This is a short reconstruction of the different steps I went through to create the Sister Kinetics picture using Photoshop CS2. The player behind Sis Kin had just dinged 50 (the level cap) on the MMORPG City of Heroes and is such a nice and sweet person that a commemorative image was in order ...

The good folks at Eirtaku organise, every year, the one and only anime convention in Dublin, Ireland: EirtaKon. I have had the privilege to design their mascot, Lori, for the fifth year now, I believe. Thanks guys. Here are some of the designs, sketches and development pictures I had fun creating. Lori’s appearance has come a long way as you can see. A little less boyish and less rough ’round the edges, she’s now much...