Jim Henson's Storyteller: Fairies #1 variant process
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2017 11:15 -0700
Stan Sakai (on Facebook) wrote:
Jim Henson's Storyteller: Fairies #1 from Archaia came out this week. I did a variant cover for it. Here's a very detailed look at its creation.
Ink and watercolor on 4-ply, 500 series Strathmore Bristol.
I submitted two concepts. There were certain things I wanted done with the coloring so opted to color it myself.
Detailed pencil art drawn with .5mm HB mechanical pencil.
Inked with Koh-i-Noor ArtPen and Platinum Carbon Black ink. Characters, some foreground elements and borders were masked then the flat background was painted on.
I wanted an autumn feel to it because the changing leaves and the berries would make for a much more interesting look. However, I wanted to limit my palette to avoid it looking too garish.
I stripped off the mask on the foreground leaves and berries for painting.
The mask on the fairies are peeled off.
The finished art.
