Flash #47 Harley Quinn Cover Step 1 Lineart

How we made the Harley Variant cover. We had a blast making this cover and I think it shows up in the final cover!

Step 1 - Lineart

So the first thing to do is come up with a cover sketch. It  needs to be approved by DC Comics before I can start drawing the cover.

Wasn't 100% sure what to do for this cover as I could do anything - too many choices! So I asked my editor, Eddy Choi, if he had any ideas and he mentioned Harley and Flash racing in the desert like Wiley E. Coyote and the Roadrunner! Bingo!

Sent initial sketch to Eddy and sketch "C".

 The sketches are drawn at 2x3 inches in my sketchbook in pencil and pen and then cleaned up and colored in Photoshop.

My initial pencils drawn in Light Blue and HB lead on 12 x 18 Bristol Board

Nailing Harley down.

Final pencils.

Detail of Harley and Flash

Detail of Harley's boots...

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.

Harley

Flash

Boots

And then I scan and clean in Photoshop.

Next COLOR

TD

JLA #3 Wonder Woman Bombshells Cover Step by Step

Here's a look at how we created the Bombshells Cover for JLA #3 from DC Comics.

Here's my initial sketches sent to DC Comics. The sketches are drawn at 2x3 inches in my sketchbook in pencil and pen and then cleaned up and colored in Photoshop.

My initial pencils drawn in Light Blue and HB lead on 12 x 18 Bristol Board.

Did some minor tweaks to hand and legs.

Rachel Dodson uses Windsor Newton Series 7 Kolinsky Sable #2 Brush and Higgins Black Magic Ink to ink the covers with.

Here's the final art delivered to DC.

Colored in Photoshop CS3 with a Cintiq 13 HD.

Detail of the image.

And how the cover looked when "Bombshell"-ed by DC Creative for publication.

Out now from DC Comics.

TD