Jyn Erso and K2SO Copic Marker Demo

Here's a look at how I created this WonderCon Commission Sketch.

First off, I roughed in the sketch very quickly using...

11" x 14" Canson Mi-Tiente Paper

Col Erase Scarlet Red Pencil

Next I used the Pitt S Pen for the drawing and the 

Copic Warm Grey 2 for the initial value.

Continuing with the Pitt S for the drawing and the 

Copic Warm Grey 2, 3, and 4 for the initial values.

Next I used the Pitt F Pen to "find" the remainder of the drawing.

Then Copic Warm Grey 5 to render the initial darker values (pants, shadows), then the 6 knock in the initial darkest values.

Continuing with the Pitt F Pen plus Pigma Micron Graphic 08 and 1 for the outline.

Copic Warm Grey 4, 6, 8 Pen for the rest of the clothes and figure.

Copic Warm Grey 2,3,5, and 8 for K2SO

Final highlights Prismacolor White Pencil.

And the final drawing!

TD

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story #1 Cover Step by Step Part 3 Color

Our variant cover for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story #1 from Marvel Comics

Check out how we made it.

COLOR

FLATS

The first stage of color is called flats - flatting allows me to choose an area to color at any point throughout the coloring process.

I try to adjust the colors to their medium value or imprimatura - I use this as the starting point for the piece. 

INITIAL COLOR (ROUGH IN)

I colored this on my Cintiq 22 HD using Photoshop CS3 .

Here I rough in quickly all the medium lights and darks on the figures and cast initial shadows.

Using the Pencil Tool at 100% to knock those in.

I also used the Gradient tool to give the light to dark orange glow.

And a Custom Cloud Brush to rough in shapes in the background.

ADDITIONAL ROUGH IN

I went on the rest of the figure and face and knocked the next lights and darks using the pencils tooling at 70-80%.

I go to the next level of darker darks and lighter lights

COLORING THE LINE ART

This is the icing on the cake step of the process.

I turn the black lines in select places to color line - note Jyn's face and the buildings in the background.

FINAL COLOR

And done!

And for PART 1

PENCILS

PART 2

LINE ART

TD

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story #1 Cover Step by Step Part 2 Line Art

Our variant cover for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story #1 from Marvel Comics

Check out how we made it.

RACHEL'S INKS

Rachel Dodson inks directly over my original pencil drawing.

Rachel inks with a Windsor Newton Series 7 Kolinsky Sable #2 Brush and Dr. Martens Hi Carb Ink.

At this point, I grabbed the art and finished up the pencils for Rachel...

And then...

Rachel's finished the inks.

K-2SO Detail 

Yay!

Check out the variety of grey Rachel creates -

 this is why I haven't gone fully digital!

Jyn Details 

All Brush

Artwork is scanned into Photoshop at 800dpi Gray full size. I then go in and convert to Bitmap and clean to prepare for....

Next time, 

PART 3

COLOR 

And for PART 1

PENCILS

TD

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story #1 Cover Step by Step Part 1 Pencils

Our variant cover for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story #1 from Marvel Comics

I had been pestering my Star Wars editor, Heather Antos, about doing a Rogue One ever since the trailer came out last April - and so, in December, I was offered this!

Check out how we made it.

COVER SKETCH

The cover concept I sent into Marvel Comics Editors Heather Antos and Jordan White and Lucasfilm for approval.

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 12" x 18" Bristol Board 

Quickly roughed in the drawing making sure the composition still help.

I printed out my rough in light blue on the paper to ensure the composition was positioned correctly.

Detail of Jyn Erso as portrayed by actress Felicity Jones. 

I was familiar with Felicity from previous work so I knew what her face looked like, which is always a big help doing likenesses!

Believe it or not, I was pretty happy with everything in the drawing and so I just began to finish the pencils.

Detail 

Not exactly typical way of working but as I wasn't familiar with the costume details of any of these characters.  I basically just worked my way down the character solving problems as I went.

I was happy with the Jyn's face from the start so really didn't do much more with it...

Still finalizing all the correct costume details...

I widened Jyn's stance a bit for a more Marvel Superhero-y look for the cover.

Added shadows.

Now with the Jyn done, I could really cruise on the finishes of the blocked in version of the other characters - "objects" - as everything is so mechanical for the rest of the cover...

FINAL PENCILS

...I had models of Stormtroopers, the Gun, and K2SO I used to reference to get depth/perspective/volumes correct and then used photos to get the color, accuracy and feel right.

And this is what Rachel was handed off - the backgrounds would be completed by me later...

And the scan of the pencils....

Next time, 

PART 2

INKS 

TD

Rogue One #1 Variant Cover Out Tomorrow

Out in stores tomorrow, our variant cover for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story #1, by Rachel and me, from Marvel comics.

Detail.

Step by Step making of coming soon!

TD