Mass Effect Andromeda group shot! This was drawn in July, during San Diego Comicon, but it just occurred to me that I never posted about it here!
Usually, BioWare has a photobooth at their SDCC booth, but they wanted to something different this year. The plan was to blow up the original trilogy group shot I drew for the Mass Effect Coloring Book to 60x60 inches, and let people color on that, while I drew a brand new piece next to it, live on the show floor!
Armed with a printout of a digital sketch I worked out beforehand, a tablet I loaded with Andromeda character references, and a ziplock back full of brush Sharpies, I spent four days going at that 60x60 canvas!
Notes on the shots above-
1- The finished piece! 2- The final art was drawn on the show floor, but the composition was sketched digitally beforehand. Here’s the initial sketch. 3- Before the storm. Here are the blank canvases waiting for it to start! 4- First ink lines down! It all starts with Sara Ryders face. 5- Progress! Got about a quarter of it inked in! 6- Jaal close up! At this point I decided to start adding color accents with metallic Sharpies. 7- Look who came by!! Danielle Rayne and Fryda Wolff!! AKA, the voices of Vetra Nyx and Sara Ryder! They were so awesome, and I totally geeked out at them! 8- I finished earlier than expected, so what left to do but doodle on the wall next to it? Here are some silly doodles of the Andromeda fam! Yes, that’s Ghost Dad Alec Ryder :D 9- Followed, of course, by doodles of the original trilogy crew! But somehow I forgot Grunt! :( :( Noooo, my Krogan son… 10- Everything all together, in one shot! Bonus: Vetra and Sara have a moment together while I draw behind them, haha!
