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JHarren — BPRD#115 pg 14 walkthrough
Published: 2014-01-28 03:03:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 15900; Favourites: 261; Downloads: 1687
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Here's a pretty thorough walk through of the creation of a page. 'Download' for bigger file!
1. 8x11 layouts in ballpoint with a bit of photoshop to clarify shapes.
2. Blue pencils
3. raw scan of inks done with a brush, micron, nib, china marker, and spatter.
4. inks cleaned up in photoshop in preparation for color. I added a layer of Grey on the crab because at the last minute I wanted to add spatter on a different layer to make it a wetter, grosser scene. And the grey was there to make sure that Dave didn't miss it. It was probably wholly unnecessary.
5. Dave Stewart makes sweet, sweet color on my page. Isn't he the greatest?
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I'm so glad B.P.R.D has brought my favorite artists together. This is so dynamic. I struggle a lot with action lines, you make it look so simple.
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In this case it was used to create that textured soft edge on the bullet ricochets on the crab's face in panel 3
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ahhh very cool. now that you say it its super obvious to me. thanks for answering.
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absolutely loving your work on this arc btw.
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The energy to your work is just...phenomenal, James. Awesome work. You're one of my top comic book artists out there at the moment. All the best.
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Woooah, incredible energy in this page. Love it dude!
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I like the one in the middle and I wish it was the final one and you paint over it. but i know how comic pages should look like in the end unfortunettly
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Excellent process post, your inks are kickin as always. This issue was another great one, glad to see you back on BPRD.
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cool stuff ! what is it about? Is it possible to order to mid europe?
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I'm not sure, actually. If you have comic book stores, you can check with your local retailer. Otherwise you can just read them digitally: www.darkhorse.com/Comics/21-52…
You can read the synopsis on the site, and see if you're interested
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Thank you mate, ill check on it. Wish you the best in the future too. Cheers!
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I love the brush strokes in the gutter space, so so rad.
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so great!
the book is awesome by the way.
really look forward to the next
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thanks, Ike! I couldn't find my lettered pdf's, otherwise I would've sent you a copy!
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very welcome!
and no worries in regards to the pdfs. i might be able to mess with the settings a bit in the app to get it to my liking.
first world problems
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Nice walk through. Always my favorite to see the walk through. It's like having to show the work in math class. A lot of the time the journey is the destination.
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Thank you so much for the walk through. Absolutely love seeing the process. Looks fantastic
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do you just skip penciling and go straight to inking on top of the blue pencils? awesome stuff. thanks for sharing.
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Yea, the blue pencils are my pencilling stage. That way I don't have to waste time putting graphite down and erase it afterwards.
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nice, thanks for replying. great work.
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DeviantArt needs a "Pure Awesomeness" button, because "Favourite" is not gonna cut it anymore. Brilliant.
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Awesome! Thanks for posting this up James, a real treat to see your process!
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I know that amidst all of the awesome information here pointing this out seems...insignificant...but I really appreciate you actually drawing out the SFX letters. You are an artist's artist man!
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And of course everything else on this page is amazing too!
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thanks, dude! Glad those hand drawn sfx don't go unappreciated.
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it's freaken awesome seeing this!
you do such fantastic work, mate.
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That's some cool stuff man. Thanks for putting this together.
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Jesus, James, you could publish the layouts themselves. Just awesome work...
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Awesome work, man! And Dave's colour is always tasty!
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