Uncanny X-Men #518 Cover Final Art

So, here's the final art - this was done on a Mac Pro, using Photoshop CS3 and a Wacom Intuos Graphics Tablet (6 x 8"). This issue ships in December.

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Uncanny X-Men #514 page 9 Step by Step

This is a pretty straightforward talking page with the focus on Cyclops and Pixie - the trick was creating a page showing all the numerous X-Men and not spending forever drawing them all - as we only needed to know that they were in the scene not the focus.

The bikes were fun to draw - I used a version of the bikes I drew the X-Men drawing in one panel of Uncanny X-Men 500.

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Uncanny X-Men #514 page 2 Step by Step

OK, so here is the Matt Fraction page description and my little thumbnail sketch of the page. I had a pretty good idea of what this page would look like based on the description and so stuck pretty close to my initial sketch.

So I went through and drew all the figures first with the perspectives roughed in and then finished up the backgrounds last.

I had to draw Psylocke in a new "X-Men" wetsuit. After I drew her in the pencil stage with an open leg suit - I decided if she was going to be in the SF Bay she would need a full body suit so I added that before Rachel inked the page.

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Uncanny X-Men #520 Cover Sketches

The top drawing is the scan from sketchbook that is about 6 x 7" inches drawn with blue pencil and markers.

The 2nd drawing is the cleaned up "photoshop-ed" (CS3) version I sent in to Marvel for approval.

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Uncanny X-Men #520 Cover - Inks

Ok, here's Rachel's inks for the cover. Rachel inked directly over my pencils with a Windsor Newton Series 7 Size 2 Kolinsky Sable Brush, FW Acrylic Black Ink and Pro White and then erased the piece with a Grande White Eraser.

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Uncanny X-Men #520 Cover - Pencils

So here's the pencil version of the cover. It was drawn on 13 x 19" 3 ply Strathmore Bristol Board with a Prismacolor Col-Erase Light Blue Pencil and a Staedtler HB Lead Holder. After this was scanned, I redrew Wolverine's face (as it seemed too small) and added a more detail in the background (to give you more of the feel of a New York Subway and more of lighting/atmosphere) which you will see in the inked version.

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Uncanny X-Men #520 Cover Art

Here's the solicited version of the cover art for the January issue of Uncanny X-Men. I will post up the pencils and inks plus the final version of the colors.

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Uncanny X-Men #518 Cover - Development of a cover sketch

Ok, so here's my process for developing an approved cover sketch for the Uncanny X-Men 518 cover.

The first drawing is a 4x 5" sketch done in my sketchbook with blue pencil, and a black Pitt pen.

The second drawing is the cleaned up scan ( in Photoshop CS3 with a Wacom Tablet) that is then turned in a blue line drawing that I print out and

The third drawing is worked up over that blue line print out at the same 4 x 5" size

The fourth drawing is the scanned and cleaned (in PS) version

The final color sketch is the result of drawing and coloring in PS and getting the cover proportions dead on. This is the version that is sent off to Marvel for approval. You can see how it turned out from there below!

Uncanny X-Men #518 Cover Pencils and Inks

Here's my pencils and Rachel's inks for this cover. The artwork is done on 13 x 19" Strathmore 500 Series 2 Ply Bristol Board and the tools are the standard ones. As I mentioned before I will post the final colors for this (as soon as I'm happy with them!).

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Uncanny X-Men #518 Cover Art

Here's the solicited (not final) colors for the cover. I will post the pencils and inks as well.

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The Spider-Man cover revealed!

This is the cover for the What If House of M/Spider-Man coming out in December. I only did the pencils - it is being computer painted by someone else. However, Rachel is inking it for fun now, I'll post that up when she finishes it up!

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Toronto Commissions now up on the website

I posted up 7 of the commissions from the Toronto show up on the website-

http://www.terrydodsonart.com/

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Remember that Spidey sketch from about a month ago?

Here's a little sneak peek at how I ended up utilizing it! More to come!

