ART/COMICS – Deadpool Sketch Cover and Process

I finished my third Sketch Cover. This one featuring the very popular Deadpool.  This is the first time I’ve ever tried drawing him.

He’s always breaking the fourth wall so have him do so in this cover with a gag.  Not sure how successful it is.

The Process

I use the exact same process with this cover as I did with the last two.

I started digitally, using the scanned version of the Batman ’66 cover as my template. Below is my first rough:

I then drew a second pass over that and refined the drawing:

Once I’d done that, I printed out the drawing and cut up sheet of paper so I could tape it on the actual sketch cover:

I then took a pencil and darkened up the back to make it like carbon paper, so I could transfer the image over to the actual cover:

Unfortunately, I was in such a rush to get done that I forgot to take a picture of what the transferred drawing looked like.

Once I had transferred the drawing, I used some micron pens and a Pentel Pocket brush pen to ink the drawing.  Which is the drawing featured above.

Let me know if you have any questions.

ART/COMIC BOOKS – Betty and Veronica Bikini Archie Comic Sketch Cover And Process

Who doesn’t like Betty and Veronica at the beach? Hopefully, nobody.  This week, I decided to try my hand at drawing an Archie comic sketch cover. I also added how I drew the cover.

I created this cover specifically to be sold, so I picked a subject that I hope people would like.

Like I said, I hope people do.

The Process

Like I did with the Yvonne Craig, Batgirl Batman ’66 cover, I started this one digitally. I used the scanned Batman ’66 cover as a template:

I drew the backside of the cover, only to find out that the Archie comic didn’t have a backside to draw on.

Once I was happy with the drawing, I printed it out and cut down the paper to only the parts I needed:

Then I turned it over and rubbed graphite all over the back of the area were the drawing was, so I could make it like carbon paper:

I then took some removable tape, lined up the paper to the cover and taped it down:

Using a mechanical paper, I drew over my rough blue lines, pressing down so that the drawing would be transferred onto the cover.

This is the result:

Once I had that down, it was just a matter of inking over the pencil lines using a Micron pen and a Pentel pocket brush pen.

The result is the drawing up top.

What do you think?

OH! And by the way, this Archie #1 comic is a great read.

ART/COMIC BOOKS – Yvonne Craig Batgirl Homage Variant Comic Book Sketch Cover

I was drawing Yvonne Craig as Batgirl a few weeks ago when suddenly the news of her passing occurred.  It was very odd and very sad.

My drawing was partially done when I found out. I’m currently drawing some variant sketch comic book covers on the side.  I’m planning to sell them at shows.

The first cover I decided to tackle was for Batman 66.  I wanted to draw a pretty girl on the cover and Yvonne’s Batgirl was the perfect candidate.

R.I.P. Yvonne Craig.

The Process

In order to draw this cover, I wanted a bit of control. I didn’t want to simply start drawing on the cover I wanted to have a clean worked out piece of art.

To do this, I started digitally. I roughed out the cover on my computer first:

Once I got everything working the way I wanted, I then printed out the cover on paper:

After doing that I took a pencil and darkened the back of the printed version:

Then it was just a matter of using it as carbon paper, by putting the printed version over the sketch cover and tracing over my drawing, creating a pencil version on the cover itself, which I then inked.