Terry, Procreate and the iPad Pro/Apple Pencil Part 3 090420

So I have managed to figure out just about everything on this - just need  a spare moment to write about it! 

More coming!

 

Terry, Procreate and the iPad Pro/Apple Pencil Part 2 080620

So I returned to TWITTER for some more questions I had...

Which Pencil/Pen?

Duncan Fegredo Recommended HB and 6B Pencil

and I got this -

 

Next, which canvas made the most sense? So many choices, and I don't like wasting my time.

I started off with this-

Got this response, which I started with, until I realized I was doing a double page spread and so got this excellent reply from Jordi again -

So I just made a comic book page 7" x 10.6" inches and at 300 dpi as this isn't for print, it's just a layout for print.

So I started off with this canvas, started drawing on the first layer, and then just layers on top as you will see in this video (I will fix this...).

Here are my 5 layers

I used these 2 pencils.

plus this inking tool for speed as I just need the information nothing pretty!

Preparing for export - very intuitive on Procreate!

Bingo!

Then into Photoshop, and corrected, resized and turned to blue line and..

Printed!Next!More!TD

Mr. and Mrs. X #12 Cover Step by Step Part 1 Pencils

Part 1 of the Step by Step making of the cover art -

COVER SKETCH

The approved 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.

PENCILS

 Initial rough in

Detail

Drawn in Col Erase Light Blue and Staedtler HB Lead Pencil on 13" x 19" Strathmore 400 Series 2 Ply Vellum Bristol Board 

Detail

Next, I scanned the art and played around with the leg/foot placement of the two characters as I wasn't happy.

So then moved on with these altered parts.

Final art scanned

Next time, 

PART 2

INKS 

TD

Mr. and Mrs. X #10 Cover Step by Step

Out in stores now!

Part 1 of the Step by Step making of the cover art -

COVER SKETCH

The approved 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.

PENCILS

 Initial rough in

Drawn in Col Erase Light Blue and Staedtler HB Lead Pencil on 13" x 19" Strathmore 400 Series 2 Ply Vellum Bristol Board 

Final art scanned

Once Rachel started to ink, I finished drawing the background...

Next time, 

PART 2

INKS 

TD

Star Wars Age of Rebellion Leia Step by Step

COVER SKETCH

The cover concept I sent into Marvel and Lucasfilm for approval. 

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

We had a pretty good idea of what the cover was going to be so not much of a change from my concepts.

PENCILS

Initial Rough In

Drawn in Light Blue and HB Lead on 13" x 19" Bristol Board 

INKS

Here's an in process shot of Rachel Dodson's inking...

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

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

Adding the highlights

The final art!

TD

Mr. and Mrs. X #6 Cover Art Step by Step Part 2 Line Art

Out in stores December 12th.

Part 2 of the Step by Step making of the cover art -

LINE ART

Rachel likes to start with the main face.

Rachel inks directly over my pencils.

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

Final Art

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 ONE

PENCILS

TD

Mr. and Mrs. X #6 Cover Art Step by Step Part 1 Pencils

Out in stores December 12th.

Part 1 of the Step by Step making of the cover art - I had a blast drawing this cover. 

Welcome to Rogue and Gambit's House Party, X-Men, hope you survive the experience!

COVER SKETCH

The approved 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.

PENCILS

 Initial rough in

Detail

Got Rogue right off!

On to Gambit

Working on the backgrounds as well now

Drawn in Col Erase Light Blue and Staedtler HB Lead Pencil on 13" x 19" Strathmore 400 Series 2 Ply Vellum Bristol Board 

Detail

Final art scanned

Once Rachel started to ink, I finished drawing the background...

Next time, 

PART 2

INKS 

TD