HEROES CON 2025 Paintings

For my return to Heroes Con June 20-22, I've painted two 16" x 20" pieces in watercolor and color pencil. One of them will be put into the Saturday art auction at the convention. The other will be available at my table the next day with a price set from the winning bid of Saturday's auction.

This year's pieces are from Disney Afternoon shows 'Talespin' & 'Rescue Rangers'. (See also 2023's Gummi Bears & Ducktales: https://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2023/06/heroes-con-2023-paintings.html

Below are the process steps and photos I took as I worked.

I started with pencil drawings that were assembled in photoshop with some corrections and drawing fill-in done digitally. For both pieces, I wanted to try and draw the characters the way I'd treat them (more like real animals) but balance that with their cartoon likeness. For both aircraft I used online 3D models I found for reference. 

Next step was to use transfer paper to transfer the large printout of the rough onto the thick illustration board. Using a ballpoint pen I traced over the rough's outlines to get the linework on the final surface. I forgot to take photos of that stage, so here are both pieces freshly transferred and with some painting already started.

From here on I'll just post photos with no commentary until the end.

The final pieces below were tightened up by going over the linework with a brown color pencil (almost like how I would ink them if this were an inked piece)

As I said, one of these pieces will go into the art auction at Heroes Con on Saturday––the other will be available at my table on Sunday morning for a price based on the auction's results.