Harley Quinn #1 Variant Cover Step by Step Part 1

My homage to my Harley Quinn #1 cover 

Rachel Dodson inks, Alex Sinclair colors and me pencils.

for the new Harley Quinn #1 cover.

Rachel Dodson inks, colors and pencils by me.

From DC Comics and Midtown Comics!

Step by Step Part 1

PENCILS

Drawn in Light Blue and HB lead on 12" x 18" Bristol Board .

I knew exactly what this cover would look like - just a matter of figuring out Harley's face...

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Another shot...

The Harley figure was the easy part, still not happy with the Harley face...

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Getting closer

There were elements of the figure in my initial Harley cover that just weren't right so it was fun to "correct" them for this cover :-)

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Detailing Harley

Now, there she is!

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Finishing up the rendering on the figure

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Finishing her hair and one more EYE revision

Yeah, the finished pencils...

where is the Background?

See that in Part 2

LINE ART

And Part 3

COLOR

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