As a recently retconned-in member in good standing I feel I should have my own gallery here.

At the moment all I've got to post are pics that I've colored, but who knows what else I might come up with to adorn the walls? Most of these have been posted around before, but I've got a few new ones to post as well. Some are Legion/LMB related, some aren't. Comments are always appreciated, even if it's just to tell me that I suck.

First up are the LMB'ers, drawn by Tony Scott and colored by some loser...

This one's never been posted before, the colored version of yours truly, Loser Lad!

Next is LMB speedster Beagz. When I ifrst colored this I gave him a Lightning Lad color scheme. After I posted it someone suggested I should have used the red an yellow Flash scheme, which I did. Personally, I thought it would look best in black, so I did one of those too.

Here are all three...which one do YOU like best?!?

I thought Tony's Greybird drawing turned out so nice I colored it twice!!! First one's in traditional Dawnstar yellow...

Then I tried it again in a more natural buckskin style...

Here's Lash Lad in all of his badness!

Lucien Lad looks great in black with gold accents.

Here's a close up of Faraway Lad!

Ultra Matt's hanging loose...

I love this one. Here's Sketch Lad surrounded by a few of his favorite subjects...

Last but certainly not least is our dear friend Paul "Looks That Kill Lad" MacNeil.

Here's Legion World's resident Chief of Security Cobalt Kid, showing off for a lady friend as usual. Cobalt was drawn by Newcru.

That's all of the LMBers I've colored. Here's another one that I don't believe I've ever posted, XS drawn by Mike Weringo...

Last one for now. This one's not Legion-related.

Here's Mary Marvel drawn by Casey Jones...

If you get bored, Loser dear, you neglected to color this Freeky pic the first time around...

Thanks to Loser once again for all his stellar coloring and textures. I'll note that beyond two versions of Freekinos' sketch, he also did background coloring to punch up the avatar I use at left, and I'm also grateful for that.

*sigh*...I didn't neglect it Jeckie dear. My computer BLEW UP before I could get to it! Honestly, though, this one intimidated me a little, which is why I was putting it off until I had a little more practice. Two characters, that long, flowing cape on Crujectra...not to mention the hair. My God the hair...I think I had an easier time doing the detailed wings on the Greybird pic than I would doing that hair justice.

All that being said, it IS a beautiful drawing, and I'd love to give it a shot, but I'm going to have to take my time with it and really do it right before I'll post it here. Don't forget I've got a year's worth of ring-rust to shake off here.

You're welcome Grey. And thank you for the praise!

I wish I could remember exactly what I did to come up with the background on that avatar. I think I just pasted a photo of a sunet into the background but I'm not sure. I know I didn't color it by hand. I'm still happy with the way it turned out though

Whoa. nice stuff LL. What program do you use to color stuff with? I've been tempted to order one of those coloring comics programs but I'm too cheap to just grab one indiscriminately and it seems nobody talks about them so I have no idea which ones might be worth the money and which ones are a straight rip off.

I use Adobe Photoshop 6. Definitely not a cheap program (The newest version usually retails at around $600 US). I picked mine up on eBay a few years ago for somewhere around $200. For what I use it for it's definitely worth it.

Adobe also puts out Photoshop Elements which is basically a Photoshop Lite, without some of the more advanced features. I haven't used Elements so I can't really say how it stacks up against Photoshop but I'm guessing it's still a pretty kick ass graphics program.

I have used Adobe's Photo Deluxe, which is similar to Photoshop but offers fewer options and a lot less control over layers and such. It's a decent editing program (I used Photo Deluxe on some photomanips I did years ago which I believe are still at the LMBP Yahoo Group) which came bundled with a scanner I bought awhile back. Don't know what that one retails for though.

From what I've heard Paint Shop Pro is comparable to Photoshop but much cheaper (somewhere in the $100-200 range). Again I haven't used it, but I know several people who do and have turned ot some mindblowing work with it.

Outside of those I can't really recommend any other good programs.

One thing I can hwoleheartedly recommend though is a good graphics tablet. I use a Wacom Intuos 2, which is their midrange tablet, and it's awesome for coloring. With a tablet you're drawing on a surface with a pen, which is much more natural than pushing a mouse around the desk. It gives you a lot more control over your brush strokes than using a mouse and, for me at least, produces a better end result.

My tablet cost me about $200, but Wacom also offers the Graphire line of tablets which you can get now for under $100. From what I've heard the Graphire tablets are nearly as responsive as the Intuos tablets and well worth the money.

I've heard mixed results about other (cheaper) brands of tablets, so I wouldn't really recommend anything other than a Wacom tablet.

Awhile back on LegionPics or one of those groups Steve Lightle posted his original art for one of the panels in Who's Who in the Legion alongside the panel that actually saw print to show how his art was changed by TPTB.

Here's the panel as it originally appeared in "Who's Who in the Legion" #1 (I believe) and Steve's original art, colored by me.

Muchas Gracias, amigo.

These are wonderful, Lou! Shake that rust and do some more!

I really liked the Sketch Lad - never saw the whole picture, just what dean used as an avatar. Very nice with the miniature "muses" flying around him. Some of the other LMBPers I'd seen before - except for Looks That Kill Lad.

Amazing what a difference the colouring makes on that Lightle Who's Who art!

Thanks FC! I'm working on a couple of projects right now, so sooner or later I'll have new stuff to post here.

Here's one more "from the Archives" is it were. This is the infamous missing page from SLSH #212 featuring Matter Eater Lad and Karate Kid. I submitted this last year as my "audition piece" for Matter Eater Lad: The Series. Apparently I got the job, but I'm still waiting for the inked pages to be sent to me to be colored...

Jeepers! I'm so excited by Loser Lad's coloring that I may have to scrawl the pages to MEL: TS myself!

Well hurry up already...

Your coloring's great, Lou, but I don't even think *it* could save my artwork!

Same here! Although you can take a shot of my Cosmic Boy pic!

Lou, your coloring really is fantastic! Give us more!

Thanks guys! I'm tapped out now, so you're gonna have to wait until I get more done. I have a bunch of stuff that I want to color, and a few already started, but it'll take me a bit to get some stuff finished. I'll post 'em here when I do.

Here's the first new thing I've done in awhile, Newcru King and Princess Crujectra, drawn by Tony (Freekinos) Scott.

WOW! That is soooooo much better than the feeble attempts I've made on it!

Way cool!

Wow! That looks amazing! Great job, Lou!

(And a great pic by Freekinos!)

Awesome work Lou!

Thanks guys

Glad you like it Princess.

I'm surprised you didn't hear my squeal of delight, Loser dear

Is that what that was? I thought I stepped on the cat again...

YUM!

BTW Yellow Kid, if you're still looking I was at Comp USA today and they had Wacon Graphire 2 tablets for $99.99 that came bundled with Adobe Photoshop Elements 1. Could kill 2 birds with one stone if you're thinking about buying a tablet.

I'm not sure but they may also come with ProCreate Painter Classic, which is another paint program you might like. I know that one came with my Intuos tablet.

Here are two more I recently colored. The first one is Mon-El by our own Frog Kid. You can see more of Frog Kid's excellent work in his gallery . The background for this one, which was shamelessly stolen off the 'net, is by 3D Artist Robert Gibala.

The second one is Doctor Midnite by Jeff Moy, colored for Mysa Nal\'s Coloring Contest .

Excellent work.

Thank you Arachne!

Lou, these are awesome!

Love the Doc Midnight Lou! Did you use a tablet to color it?

Yep. I have a Wacom Intuos 2. I think the only one that I didn't use the tablet for was the Mary Marvel. That one was done with just the mouse.

Thanks for the compliments Scott & Cobie!

Dang, Lou! The colors get better and better.

Keep them up! I really love the Doc Midnite piece.

Okay, I gotta get me a tablet now. I've been wanting to start honing my skills to color sequential work. I just hope that Paint Shop Pro works with the Graphire3 (on sale at Best Buy for $99) as that's my graphics program of choice. Can't afford Adobe and PSP is what we use at work plus CostCo sells the full version for under $80.

PSP will work with a Graphire tablet. The tablet and pen basically replace your mouse as your pointing device, so you can use it with just about any program you would normally use a mouse for.

I'll warn you now that getting used to the tablet takes a little time. I didn't like it at first, and there's still some things that I don't use it for, but for brush work, shading and blending and the like I can't live without it now!

If you haven't used a tablet before I'd suggest hooking it up and then putting your mouse in the desk drawer for about a week. Just use the pen to do everything that you would normally do with your mouse. Use it while you web browse, use it with PSP, use it to check your email. Do everything you would normally do with your mouse but do it using the pen. That'll help you get used to the way the pen works, what it's good for and what it really isn't good for. By the end of the week you'll be comfortable enough with it that it will be second nature to use it for PSP or whatever you plan to use it for.

Working with the tablet is easier for me because I'm left handed, but use a mouse right handed. With the tablet I can draw with the pen in my left hand, and that gives me a lot more control over my lines than pushing the mouse with my right does.

BTW, from what I hear PSP is every bit as good as Adobe Photoshop, so as far as that goes you certainly won't be suffering from an inferior program if you use PSP. Hell, at $80.00 for the full version I might even consider picking it up and trying it out for myself.

These are fantastic, maybe you could help with some stuff, when I'm not such an idiot, of course.

Let me know what you have in mind Rave and I'll see what I can do.

