I was advised to look into my colouring and shading skills and see were I some times go wrong. I needed to make my artwork cleaner so I looked into a artist called Patrick Brown. His illustrations are bold, action pact and are present clean and professional.

I watched his guide to his work process.

Patrick's tutorial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtHCLWmPpLg

My first quick attemped at using Patrick's method, already the picture holds its own. Like the muscles and the hair; clearly defined.

I had a picture i drew while watching Spartacus. Drawn in blue Biro pen, slightly ink to show form.

Here  is my finished image. This method of colouring is proving to be very helpful at controlling my image. Its the use of the gradient shading that gives that nice mix of hard and soft edges.