Suicide Squad #1 Cover Step by Step Part 2 Color

Here's a look at how we made the cover-

So this is what the art looks like before I start coloring!

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 just colored the Harley Quinn #1 cover so just grabbed colors from that for the flats.

Flats done - ready to roll!

Initial colors 

I put my painterly "Leyendecker" background first and switch Joker to a more subtle purple.

Initial Rough In

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

Detail

I did a lot of coloring at this stage - adding the  lights and darks on all areas of the art.

Used the Pencil tool at this point.

Playing the background

Coloring Line Art

At this point I like to color the line art... 

Line Art Detail

I begin coloring the Hair and Flesh Line Art

Then I switch the background one final time and darken up the values on Joker and render Harley's outfit a bit!

Time to work on the new trademark Harley Hair!

And voila - done!

Part One 

Line Art 

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Superman Batman Supergirl Batgirl Midtown Comics Original Art and Cover

We did the art for these two covers and here is the original art framed up with covers themselves AT Midtown Comics Headquarters!

See the complete making of the covers

HERE

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Star Wars: Princess Leia #3 Making of

Here's a look at the making of the cover!

The Cover sketches submitted to Jordan White, the Star Wars Editor at Marvel.

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

The cover pencils by me.

Pencils  drawn in Light Blue and

 HB lead on 12 x 18 Bristol Board.

Detail of the pencils.

Cover inks by Rachel Dodson.

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

Details of the inks.

The cover "flats".

The first stage of coloring is to have the art "flatted".

Flatting allows me to choose an area to color at any point throughout the coloring process.

At this stage I go and adjust the colors to their medium value or imprimatura - I use this as the starting point for the piece.

I use  Photoshop CS3 and a Wacom Cintiq 13HD to color with.

Initial rough in 

of the colors - getting the midtone values/colors of the characters in.

The final color art...

after I turn the black line art...

...to color.

And the final comic book cover-

Coming in April from Marvel Comics, written by Mark Waid with art by me, Rachel and Jordie Belliare!

Out in stores now!

Find your local comic retailer 

http://www.comicshoplocator.com/Home/1/1/57/575

Online at

https://www.comixology.com/Princess-Leia-2015-3-of-5/digital-comic/217240

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