Here are a series of screenshots and images showing my process in creating the THREAT LEVEL MIDNIGHT commission for my friend Shannon and her son Isiah. It began with several hours of pencil and ink work, trying to get the likenesses of the characters down as accurately as possible; the toughest for me being actor Steve Carrell. Once the pen and ink work was complete, I scanned the original image and popped it into Photoshop. With the bucket tool, I began dropping in base colors and worked from there in building up the layers of color. The most time consuming was John Krasinski's Goldface. The work on every other panel and character was simply a matter of color correcting based on the moment that scene occured in the episode or series (for example, Meredith's dress or the light reflected on actor Craig Robinson's skin). Again, I spent a great deal of time building up the colors and trying to get lighting, shadows, and highlights correct, while at the same time, approaching it in the style of a comic book or the GTA 5 video game cover. Some of the funnier elements for me was drawing Stanley with a gun, even though he was the narrator in the original episode. It suits his character in my imagined Threat Level Midnight world. The montage of paper clippings showcasing the murder of Catherine Zeta-Scarn's was hilarious and I had a great time putting my own spin on it. And lastly, interpreting Toby's head exploding and Meredith getting hit by the car were fun to recreate for this parody cover. All in all, I think this would be a crazy video game. Perhaps, this could be the opening to NBC's The Office reprisal. Michael Scott decides to turn THREAT LEVEL MIDNIGHT into a video game and the episode opens with him releasing it to the world to very mixed reviews. Cut to Jim and his kids playing the game and Pam rooting them on. END SCENE. ;) Please LIKE and SHARE with all of your fellow OFFICE fans! If you'd like a piece of original artwork, I am available for commission. Shoot me a message if you're interested! #theoffice #michaelscott #michaelscarn #threatlevelmidnight #fanart #commission #parody #videogame #grandtheftauto #artwork #artist #illustrator https://www.instagram.com/p/BrqzkJCjTlB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ljp7lj3a3m9h