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I'M BACK!!!
2007-03-22 15:08:31
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I’m Back!
Well, at least for today.
Sorry about the absence but it’s been pretty crazy for me as of late and I’ve been burning the candle at both ends.
So, what’s been going on you ask? Lots and lots of amazing stuff as we prepare to unleash our plans for 2007. But, we do have a pretty big problem here at Marvel, it’s tragic actually and I don’t know how to fix it. We have too much incredible stuff and not enough months in the year, I kid you not. As we look over the calendar, we find ourselves shifting stuff around because we want to make sure that all the projects get the attention they deserve. Just yesterday we spent the late afternoon hammering out some story elements of one of our big stories for 2007. It’s so chock full of goodness that I’m dying to tell you about it, but I just can’t.
As a friend of mine is fond of saying, “these are high class problems to have.”
On a personal front, I’ve been knee deep in a couple of non Marvel related freelance illustration projects that I can’t speak of at the moment, but they're pretty cool and keep me busy and up late at night.
Also, I’ll be heading to Baltimore on Friday for the big Baltimore Comic Convention, if you happen to be in the area, stop by and say hello and don’t forget to come to my Cup of Joe Panel at 1PM on Saturday.
And, of course before I leave, let me leave you with some art. Here are the latest pencils for two Wolverine covers.
A- When I have a cover assignment to do I generally begin sketching ideas any place and any chance I get. The concept for issue #8 hit me during an editorial meeting and I doodled it on the agenda sheet.
B- I then took that doodle and tightened it up a bit more and put Wolvie in his Team X uniform. I’m still working very small here, about 3x4.75 inches. You’ll notice that I was toying with the idea of a gun vs. the none Adamantium covered claws. I was even thinking about using both but thought the better of it as things were just looking too cluttered.
C- One more small layout, this time figuring out the balance of lighst and darks.
D- Okay, now this is the final sketch before going to finish. This drawing was done at printed comic size so that I have an idea of what it will look like to the person holding the comic.
E- And the finished pencils ready to go.
F- The idea for cover #9 was pretty well realized in my head, I just needed to get it down on paper. As I sketched I realized I wasn’t getting the energy I wanted out of the drawing. Necessity is the mother of invention so I decided to use my Ichat camera on my computer at home and took this quick blurry picture of myself in the pose that I was looking to draw. You’ll notice that I added some minor scribbles at the bottom just to give myself a sense of the where the claws were to go.
G- Here’s the first loose sketch based on the photo. I’ve done a few ultra close up slashing covers of Wolverine and they’re a blast to do so I wanted to add one more to the series. The feeling I was going for in this one was more of Logan pulling the bloody claws out of his victim and about to come down with them again.
H- Here’s the final tight sketch. I added lighting to get a sense of how the whole piece would read. After this stage, I decided that I wanted to add more black to the cover but I’ll do it on the finished piece.
I- And the finished piece. More shadows added, detail, facial hair, key lighting and lots of blood!
I’ll make sure to share the colors once I have them. I’d share the inks but Danny Miki has dislocated his shoulder and had to cut his output by a considerable margin until he’s better so these covers will go straight to Richard Isanove for digital painting. Get well soon, Danny!
See ya in the funnybooks,
JQ
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