Wednesday, January 12, 2011

alley lit


Will include shadow in final sketch. Stay tuned.

almost there …

alley in progress


Whistle while you work …

analog model of alley


Beginnings of my cardboard mockup of the alley. Just need enough detail to see the foreshortening, angles and shading properly. I will be tweaking the perspective of the final ref image as I want a wide angle lens appearance. On to making more cardboard buildings …

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

rough cover concept


Here's a rough digital mockup of my cover concept. Going to build a cardboard model of the alley background and light it for shadow accuracy. Colors are tbd at this point.

Monday, January 10, 2011

cover musings


Initial musings on a new cover concept for issue #1.

Friday, January 7, 2011

the new bamboo


Just picked up a Wacom Bamboo Pen. This will greatly speed up my coloring efforts. I know a lot of you veterans are saying: "Wha? Where have you been?" Slowly but slowly. ;)