Professional obligations over the weekend have slowed us (okay: me, Matt Wiegle, the art-drawing person) down. By way of a short snack before the actual meal, here’s a sample of what a page looks like in the middle of the coloring process:
And here’s why: I knew I was drawing an ice mountain, and that a lot of the panel was going to have a relatively narrow range of color and value. In order to get the shapes and hatching right without getting confused by simultaneously working with umpty-million shades of blue, I drew each plane of the background in its own palette. Once I was done, I color-swapped everything into the range of blues and blue-greens seen here.
…aaaaand back to work. The next page will be up as soon as I can get it there. Hope everyone’s having a good week so far–thanks for your indulgence.
With process posts like this, who needs comics?
I’ll second that, Sean!
I’m imagining this image as Destructor if seen through his own Destructor helmet vision… (assuming he’s a dude wearing a helmet – and not something else…)
We all know awesomeness takes time…and psychedelic behind the scenes sneak-peaks more than compensate for any wait.
More like this from time to time would be most welcome!