TRDL 2011 Series, No. 81 – Clea
Third Rail Thrills No. 70

This was done for the TRDL R3 Jam, the subject being the theme ‘Sorcerers’. I chose Clea, lover and partner of Dr. Strange, Sorcerer Supreme.

I loved the look of Clea growing up, usually only glimpsing her in weird dusty back issues. Something about all the circles on her leggings. Instead of just using rings, I used some concentric circle patterns that have more complexity. You can see the ‘propaganda poster’ version here, above, and also a Third Rail Thrills version below, for science!

You can read more about the process on this pic after the jump…

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You can find a larger version here and here.

You can see this illustration herein the TRDL Tribute Gallery.

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Background:

The Clea of my youth, by Paul Smith. Graceful, as Smith’s women always were.

Original pencils, exploring what pose and leg positions I wanted.

I was after a sort of lounging pin-up pose without being especially sensual. I had the leg kicked over the other like this originally, but it wasn’t reading well to my eye.

Skin and face, straight away.

I wanted to do the whole outfit in the lush purple-pinks first, and then darken parts afterwards…

Shade applied, higher saturation here.

Highlights. It would be a nice monochromatic costume, actually, left like this.

To find the right black for the tights and top, I started with straight black and then began to soften the color to find a good very dark purple. It’s supposed to be black, but I wanted more cohesion.

This was the color on which I settled.

This pattern was created using a custom brush designed by Sudds on dA, which can be downloaded here.

From there, it was about assembling the propaganda poster theme, a vintage ad for ‘Magi Exotic Teas’… couldn’t get GOB out of my head, either.

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Related posts:

1. TRDL 2011 Series No. 83 – Dr. Strange and Clea [Joao]
2. TRDL 2011 Series, No. 16: Amy Pond [Dr. Who]
3. TRDL 2011 Series No. 80 – Ultimate Spider-Man