WANTED - Dead or Alive

Watercolour commission of two characters belonging to the client. They wanted a Wild Western themed wanted poster. The reward has a special meaning and is a fictional number.
Entire painting is done with watercolour, while the letters were done with a special marker.
Final product is shown including WIPs.

Final image and framed.

First rough sketch showing idea and general posing.

Second rough sketch.

Third rough sketch. Client indicated character on the right should be shorter and character on the left should be taller.

Took time to practise posing and expressions and then started to work on the final sketch.

Final sketching nearing completion.

First sketch idea for gun.

Final sketch idea for gun. Decided to go with a Colt revolver as that was one of the most common used guns at the time.

Final sketch.

Detail of the sketch.

Finished line work.

Started first with colouring the background.

Followed by colouring clothing as much as possible without painting clothing which are connected to one another as to prevent the bleeding effect.

Defining the different blue colours of the two characters more and more. The tiger on the left has a more dark grey-ish blue colour, while the fox on the right has a more vibrant blue with a lighter pale blue as main colours.