Usagi Yojimbo Book 32 Endpaper process

[Steve Hubbell]

I finished the endpaper art for the Usagi Yojimbo Book 32: Mouse Trap hardcover, scheduled for June.




Rough layout using .3 mm 2H mechanical pencil. I am just dealing with shapes and positioning at this stage with a rough idea of the background.




Finished pencils on the characters using .5 mm B-lead mechanical pencil.




Figures inked with Koh-i-Noor Art Pen and Platinum Carbon black ink.




Perspectives for the background penciled using .5 mm B mechanical pencil, a meter stick and triangle.




Background inked.




Erased, then blacks spotted with Pentel Brush Pen filled with Platinum Carbon ink.

All that needs to be done now is the addition of the details and textures.




The finished art on 11x17 inch 2-ply, 500 series, cold press Strathmore Bristol.




These are the tools I used:
.3 mm 2H mechanical pencil
.5 mm B mechanical pencil
Sumo Grip eraser
Platinum Carbon Black ink
Pentel Brush Pen
Koh-i-Noor Art Pen
Triangle
Meter stick

[richarddragon]

Must be around the same time Saga 8 will drop, isn't it?