HALO ART- WEEK #3 - SGT. JOHNSON

Week three and its a big post. Lots of stuff to share. :-).

I'm continuing with portraits of key figures in the Halo story. This week it's the one and only, Sgt Johnson! A true blue Marine Sgt. if there ever was one. What makes him such a cool character for me is his un-shakable resolve and get it done attitude. (plus he is pretty damn funny too - LOL ) So I have tried to capture him in mid chaos. The Spartan probably wouldn't be red, but at least I did give him one of the new full head visor helmets . :-) I did this piece in a more comic book style. As it developed it felt more and more like a single panel from a multi panel story. So in the spirit of the comic book tradition and for a little diversity to my posts, I have written a few captions to go with the image.

The Sgt.'s piece lent itself to a horizontal format, mainly because of the reference image i was working with. ( I have included it below.) Horizontal is not the best for posting in the Blogs because they are limited to a 499 pixel width. At that size the caption boxes are difficult to read, so I am providing an additional larger viewing option here.
And for those that like their illustrations without corny captions, here is a words free version.:-)

I have also posted below a couple sketches of things Im working on for upcoming weeks posts. Thought you might like seeing these doodles as they are evolving. I started coloring the Cortan Gravemind piece from last week. Thanks again to everyone that commented and posted about that piece. I appreciate it and all the feedback will make for a better final piece. Once its complete I'll post it up. Hopefully I'll be able to do so next week and have it in addition to next weeks new piece.

As always comments and crits are encouraged and any suggestions for next week are welcome. :-) Thanks everyone and I'll see ya back here next week for week #4. ( which will mean only 8 more weeks till launch AAAAAAAHHHHH!!! :lol: )

BAT

Larger image here. Larger without words/captions here.

Here is the initial rough pencil for this weeks illustration.


Here is the Photo reference I used for the pose.


And here are some rough concepts and doodles that will be the basis for future posts.



Goes without saying that this one will be a personal favorite. - LOL