Batcave full process

Hey there guys. This time I'll take you through the process on creating my version of the Batcave from scratch to final colors.

1. Sketch. First of all I did a 2x2" thumbnail of the batcave just to get an idea of what I wanted.

Sketch

2. Building perspective. After I scanned the thumbnail, I used Manga Studio Ex 4 software to create a grid on which my perspective lines would lie, and created a background architecture for the cave.

Manga Studio Ex 4

Background architecture

3. Blue line printing. Once I had the perspective lines and the grids in place, I printed a blue line penciled version of the whole thing on an 11x17  comic book bristol paper. I have a Brother Printer that prints to size. It's really cool, I recommend it 100% it is a very good investment.

This is the penciled version on top of the blue line.

Pencils on bristol

This is the scanned version of the pencils.

4. Inks.

5. Coloring

A) Flats
Using Photoshop CS5 I flatted all the figures in the piece. This is called Flats stage. This helps you to make selecting everything instantly. Be sure to keep a separate layer with the flats.

B) Rendering
Once I have picked up the base colors, I start using different techniques to color or "render" the drawing.

Here is a video showing the process http://youtu.be/c7pJPrv8_LE


 That's it! Questions or comments are welcomed.

Batman vs. Predator pages

This assignment was a really cool assignment our first one actually of the semester. It holds a special place for me because of personal reasons (read here) but let's get to it.

First the thumbnails. This is actually the most difficult part, since this is where the storytelling comes alive. After coming up with some decent layouts I proceed to do the digital roughs on a Wacom Intuos 3 for both pages.

It is very important to always, always look for reference pictures, specially if its something you have no idea what it looks like or in this case, a city such as Gotham City. The city is a character on its own so you can't just draw New York, you have to draw Gotham.

Roughs 2nd page

The next step is to print them full size in blue lines, this way I can do the pencils on the actual page. I used to do the light box thing, but this is just more convenient, since it saves me 1 step.

This time I tried some sound effects on the actual page instead of letting the letterer do the job. I did some sketches first.

Final stage is the inking stage, which I have to practice much more by the way. I experimented a lot on this pages, specially on the first one. I learned a thing or two.

 That's it! Piece of cake right?

All comments are welcome and encouraged. See you next time!

Dinosaurs in NY

This assignment was a double spread for narrative art II, where we had to chose between either dinosaurs and aliens. I obviously picked up the dinosaurs in N.Y. because I have never draw them before. I also thought it was a good opportunity to throw in a shout out for some of my friends books back in Monterrey. (which if you don't know, is my hometown, and a very awesome kick ass city).

This is the process.

Digital roughs

Digital roughs 2

Background

Pencils

Inks

Blacksad

This was a project for Basic Drawing II. The goal of the assignment was to draw a scene with 1 or 2 point perspective background and at least 3 characters, showing foreground, middle ground and background.

I Chose Blacksad because it is a killer book and I have never drawing anthropomorphic characters in a while.

Rough

Background in Manga Studio Ex 4

TIghter rough.

Final pencils.

Back to school: Babydoll

Back to school

Been a while since I posted anything here. As Ferris Bueller once said, "life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while you might missed it".

This time I'm not gonna say it, I'm doing it (although I know that by saying that I'm saying what I'm gonna do, defeating the purpose but anyway...) one post a day, that is my goal. Art does not get a rest, and we all need inspiration. If you like what you see here leave a comment, we all benefit from each other's vibes and thoughts.

Here is a project.  Babydoll from Suckerpunch.

Done with pastels on toned paper.

Cereal Box

For advertising illustration class, we had to come up with a fun concept for a cereal box design. I chose the movie 300 as the subject matter of my design and created the "Hooa!" cereal. Here is the process

Roughs

Digital inks on Manga Studio

Digital inks on Manga Studio

Front design

Back design

Silhouette Design

Silhouette designs for Production II homework assignment. Design 20 characters and 20 vehicles.

There are some interesting things out of this exercise. I might pursue one or two of this designs.

Hope you dig!