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Here's the Star Wars Greatest Moments Cover we did for Star Wars Doctor Aphra #40, out now from Marvel Comics!

Pencils

Rachel Dodson's Inks

Colors

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Black Hammer Justice League #5 Variant Cover

Had such a blast with this cover!

Pencils

Inks by Rachel Dodson

Colors

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Creating BOMBS AWAY! A Terry Dodson Sketchbook Collection Cover Art Part 2 Color

The cover to my new sketchbook!

BOMBS AWAY!

A Terry Dodson Sketchbook Collection

There is a 4 page sequence in sketchbook on "How I created the Cover Art", but here's another look!

PART 2 

COLOR

FLATS

The first stage of color is called flats - flatting allows me to choose an area to color at any point throughout the coloring process.

INITIAL ROUGH IN 

I rough in the colors on the figure and in this case start designing the colors for the bike. I also start designing the background of the 

cover and setting the type.

DESIGN

I’m not thrilled with how this is reading, not enough “POP”, so I set the figure off against and a WHITE background and VOILA! 

I also move the titles around and begin doing some tweaks to the bike itself.

The first thing I did is to change the cirlcle to orange to POP the rider a bit more. Next, I strengthened the bike colors. 

REAL COLORING!

Then I start working away from the middle values by adding darks then lights to the figure and the bike.

CIRCLES 

To accentuate the fun feel, I add the circles which I incorporate onto the back cover and interior. 

COLORING THE LINE ART 

The final touch is converting the black line art into colors lines - note the face especially!

PART 1

LINE ART

The book debuted at Emerald City Comic Co  and available world wide soon and in my SHOP!

This collects highlights from last 3 years of my personal sketchbooks in a 32 page soft cover published by Flesk Publications!

It’s a comfortable 6" W x 8.25” with folded flap on front and back cover and a nice spot on page 1 to get a personalized sketch!

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Creating BOMBS AWAY! A Terry Dodson Sketchbook Collection Part 1 Line Art

The cover to my new sketchbook!

BOMBS AWAY!

A Terry Dodson Sketchbook Collection

There is a 4 page sequence in sketchbook on "How I created the Cover Art", but here's another look!

Part 1

LINE ART

Initial Rough In

Basically happy with the concept and composition.

Face Detail

Now I move on to detail.

First thing was to get the face where I wanted it!

I then move on to the Cycle!

Detail of what I did on the costume.

I drew this on 

13" x 19" Strathmore 2 Ply 400 Series Vellum Bristol Board

Col Erase Light Blue Pencil

Staedtler HB Lead Pencil

Detailing out the bike.

Final Scanned Art

Cleaned in Photoshop and Ready for Color 

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Part Two

COLOR

The book debuts at Emerald City Comic Con Table L4  and world wide soon afterward.

This collects highlights from last 3 years of my personal sketchbooks in a 32 page soft cover published by Flesk Publications!

It’s a comfortable 6" W x 8.25” with folded flap on front and back cover and a nice spot on page 1 to get a personalized sketch!

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Captain Marvel #5 Cover Art Step by Step

Here's a look back at how we created another Captain Marvel Cover.

Here's the 3 cover sketches I sent into Marvel for the Captain Marvel #5 cover. 

Drawn at about 2 x 3 inches in my sketchbook then scanned and colored in Photoshop.

Once approved, drew full size at 11 x17 inches on 2 Ply Strathmore Bristol Board with Light Blue and HB Pencils.

Inks by Rachel Dodson using Windsor Newton Series 7 #2 Sable Brush and FW Acrylic Ink. I added the ship details and ground details with a Black Pen.

Colored in Photoshop CS3 with a Wacom Intuos Graphics Tablet. 

This was published by Marvel Comics in 2012...

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MR. and MRS. X #2 - Out Today from Marvel Comics

Pencils

Inks

Colors

Colors sans Logo

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Star Wars #50 Step by Step Part 3 Color

Our variant cover for Star Wars #50 - out now from Marvel Comics - a family portrait!

Check out how we made it.

PART 3

COLOR

FLATS

The first stage of color is called flats - flatting allows me to choose an area to color at any point throughout the coloring process.

First thing I did was lay an orange color over the whole piece to harmonize the colors and get the "old fashioned movie poster" feel I was going for.

I try to adjust the colors to their medium value or imprimatura - I use this as the starting point for the piece. 

INITIAL COLOR (ROUGH IN)

I colored this on my Cintiq 22 HD using Photoshop CS3 .

I rough in quickly all the medium lights and darks on the figures and cast initial shadows.

Using the Pencil Tool (Hard Round pixel Brush) at 100% to to begin and then switch to lower 30-50% to get the right value of color for the next stages of rendering.

RIM LIGHT

 I added the yellow rim light to Luke using the Pencils tool at 100%

 GRADIENT and ROSY CHEEKS

Used the Gradient tool to fade out the background

I added Rosy cheeks to Leia

Used the Lasso and Gradient tool to define Leia's jaw line.

COLORING THE LINE ART

This is the icing on the cake step of the process.

I colored a lot of the black lines - notice the lips, flesh outline clothes and SFX in the background.

TOUCHES

Adding an extra layer of depth to Luke's eyes to help them POP.

PART 1

PENCILS

PART 2

LINE ART

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