It's a difficult process, first I have to get Sara to get off her lazyy ass and draw the pics (I do the writing) and then I would ask you to color them for me, of course I would give you a blank sketch and a pencil colored sketch.

Yeah, let me know when you've got something together and I'll give it a crack. I've got to warn you though that I work pretty slow on stuff like this, so it might take me awhile to finish something for you, but I'll be happy to try.

I love Steve Lightle's Legion work. When I saw this sketch I just had to color it...



P.S. to Abin: still working on the one you sent me. I'll get it finished some day, I promise!

Looks great, Loser dear.

Hmmmm... not really sure WHAT is going through Shvaugn's mind at that moment... I NEVER try to knee someone who's giving me presents

Thank you Princess!

Maybe Jan just transmuted the flowers out of thin air to prevent her from going through with it?

Sweets for a sweet couple, dude. I've been a Jan-and-Shvaughn partisan from way back, and much more could have been done with them before the TMK mudslide *sigh*

They were always one of my favorite couples too, especially during Lightle's all-too-brief run at the beginning of v.3.

So Lou, Where is it? All those others are Absolutely Great...

But you know which one I'm waiting to see...

Equisite! Marvelous, as always.

Thanks guys!

Oh, and just in case you missed this part of the post...

Okay, one more for the Jan fans in the house. I started this one a long time ago (before my old computer blew up) and only recently finished it.

Here's Element Lad in his Cockrum designed 70's costume, drawn by Colleen Doran...

Gorgeous idea, sketch, and color. Yet that outfit (always the best color scheme for Jan, I felt) raises the same question in my mind every time I see it:

How did that green upward arrow ever get past the prudes at the Comics Code Authority?

One of the true mysteries of the comics universe

Could have been worse. Imagine it was a big green arrow pointing downwards! I bet that one wouldn't have slipped by the CCA!

BTW, little known fact (or maybe not so little known?) that costume was originally designed as a costume for Colossal Boy, hence the upwards arrow, indicating growth. For some reason they (I don't recall if it was Cockrum, the editors or DC itself) scrapped the idea and then brought it back later for Element Lad after Gim's Cockrum era costume (which was a rejected Ultra Boy design) was introduced.

I can't remember where I read all of that.

It's so professional looking.

The pics on page one, the ones of Sketch Lad, Lash and Faraway Lad, did you draw them?

This was worse

The pics on the first page (from Loser to Looks That Kill Lad) were drawn by LMBPer Freekinos, with colors by Loser.

Gawd, I only wish I could draw like that! No, as Crujectra said those were drawn by Tony "Freekinos" Scott, who I fully expect to see drawing comics for a living sooner or later.

As for my own talents, I'm afraid my drawing is more similar to Cobalt Kid's than it is to Tony's.

You're not kidding Reboot! This was a costume actually used in a CCA approved book? I'm surprised they let that happen.

Well, it's not like the arrow's pointing down

I found this Moy sketch awhile back and I just had to color it in honor of High Priestess Viviane's birthday, which is tomorrow (October 4th). Hope you like it Terry!

Awesome coloring job, Lou!

Not to mention totally appropriate for KGZ/Viv's birthday tomorrow. She'll love it!

Okay, Kinetix and Vi, THAT got my attention. Other than Mysa, my favorite and most adorable Legion gals Just finished up a set of micros for each of them.

Thank you so much, Lou, I printed it and stuck it on the wall, thanks. It's really cool cause that's my favortie pic of her.

This is breathtakingly beautiful! I wish Jan's colors were still blue and green.

Cool! I'm really glad you like it. I had a Kinetix solo pic all ready to color when I came across the Kinetix and Vi one in one of my folders. I liked that one better so I decided I'd do that one instead. Now I'm glad I did!

I do too. That was always my favorite E-Lad costume, possibly because that was the one he was wearing in the first Legion issue I ever owned back when I was a kid. It was one of the S/LSH Earthwar issues that I got in one of those 3 comics in a plastic bag deals that they used to sell at K-Mart in the late 70's and early 80's. I didn't pick up another Legion comic for quite a few years after that, but that Earthwar issue made a big impression on me. I still have it around here somewhere 20-some years after I got it.

Thanks for the compliments Miss T., Future and Kat! I'm glad you guys like this stuff!

Yellow Kid's recoloring of XS's costume on his Fan Art thread inspired me to recolor mine. Here's Weringo's XS re-imagined in Kid Flash colors...

I think she looks good in those colors, she's cute in the other ones, but she's dynamic in these colors, beuno Lou!

Princess Projectra by Jeff Moy.

I love this sketch, I just wish I had a larger scan of it...

Wow.

That one is new to me and Ilove it. I just found a new wallpaper for work

Great work on the colouring Lou (as usual) The shadows, the shading of the colours all work really really well for me.

Thanks Far! This one is new for me too. I just did it recently and haven't posted it anywhere before. I'm glad you like it.

Oh wow, very nice.

Thanks Kat!

Here's another one I colored drawn by our own Dean Lee!

Lou,
I love to see Jeff Moy's version of preboot Legionnaires! That Jecky is gorgeous! Your colors give the drawing a real richness that the Princess deserves.

I like the job you did on that Saturn Girl picture, too! (I'm not totally happy with the job I did on those pencils, but oh well...).

All I can say Loser, is that your work is Great. Hell now I'm wishing I had a sketch of myself.

Thanks Healex!

That Sketch Lad was probably one of the toughest ones to do. The spectrum gradient was all one layer, and it was tough trying to blend in the shading on that layer without mixing the colors. Turned out pretty well though, but I've learned so much since doing those first couple that I would probably have done it totally different if I was doing it today.

I still like the effect of the spectrum. I imagine it flowing and changing as Sketch Lad moves rather than staying static.

Well, it was a rough sketch, not intended to be a finished drawing, so for what it is I think it looks great. I enjoyed the lighting challenge that the pose presented over the typical pinup shot that I normally color. This was definitely a cool perspective shot!

And thanks for the compliments!

the lbmers look really cool, at least in my opinion. i like the black and yellow color scheem better for that speed guy

Thanks wisper! The black one was my favorite too!

Yo Loser, when are you gonna color Abin and Space Ranger for me?

Didn't know you wanted me to. Aren't they already in color?

Yeah, they are... But I think you could make them look sooooo much better!

I'll give it a shot, but I'll have to see what I can do about un-coloring them first. The way I usually color isn't really going to work over previously existing color. Lemme see what I can do.

I have a couple of things I'm working on right now, so it may be a bit before I can get to them.

Okay, these didn't take long at all, so here they are. I couldn't come up with an easy way to un-color the ones you sent Abin, so I just went to HeroMachine and recreated them without color. They were kind of small, so I enlarged them, which is why they're a bit blurry. Didn't turn out too badly though despite that.

Here's Abin Quank, created with HeroMachine, colored by me:

And Space Ranger, also HeroMachine colored by me:

Hey lou, I your work!

Spacey looks so young and naive and, well perfect! Abin doesn't look nearly mischievious or annoying enough though

Thanks Bel! You're right of course. Abin should definitely look more like he's up to no good.

These are so cool (how do you guys draw so good, color well and manipulate pictures perfectly, whenever I do that it looks like poopoocaca?)

He does, he looks like he's going to sing.

And if I didn't say it before great job and thanks.

Yikes! Abin singing probably would be no good!

I didn't think of that when I was coloring it but that sceptre he's holding does kind of look like a microphone.

And Terry, there are two things you really need to be able to color like I do. A decent photo editing program and lots of practice. MS Paint is okay for basic coloring, but it won't get you really good results because you can't use layers. Anything you color wipes out the stuff you're coloring on top of, so you can't color over lines without wiping out the lines, and you can't add shading and highlights over the colors because they'll wipe out the colors.

There are a lot of good free editing programs available for download on the web, so if you're serious about being able to turn out good stuff you should look into a few of those. There are some links in the image editing thread that's highlighted in this forum.

The program you're using and the options it offers really do have a lot to do with how well your stuff turns out. The rest is just experience and learning *how* to do what you want to do.

Lou, can I be cheeky and ask you to colour the picture Keith drew for me of Dak Sacchev in the Leg 35C bios and pictures thread?

If that's too much hassle forget it, but I had to ask

Bxx

Nice pic, but (you knew that was coming ) what's up with Vi's costume? If that's her original (postboot) suit, the stripe should be light, including the whole above-the belt torso except the black V, and if it's her LeViathan suit, the dark leg stripe should end in a ^ touching the bottom of the V.

And if it was deliberate, sorry about this

Oh, and why is Zoë blushing?

That'll teach me not to go on memory!

It was intended to be the later version of the costume (which I like better) when I was coloring it, but since the upwards arrow above the belt wasn't apparent in the sketch I forgot about it and didn't add it in.

Although now that you bring it up it the earlier version with the light middle stripe would be more consistent with the shyness apparent in her stance and the costume that Zoe is wearing there, wouldn't it? Ah well, I still have to full Photoshop file for that pic saved, so I can always go back and retouch it to make it more accurate.

And I'm not sure if Zoe is blushing, or just flushed with excitement about whatever she's contemplating doing with (to?) young Violet.

I can give it a shot. Like I told Abin earlier I still have some projects hanging that I need to finish up, but I should be able to work one more in.

I'm a little ashamed to admit that I haven't read too much of the stories
featuring this character, so I don't know anything about him. He looks alien to me.

Could you give me some idea of how you'd like him to be colored? What's his skin tone, what color are his clothes, etc. Just something to get me headed in the right direction.

