:

#5

The Betty is really cool but there is maybe not enough details.

Good work/:thumbsup:

#6

i love the colour and shading of the metal, just looks so nice, the only thing I dont like (and this is probably personal pref) but the background just seems to different from the style of old betty. But I do love the look. pat on the back

#7

cool stuff man, i like the band-aid on blackjack betty. nice touch

#8

Love the first one!!!

as a hobby colourist I’d also love a copy of the inks for the blackjack betty character to give it a bash myself

sean@sevspace.com

(no attachment size limit there either so go nuts if you want)

cheers
Sean

#9

That Betty is amazing!

#10

Hey, thanks for the feedback folks. :slight_smile:

tekila~ Thanks for your comments. Yes, the last one was done for a German role playing system called Arcane Codex.

cr0ss~ Thanks for the c&c. Yeah, the second one is kind of stiff, but in my own defense, It was done very quickly. Glad you like the color though. That RPG cover should hit the shelves in Germany late this year. They said they where going to do an English translation of the book, but I have absolutely no idea when that will be coming out.

sypherr~ Hey, thanks for the comments (again :wink: ). Keep an eye on their site to find out when the book will hit the stands (I hope you can read German). Here’s their site: Arcane Codex

Riddick~ Thanks for taking the time to comment, it’s appreciated.

binbag~ Thanks for the c&c. Yeah, the bg is just a texture I painted on board, scanned, and threw in behind the character real quick. The Blackjack Betty piece is simply a concept illustration to show what she looks like. I wasn’t trying to have her in any particular setting, thus the boring background.

da_rock21~ Thanks. :slight_smile:

SeanE~ Thanks for the comments. I’d send you some lines if any existed for this piece. All of the dark lines on the character are painted in, other than a thin stroke around the whole illo. I’ve got some lines laying around for other pieces if you’d like to give one of those a crack. Here, how about one of these?: Demon 1 Demon 2

Anyway, thanks again for the feedback all. :slight_smile:

~M~

Edit: Thanks ludo de la pena!

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