Here's the cover for a Frankenstein Samurai. i always draw the cover of the book last because i'm always a much better artist by the time i get to the end of a book and the cover is what draws the reader in before they even decide to read the book so i want it to be as good as possible. For this cover I didn't draw a ton of characters. i decided to really focus on atmosphere. sometimes where the character is can be more important than what they're doing.
I hate having to rehashing the same info over and over again but, it’s important for determining the authenticity of a post. So let’s get to it.
The process for most for my art stays pretty consistent from piece to piece
I start off by simply penciling the best i can. i start with a rough sketch in blue color pencil then i lightly erase it and pencil over the residual blue to get the cleanest sketch possible.
The sketch took about 4 days and it was done on 11x17 bristol board art paper
(standard for comic book portfolio's)
After the sketch is finished I take it to Staples to have it scanned on a big flat-bed scanner.
i have them make a high-res pdf file for me (300 dpi). I take that file home and work on it in Photoshop.
The rendering consist of a 18-20 layer process that takes about 10-14 hours
Art done by me Chris Gooding
Story Written by my bro Ethan Harmon
I wanna post the full comic here later but, I need to talk it over with Ethan first. Fingers crossed.
That’s it for this post.
Thanks for stopping by. Till next time ✌️