Stan Sakai (on Facebook) wrote: August 9, 2017
I sent in the cover for UY 165, the final chapter of Mouse Trap, a story involving Usagi, Inspector Ishida and his nemesis, Nezumi.
Drawn on 11x17" 2-ply, cold press Strathmore Bristol board with a 10.5x15" image area. The top quarter of the cover will have a banner with the title of the book.
rough pencils drawn with HB .5 mm mechanical pencil
finished pencils drawn with .5mm B mechanical pencil. Perspectives are drawn in at this time.
inked with Koh-i-Noor ArtPen and Badger Black Opaque ink (old formula)
pencils erased with Sumo black eraser.
blacks added with a brush pen and Badger ink, and textures drawn with Koh-i-noor fountain ArtPen
the finished art
UY 165 cover step-by-step
-
Steve Hubbell
- Taisho
- Posts: 6050
- Joined: Thu Sep 19, 2002 15:25 -0700
- Location: Kalamazoo, MI
UY 165 cover step-by-step
-
Rustyblade
- Shugyosha<Student Warrior>
- Posts: 156
- Joined: Wed Nov 26, 2014 14:10 -0700
- Location: Sonoma County California
Re: UY 165 cover step-by-step
I love seeing these. Seeing the transformation of details is really interesting.
