Work stages for the unabashedly tear-jerking Empowered vol.8's back-cover illo, which depicts the ill-fated telepathic superheroine Mindf**k (with eyes and tongue mysteriously intact).
#1: Initial rough, with alternate face options.
#2: Initial pencils, depicting Mindf**k in the schoolgirl uniform she wore when appearing in her ex-girlfriend's memories. (Long story.) I was well into inking the piece before belatedly realizing that, dressed in this fashion, she might be mistakable for our similarly blonde heroine Emp, who also wore the same outfit on a previous back-cover illo. Whoops!
#3: Inks on the revised illo, now featuring Mindf**k in the elastic vacuum counterpressure (space)suit she wore in earlier volumes.
#4: Color guide.
#5: Final colors, as beautifully rendered by the great Rob "Robaato" Porter.
I might have already posted this stuff here years ago, but can't remember; my (wholly insincere) apologies in advance.
More info on Empowered vol.8 here: http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/19-253/Empowered-Volume-8-TPB