I was asked to color this exclusive cover for Zenescope’s Kickstarter campaign. I guess it is going to be used on only 250 copies of Grimm Fairy Tales: Myths & Legends #18 as an incentive reward to larger contributors to the Kickstarter thing. I don’t know much about that stuff, though. I just color.
I thought this cover would be a good one to use for recording my process, too. Normally, when I post them to YouTube, I speed them up, but this one I kept actual speed. That’s how I like to watch others work, so I can really see what they are doing and how quick they do it, so that’s why I did it this time. I’d love to do a commentary, but I just don’t have the time. Someday…
Anyhow, here’s the cover with awesome lines by Jamal Igle and a link to the video. It’s 3.5 hours long and available to watch at up to the full res of my Cintiq (1600×1200) so you can watch as if you were looking over my shoulder. Thanks for checking it out.
I should be working on paying stuff, but dammit, it’s my birthday and everyone’s in bed here, so I’m doing what I want. Saw this drawing by Steev on Ten Ton and used it to play with some color theory stuff. Might as well share.
I noticed this page was posted on the Zenescope blog (http://blog.zenescope.com/2012/04/zenescoop-previews-alice-5/) so I figure it’s safe to post here. Awesome lines by Sheldon Goh who I worked with on the Grimm Fairy Tales: Special Edition 2011 a while back. I’d love to be able to work with him more. Enough yammerin’. Here’s the page.
Finally getting the okay to start coloring some Trekker pages! Ron and I are hammering out the style details on these first few pages, trying to set the right tone of loose and gritty with a slight Euro feel. Having lots of fun coming in at this stage of a project and getting a hand in shaping its look. Previously, I’ve always had to stick with what someone else has done, so this is a pretty novel position for me.
Stay tuned for more Trekker news and previews. If you want to check out all things Trekker and read the original stories chronologically from the 80′s Dark Horse publications, Ron has put it all online at www.trekkercomic.com. He post about 3 pages a week for now. The first color pages I’m doing should be hitting some time in early May so go read it all so you’re ready for it!
I had a request from a member of Ten Ton forum to do another video painting over someone’s lines. I selected a Khoi Pham Beta Ray Bill sketch and gave it a quick sketch paint treatment. Video is sped up 4x actual speed since I assume you don’t need too much detail on this sketchy thing.
Khoi Pham posted the high res lines for this over on the Ten Ton message boards. I just wrapped colors on my part of Zenescope’s Alice #5 and I have Emerald City ComiCon this weekend, so I didn’t feel like doing any heavy color work. However, I can’t resist working over Khoi’s lines, especially when he’s doing a Mignola-esque thing. Considering the lines, I couldn’t help but throw down some Dave Stewart style colors. I’m no Dave, but it helped me branch out from my more painterly stuff I’ve been doing lately.
Ron Randall had asked me to color up this promo image for the upcoming (Sept. 8/9, 2012) Rose City Comic Con. It’s a new show that we in the Portland area hope grows into an Emerald City ComiCon-like event. This will be used in promotional materials, but not sure where it will show up yet.
For those who don’t know, it’s Mercy St.Clair–a futuristic bounty hunter (Trekker) from Ron’s series of comics spanning the last 20 years. The original tales are being uploaded at a rate of 3 pages a week, with new (color!) material in the works. Right now he has the first six+ issues up at www.trekkercomic.com. Check it out.
Ross Hughes pointed out that what I thought was smoke coming off of Iron Man’s armor was more likely short-circuiting electrical stuff. Revised the image to show that. Thanks, Ross!
Another page that I flatted for John Rauch back in the day. It was one of my first pages and looking at the flats as a colorist now, I’m appalled at my selections. Mis-reads and stray pixels all over. Sorry, John. I did get much better though.
From Venom #1, Pg 10.
Pencils by Tony Moore
Inks by Crimelab! Studios
I did get much better though.
