The Phantom

I've always liked The Phantom of the Opera, starting from way back when I saw it on the stage. When I was at the movie theatre the other day they showed a preview for the Phantom movie. I'd almost forgotten it was coming out, and when I saw the trailer I got all giggly and fangirlish. C'mon, I'm a geek! Cut me some slack

Anyhow, I thought why not do a portrait of the Phantom? It's good practice for me and I get the added benefit of getting to look at all sorts of photos of Gerard Butler for reference. So voila! Phantom fan art.

This was all done in Photoshop with my wacom tablet, using a pencil sketch I had done for a base. To see some work in progress images of this, click the links below:
- the pencil sketch
- some initial coloring progress

November of 2004.