Holy moley, I finished it! Sooo, it didn't turn out exactly how I'd planned (when does it ever?) but I'm still pretty pleased with it.
I had originally planned NOT to use black outlines, but when I started pencilling in all the little pi-rats, well, they were just too small to work without the outlining. I suppose if this piece was much, much larger, or maybe in a different medium, I could figure it out. But in the end, I decided "screw it", because otherwise I was just fiddling and experimenting and afraid to actually commit anything to paper. I finally decided that it was better to do the best I could, even if it wasn't *exactly perfect*, rather than just never finish it at all. And since I'm about to move again, I wanted to finish this before the move or else I was afraid I wouldn't touch it again for a long, long time.
This was inspired by a Disneyland ride that never happened (alas and woe), featuring a described scene similar to this. This piece is an attempt to mimic the look of retro sci-fi movie posters. I'm reasonably pleased with how close I got, considering it's my first attempt, and despite the black outlines (which give it more of a comic book feel, I think).
Rizzo turned out too dark, but I'm pretty happy with the lighting on the pigs' faces. The scanning is questionable - this piece looks better in person. Plus, I had to scan it in 4 pieces and put it back together in Photoshop.
This is 100% hand done (including the lettering, which was either totally hand-drawn or else traced by hand from a computer print-out) in Copic marker on 14 x 17 inch smooth bristol board.
And now, I must sleep. Gotta call in to see if I have any work tomorrow at 7 AM. Bleargh.