Actually, it's Corel Painter 8. (I'm a version behind, but I haven't seen the need to upgrade yet.) I like the pencil and pen tools much in Painter much better than Photoshop's, although (this is strange but true) I get better results coloring in Photoshop even though Painter touts itself as better at recreating not only the results but the "feel" of using "real world" media and tools. Or maybe because Painter tries so hard to be "authentic", I find Photoshop's coloring tools to be much more straightforward and easy to use. So... Painter for drawing, and Photoshop for painting... does that make sense?? (Well, it seems to work for me.)

So this drawing hasn't been in Photoshop yet... that's the next step.

And those of you who've recently purchased Wacom tablets probably got Corel Painter Essentials 2, a bare-bones version of Painter that should nevertheless give you the same drawing tools as the full version (but I'm not sure, I've never used Essentials). I use the 2B variant of the Pencil tool for rough sketches like the blueline above, and the Scratchboard variant of the Pens tool at a size of between 2.9 and 3.6 for "inking".

It's amazing! Cool.

Hmm. I'll have to take a longer, harder look at the pic. Tetsuko isn't technically a bodybuilder, so she wouldn't have an "on-" or "off-season" look, but I do use as much muscular detail - definition, vascualrity, etc. - as I think the pic needs. For this one, I think maybe not so high a degree of detail. Still, maybe I do need to take another look at the size of her arms.

The un'inked' blue line pic compels a reaction from me more than the pre-colored version.

I think it's because your chracture/portraiture skills shine through as if you're drawing her from life or at least the vibrant existence she has in your well populated imagination.

It would be interesting if you ever drew one of your characters, perhaps Dr.Gannon seeing as she isn't saving the world 24/7   , as if they just walked up to your kiosk by the Brown Derby. Not nessicarily 'realistic' but as you render the multitudes that stop by for a piece of the magic kingdom on paper.

Though a sketch of Dyna fighting the Giant 'Chicken Little' inflatable would be sensually surreal.