Stan Sakai (on Facebook) wrote: November 10, 2017
I'm still in Hawaii, but deadlines are deadlines and I am spending much of my time drawing. I sent off the art for UY 166 and the cover for 168 today.
The cover was drawn on 2-ply 500 series11x17 inch Strathmore Bristol with a 10x15.5 image area.
rough pencils drawn with .5mm HB mechanical pencil. I an just dealing with shapes and composition at this stage.
Finished pencils with .7mm B mechanical pencil.
Inked with Koh-i-Noor ArtPen and Platinum Carbon Black ink.
Erased with Sumo Grip eraser.
the finished cover.
Alternate, unused, cover design.
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Usagi Yojimbo #168 Cover Process
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Usagi Yojimbo #168 Cover Process
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Re: Usagi Yojimbo #168 Cover Process
I take this (#32) will be an entire Ishida book, in a way.
And no, please, I'm not complaining

And no, please, I'm not complaining


Now would I cheat a friend?