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Usagi Yojimbo Color Special Cover step-by-step
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 12:36 -0700
by Steve Hubbell
Stan Sakai wrote:
2 hours ago
Here's the cover for the upcoming Usagi Yojimbo Color Special from Dark Horse.
Ink, watercolor, and splattered on white cel vinyl stars on 4-ply 500 series Strathmore cold press bristol board.
Rough drawing. I changed the wings a few times. I would have preferred them in the "up" position, but that would have interfered with the logo.
Tightened pencil drawings, with three point perspective lines.
Inked with Koh-i-noor Art Pen and Badger Black Opaque ink (old formula).
William James M wrote:
2 hours ago
is this over the pencils or are there actually 3 seperate drawings (rough, tight pencils, inked) ?
Stan Sakai wrote:
It is all done on the same art. I just scanned each step of the process.
Re: Usagi Yojimbo Color Special Cover step-by-step
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 15:59 -0700
by Mayhem
Ah... are the kimori making a return?
Re: Usagi Yojimbo Color Special Cover step-by-step
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 6:00 -0700
by Otter
I didn't know there was a new colour special coming.
And komori coming back would just be icing on top!
Re: Usagi Yojimbo Color Special Cover step-by-step
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 16:08 -0700
by Stan Sakai
No, the komori are not coming back. I just put them on the cover. The Color Special will contain the short stories from DH Presents that had not been collected before. Stormy Night--was that in color? If it was, it should be in it as well.
Re: Usagi Yojimbo Color Special Cover step-by-step
Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:19 -0700
by Casey Burns
I put together a list a while back of color stories that hadn't been collected in color in either the series of paperbacks or in a special:
Return to Adachigahara Plain, Book Four Hardcover, 1990, 8 pages (reprinted in Art of Usagi)
The Guardian, Trilogy Tour Book, 1998, 8 pages (reprinted in Art of Usagi)
Netsuke, Wizard #97, September 1999, 3 pages
Tsuru, Dark Horse Extra, 2000, 4 pages?
A Lesson In Courtesy, Dark Horse Extra, 2002, 4 pages?
Saya, Myspace Dark Horse Presents 3, 2009, 8 pages
One Dark and Stormy Night, Free Comic Book Day, Dark Horse, May 2009, 6 pages
Cut the Plum, Myspace Dark Horse Presents 6, 2010, 2 pages
Buntori, Dark Horse Presents 7, 2011, 8 pages
The Artist, Parts 1 and 2, Dark Horse Presents, 2014, ? pages
Do you know which of these made the cut for the special?
Re: Usagi Yojimbo Color Special Cover step-by-step
Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 21:40 -0700
by Maka
Casey Burns wrote:I put together a list a while back of color stories that hadn't been collected in color in either the series of paperbacks or in a special:
Return to Adachigahara Plain, Book Four Hardcover, 1990, 8 pages (reprinted in Art of Usagi)
The Guardian, Trilogy Tour Book, 1998, 8 pages (reprinted in Art of Usagi)
Netsuke, Wizard #97, September 1999, 3 pages
Tsuru, Dark Horse Extra, 2000, 4 pages?
A Lesson In Courtesy, Dark Horse Extra, 2002, 4 pages?
Saya, Myspace Dark Horse Presents 3, 2009, 8 pages
One Dark and Stormy Night, Free Comic Book Day, Dark Horse, May 2009, 6 pages
Cut the Plum, Myspace Dark Horse Presents 6, 2010, 2 pages
Buntori, Dark Horse Presents 7, 2011, 8 pages
The Artist, Parts 1 and 2, Dark Horse Presents, 2014, ? pages
Do you know which of these made the cut for the special?
That's quite a list! Thanks for putting it together. I hope a lot of them get in the collection. It is nice to see Dark Horse doing it part to produce a lot of UY/Stan Sakai content this year in celebration for 30th anniversary and to help out Sharon and Stan. I like companies who take care of their people. Peace, maka
Re: Usagi Yojimbo Color Special Cover step-by-step
Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 23:45 -0700
by Otter
Still cool!
When is this book due?
Re: Usagi Yojimbo Color Special Cover step-by-step
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2014 5:13 -0700
by Stan Sakai
I regret the color choices I made. I should have toned down the red a lot and darkened the castle rafters more. That would have shone the spotlight on Usagi's face a lot more.
The komori are not in the book, however I am drawing them now in UY: Senso #4 so had them on my mind when I did this cover. I don't know when this is coming out.
Re: Usagi Yojimbo Color Special Cover step-by-step
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2014 9:16 -0700
by Usagi
That looks very nice
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