This TRDL pin-up was done for R3 Army Lt. Akua, holding out in our R3 EEEEEEAST Coast operation, in Japan. Akua posted this awesome pic to her Deviant Art page awhile back that really struck me so I decided to d a homage to that pic, and send it to her as a surprise. I kept pretty close to the model in her pic, giving it the propaganda art treatment for final composition.

As you can see, it made it safe and sound!

Please enjoy.

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You can find a larger version here.

You can see this illustration herein the TRDL Tribute Gallery.

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Process Notes:

The Roots:

So here’s the original piece Akua did that inspired this homage:

http://akua.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2pijf9

And here was my rough pose reference for this retro pin-up:

The Work:

My Progress pics begin with inks.

On this one I threw down the color in blobs in all the relevant areas, because I was zoomed out and looking for the color balance between her hair, skin and that red blouse, since the stark whiteness of the coat would make the choices of the other colors stand out with more contrast.

Even though the nurse is wearing old-timey garters, I did the full shiny skin treatment anyway, despite the fact a lot of that detail gets hidden by the nylons. She eats her vitamins.

Here’s flats. I settled on these colors and went to work.

The hair is in browns and this, along with the skin tone selected and the features of the face, suggest this is a western nurse abroad in Japan, just like our Akua. Who is not a licensed nurse, so don’t let her perform ‘exams’ on you.

The original shoe color was a blackish brown. I knew that if the nylons went to the nudes/browns, this would have to change, though if they were black, the shoes would work. Since the piece is a classic pin-up, I had a feeling it would be the former. Black nylons and light skirts are the purview of today’s glamazons mimicking 80s bad choices anyway.

Sure enough, I settled on the nudes.

So the shoes required recoloring.

A nice chocolate brown worked out just fine.

Here’s the finished illustration, ready for propaganda art assembly.

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