Cove of Madness
The art, process, and rebloggings of Michelle Pecoraro: Story and Concept Artist.



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6 days ago
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22:30
BAM. Done rigging.  I should probably pose them in some more canon-appropriate situations, but… this is more fun. Yep. Definitely more fun.
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1 week ago
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23:25
Finished rigging Sid (took a while because I am very out of practice) and of course the first thing I do is put her in the most OOC pose I can. :3
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1 week ago
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23:32
Been working on creating 3D Mannequins of the Omerta crew (I’ll be morphing Sid and Vlad here into the rest.) to use as drawing reference. When I actually get to drawing the comic, I’m sure this will make things heaps faster and far less frustrating. If anyone is interested in using these for their own drawing reference, just let me know via ask. Once I’m done rigging them - if I have any requests - I’ll post ‘em up for download.  They’re built in 3Ds Max, btw.
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1 week ago
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22:53
I’ve been having quite the frustrating battle with perfectionism in my art, so this was sort of a way to confront that and take steps towards not being so nit-picky.   I set a timer for 30 minutes and whatever I drew in that time (this was one of 3 1/2 drawings) I had to go on and ink/color in about an hour/hour and a half. End result: not perfect but I can live with it. I’ll try and continue to do this little exercise and it’ll hopefully speed me up in the long run. This also doubles as sort of a style test.  I’d love to take a crack at taking at least a chunk of Omerta and making it into a comic.
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3 weeks ago
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22:36
Wanted to take a break from the Grenade piece and do something simpler.  Did a real quick thumb of Sid at a punching bag on a post-it note, liked it, and decided to make it into something polished(ish).  Lines were done traditionally with my new Pentel brush pen.
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3 weeks ago
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00:20
More WIP. ARGLEBARGLE! It took me like 4 or so hours just to draw Vlad.  I currently hate him for it. I kept drawing him too big, too small, to far forward, to low, you name it. I still might fiddle with him via free transform, but after I get night’s distance from this drawing.
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1 month ago
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23:31
More WIP. OMG. THIS CAR. 1930’s sedans are deceptively difficult to draw. Needs its wheels, side-view mirror, and its driver . Then I can color this thang (FINALLY)!
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1 month ago
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17:00
WIP of the as-of-yet-untitled Grenade Piece. Derange and I spent like… half an hour yesterday trying to figure out what facial hair the Leskow brothers should have, and Silas has now wound up sans-stache. You’ll notice he has one in the initial sketch but not here.
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1 month ago
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20:45
Sketched this the other night right before bed in a red ballpoint.  Quite like how it turned out, especially since it was pen and I had zero reference with me at the time.It’s a bit hard to see, but Silas and Sid have hand grenades. Sid’s first time experiencing the ‘business’ first hand.  EDIT: Decided I’m gonna try an make this into a final piece. Workin’ on the lines, that I am.
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