Black Panther Wakanda Forever: Ironheart DIves after Namora Keyframe (2021)

Another keyframe from the climactic battle between Wakanda and the Talokan. The script originally called for an extended battle between Riri and Namora that would have taken them underwater. It was inevitably cut to keep the focus on Shuri and Namor, but gave me the opportunity to paint some dynamic shots. As always I used tons of reference for the lighting and color. Josh Nizzi's beautiful Namora costume was a pleasure to get to paint. Her "twisting around" pose was an incredible challenge to visualize, so I watched a lot of underwater combat scenes from James Bond movies to get the feel for it.

The final image.

The final image.

A couple of color thumbnails I used to figure out a composition.

A couple of color thumbnails I used to figure out a composition.