The Defenders #9 Cover Process

 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 little 1 x2 inch roughs done in my sketchbook ...

 adjusted and colored in Photoshop 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.

Rachel inks over my pencils using a #2 Sable Brush and Acrylic Ink

Flats

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.

Next stage and  coloring of line art on a separate "Screen" Layer .

Final colors 

Until next time...

TD