Just got confirmation I will the new RED ONE Book 1 at Comic Con next week!
Drop by and take a look!
TD
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
San Diego Comic Con 2015 Print Work in Progress 3
Next stages of my work in progress Comic Con 2015 print.
It will be a 11 x17 signed and numbered limited edition print debuting at Booth #4706 next week at Comic Con International, San Diego -
TD
Monday, June 29, 2015
San Diego Comic Con 2015 Print Work in Progress 2
Here's another sneak peek at my work in progress Comic Con 2015 print.
The first stage of color - the imprimatura.
It will be a 11 x17 signed and numbered limited edition print debuting at Booth #4706 next week at Comic Con International, San Diego -
TD
San Diego Comic Con 2015 Print Work in Progress
A sneak peek at my work in progress Comic Con 2015 print.
It will be a 11 x17 signed and numbered limited edition print debuting at Booth #4706 next week at Comic Con International, San Diego -
TD
Saturday, June 27, 2015
Friday, June 26, 2015
Kremer Watercolors
This is the first time I used my Kremer Travel Set for watercolors, recommended by Victoria Ying
http://www.victoriaying.com/
over at her Extracurricular Activity blog
Worked fabulous - lush and rich as normal tube watercolors and extremely transportable and easy cleaning - highly recommend them for Plein Air.
TD
Painting at Zion National Park June 2015
Had a blast painting at Zion National Park, Utah!
Could do it for days and days and days - so much color and light!
Watercolor.
TD
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Making RED ONE Book 1 Cover Art! Part 2 Colors and Design
Check out the previous post for creating the lineart -
Let's get this party started!
So, colored this bad boy in Photoshop CS3 using a Wacom Cintiq 13HD and my 23 inch Apple Monitor.
Flats - The first stage of coloring is to have the art "flatted".
Flatting allows me to choose an area to color at any point throughout the coloring process.
At this stage I go and adjust the colors to their medium value or imprimatura - I use this as the starting point for the piece.
Initial rough in of colors and turning the lineart red as it's pretty significant to the final art so I need to do it early on in this piece.
Revising and cleaning - colored the lineart for the hammer and sickle and the Alabama and Lew and the bike. Added Red to the white stars - something I knew I would do in the color stage.
Final colors - I added and subtracted stars knowing how the cover was going to work as a wraparound and nailing down where all the "logos" would go.
Detail of Vera
Detail of Alabama and Lew
My cover rough I sent into Image Production Designer and whiz kid Jonathan Chan - so he could place everything.
I've had this cover in my head for a very long time so it's gratifying to finally be at this stage.
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And afer a little back and forth, VOILA!, the final cover!
SO, RED ONE Book 1 Welcome to America. The book has the 59 page story from issues 1 and 2 plus 16 pages of bonus material including a look at how I made the brand new wraparound cover. All collected in an 80 page oversized European style Hard cover.
Ships July 15th from Image Comics!
Still available for Pre Order from Diamond and your Local Retailer!
TD
Monday, June 22, 2015
Making RED ONE Book 1 Cover Art!
Here's the cover of RED ONE Book 1 Welcome to America. The book has the 59 page story from issues 1 and 2 plus 16 pages of bonus material including a look at how I made the brand new wraparound cover. All collected in an 80 page oversized European style Hard cover.
Ships July 15th from Image Comics!
Still available for Pre Order from Diamond and your Local Retailer!
Here's a look at how I made the cover!
I roughed in the cover in Photoshop.
The Pencils are roughed in Light Blue and HB lead on two 12 x 18 Bristol Boards.
I scanned the art into Photoshop and made some corrections.
Closing on the pencils - I knew pretty well what I wanted all the elements were going to look like on this cover as the design was simple and clear and so it was a matter of simply drawing them in - doesn't always work that easily!
The final pencils.
Rachel Dodson inks directly over my pencils using Windsor Newton Series 7 Kolinsky Sable #2 Brush and Higgins Black Magic Ink to ink the covers with.
Details of Rachel's inks.
The colors are next!
TD
Saturday, June 20, 2015
RED ONE Book 1 Welcome to America out in July!
This is the 80 page Hard Cover of RED ONE Welcome to America. It has the 59 page story from issues 1 and 2 plus 16 pages of bonus material including a look at how I made the brand new wraparound cover. All collected in an oversized European style Hard cover.
Ships in July 15th from Image Comics!
Still available for Pre Order from Diamond and your Local Retailer!
I will post a making of this soon.
TD
Friday, June 5, 2015
Sneak peek of the RED ONE Book 1 Welcome to America Hardcover
Ships in July from Image Comics!
Still available for Pre Order from Diamond and your Local Retailer!