sketch card process iron fist and hawkeye

hey all as with keeping with the focus of the blog, here is some more insite to my art process. These are sketch card commissions I did the other day they are 2.5x3.5 inchs so they are smaller than I normally work. Since the cards are smaller than my normal tastes I worked up a rough at a more comfortable size for each card then scanned them then scaled each down to the card's size and printed them out. The next faze is the part on the left I worked the rough up to a more finished/cleaner state in blue pencil then light tabled the image onto each card card. Once penciled on the card I started to color the card using copic markers. I usually try to color the lightest colors first then move to darker and darker leaving the black line for last. I do that process to build richer tones and gradual transitions also I use both warm and cool tone grays to add to the shadows. On the Iron Fist card I did one extra step Which is using White ink spatter(via a old toothbrush) to create a energy effect/glow from the characters fist. Also I decided to white over the other fist to help bring the glowing fist forward to the viewer.