Actually, in that sense, either of them are accurate - for Vi to be around and Kinetix to not be a cat but wearing the skirt, it has to be them from between Legionnaires #52 (where she temporarily reverted to a darker version of her original suit, before switching to the no-lilac suit in #53), and Lgs #57, where Zoë goes off to the anomoly.

Looking at the Original B&W version tho, Moy shaded the (black) V, but not the stripe. And doesn't draw the ^ in. Which makes it pretty clear that it was intended to be the earlier suit

Good news though - either way, she should have the green streak in her hair



Good grife...

Let's face it, her face is red with blushing

Hey, Lou

I found this sketch online and the artist had titled her Misty. Seems like destiny that she should be colorized for moi. I'd be interested to see what colors you would choose for me.

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This is a cool sketch of Aquaman, Firestorm, and the Martian Manhunter by the same artist. I included it just in case you'd like it and want to color it.



And this is a Power Girl by the same artist. She's already been colorized and I'm wondering if you can alter the colors. I'm completely out of my depth in asking this, so you tell me if it's possible to alter her costume's color scheme to less Power Girl and more "Misty." I love that she has brown hair and wears glasses (me-like). Plus, she has ginormous chest pillows (also me-like).



Thank you for your consideration, Lou

Those are great Misty. I'll see what I can do with them. Do you know who the artist is that drew those?

Also, what do you have in mind when you say you want to make the colors more "Misty". Do you have a certain scheme in mind?

I totally put "Misty" in your hands, Lou. You have a great sense of color. Whatever best flatters her brown hair. I believe the artist's online name was Shade.

I did absolutely love the colors of the UP arrow costume of Element Lad, though. But I'm not convinced they'd look as good with her brown hair. Bottom line: surprise me!

And thanks!

Here's the one Belinda requested, Dak Sacchev from her Legion 35C series. Hope you like it Bel!

And here's one of the ones Misty requested, Shade's Power Girl, recolored to match her Myriad color scheme.

Finally, Moy's Kinetix and Violet, with Vi's costume fixed (and Kinetix not blushing for Reboot's sake )...

Lou, you are an absolute star! Dak looks even better than I ever imagined! Many thank yous flying your way

Bxx

Thanks Bel. I was going to eliminate the background, but I decided I liked it better against the yellowed page. Like he was climbing out of the pages of some ancient tome.

And here he is again on a plain white background, just in case you wanted to see it that way.

Just cross-posting a few of the pieces I've posted elsewhere over here. The first couple are entries from White Raven's coloring challenges, all drawn by Jeff Moy.

Dawnstar



XS



Rogue and Phoenix from the X-Men

This one's from the Museum of Legion Arts Halloween Gallery . Crujectra, drawn by Crujectra, dressed up for Halloween.

Last one for now, from White Raven's Phil Moy challenge. Here's Spark, pencils done, of course, by Phil Moy.

I'll have a bunch more to post soon once I finish up some entries from the November/December Legionnaires Challenge!

Here's a few more I'd forgotten about. They're from Gina Robotgirl's Chibi Legion , all drawn by Gina Robotgirl. I love these little guys. I might have to color some more of them one of these days!

The Ranzz Twins



Cosmic Boy



M'Onel



Wildfire and Shikari



And my favorite of the bunch, Vi

My art is so...different...that I only draw pics of Cosmic Boy and Venturian Walking Money!

Just posted for Kat's Phil Moy Challenge, Triad by Phil Moy:

Wow. Nice coloring, LL.

Love the chibi's and a great Triad.

Lou, didn't you color Dedman's Lardy pic? I could have sworn I had just seen it recently...

Have you loaded it anywhere?

Thanks for the compliments Satire Lad and Viv!

Cobie, I haven't finished the Lardy pic yet. I colored part of it to make an avatar for Lardy out of it (which I just posted in Viv's pics thread) but that's it so far.

Here are my entries for Kat's Legionnaires Coloring Challenge. All drawn by Jeff Moy. I'm really not thrilled with the background on the Mon and Shady one, but I was pretty happy with the way Shady turned out, so I figured I'd post it anyway. I was going to stick with all pre-booters, but I couldn't resist coloring the Imra in a mini-skirt one!

Bouncing Boy:



Adventure Era Colossal Boy and Shrinking Violet:



Mon-El and Shadow Lass:



Saturn Girl (in mini-skirt costume):

These look great Loser

Thanks Ded!

Here are a few more of Gina's Chibi Legionnaires that I finished up a week or so ago.

Star Boy



Superboy



Supergirl (slightly altered from the original drawing to make it more like her Pre-Crisis look)

Lou, you do a great job at this! I'd like to see your colors on that picture of Saturn Girl in the pink bikini!

I love seeing Moy's drawings of the Legion of different eras. You bring them to life!

These are great Lou, but you just blew me away with those pics of Mon-El and Shadow Lass, and Saturn Girl.

Thanks for the compliments Dean and Viv. Dean, I very well may color that Cockrum/Grell era Saturn Girl. Don't know if I'll do it in time for Kat's Challenge or not but I will do it sooner or later!

So anyway, a while ago Tony Scott (Freekinos) posted a great drawing he did of a reboot Dream Girl and Star Boy. I always wanted to color it, but never got around to it. A couple of days ago Viviane asked me if I could color it to reflect our LMB characters. The drawing was perfect for it (especially since Dean's design for the Loser Lad costume was originally based on Star Boy's) so I figured I'd give it a shot. Here's High Priestess Viviane and Loser Lad, altered from a drawing by Tony Scott.

And the drawing as it was originally intended, starring Dream Girl/Dreamer and Star Boy.

hi Lad, I see a lot of your stuff...cavolo, ma sei bravissimo!!! (geez, but you are very strong in it)

Thanks, Lou. They both came out looking really good, perfecto!

Thanks Luca. Glad you liked them! I only wish I had those muscles in real life...

Thanks Viv! That was fun to do. Thanks for giving me the idea!

but you are with dreamgirl!!!^_^

Got a bunch of updates. The first batch was colored for the Museum of Legion Arts: Post Boot Original Legionnaires Wing .

First up are the two I did specifically for the gallery.

Gates by Jeff Moy:



Thunder, pencils by Matt Haley, inks by Tom Simmons:

The next one contains partial nudity, so I'll present a link to it instead of posting the pic here. The pic is from the Erotic Gallery on Kat's Jeff Moy Sketchboard . The drawing is of Kinetix cooling down on a hot day in her quarters. The pic was originally of her in her "pointy ears and tail" phase, but I altered it to reflect her normal human form as well. I'll link to both versions.

WARNING: Partially veiled nudity in the following links! Don't open at work with your boss standing over your shoulder!

Pointy ears and tail version

Normal human form

The next two were drawn by Monkey Eater Lad.

Kid Quantum:



Thunder:

Here's another Kid Quantum II which I colored, pencilled and inked by Dean Lee.

The next batch were all drawn by DrakeB3004.

Kinetix:



Thunder:



Gates:

The next two were drawn while Lady Crujectra was in the Christmas Spirit! I slightly altered the Gates pic to make the gifts more Legion-related. I added the little yellow and red rocketship, turned the bear into a Brainy bear and turned the baby doll into a baby Phantom Girl doll.

Gates:



Kinetix:



That's it for the post-boot originals...for now!

Now that I have all the reposts out of the way, here's some new stuff I finished. The first one is a space explorer, making "first contact" with a new alien race. Sketch by Leonard Kirk.

Of the stuff I've colored so far, this next one is one of my favorites. I'm very pleased with how it turned out.

Here's Wonder Girl from the Teen Titans, in her most recent costume. Pencils by Christopher Rich-McKelvey.

WGIRL is so cute, nice colors.

Thanks!

I adore these, they look fantastic!

You've really mastered lighting in these, Loser -- but you have for some time, now.

The Wonder Girl immediately above is especially subtle, and notable because of it. I'm struck by how often such 2D blondes are made to look artificial in their hair color, for no reason I've understood, but this one isn't.

Kinetix is genuinely animating Christmas-tree lights, and the glow of the colors makes all the difference. That's one of the better examples (though they're all good ones) of how a good colorist can be a collaborator, more than an afterthought.

I'm also glad you got a fully inked Kid Q from Dean to bring out so well, especially those purples. He hasn't been choosing to use his own sizable finishing talents very much lately (broad and unsubtle hint ... {g})

Nice work Loser Lad

Thanks for the compliments all. And thanks to Grey for taking the time to comment.

Probably more than anything I've struggled to try to create realistic lighting, and while I think I've improved a bit it's still something I don't feel I've completely gotten down. I have quite a few unfinished pieces where I just can't seem to get the lighting right. But, as I said I think I'm getting better with it, and I'm glad the effects are noticible in the finished products.

Thanks again for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it!

Well, as I always say, one good Wonder Girl deserves another. Here's the original Wonder Girl, in her original costume. Pencils by Christopher Rich-McKelvey.

BTW, I recently found Christopher Rich-McKelvey's website, and he's got a lot of really nice sketches there. Check it out! Warning though, for those who are bothered by such things, there are some nudes and partial nudes there, so beware.

http://www.baldguystudios.com/

Wondergirl looks fantastic. Some very cool art on that site too, though i've only looked at a few pieces yet

There's a good example of what I was saying in the PBOL Gallery thread about working in a color that will do what you want it to and then changing it later with adjustment layers. Everything in that picture except the skin tone, the gold on her top and the background gradient was colored in the same medium shade of blue, and then changed after the fact with adjustment layers. In fact the top and the shorts (including the white stars on the shorts) were all colored on the same layer in the same color. Shading and highlights were done with the "Burn" and "Dodge" tools.