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Another Toronto Sketch

Hey, I got a bunch of sketches to post up but have been too busy with work to get around to it - however, here is one to hold you over.

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Dark Avengers Uncanny X-Men Exodus #1 (Utopia Part 6) now out

I drew about a 1/3 of the final part of the Dark Avengers Uncanny X-Men crossover and will be posting the artwork and original art list soon. My next issue of Uncanny X-Men will be #518 and out in December. TD

Fan Expo 2009 Toronto Post Con

I will post more pics, etc, but I'm back a day late and my bag, a day later! Here's a little Spidey action to hold you over!

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Toronto Weekend Update

Sat- 11:30-12:30 Artist Alley 12:30 -1:30 Marvel Signing 1:30 - 2:30 Signing 2:30 - end of show Artist Alley Sun: 11-12:00 Artist Alley 12-1:00 Signing 1:00 -2:00 Artist Alley 2:00 Seminar TD

Fan Expo Toronto UPDATE

I "should" be at my table (P31) in Artists Alley at 4pm on Friday to start taking a commission list before the Sketch Duel at 5pm and hopefully back to the table between 7-8 PM before my final signing at Marvel at 8-9pm.

See you there.

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Fan Expo 2009 Toronto August 28-30

According to
http://www.hobbystar.com/fanexpo/index.php?

Terry's Toronto Schedule
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Friday, 5 PM - Rm. 714
DEODATO vs. DODSON Sketch Duel (DARK REIGN) Pass:ANY

Friday, 6:00 PM
SIGNING AREA CC ANY Pass TERRY DODSON AUTOGRAPH SESSION

Saturday 1:30 PM
SIGNING AREA BB ANY TERRY DODSON AUTOGRAPH SESSION

Sunday 12:00 PM
SIGNING AREA BB ANY TERRY DODSON AUTOGRAPH SESSION

I will be sketching at my table in Artist's Alley as well. Plus, I will be bringing original art and Bombshells Vol. 4 Sketchbooks to sell.

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Hero Initiative Wolverine 100 Project Cover Art

Here's my drawing for the Wolverine 100 Project featuring Wolverine and X-23. The drawing was done with pencil, Pitt and Copic Markers on a blank-cover Wolverine : Weapon X #1. This will be featured in the Wolverine 100 book and will be available for auction. More details at-

http://www.heroinitiative.org/NewsDetail.asp?NewsId=204

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Spidey Sketch

Here's a little Spidey sketch I did as a prelim for a cover I'm working on.

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Uncanny X-Men #514 Original Art list

Here's the list of original art from Uncanny X-Men 514-

Title Iss Pg Price $

Uncanny 514 1 $80.00
Uncanny 514 4 $450.00
Uncanny 514 5 $275.00
Uncanny 514 6 $750.00
Uncanny 514 7 $300.00
Uncanny 514 8 $500.00
Uncanny 514 9 $180.00
Uncanny 514 10 $375.00
Uncanny 514 11 $325.00
Uncanny 514 12 $275.00
Uncanny 514 13 $180.00
Uncanny 514 14 $190.00
Uncanny 514 15 $375.00
Uncanny 514 16 $400.00
Uncanny 514 17 $450.00
Uncanny 514 19 $375.00
Uncanny 514 20 $250.00
Uncanny 514 21 $290.00
Uncanny 514 22 $190.00
Uncanny 514 CV $3,200.00

Scans of the pages will be in the Files section of the Yahoo Group and in the
Store of terrydodsonart.com

If you are interested in a page, email at

bmbshlter at yahoo dot com

to check on availability/reserve a page.

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Uncanny X-Men #514 Preview

7 Page preview up at Comic Book Resources

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=3155&disp=table

The book ships next Wednesday, the 14th.

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San Diego Convention Sketches are online

All the convention sketches from San Diego are now up in the Portfolio section of

http://www.terrydodsonart.com/

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BOMBSHELLS VOLUME 4 SKETCHBOOK now available at STUART NG BOOKS

http://www.stuartngbooks.com/newarrivals.html