March 11th, 2008 | mychemicalfreak | 0 Comments | Email My Chemical Freak!
Gabriel Ba explains the process he goes through to create the alternate cover for the new “The Umbrella Academy; Apocolypse Suite” Graphic Novel, coming out this summer.
Below is the pictures and a translated version of his own words from his blog.
All the processes of a new layer
I share every process of the cover of the bound Umbrella Academy – Apocalypse Suite I made last week.
First comes the draft. As the pages of Comics, I always do before a draft, and smaller, because it is easier to think of the composition in size, you have a better sense of space. Usually, the hardest part is in this stage, the part to break the head, working in the plans in depth, balance between black and white, the general composition of the page. If I am satisfied with the draft, the design is almost ready.
This design was made to a size of 1 / 2 page A4 practically. I had on Monday in the same day it had been approved.
Then comes the pencil. For this work, I use what Dark Horse, the publisher, sends me. Others sometime use a Canson that costs $ 11 the pack of 20 sheets. For those who will work with nanquim and pens, it is more than good. The size of each page (this is double layer) is from 25.4 x 38.1 cm (the famous 10 x 15 inches). Are people who extends the draft and does the pencil in a light table based on it (because it is easier to balance the composition in the design less), but I tend to do everything “in the hand” even. I all over again, from scratch, looking to the draft in my hand. It was very difficult to hit the same proportions, but with time and practice it has been getting easier.
I pencil all Tuesday afternoon.
My favorite part: the final art. The design is only ready when you have done the final art, the rest is the rest. Of course there are styles in graphite, there are painted style and other techniques, but the basics of the design is the black and white and it reaches its apex in the final art.
Many people are doing ”End-art digital” today. I am not talking about doing this in Tablet directly on the computer, as seen in the video of the soldier, but to simply treat the pencil for achieve the contrast enough to use it as a final dash. In my opinion, is one shit. Whether it is the design of an impish newcomer and lazy or Frank Quietly (which probably delivers pages because it is the designer lerdo most of the world).
If you are a designer, learn the art-finish their work. You will never be an artist of Comics complete without it.
I had the art-final on Wednesday morning.
And the final alternate cover in color from TUA’s Myspace Pics.
CLICK HERE to go to Gabriel Ba’s official blog.
CLICK HERE to go to The Umbrella Academy’s Myspace.
Special thanks to MyChemicalObession in Brazil for the info.
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