Don't know if that technique would apply to photomanipping, though I don't see why it wouldn't.

Another Rich-Mckelvey piece. As a fan of the Giffen/DeMatteis Justice League, I really dig this one.

more i see your colours the more i like 'em

Here's dedman's Element Lad tribute colored.

Here's another Wonder Girl, this one by Jeff Moy...

Here's another Jeff moy piece, this time it's Stargirl of the JSA, formerly known as the Star Spangled Kid.

One of my favorite cartoons/comics growing up was GI Joe. One of my favorite Joes was Snake Eyes. When you look up the term "bad-ass" in the dictionary, there should be a picture of Snake Eyes next to it. Anyway, here's Mr. Bad-ass himself, drawn by Jonboy Meyers.

Awesome job on colouring my piece, awesome to finally see it in colour too...thanks for posting to my thread too. Mind if i put it up on my site? (once that gallery is ready)....
The other three are great too; Wonder Girl is reat as usual; Star spangled kid is exceptional IMHO, and Sanke-eyes is well....Snake-eyes

Lou, I have to say the more i see of your colouring work the less difference i can tell between you and "professional" colourists. (if that makes sense)

I really would like to see how your work looks on an actual page of a comic.

Actually I would love to see if your work could improve that old hero machine avitar I made of my self. (hint hint)

Makes sense to me (though I'm not quite sure I agree...). Thanks Darden.

I haven't really done any sequential stuff except for that Matter Eater Lad and Karate Kid page I posted earlier in this thread, but that was a long time and a lot of practice ago. Personally I don't really think that page was that well done, but I was just starting out then. If I can find some decent, hi res page scans out there that interest me I'll try coloring them just to see what happens.

As far as the Hero Machine Faraway goes, I'd be happy to give it a shot. I'm assuming there's still a version of that posted on the Yahoo Group or Outpost somewhere.

Love, love, love the Loser Lad/Viviane pic!

I do too. It was Viv's idea to manipulate Freeky's Dreamer & Star Boy pic into Viv and Lou, and I'm really glad she suggested it!

I've got a couple of new ones to post. First is a Cockrum/Grell era Shrinking Violet drawn by Shawn Van Briesen:

Finally got around to coloring one of my favorite Legion-related sketches, Matter Eater Lad by Ty Templeton...

One more Legion-related one. I've wanted to color this Jeff Moy Triad pic for a long time, and finally got around to it...

The next two are pics I started coloring over the summer and just recently finished off. Since I started doing these I've totally changed my techniques, so it was a little weird going back to these after so long.

Actually, I guess Supergirl's Legion-related too (although this is based on the Post-Crisis costume design), so I guess here's one more Legion-related one, drawn by Al Rio...

Last one for now. This was another one I started over the summer and came back to finish just recently. I've always had a hard time with backgrounds, and this one has a fairly complicated background. That's probably why I stopped working on it in the first place. Didn't turn out too badly, but I'm still not completely happy with it. Anyhow, here's Jade by Darryl Banks.

They're great.

I really like the Supergirl and Jade ones, they are pretty awesome.

I just like things that include me , I'm vain that way.

Lou,

One thing I have noticed is that I never see the best parts of your work in the thumbnails you post, even when I open them up in another window they still look better when I enlarge them to maximum size.

I particularly liked the highlights on Vi’s black leggings in the Van Briessen piece. When you look at these it really looks as if these are material, almost jean like stretched over her thighs.

The Supergirl is another one I like with the creases in the costume picked out well, the blue is possibly a little dark but as a one off works for me. I prefer the lighter blue for an ongoing comic.

Jade I think I have seen before and I don’t see what it is you are unhappy with. Unless it is the face and hair that is. I think the greens together with that green back ground may not work to the best effect.


PS
That Faraway Avatar should be at the outpost, but if you get stuck I should be able to e mail you the orginal.

Well, I've got to give credit for a lot of the details to the artists themselves. I usually just follow along with what's drawn, and try to embellish as best I can. Sometimes it works well, and other times (I'm thinking of the Moy Wondergirl I posted a couple of weeks ago as an example) it doesn't. On that one I actually had to erase a bit of the shading that Moy drew in because it was just too dark when colored. I still think it doesn't look right even with that. As a black and white pencil sketch the shading works fine, but colored I think it was just a bit too heavy.

As far as Supergirl's blue goes, in the original sketch Rio used some rather harsh shadows, so a lighter blue didn't really look quite right. Created too much contrast between what were intended to be the lighter parts of the costume and the darker shadowy parts. Personally I prefer the darer blue myself, but agree that it doesn't fit with what was esablished for the character.

On the Jade piece I'm not quite happy with the entire background, but I think a big part of that is just the large blocks of green. I tried to add depth to them to make them look more three dimensional, but there's only so much you can do with solid blobs of color like that. I suppose they didn't have to be all green, but it seemed to fit the character best, as if they were one of her energy constructs or something. Also, osme of the buildings in the background don't quite look right to me. Too flat, and just kind of blah. I think the only part of the background I'm really happy with is the little tree at the bottom right.

I'm probably being too critical and nitpicky about this stuff, but it's amazing how different some of these these things look with you look back on them with fresh eyes. You tend to find a lot of stuff that you overlooked while working on them the first time through.

Anyhow, Viv and Darden, thanks for your comments. Darden, I found the Heromachine pic posted on the Outpost, so I'll mess with it sometime soon. And for the record I like things that include Viv too...

I always loved that set by Shawn! That Triad looks great too

Are there more Van Briesen Legion sketches out there on the 'net? I've look but didn't find any. If you know where to find more drop me a link. I'd love to see them!

I've got a few, but I can't be bothered to look them out right now

Check the Who IS this Legion character thread in Spaceopoly. I think I used a couple there.

There's a whole set of them. If ya'llwant, I'll make the set the January coloring contest. Once I find them on my CDs.

Ack! I forgot all about that thread! I'll bet I could find a couple good source pics there. Thanks for the reminder!

That would be cool with me, if any of the others agree.

The Shawn Van Briesen Contest will be starting Today!
Check back at
http://kat.of-the-night.com/~moy/Contests/
later today, I'm working on it now.

See posting http://www.legionworld.net/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=000426 for updates on this.

Haven't had much time to color lately, but I do have a few that I finished recently that I haven't posted yet.

I started coloring this one months ago to make a new avatar for Lardy, but only recently got to finish it off. Here's everyone's favorite foul-mouthed portly avenger LardLad, drawn by fellow LMBer dedman.

Here's Dr. Fate, drawn by Jeff Moy.

One more for now. I totally love this Adam Hughes sketch of the Golden Age Green Lantern, Alan Scott. He's got a total grumpy old man vibe going on here. Love the Viagara mug!

Lou, these are just terrific! Nice effect with that mist! Geez, if you get started on AH! sketches, there could be NO END to how much coloring you could do. Have you ever been to the Hughes Fans yahoo group? Adam's girlfriend, Alison, presents exclusive material there. Great group.

Love the age spots on his hands and temples.

Mondo coolio Dr. Fate pic!

Thanks Dean. I messed around quite a bit to get the mist to look the way I wanted it to. Glad it worked out!

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Have you ever been to the Hughes Fans yahoo group? Adam's girlfriend, Alison, presents exclusive material there. Great group.

I haven't, but I'll check it out. I've been a Hughes fan since the JLI days, and I always enjoy seeing more of his stuff. This is the first Hughes piece I've colored, but I'm sure it won't be the last.

By the way, I snagged the Hughes GL from the Comic Art Community , which is one of the places I go to search for new material. There's work from a ton of different artists there (including a huge Hughes gallery). Some of the sketches there are a little smallish for my tastes, but I've found a couple of decent pics there, some of which I've already colored and posted here, and some that I plan to do in the future.

Heh. Those were kind of an afterthought, but I think they really added a nice finishing touch to the piece. Thanks for noticing!

Thanks Viv!

I wonder how GL would look with white hair instead of blonde?

Kind of like this I guess...

Just finished this Dawnstar by Al Rio for Kat\'s Dawnstar Challenge . This is a smaller version, The actual file is a bit large to post here. If you want to see the full-sized (770 x 1129, 642KB) file, click here .

My God, um...Goddess...

That's the most beautiful piece I have ever seen.

Couple more new ones I have finished.

First one was found here (where there's also a nice section featuring Dean Lee's work). The only information I have on the artist is that his/her last name is Newburn. If anyone else recognizes this and knows anything else about the artist please let me know so I can give him/her proper credit.

The next one is probably the coolest Aquaman sketch I've ever seen. Drawn by Sunny Lee.

Thanks Viv!

Hurray for Aquaman!

I don't know who the artist if for Supergirl, but the coloring is great.

Nice attempt at colouring, but it's beardless Aquaman in orange & green, and thus can't be good (or cool). It's a law of nature.

That Dawnstar image is just stunning. Wow.

Thanks Juan!

This is just some random Anime demonic schoolgirl chick that I colored for a "coloring contest" on another site. Not really much of a contest (though that's how the guy who posted it put it). Basically some dude posted a colored pic and the original (actually a pretty low quality original, but hey, what are you gonna do) and said "beat this". So I did. No idea who the artist is.

She has a tail, and the coloring is so good...it's scary.

