Hunt For Wolverine: Mystery In Mandripoor #4 Variant Cover Step by Step Part 3 Color

Our variant cover  - out now from Marvel Comics!

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FLATS

  

The first stage of color is called flats - flatting allows me to choose an area to color at any point throughout the coloring process.

INITIAL COLOR (ROUGH IN)

I colored this on my Cintiq 22 HD using Photoshop CS3 .

I rough in quickly all the medium lights and darks on the figures and cast initial shadows.

Using the Pencil Tool (Hard Round pixel Brush) at 100% to to begin and then switch to lower 30-50% to get the right value of color for the next stages of rendering.

COLORING THE LINE ART

This is the icing on the cake step of the process.

RIM

I added the yellow rim light to Betsy using the Pencils tool at 30%

I colored a lot of the black lines -

notice the lips, flesh outline clothes.

FINAL

Just a lot more rendering and lighting up the background a bit.

Compare this to the previous one to see the final polishing I did!

PART 1

PENCILS

PART 2

LINE ART

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Hunt For Wolverine: Mystery In Mandripoor #4 Variant Cover Step by Step Part 2 Line Art

Our variant cover  - out now from Marvel Comics!

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Part 2 Line Art

Rachel Dodson's initial start on the line art on this cover.

Rachel inks directly over my pencils.

TOOLS

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

All done with a brush

I  love how Rachel creates "grey".

FINAL LINE 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 1

PENCILS

Hunt For Wolverine: Mystery In Mandripoor #4 Variant Cover Step by Step Part 1 Pencils

Our variant cover  - out now from Marvel Comics!

Check out how we made it.

COVER SKETCH

The 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.

INITIAL PENCILS

Drawn on 13" x 19" Strathmore 400 Series 2 Ply Vellum Bristol Board 

TOOLS

Col Erase Light Blue Pencils

Staedtler HB lead.

Pentil Eraser

Kneaded Eraser

Staedtler Pencil Sharpener

Staedtler White Eraser

Here's a quick look at the drawing of this cover, step by step!

So, first one was too stiff so switched up to this!

Much better, so nailing down the figure as I work ... down.

Fixing that leg.

Now I have to make Psylocke fits on the cover after adjusting the first pose...

Detailing and will add more of Pyslocke digitally...

Powers...

FINAL PENCILS

Detail of Final

Next time, 

PART 2

LINE ART

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