MEOW! Switch versus Nasty Cat...but for a good cause

In last week's thrilling update, Tom mentioned that we were going to be producing an exclusive Switch poster for a convention we're appearing at in Minnesota in a couple of weeks. So, yeah...we did. Here's Tom's pencils for the piece:

 Tom and I are working hard to produce the graphic novel so when something extra like a convention poster comes along, it's hard to create enough time to crank out the extra piece of artwork. Being the incredibly brilliant fellows we are, we killed two birds with one stone here and will also be using this page of art as a story page in the book itself. On this page, Electricia (on an early adventure in The Switch identity) has a painful encounter with her fellow villain/friend Nasty Cat. Can you say awkward? I wish I could show you what happens next, I hope you'll enjoy the rest of the sequence.

Anyway, here below is the finished artwork, my inks over Tom's pencils. Tom hasn't even seen this yet, by the way so SURPRISE, TOMMY!

I stuck pretty close to Tom's art on this. Really, the only subtle change is in trying to add a bit more irregularity to the brick wall patterns on the left and right. He drew the page digitally and laid the brick pattern down with a white-on-black perspective grid and then added the vertical white contour lines to create the brick pattern. I just tried to make it a little more organic and less precise. 

I still need to go in with some white ink and play around with both Switch and Nasty Cat's hair as well as add a little texture to the brick walls. And then we'll color it up and BOOM! That'll be all she wrote.

The original artwork for this page/poster will be auctioned off for a charity benefit at the Comiccard show we're appearing. If you live in Minnesota, I expect you to buy it for a good cause! You can hit their website (comiccard.net) for details, I'm sure. 

Thanks for reading, everyone! Tune in next week as our adventure continues!

Keith