CCN Captain Epistle Art

I'm working on a cover for the next issue of the Collectors' Club Newsletter and it features our old friend (and unofficial mascot) Captain Epistle. The previous time I illustrated him, I used the Genesis figure in Daz Studio. This time I wanted to do my work in Poser (so I could use the super cool Comic Book Preview, which generates quality line art), so naturally I went back to my old standby Michael 4 as the base figure.

Before working on the cover itself, I whipped up this simple character sketch in a classic Kirby-inspired pose. Very simple, and it did reveal a few things I need to work on:

• The logo needs to be moved up a bit higher on his chest.
• I'm not sure this is the right cape – it's nice, but it doesn't have some of the movement I would like (particularly at the bottom, which is why that curl to our left looks kind of straighter than it should).
• I think the jawline needs to be more square.

Nevertheless, not bad and these changes should help me make him look better when I move him into the cover illustration itself.

This has the usual workflow: Poser Pro 11 and Manga Studio EX5.

© 2019 Mike Mitchell