How we made the Star Wars #16 cover - out now from Marvel Comics!
Part 1 Lineart
So the first thing to do is come up with a cover sketch. Leia guarding Stormtroopers given to me by my Marvel Editors Jordan White and Heather Antos - pretty simple!
Cover Rough
Leia guarding Stormtroopers given to me by my Marvel Editors Jordan White adn Heather Antos - pretty simple!
Sketch was approved as is!
The sketches are drawn at 2x3 inches in my sketchbook in pencil and pen and then cleaned up and colored in Photoshop.
Initial Pencils
My initial pencils drawn in Light Blue and HB lead on 12 x 18 Bristol Board,
Final pencils.
Detail of Leia
Lineart
Rachel Dodson's inks over my pencils with a Windsor Newton Series 7 Kolinsky Sable #2 Brush and Higgins Black Magic Ink to ink the covers with.
Leia Detail
Stormtrooper Detail
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Part 2
TD
Love this cover. I wish you had done the inside art as well.
ReplyDeleteI love drawing Star Wars but Leinil Yu did an amazing job on the interiors - its was fun to see him draw Leia :-)
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