Well, they're all gorgeous in this go-round, but that Al Rio piece got sent to the moon by your color. It's almost glowing. Making the most of the nebula-ish background adds to Dawny's ecstatic feeling in the foreground.

I'm glad you put up the larger version. When printed, it creates a much sharper piece by far at 8.5 x 11. I love this Canon i850 color printer!

Loser Lad,
Since I know how much effort it takes to make these pieces happen, I totally applaud you on your results. I love that you're sharing a diverse set of pictures with us here.

Frankly, I didn't even attempt to color that Al Rio Dawnstar because I knew that you would rule on coloring it.

It's so great that Legion World is a forum for us to present stuff like this. I love it!

Thanks all for the comments. They really do mean a lot to me!

Grey - Glad you were happy with the Rio Dawnstar. You know that any time anyone does any Dawny-related art around here that you are the "target audience". If you're pleased with it then I guess I can consider it a job well done! I thought Rio did an excellent job on that pic, so I'm glad I could do it justice with my coloring of it.

Dean - I appreciate your praise, especially sine I know that you know what kind of work I'm putting in to some of these pieces. I'm glad the non-Legion pieces have found a receptive audience here as well. I know that the Legion is the common interest that drew us all here in the first place, but it's nice to not feel restricted by it in what I'm allowed (encouraged, even!) to share here. I've really found a hobby that I enjoy with coloring these things, and it does make me happy that so many others are enjoying what I've been posting (especially someone who's got such a talent for it in their own right as you do Dean-o).

Heh. I feel the same way about your work on those two Hughes Dawnstar pics that are up for the challenge. You did such a great job with them I don't think I could do anything that could hold a candle to them. I love your colors on Hughes' stuff. Your style and his really do compliment each other.

Here's my latest enrty for the Shawn VanBriesen Challenge. The background is from a piece called "Saturn from Titan" by Kimmo Isokoski.

I like the change, and that Saturn buckle looks really awesome, like real metal, I tell you.

Great job on the Saturn Girl picture!

Thanks Viv and Dean!

Here's how I spent most of the day today. Easily the most complicated image I've colored so far. Worth the trouble though. I'm pretty happy with the way this turned out.

KISS was one of my favorite bands growing up. When I saw this image I knew I had to color it. Here's KISS, drawn by Al Rio.

Like the Dawnstar I posted earlier, the finished product is too large to post here, so I'm posting a smaller version. You can check out the full-sized version here .

I'm not affiliated with KISS, but I still the pic.

I was a HUGE Kiss fan back when I was in junior high! I used to draw pictures of them all the time. I haven't done so recently.

Great coloring on a nice picture of them, Lou!

Thanks guys!

Knocked out another VanBriesen pic. Didn't know what to do with the background on this one, so I went a little crazy with the cloud filter. Seemed to fit.

Here are the three I colored for the WAK On Deck Gallery. Drawn by Princess Crujectra.

The fog works.

Love the Mysa, look at him bounce! Could that Dawnstar be any cooler?

Geez, man, you've gotten really prolific! They're all terrific!

Thanks guys. Managed to get a couple of things done over the weekend between debilitating bouts of lower back pain...

Here's the last two VanBriesen Legionnaires. I had something more interesting in mind for the background of the Shady pic, but I couldn't find the right source pics to use, so I went with the trusty cloud filter. For the Duo Damsel I pretty much created the Monitor Board from scratch using the icons that Gary uploaded for avatars here (so thanks to him for that!) and a couple of random computer screen images from a picture of a sci-fi film set.

These two were drawn by our own Infectious Drura.

The last one for now was drawn by Princess Crujectra, based on the characters that High Priestess Viviane created and designed for her Justice Circle Fanamation .

Dru and Lou and Cru and Lou!!! What teamwork!!!! Fantastic!

I like that you gave Shady red lips. The colors for Lu's background look kind of like they're out on a barren planetoid. I wonder if doing more of a monochromatic scheme would be less distracting from the figures? The monitor board and computer components look excellent.

Your colors on Cru's drawing are just perfect. I'd love it if he could do sequentials for Viv and you could color those. So many projects, so little time...

I hear that Dean! I'd love to be able to do more, but I've barely even had time to check in here lately. What I wouldn't give to be able to add a few more hours to the day...

Still, I do enjoy working on stuff that's created by the posters here. A lot of times I have more fun doing those than I do working on the professionally drawn pics. I'm all for more fan art on this board!

Great job with Drura's pics Lou, and thanks again for coloring the girls for me.

Any time Viv!

Here's Sable Sorceress, designed by Viv and drawn by Princess Crujectra.



Got to fooling around with this and thought it would make a great cover image, so here's what i came up with.

Here's a cool image from Kat's Moy Sketchboard . Fire and Ice, drawn by the moy Brothers. Jeff Moy drew Fire, and Phil Moy drew Ice. Alls I did was slap some crappy color on it...

Would you kill me if I replace the main image with the black and white with this color one, or would you just like it as a link under it?

Those look great, Lou! Although, I think the nipples might be a bit much

That's cool with me. Go for it!

Maybe I shouldn't have hired the costume designer from "Batman and Robin"...

This is Voltage from Viv's Justice Circle, along with the cover from the Voltage Origin issue.

Don't listen to the Princess Lou! The nipples are just fine!! Woof!

Men!

It was cold in the studio that day, eh?

That's right. Anything over 68 degrees and i just refuse to work!

I've looked at all the pics in this section, and have to say I'd hate to have to choose the best. Lots of real nice stuff here.
(Although I DO have a preference for a certain white-winged female.)
Also, I do a bit of drawing myself, but not of LSH characters. Is there any particular place I might TRY posting them? (A few are M rated)

Thanks for the compliments!

I'm not sure what you're asking baycent. Are you asking about where to host pictures for posting here? If so, check out this thread for some suggestions of free webhosting services. Once you have them hosted somewhere, just start a thread and post your stuff.

If you're asking whether or not it's okay to post non-LSH stuff here, I assure you it is. I'm sure there are many here who'd like to see your work, whether it's LSH-related or not.

As far as the mature stuff goes, it's not really appropriate to post it openly on the board, but it is okay to post a link to such stuff, as long as you give a warning about what lies at the other and of the link.

Last week Dean Lee sent me a pic he'd been working on and asked if I could color it. Here are the results of that collaboration...

Dean's original Women of Colu:



The Women of Colu in color (reduced in size for posting here):



The full sized (1158 x 977, 637KB) version can be found HERE

Batgirl by Phil Moy

My two entries (so far) for Kat's Tom Burgos Challenge.

Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad



Supergirl

Seems like you improve with ever pic loser.
I really like the effect you got on saturn girl's hair (and supergirl too). Is it a filter, a special brush, or a hand done effect?

Basically, what my posting is, is a bit of ego-boo. Actually, I was wondering if anyone might be interested in seeing a bit of rather ADULT artwork (NO X-rated stuff, though.)
Okay, I'm blowing my own horn here.
Anyway, if anyone wants, er, dares to visit, the addy is: www.freewebz.com/centaur/index.html
Remember: some of the pics are Mature audience stuff.
Read: Nix, kids

Lou, thanks a lot for posting this. The idea came from Fat Cramer a LOOOONG time ago. I tried to depict several different types of women to represent the best female minds of Colu. The colors are vivid and well done. I love it!

My dream sketch come true! Thank you Dean & Loser! I love that they're different ages, shapes and ... well, looks.

(And great choice of background too.)

I still have that drawing of Sharn Nux and Brainiac 4 somewhere....

Lots of good work. Really nice on the Batgirl, though, even working in a background. Nice job!

J

It's all hand done. I color the base layer for the hair in a medium shade of the color I want it to be. Then I use burn/midtones with a soft brush to shade the darker parts and dodge/midtones with a soft brush to add some highlights. Then I use burn again, this time with a one-pixel hard brush set to burn/highlights to draw in the individual strands of hair. Takes a few minutes, but having a tablet makes it much quicker and easier.

Looks like there are quite a few in there that could safely be posted on the board baycent. You ought to start a thread and post them here so everyone can see 'em! Like I said you can always post links to the rest of them like you did here.

Thanks FC! And thank you for inspiring Dean to draw it!

Thanks Kinetix. The original sketch had sort of a city-scape background drawn in, but I liked it better this way.

That has always been my favorite Burgos pic and your colors just make it more so Lou. Great job!

Just working my way back through the gallery.

This is absolutely stunning Lou! I'd buy a poster of this one in a heartbeat. Not much of a KISS fan today but was a major one growing up. Can't remember how many Halloweens I put on the makeup and go out as Ace.

Heh. I've gone out as Ace, Peter and Paul for Halloween at various times throughout highschool and college (back when I had the hair to pull it off). I've got a picture around here somewhere of me as Peter from one of my yearbooks. I'll have to see if I can dig it out and post it.

Thanks for dropping by Scott...

To Loser Lad:
I'd like to post some of my stuff here IF I KNEW HOW. My knowledge of comp runs about the size of my little fingernail.
I take it you looked the pics over. Were there any you particularly enjoyed?
Spurious hinds want to know. (or something like that.)

BC, you already have your centaur and other pics stored on your Website. You just need to know their addresses on the Web.

(And whether they're too adult or nude, say, to be inappropriate for office screens or kids. Those should just use the URL tag for inserting the link in the text of your message. See the Full Reply Form.)

To display an image in your message, use the button for the IMG tag. In brackets, it precedes (IMG) and follows (/IMG) your Web address for your piece of art.

