Tuesday, February 26, 2013

LEGEND OF THE SHADOW CLAN #4 Covers



Colors by John Starr

Aspen May Solicitations: http://comicbookcritic.net/aspen-comics-may-2013-solicitations

For LotSC #4, Aspen wanted to do 4 covers so I pitched them on doing a series of connecting covers. I've always loved these things when I've seen other artists do them and I was excited when an opportunity to do one popped up. Trying to make them each stand alone but still form one big image is a lot of fun. Lots of work at the layout stage, but ultimately worth it!
Here are the inks for the original image 14x34:
Pencils-in-progress (before the villain's face was revised):
And the layout:

Thursday, February 14, 2013

LEGEND OF THE SHADOWCLAN #3 Cover


Here's the cover for Shadow Clan #3, featuring the creepy, mysterious twins Rachael & Rose. Colors by John Starr.

Out in April: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/1301/04/aspenapril.htm

Friday, February 1, 2013

LEGEND OF THE SHADOW CLAN Retailer Covers

We did a Retailer Exclusive version of the cover for issue 1 to offer to stores who ordered a certian amount of the book. We had 20 stores participate in this, and so we got to make 20 covers using different colors and themes to go with each store's logo. I had no idea when I drew this that each cover would end up so unique. It was great to see that A.) so many retailers were excited for and supporting the book, and B.) that the guys at Aspen did such a killer job making each cover stand out! My lines below: