Halloween Shirt Update: Sketch and Color Testing (Patreon)

Well, I got a bit carried away last night and ended up drawing more of the Halloween shirt design. To recap, here was the initial thumbnail idea I liked best:

I went in and added more details and tried to work with the circular composition and ended up with this sketch:

I'm pretty happy with how things are in the sketch. However, the shirt is going to be glow in the dark, so it requires a bit more work to get certain details right. I decided to test some coloring/line art options before moving to final line art. Here's the most current iteration of that process:

The color testing revealed some interesting challenges, but because I did this step early, I can be aware of and avoid potential issues while inking (which will save me so much time and heartache later on). I'm still messing with the background pattern and the details of the flames, but overall I'm very happy with the design so far.

This will likely be put on hold until late August/early September, because there are a few other things I need to work on first. But I was just too excited to keep this to myself, so now you guys get to see it a bit early!