WORK STAGES on EMPOWERED OMNIBUS vol.3's cover illo, pt.1: B&W ahoy! (Patreon)

Here are the initial pose rough, cover rough, pencils, inks & color guides for my character-packed cover for the recently released Empowered Omnibus vol.3, which compiles regular Empowered volumes 7-9 in honkin' big TPB form.  (Of course, this cover was originally done for the out-of-print Empowered Deluxe vol.3, which compiled the same material along with a whole lotta bonus material in a limited-edition hardcover collection.)

UPDATE: Tacked on a comparative montage I worked up for announcing this post on Twitter. (Maybe I should put it up on Instagram, which I've not gone near in months.)

I vaguely recall getting a wee bit o' crap in some quarters for the fact that this illo's main Emp figure clearly depicts her physique in the softer, heavier, fuller-figured mode that began kicking in during Empowered vol. 9 (and bloomed in earnest through the next three volumes). Whoops!

NEXT MONDAY ON THIS HERE PATREON: Ehh, probably the Distressed Damsels post (for the $5+ tiers) that I'd originally intended for today's slot; alas, I wasn't able to scan some recent sketch sets of "Fetchingly Bepantsed Emp (with Bonus Eyeglasses)" in time for this morning. (Am hacking away at an unusually time-consuming Empowered vol. 12 page today, hence this hastily thrown-together post.)