If you want to display art that's more than about 300 pixels wide, use the button for the THUMB tag instead. This will create a 200-pixel-wide thumbnail that readers can click for the full version in a new browser window.

The Full Reply Form (hit the Reply button or the one below Quick Reply) will step you through it.

Baycent - I can't pick just one favorite, but I think all of your horses are great! Pick the lot of them (most of Gallery 2) as my favorites!

And if you still want to start your own gallery, do as Grey says and you'll be posting images with no problem!

Lots of stuff to update tonight. To start off, here's a bunch I did for Kat's Burgos Challenge.

Thunder by l.e.g.i.o.n.JOHN.

Mon-El and shady by Frog Kid, colored for the Museum of Legion Arts Couples Wing.

Here's a Rogue, drawn by TCatt. I had to edit the original for posting here. Anyone who knows TCatt's work will know why I had to edit it...



If anyone's interested, here's the unedited version **WARNING - Nudity! **

This one's (I guess) just a random girl with a gun. Drawn by Kevin Newburn (the same guy who drew the Supergirl sitting on a bridge I posted earlier).

Last one for now. Booster Gold. Not sure who the artist is. Just something I ran across on the web. For my money, there's just not enough Booster Gold fan art out there...

More Burgos...

I do believe this is the first V4 Legion image I've ever colored. The original Impulse, Kent Shakespeare, as drawn by Jeff Moy.

One more for now.

Chameleon Boy in his Adventure Era costume, drawn by Steve Lightle.

Nice stuff! especially Kara and Kent!

Thanks Kent!

Found the sketchbook on Mike Wieringo's website and had to take a crack at a few of them. Shame the pics weren't any bigger.

The most recent Batgirl:



Superboy:



Three of the Fatal Five:

Holy frejoles!!! These are simply AWESOME!!!

A wonderful cavalcade of colouring greatness! Totally Ace!

Thank you sir!

New stuff from the Chemical King gallery. This is Jeff Moy's recreation of the cover from Superboy and the Legion 228.

First the straight-up colored version:



Then the cover mock-up, complete with logo, bar code and Comics Code Authority seal of approval!



And just for comparison sake, here's the original S/LSH 228 cover, drawn by Grell.

Batgirl and Black Canary by Stephen Butler...

Condo looks great in Moy's artwork but boy he made Supes look young didn't he? Good job on the colors LL. The coever mock up came out great also.

Aye. He's barely out of his Super Huggies in that one! And thanks for the compliments Vee!

One more for now. Zatanna and a "friend", drawn by Chad Spilker...

Great job on all of these Loser! I also particularly liked the Vi and Jeckie that you colored.

If anyone is interested, here is the original picture used to create my avatar, drawn by me and colored by the handsome Loser Lad

Nifty stuff. =)

Thanks Kinetix!

New stuff! White Witch, drawn by Dean Lee.

Some Shadowcat stuff for Kat's Challenge.

First one's a quickie drawn by Eliseu Gouveia:



By TCatt:



By Jeff Moy:

I'm enjoying these, don't get me wrong. It's just that these pages have so many large files linked to them that this one (page 19), for example, has taken over 15 minutes to load. Yes, I'm one of the primitives who still only has 52Kbps dial-up.

So I can't scan it more than once a week. Even a second visit later in the day means that these have expired from my browser cache. (I only keep that at 10 MB.)

I'm glad that Loser is using THUMBnails, but as others have pointed out, their benefits in easier display don't mean that they take any less time to load -- the originals are sized down by LW.net.

I hate to say it, but the only way around this is to create (and host) thumbnails oneself, making a 200-to-300-pixel .gif version, which would be displayed with a link to the original this way (change { } to [ ]):

{URL=OriginalLocationHere.jpg}{IMG}ThumbnailLocationHere.gif{/IMG}{/URL}

It'd be worth thinking about, for a page that has as many images as this one.

Ouch. Dial-up sucks. I feel for you Grey.

For me something like this might not be a bad idea. I have enough space available where it wouldn't be much of a problem to host the additional files, but I know some of the folks using free image hosting might run into a space crunch trying to host two separate files for each image they want to host here.

I'll think about doing that from now on.

I was noticing your avatar it looks so cool, you are so lucky!

Wonderful, Lou!

I'm very fond of the Shadowcat by TCatt!

Thanks Viv! Hopefully I'll have another Shadowcat or two colored soon. I found one in particular that I'd like to do when I have time.

And speaking of cats...well, kind of at least...here's Adam Hughes' Super Pets Playing Poker! This was a surprisingly complicated coloring job (70+ layers, for anyone who cares), but I'm pretty satisfied with how it came out.

Thumbnailed for the high-speed internet impaired! Click on the pic for the full-sized (400kb) version...

Cute!

I want a Streaky...

DC Direct sells 'em you know...

Who won?

It looks awesome BTW, Lou. Can't imagine how long that must have taken.

Looks like Streaky is cleaning up. Krypto has no chips left from the looks of it.

Hard to say exactly how long this took. I worked on it on and off over the course of three days. Definitely a good couple of hours went into it.

Great job on the Pets, Lou. I started coloring that thing at least 4 or 5 times and just decided to let it go...

You make me want to do a sketch of ShadowCat. Don't really know her, but it could still be fun...

http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/3648/400/3648_4_042.jpg (far left)
http://www.comics.org/graphics/covers/3648/400/3648_4_043.jpg

Just in case you did

Random: Two of my fave Kitty pics, and a favourite Rachel...I love Alan Davis.

J

Thanks for the links, Reboot. I've done one sketch. I'll post it soon...

Here's the other Shadowcat I wanted to color. Drawn by Al Rio.

White Witch drawn by the lovely Princess Crujectra:

One more I finished awhile ago but for some reason never posted. Second-rate replacement Supergirl Linda Danvers confronts third-rate replacement Supergirl Cir-El, by Tom Burgos.

Crujectra flood!!! These are some of her designs from the Project Runway thread.

Cobalt Kid:



Nightcrawler:



Fat Cramer:



And of course the Princess herself:

I can see how you had problems with choosing a favorite Cru. Excellent job, Lou!

The possibilities are endless!

Thanks Viv!

This pic is just plain awesome. That might be my new computer backround.

More Crujectra Project Runway redesigns...

Ultra Matt:



High Priestess Viviane:

Crujectra's Loser Lad redesign:

One quick update for tonight. Here's Tinya wearing one of Jo's work shirts (and little else) by Jeff Moy.



And a quick thanks to Kat for taking the time and effort to put together her awesome Moy Sketchboard site! Drop by and check it out if you haven't already!!!

I just saw that pic, great job!

Oh, and thanks for coloring Cru's pic of me, it's awesome.

Thanks and you're welcome!

Speaking of Cru pics, here's Cru's design for Vee colored.

This is Randall Flagg, the villian from Stephen King's novel "The Stand". He also appears in King's epic "The Dark Tower". I don't know what the artist's name is, but he has a website at http://www.dirtbagtoons.com.

Here's the hero of Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series, Roland Deschain, the gunslinger. Drawn by Nigel Lowrey.

Wow - those last two are awesome!
Love the sky in the Gunslinger one - is that a placed image or home-drawn? Either way the colour is great...

Considerable menace there! Great job!

I wondered where Nigel Lowrey ended up. He did many gorgeous portraits (B&W and color) of Legionnaires that were a staple of the old, pre-de-archived, LegionPics Yahoo! Group. Has he lost interest in the Legion, I wonder?

Thanks Wayne!

The background in the Roland pic is just a sunset picture I pinched off the net. I've actually used it in a couple of different pics (like the Sunny Lee Aquaman a few pages back). I just thought it worked better than the drawn-in background that the picture had originally.

I don't know where Nigel is now. He's got a website up here which includes a handful of his Legion drawings, but it looks like it hasn't been updated in quite a while.

BTW Grey, I've been doing the thumbnail thing you suggested for the last page or two. Are the pages loading any faster for you now?

Very good job on the Tower pics Lou. The artist seemed to capture a bit of Jamey Sheridan in the drawing of Flagg. At least it looks that way to me.

And I love the Tinya pic. I don't think I've seen that particular Moy before. Is it a new sketch?

The Tinya pic is dated 1998, and I remember seeing it somewhere years ago, but Kat just added it to her Moy site a few weeks ago.

I agree that the drawing was pretty heavily influenced by the movie version of Flagg. I don't really recall the mini-series too well. I saw it when it aired originally, and wasn't very impressed with it, but since then I haven't been able to picture Flagg without seeing Jamey Sheridan's portrayal of him in my mind.

BTW, the artist that drew the Flagg pic also has a couple of sample pages that he drew of a Gunslinger comic posted on his site. You can see them here: http://www.dirtbagtoons.com./images/drawings/lg_comic08.jpg

http://www.dirtbagtoons.com./images/drawings/lg_comic09.jpg

I think they're pretty damn cool!

Another Roland pic, this one drawn by Casey Jones.

*blows dust off thread*

Man, I really need to get a good cleaning service in here. Where's Quank when you need him?!?

Anyhow, another Jeff Moy Triad for Kat's May challenge...

And Light Lass by Phil Moy just because...

Beautiful, Lou!

Gorgeous recent colors, amigo. I'm getting to like Phil Moy's drawings even a bit more than his brother's.

And, to answer your query above after two months (sorry about that): Yes, the pages are loading considerably faster, in as little as one-third the time they used to take. Thanks for doing the separate thumbnail files.

