QUICKIE..

Just a quick one this week...

Apologies for not posting last week, and not providing you with anything great this week (I like to post on Thursdays), but I promise you I'm still working away.

While I haven't done much drawing at all, Ive been doing some work on the story, gathering reference, and putting together ideas for future covers. I havent pinpointed exactly what I want in the covers, but im trying to find a theme that will fit for all the issues.

Ive also seen some preliminary logos for the MERCER title designed by JOSH AITKEN, and theyre off to a nice start. Some edits will be done, however I'm expecting to debut it real soon. I've received the query from writer JASON TUDOR and its sounding nice.

I'm also getting the pages lettered, again by Josh, and will preview them in future posts! So look out!

Next week I'll have much more to show so please check back!

Be good!

Dan

MERCER: The Making of a Comic Book Cover

So, getting back on track...

You deserve two posts this week as I was unable to do one last week. Here's the second :) ;

After my first two initial character sketches, and countless hours working out the details of the story, I felt it was time to do a pin up of the comic. Something that stood out, told a story in itself, and looked cool.

I had a clear picture of what I wanted, and began the initial sketch. This one was done at A5 size. (Picture 1)

I then copied it and blew it up to A3, then light boxed it onto a comic art board (Picture 2)

When I completed this, it was over to the talented Ander Zarate (http://zaratus.deviantart.com/) to work his magic with the colors.

When an artist (or atleast me) draws a picture they sometimes have a clear and precise view of what they intend the final colors to look like. To be honest, sometimes its not entirely clear, but I know what I want when I see it. This sometimes means re-work. This one was was clear to me, and was only re-worked once, and then I asked the background to be lightened as I wanted our hero MERCER to 'pop'. (Picture 3)

I think Ander did an amazing job.

Hope you like it!

Best

Picci8