Wonder Woman 64 Step by Step Part 1 Line Art

The Step by Step making of the cover art to Wonder Woman 64

Part 1

LINE ART

COVER SKETCH

The cover concept I sent into Editor Chris Conroy andDC Comics for approval. 

Roughs were drawn at 2" x 3" in my sketchbook using Warm Grey Copics then colored in Photoshop CS3.

We had a pretty good idea of what the cover was going to be so not much of a change from my concepts.

PENCILS

Initial Rough In

Drawn in Light Blue and HB Lead on 13" x 19" Bristol Board 

The initial face started out prettier...

Roughing in the hand

Detailing the costume

Almost done

Stern face!

Final Pencils

INKS

Here's an in process shot of Rachel Dodson's inking...

Rachel inks with a Windsor Newton Series 7 Kolinsky Sable #2 Brush and Royal Talens India Ink.

Scanned in inks!

Detail

Next time,

PART 2

COLOR

New Sketchbook debuting at Emerald City Comic Con 2019!

Here's a the Sneak Peek of the work in progress colors for the cover of my new SKETCHBOOK!

Debuting at Emerald City Comic Con in March! More details to come!

TOOLS

13” x 19” Strathmore 2 ply 400 Series Regular Bristol 

Col Erase Light Blue

Staedtler HB lead

Pentel Eraser

Photoshop CS3

Wacom Cintiq 22HD

Rachel and I will be attending Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle March 14-17.

I will take a PRESHOW COMMISSION LIST on FEBRUARY 28 6PM Pacific time

Details

HERE

TD

Emerald City Comic Con 2019 Update, Sketch Info and RACHEL

I will be attending Emerald City again this year.

The official ECCC site -

www.emeraldcitycomicon.com

WHERE/WHEN

I will be seated in Artist's Alley Table L-4

I will be at the table most of the show but I will update later with a more exact schedule and at

twitter.com/TerryDodsonArt

@TerryDodsonArt

SIGNING

I will be signing books/comics/statues/etc at my table the whole show and for free for the first 10 items. Then $1 a signature after that. 

Witnessed Sigs are $5 each.

RACHEL

There's a good chance Rachel will be in Seattle this year and will actual have dedicated signing times.

If you've been needing a signature from her, this is your chance!

 $1 a signature. 

Witnessed Sigs are $5 each.

COMMISSION SKETCHES

I will be taking a Pre Show Sketch list on February 28, 6PM Pacific Time, stay tuned for updates! Refer to

THIS

blog post for info on how the sketch list works.

See you there!

TD

Justice League Odyssey #2 - #5

Inks by Rachel Dodson

Pencils/Color Me

Mr. and Mrs. X #6 Cover Art Step by Step Part 2 Line Art

Out in stores December 12th.

Part 2 of the Step by Step making of the cover art -

LINE ART

Rachel likes to start with the main face.

Rachel inks directly over my pencils.

Rachel inks with a Windsor Newton Series 7 Kolinsky Sable #2 Brush and Royal Talens India Ink.

Final Art

Artwork is scanned into Photoshop at 800dpi Gray full size.

 I then go in and convert to Bitmap and clean to prepare for...

COLOR

Next time in

PART 3

And

PART ONE

PENCILS

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Wonder Woman: The Circle Hardcover

For the Wonder Woman fan who has everything …

Wonder Woman: The Circle Hardcover

Signed, personalized and sketched versions by Rachel Dodson and me!

Available NOW in my SHOP - shipping worldwide!

http://terrydodsonart.storenvy.com   

TD

Harley Quinn: Preludes and Knock-Knock Jokes Hardcover

For the Harley Quinn fan who has everything…

Harley Quinn: Preludes and Knock-Knock Jokes Hardcover

Signed, personalized and sketched versions by Rachel Dodson and me!

Available NOW in my SHOP  

- shipping worldwide!

TD

Mr. and Mrs. X #6 Cover Art Step by Step Part 1 Pencils

Out in stores December 12th.

Part 1 of the Step by Step making of the cover art - I had a blast drawing this cover. 

Welcome to Rogue and Gambit's House Party, X-Men, hope you survive the experience!

COVER SKETCH

The approved cover concept I sent into Marvel Comics for approval. 

Roughs were drawn at 2" x 3" in my sketchbook using Warm Grey Copics then colored in Photoshop CS3.

PENCILS

 Initial rough in

Detail

Got Rogue right off!

On to Gambit

Working on the backgrounds as well now

Drawn in Col Erase Light Blue and Staedtler HB Lead Pencil on 13" x 19" Strathmore 400 Series 2 Ply Vellum Bristol Board 

Detail

Final art scanned

Once Rachel started to ink, I finished drawing the background...

Next time, 

PART 2

INKS 

TD

Captain Marvel #5 Cover Art Step by Step

Here's a look back at how we created another Captain Marvel Cover.

Here's the 3 cover sketches I sent into Marvel for the Captain Marvel #5 cover. 

Drawn at about 2 x 3 inches in my sketchbook then scanned and colored in Photoshop.

Once approved, drew full size at 11 x17 inches on 2 Ply Strathmore Bristol Board with Light Blue and HB Pencils.

Inks by Rachel Dodson using Windsor Newton Series 7 #2 Sable Brush and FW Acrylic Ink. I added the ship details and ground details with a Black Pen.

Colored in Photoshop CS3 with a Wacom Intuos Graphics Tablet. 

This was published by Marvel Comics in 2012...

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Avenging Spider-Man #9 Cover Art Step by Step

 Here is my process for creating the cover to Avenging Spider-Man #9 (July 2012) featuring Captain Marvel and Spider-Man. 

Didn't have much to go off, so this is what I did!

Here's the  1" x 2" roughs drawn in my sketchbook and then

 adjusted and colored in Photoshop that I sent in to Marvel for approval.

Pencil stage drawn on 13 x 19 inch 2 Ply Bristol Board with HB and Light Blue lead.

Finished pencils.

Rachel inks over my pencils using a Winsor Newton Series 7 #2 Sable Brush and FW Acrylic Ink

First pass at colors in Photoshop CS3 using a Wacom Graphics Tablet (circa 2001) at 7 x 10.6 inches and 800dpi in RGB using Channels.

Final colors and coloring of line art on a separate "Screen" Layer .

VOILA!

Cool to see that this has held up! I would like to work on the clouds some more in the color stage ... c'est la vie...

TD