The Automaton Blog, A New Commission

This may have been one of my most enjoyable commissions to date. It was commissioned by brilliant automaton creator Dug North, who does some of the most incredible works of art I've seen an posts about some of the most exciting kinetic art. It a banner for his Automaton Blog. 
The top image is the full banner and the next two are details. 
Also, this is my first commission completed entirely digitally. It was all done in Photoshop on my Cintiq. I've had the Cintiq a year but for some reason only felt confident enough to do a complete commission on it. What's interesting about working digitally is that it's not necessarily easier than  working in pen and ink or even that much faster but the control is amazing. It's easier to translate what you imagine to the drawing. It's a very exciting way to work. 

Above is the digital sketch done on one layer while I built up the inks and colours on other layers. I can build up layer after layer of ink and see what works and what doesn't without committing. 
And right now I'm doing another piece, this time using Manga Studio to draw it. I'll start posting process shots of that very soon.