Many people have been asking about the process for my art. I don't really have time right now for a full detailed tutorial. Though here are a few WIP scans and some notes.
First the
rough sketch. This is were I nail down the composition. I'm mainly just concerned with shapes, figures, some of the lighting and overall ideas here. I don't worry about details in this stage and try to keep things loose. It's more experimenting and searching at this point.
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tDY7ay4PnilP2w1KQ53e3IZy38qELU505UK74v9IHMY7lK7U2hXOxoNp5-6RwwkmZ1fnbyHi3YisIQDvqInxjai88Y60Rk8L2H05FEI7dwqCcA4DOdFmjTODWDJ_jU7Q=s0-d)
After I create a comp, I'm happy with, it's on to
penciling. I light box the original sketch to better paper (bristol board), so I have a clean start. In the case of the Titans cover I penciled it very tight, figuring out all the details of anatomy and lighting.
Pencil Detail:![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_v8J1Wq3NsklWPrW21UdOS-8VE83QQWxoXH6apV7hNskKTlU0aPtyo6S6DW-bszr4q2yyDV_sFp18EL0KZxhoKj0JY9c5IXkpXWvabNKfet7tbCwMTmtx1yaDVkXfdOYw=s0-d)
The ink stage was just making everything solid and flow together. And here's the
final inks, scanned straight off the drawing, without any computer coloring or altering.