X-Men Wedding Special Cover Step by Step Part 2 Line Art

Here's a look at how we made the cover art for X-Men Wedding Special out now from Marvel Comics.

PART 2

LINE ART

Rachel Dodson inks directly over my pencils...

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

Using whites in the black areas to create depth

See how she makes the grey using feather lines...

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

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X-Men Wedding Special Cover Step by Step Part 1

Here's a look at how we made the cover art for X-Men Wedding Special out now from Marvel Comics.

PART 1

PENCILS

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

Lots of fun to draw this one with two of my favorite X-Men to draw!

Drawn in Light Blue on 13" x 19" Bristol Board. 

I draw with Col Erase Light Blue Pencil and Staedtler HB Lead Pencil. 

I have a LONG history with Kitty Pryde, she was in my very first Marvel Comic I drew, Excalibur #83 and she has shown up in about every X-Men related thing I've done over 20+ years of drawing them.

FINAL PENCILS

This is a piece that I could see very clearly what I would do in color.

Now, all ready for Rachel Dodson to ink...

Next time, 

INKS

in 

PART 2

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Batgirl and the Birds of Prey 22 Cover Step by Step Part 1 Pencils

Here's a look at how we made the cover art for Batgirl and the Birds of Prey - 

out now from DC Comics.

PART 1

PENCILS

COVER SKETCH

The cover concept I sent into DC Comicsapproval. 

Roughs were drawn at 2" x 3" in my sketchbook using Warm Grey Copics then colored in Photoshop CS3.

INITIAL PENCILS

Drawn in Light Blue on 13" x 19" Bristol Board. 

I draw with Col Erase Light Blue Pencil and Staedtler HB Lead Pencil.

Getting closer

FINAL PENCILS

All ready for Rachel Dodson to ink...

Next time, 

INKS

in 

PART 2

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PARIS LINE ART

I'm getting a new PIN ready for San Diego Comic Con and I came across this art work.

This is the line art for a full color print I did for a store signing at Apo(K)lyps  Paris, in 2011.

And this print started a series of prints for me, that I'm continuing to do today!

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