Glad things are loading faster this way Grey. The little extra effort is worth it if it makes things easier on everyone.

New stuff!!!

Dawnstar and Dani Moonstar by Robert Atkins

A couple by Phil Moy. Reboot Saturn Girl and Threeboot Triplicate Girl (my first WAK-era coloring).

Here's a few by Phil's brother Jeff. Freefall from Gen13, Vi and Kinetix. I decided to do Zoe in her original red costume, because I've never colored that one before.

Yes, those are freckles, and no I don't know why...

Oops. One more Jeff Moy I forgot about.

Last ones for now. A couple members of the Bat-Family. Batgirl by Nigel Lowrey and Robin by Jonboy Meyers.

ALRIGHT!!!!

LOU'S BACK!!!!

YeeHaa!!! I love them!!!!

Nice work Lou, very polished! I particularly like the Robin picture - very well done background and a colourful character! Great stuff!

More, more, more!!!

Bxx

Thanks guys! That last little flood pretty much emptied out the archives for now. As soon as I get some more stuff done I'll post it here.

Nice, I LOVE the Kinetix!

Cool. Thanks Viv. Wasn't sure if anyone would object to the freckles or not, but for some reason it just felt right to me.

Stellar colours as usual Loser!!! and i like the freckles on Zoe.

Thanks Marck!

Here's one that I knocked off over the weekend. The New Teen Titans by Frank Cho.

Ehh-hee, little dragon is cute.

Great job, Lou!

"Titans! F@#%! Yeah!"
sorry
Ive been watching Team America
lol

w00t!! Titan's Together y'all~ ^_^ <3 on teh old school...

I PM'd this link to Loser yesterday. It's a gallery of some nice George Perez b & w artwork that are just begging to be colored. Perhaps if time allows he might work on some of them

Ralph Ramil Mendoza's Dawnstar Et Al...

Some character designs by Joeboy:

Quislet Esq.




Disaster Boy

Some Crujectra goodness...

Spellbinder




Kid Marvel

One more for now. Jeff Moy's Violet for Kat's August Challenge.

You've been busy. Great work, as always.

Awesomeness, Lou, it's great when you post your works.

*whistles*

Im-press-ive!! You've got the skizzles~

Thanks all!

Well, a little penecillin ought to clear that right up...

More Joeboy LMBers!

Loser Lad:



Fat Cramer:



Arachne:



Sketch Lad and Vi:

Suddenly Seymour's Jeff Moy Color Kid sketch...

Wow. That Color Kid is amazing!! Seriously... whoa. The rest are amazing too. Awesome job Loser Lad!!

Thank you ma'am!

Ooooh! Aaaahhhhh!

Color Kid looks fantastic, LL! Thanks!

No problem!

I really like the Gallery, Lou!

Ummm...could I be immortalised in some way? Just dont put me in anything "pink"

Brian

I don't draw 'em. I just do the colors. Try asking over at the Project Runway thread and I'm sure someone can whip up a design for you. Then I can color it for ya. And don't worry, it won't be pink...

Your new avatar looks quite dishy, Lou...who supplied the artwork? Was it JoeBoy?

No, pencils & inks courtesy of Princess Crujectra, and I colored it. I didn't even realize it was in the avatar list until this afternoon.

Full size versions of that pic are here .

Great stuff, Lou, it's nice when you post.

Thanks, although you might not think so once you make your way over to the Afro thread in MMB...

The MMB, oh I remember the days of the MMB...it was...

...last tuesday.

Just finished this one. Black Canary and Scarlet Witch by George Perez, for Cru...

You always manage to use just the right shades of color, Loser Lad. Those look great!

Ohmigod! How many years has George Perez been drawing? He gets better with age....

Sweet job man!! From the days when Scarlet Witch wasn't psycho... so awesome. ^_^

That looks phenomenal, Lou! What an amazing job!

You really should be doing this professionally, you know

Hi Caliente!

Whats up with Wanda? Last i heard she had married the Vision, had a couple of kids and was supposedly living happily ever after...unless Magneto's genes had a greater influence on her than any one ever expected....

Brian-

??

I think you might want to sit down, LAM.


She's gone insane and warped the entire Marvel Universe to her liking. You might have heard mention of House of M -- that's all Wanda's doing. Someome else could probably explain that better than me.

But How? lol

Actually...Isnt Magneto using her to Warp the MU? Im lost on House of M...GLA has been the only Marvel Title Ive picked up in months

I think the gist of it is that Wanda has used her power to grant everyone their heart's desire.

Sounds good, Crujectra....

There had to be a catch, of course

Well, it's going to destroy the universe but, other than that, I don't think there are any catches, no.

I think House of M is actually really interesting. It's all AU but at the same time not entirely... I explain badly. It's fun though.

On the question of Wanda: She totally tripped out and "dissembled" the Avengers last year. The House of M is only now happening because she's really gone over the edge.

...yeah. That's about it. The short version, anyway.

Thanks guys! I don't really know Scarlet Witch at all (I think the JLA/Avengers crossover is the only thing I've actually ever bought that she was in) so I had to search out references for her colors. Glad I got it right!

Ya know, I think you're right!

From now on admission to my gallery will be $5.00 US for adults and $2.50 for children under 10 and seniors.

Thanks for the idea Jeckie!

Two more new ones for now. First here's Crujeckie's designs for Faraway Lad and Gigglebot Girl...

And another Perez. I normally don't like my background work, but I think this one turned out pretty well.

Holy cow! That looks so good, I think I may have pee'd a little!

Hey, that's my line!!

Great stuff Loser Lad!!

We can do an adult diaper commercial together

Yay!! Sexiest adult diaper commercial ever.

Take that, June Allison!

That Depends on whether you think incontinence is sexy *snerk*

I have a friend you need to talk to LAM...You could learn a few things (some that you might want to forget)

Ummm....mebbe I'll pass, Joey...I'm way too vanilla for kinky stuff like that LOL

I am aswell...Unfortunately Im surrounded by depravity. sucks to be me

That Perez came out terrific Lou. Great job on it!

Thanks Vee!

Here's JoeBoy's Monkey Eater Lad trying to sneak into Invisible Brainiac's lab looking for a midnight snack.

Here's Jeff Moy's Phoenix done for Kat's August Coloring Challenge.

Hahhahahaaaa...Thats Awesome Lou! thanks

I love you.

joeboy's pic looks really good....already commented on phoenix in the august thread, but again, she looks great!!!

Lou, the MEL/IB pic looks freakin' awesome! WOW.

Heh. I take it that means you like it?

Thanks guys!

Aaand moving on...

Here's Cru's kick ass "Girl's Night Out" picture. Read the story that inspired it here .

Here's JoeBoy's Legion Advanture Man. I originally promised LAM I wouldn't color his costume pink, but since I have absolutely no self control I couldn't help myself. So here's the normal blue and silver version and the "Pink Nightmare" version.



And, since I broke my promise and did the pink LAM version anyway, I whipped up this nifty "Legion Adventure Man Comics" cover to make up for it.



JoeBoy drew all the characters and colored Caliente and Luna. Dean Lee colored the Sketch Lad. The cover elements and parts of the background were "borrowed" from Scott Johnson\'s "Adventure 300" cover recreation .

Lou, you are a genius, man! You deserve a hug..I love it! JoeBoy gets a hug, too

- In spite of the pink LOL

Brian

Of course I like it, Lou, but I love you.

fantastic as always loser!!!! The Adventure cover is exceptional, even by your standards!!!

I liked that cover too, Dedman...if only i was as slender as my artistic counterpart...*sighs*

Genius may be a little much, but thanks. Glad you like.

Oh, and are you sure it's in spite of, and not because of the pink...?

Thank you sir! *bows*

*takes a picture of his butt*

This one's going in the 'keep' pile.

Hey! Take a picture, it'll last longer!

Oh, wait, I guess you already did. Never mind then...

More Project Runway stuff. Here's Crujectra's Beagle Boy and Invisible Brainiac.

Here's JoeBoy's group shot:

Muy bueno, Senor Loser!

I like your style!

Oooooh! Those turned out great, Lou! I especially love how you did that Invisible Brainiac. That was the effect I wanted, but wasn't sure how to draw it. Way cool!

Wow! you made my crappy drawing look so pretty!

Thanks kids. Want some more? Yeah, why not.

Here's Cru's Disaster Boy:



And Cru's latest Cobalt Kid:



And finally, the ultra hip Cobalt Kid Film Noir Remix!

I look at these Lou and Iam really sorry that all I can say is. "Wow! these are brilliant".

I wish I could find the words to do justice to the skills you show in colouring.

I might not comment as often as some other but that may have more to do with the fact that I have to spend time wiping drool from the keyboard everytime I come here.


These are mighty fine works my boy mighty fine.

Wow Loser...

...awed, as always. You'd think I'd get used to it or jaded or something but... no.

You rock hardcore!!

Awesomeness...

Thanks guys!

Oh and Darden, that's really not good for your keyboard. I might suggest looking into some kind of a drip-guard. I think we have a few for sale in the Gallery Gift Shop.

One quick one before the beer makes typing comprehensibly impossible.

Power Girl by Bill Maus. Hope that guy's insurance is paid up!

Beautiful Lou, who's the line artist? I'm not familiar with the name.

I'm not real familiar with him either, but there's a gallery of his work up at the Comic Art Community Gallery. Bill Maus Art

Pretty!! Go Loser!!

Thanks Cali!

