here is the blue lines and inks for an alternate cover for Reagan and RJ in Space : Mission to the 3 Suns. This is a very kid friendly christian comic created by Richard Collins. For more info and to check out the book go to http://www.raeganandrjinspace.com. The final is being colored by Dony Armstrong. Then I am adding the background and text. The characters in the comic are adorable, I wanted to try to give them some visual character and depth. They range for 13 to 11 years old. I mixed up the ages a bit to allow for a little more variation in the cover. Plus kids rarely look their ages these days anyway. . I stayed up all night penciling, inking and doing the flats.This has been a pretty bad day and I this project gave me something wholesome to focus on. I loved doing this project because it renewed my hope in the wonder of a child's innocence. Please support Richard get a book for a kid you love for Christmas or by 10 of them for your children's ministry. It would cost you under $20 (and you spent that at starbucks this weekend for coffee while you shopped...)
here is the final project with Dony Armstrong's colors added.
you can buy the final copy here
Good line work. I would go thicker on the inks for the characters in front. When I ink, I like to think Foreground, Middle, and Background. With the characters/objects in the front with a thicker lineweights. This will help you pop the characters more. Also, think about the light source... areas where the light hits, will have a thinner line while areas that don't see the light sourse, will have a thicker line weight. This will give your inks more dept.
ReplyDelete@ Walden. Thanks. I will use this technique in the future.
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