for this post i decided to show the progression of an ideato start with, the inspiration: 20th Century Boys I read a review of
this movie series along with some screen shots and was inspired
by the idea of a cult of masked people and i was also looking for a
excuse to follow Ben Templesmith's (30 Days of Night, Wormwood Gentleman Corpse)
demo on creating a comic book cover from concept to print and using textures
in an old issue of Advanced Photoshop as closely as possible. I ended up skipping
a few steps (using photographs for face texture, adding tentacles :) ) the longest
part of this was putting together the final ink/wash drawing after scanning it in in sections
and trying to make sure every thing had the same density. It seemed like the color went
quicker than i expected. also my piece looked a bit too much like one of Templesmith's Illustrations.
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Templesmith at this years
Emerald City Comic Con and it was an educational experience. He was very generous with
his time despite having to work on sketches he took the time to chat about tools as well
as work, If you happen to meet him at a convention and see him say hi and let him know
how much you enjoy his work.
from concept to book cover