Another masterpiece, Lou!

Thanks love!

When can you do a portrait of me, Lou?

Well, why don't you come on back to the Cave with me and we'll discuss it...

Great job Lou! And to JoeBoy too! I didn't see the original so this was quite a surprise. Love it!

Very nice (both artist and colorist) and he got my colors right. Always a plus.

Loser should be coloring professionally.

Cool. Glad you liked it Scott!

You too Gary!

My respect for your talent has increased, Lou...splendid work as always!

Brian

Lou, Sweetie, I know that beautiful micro Luna did for me would look so much better if you were to color it... Green just isn't me (Unless it's just a few strategicly placed sprigs of Mistletoe...)

New stuff. Cru's Rockhopper Lad.

Joeboy's second LMB group pic...

Mon-El and Chemical King by Jeff Moy. Thanks to Vee for posting the sketch!



Click here for the super hi-res (673 kb) version!

Tee hee, Loser-goodness!

Uhhh...Chemical King is so hot!

Team pic is great!

Frio's hair came out perfect...Slaver Drivers have faith in their servants.

Glad you liked it! Thank you for your guidance mistress.

The color job is impressive, Lou!

Thank you sir!

Just finished up Cru's White Raven, so here she is.

Hey Lou, here's an offer....which character(s) would YOU like to color? I'd be happy to draw and ink whomever you'd like, and send you a nice high-rez file! Lemme know!

Thanks for the offer Dean! I'll have to think about that one and get back to you.

Anytime.

Hey, Sketch Lad, how did you get your avatar to look so "pouty"?

Cru drew that picture a couple of years ago. I colored it and then animated it using Image Ready. I haven't done anything like that for a long time. I was pleased to see some of the interesting things Nightcrawler has added to the avatar selection. Many of the images there were created by me, and I'm honored whenever Nighty makes them into avatars and then when people use them.

Right now, there is a ton of great art by LW members going on. A true Renaissance! I love it. Especially when an artist creates an image in black and white, and then Lou colors it!

LOSER YOU'RE THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!

/capslocks

Seriously. Didn't know how much I missed your stuff 'til it was back again...

THANK YOU!!!

/capslock

Vu by Cru...

Emerald Vi by Jeff Moy.

An LMB group shot by Dedman...

Looks great, Loser dear!

I have to admit, though, that I was half-expecting
you to reposition your arm so that it would look as though you were grabbing my ass

Nah, but I'm not completely innocent here. If you look at the original inked version, both Lou and Spellbinder have blank eyes. I filled in the eyes for both of them. While Spellbinder is looking straight ahead (at the "camera"), did you notice where Lou's eyes are wandering off to?

I should have known you would have something up your sleeve

Luna, drawn by Spellbinder.

Cool...

Perfection!!!

*whistles*

Wow, amazing Loser Lad!! Color me impressed.

Oh the puns, they burn.

Okay, so this isn't a coloring piece, but I was so happy with the way this little guy turned out that I had to post him here! This is an animated gif I made of our very own Faraway Lad dancing his little heart out...

Dancing Darden!

Here's one I colored for Caliente. This is a concept sketch for a new design for a character named Skids by and artist calling himself Rock. Never heard of the character or the artist, but I'm pretty happy with the way she turned out. Hope you like it Cali!

Here's the House of Quank by Spellbinder:

Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!

You are my hero. :swoon: If I weren't already marrying Actor Lad...

Well, we don't have to tell Actor Lad, now do we?

Hahaha. True. Maybe you can keep your mouth shut better than some people on Legion World... *koffkoff*Tamper*koff*

We'll just have to see won't we.

Cpl Loser, Sir! You are a coloring genius! That is just amazing!

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

You're welcome Private Quank!

Over the weekend in Boston Abin found a sketch of Shanna the She Devil by an artist named Mark Sparacio that he thought would make a pretty good Pagan Lass. I told Abin I'd color it for him, but I wasn't sure I'd be able to do it justice. Well, here she is, and I've got to say I'm very happy with the way it turned out.

The version I'm posting here is reduced from the original. If anyone's interested you can click here to see the giant-sized version (1275 x 1650, 900kb).

Aaand here she is as Shanna the She-Devil, as the artist originally intended. Again, pencils by Mark Sparacio.

I like the red headed version!

Great stuff, lou darling!

To quote a certain unnamed poster, OH.MY.GOD.

You've outdone yourself this time Loser, that came out absofragginglutely beautiful!

I can't wait till Alice sees that tomorrow... Now if only my printer can handle it.

Thank you Terry!

Thanks Abin! Glad you liked it.

pagan lass is HOT.

Well, Loser, I'd like to thank both you and Mr. Sparacio for the flattering rendition of me. Your efforts certainly brightened this Grandmother's Day.

I'm glad you liked it Pagan Lass!

Here's Cru's LMBP: Infinite Crisis poster.



And the super-sized version (1011 x 648, 456kb).

Hmm, no wonder my intuition was telling me to look at this thread for some reason. Do I have to challage you to a duel Lou? If that happens it really wouldn't go well for you. Well good job with the Skids pic anyway. FYI Skids (Sally Blevins) is a mutant who was best know for her time in the junior version of X-Factor the X-Terminators and also being in the New Mutants for a short time along with her boyfriend Rusty. She had the power to generate a frictionless/deflective forcefield and she couldn't really control her powers that well when she was 1st introduced. Rusty had pyrokinetic abilities. They were like the prototype of the Rogue-Gambit relationship.

Oh...

my...

god!!!

That turned out AWESOME!!! I'm loving it BIG TIME!!!!

Hahahaha. :cough: Nothing happened!! It was but mere flirtation. Everyone knows Lou and Cru have a thing, anyway... I would never impose on that.

She was also a Morlock (one of the 'lucky' ones, since she got out of the tunnels pre-massacre). She and Rusty went undercover with the Acolytes after the New Mutants thing but ended up brainwashed or... something dumb. In the end, Rusty died and Skids was alone. She also appeared some in X-Force as a relatively well-adjusted college student. Last I remember seeing her, she was with X-Corp L.A. in X-Treme X-Men. There, more than you ever wanted to know.

*sigh*

If I had a nickel for every time some guy challenged me to a duel for flirting with his fiancee...

Thanks for the compliment and the background on Skids, BTW. Like I said I knew nothing about the character going in to it.

Another fabulous job, lou!

Glad you like it. I'm pretty happy with it myself.

See? All innocent like.

For now...

Thanks Terry!

Saturn Girl, drawn by our own l.e.g.i.o.n.JOHN.

Thank you, again Loser Lad very nice job!!!

Thanks John!

It's been awhile. I haven't done too much coloring while I've been away. Unfortunately a lot of what I did do was either lost in my 2006 computer crash or my more recent one.

Anyway, here's some old stuff that I did manage to save that was never posted here.

The first one is by our own DrakeB3004. This is probably my favorite of the lot.



Saturn Girl by Adam Hughes



Dream Girl by Casey Jones



Catwoman, also by Casey Jones



That's I for now. I have a couple more to post but I'll save those for later.

I've always been fond of that classic Catwoman costume!

Oh, Lou, you are still a so very talented master of color!!!

Hi Lou! So nice to have you here!

Great work on these

Thanks guys.

Good to see you Dean! You too Kat!

Those pictures I just posted are at least 3 years old. It remains to be seen if I still got it. I'm still not sure how my new laptop is going to handle running Photoshop.

Me too! Awesome stuff!

Lou, you interested in coloring some original Infectious Lass art by Greg LaRocque? If so, do I post it here or how?

Like I said I'm not sure how my computer is going to handle running Photoshop, but if I can I'd like to give it a shot. You can either post it here or email it to me: loserlad@roadrunner.com

Here it is, if you get the time, desire and ability on Photoshop!

Awesome. I'll see what I can do.

Wow!
I went through the whole thread!
What wonderful work!

Please, find a way to go back to your love, coloring.

I still have some LMBers to download but I don't know how much this little loaner can handle.
I'll probably have to do it all again, but it will be worth it.

Welcome back, LL!

Thanks Shady!

Lou, I'm always amazed at the life your colors bring to the artwork. Great job on all but my favorite is that Wildfire,pic. Awesome!

I found Dean's Mysa here, one of two that you colored so beautifully.

I know you don't like multiple identities, at least I remember reading it on the Monitor Board, but, Mysa is for the roll play against Kardi.

Otherwise, he thinks every character I write is me, and they aren't.
Well, they are, but not really.
Never mind.

Just, thanks.

Vee! Good to see you man!

You're welcome. Glad you liked it.

Here's some more old stuff that I dug up.

Cloak and Dagger by Casey Jones



Dreamer by George Perez



Cyclops and Marvel Girl by Randy Green



Saturn Girl by Phil Moy



That's it for the old stuff unless I can salvage any more. I guess I'll have to get on with making some new ones.

Okay, so I managed to do a little coloring. They look okay to me, but the monitor on this laptop is a little sketchy so who knows.

Infectious Lass by Greg LaRocque



Lori Lemaris by Gene Gonzales

That is an awesomely snot-tastic shade of green on that Infectious Lass pic! I can feel myself sniffling just looking at it.

You made the purple hair really pop out as well, and I like it!

More importantly, the shades of green and yellow on the costume just highlight how incredibly cool that outfit is, with all the curvey lines and half-moon-looking things. Is that a Cockrum design? It looks like the crazy sort of stuff he'd draw Projectra and Lilandra and Violet and Polaris in...