Revisiting the "Tarzan meets Jane", I was trying to repaint Jane in a slightly different position, so as to be able to see what she is doing with her hand (reaching for her pistol). While sketching her like this, it occurred to me to change her position entirely, thus changing the entire composition at once. So in the thumb below I played with her being on her feet, while Tarzan is adopting a more ape like posture. 

So here are the fifteen illos that comprise my Thesis work. Additional detail and color balance was done using Photoshop. They are not in subject order, but they are as finished as I can get them. 

With advice from a friend of  mine, I edited the painting using Adobe Photoshop. I concentrated on pushing the characters further back in the background using levels and desaturation. I also added blues in the shadows to enhance contrast a bit. 

New version of my Tardoss Mors Illustration with added characters in the background. What I did is paint the additional characters in a separate (and sealed) heavy stock paper, then using Photoshop, scanned it and pasted it on the original image. Then, in a separate layer I selected and copied the original figure of Tardoss Mors and then re-sized it (making it smaller) so as to be in the foreground. 

I am not very happy with the Tardoss Mors Illustration I did a few weeks back. So I sat down again and crafted a new sketch for it. Showing more characters in a kinda off a movie poster composition. I have to present my Thesis on Dec. 2nd, so I have to hurry up and work on this if I want to get it ready by then.

This is the color version done entirely in oils on canvas board (16"x20")

Tonal study done in pencils and white charcoal on toned paper (16" x 20"). This is my final studio before proceeding to actually paint the Illustration.