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Kubie cover

luke — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:37:53 +0000

My buddy from school, Andy Taylor, is working on an OGN memoir of his time at the Joe Kubert School and he asked me to color the cover. The script is awesome and I can’t wait to see this thing in print. He captured the Kubert experience very… honestly.

AT pages 4-5

luke — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:12:38 +0000

Done!

…Onto the cover :)

AT Page 3

luke — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:22:06 +0000

It was hard to keep things from getting too busy with all the monitors and glows and stuff. I think it works well enough. Love the last panel, it’s been one of my favorites in every stage.

AT page 2

luke — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:06:32 +0000

AT colors Page 1

luke — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:05:11 +0000

Decided to post these as I go. Feedback is appreciated!

Spidey VS Dark Claw

luke — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:12:57 +0000

Colors were pretty rushed, but I think this came out ok. The inks were way fun.

Pencils by Andy Taylor, inks and color by me.

Coloring feedback

luke — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:17:10 +0000

Sean Murphy came in to school last Thursday to talk to the 3rd years and answer any of our questions about art or the business of comics. He’s an awesome artist, super fast, and very honest about his experiences and opinions. After school I got a portfolio review from him which was very positive, especially regarding my coloring. He suggested that I contact some editors in advance of the next convention to set up interviews and get on their radar. The next day I emailed Sean to thank him for coming in and looking at my stuff, and I asked him if he could put me in touch with some editors because, well, I don’t know any! He put me in touch with Chris Warner at Dark Horse.

I sent Sean an email thanking him for everything (again; I’m sure he’s sick of my appreciation by now haha) and asked if he had any critiques or suggestions for my colors because he tends to rip on them a lot (and let’s face it, there’s a lot of crappy ones out there) so I knew he’d be honest. He replied:

Well I wouldn’t be helping you out if I thought you weren’t any good. I won’t lie to someone and tell them I like their stuff when I don’t, and only once in a great while do I bother forwarding art. But the stuff you sent is compairable to Dave Stewart here and there. Love the textures (not a fan of cuts on my stuff). And your color theory is balanced and sound, which is the hardest thing for colorists to understand. Whatever kind of brain a colorist needs, you have it. Sure there are small things here and there which could use a tweak, but it’s so close overall that it’s best for you to just keep working and figure things out for yourself.

That totally made my day.

But then! I hadn’t been to GutterZombie (a colorist forum) in a long time and decided to drop by and post some of my recent stuff (bascially the same coloring sampler I sent to Chris). Laura Martin (an award-winning colorist and easily one of the best in the business) said:

Oh hell yeah, these are all beyootiful!!

So basically I’m on cloud 9 because I’m fairly confident that reactions like these indicate that I’m not going to starve when I get out of school. Though I’m still totally expecting Jamie Kennedy to pop out and tell me I’ve been “X”ed. (Too dated? TOO BAD. SCREW PUNK’D.) And just so this post isn’t devoid of artwork, here’s some progress on the fantasy/mythology ‘pencils’. Also, I’ve decided to start out grayscale with this painting because I really want to nail the values.

ASM #542 p11 coloring sample

luke — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:38:46 +0000

This one went relatively quickly (under 3 hours) for obvious reasons. The last panel was wicked fun. The lighting is totally ridiculous, but, y’know, drama and all that.

ASM #502 p15-16 coloring samples

luke — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:35:37 +0000

Foolkiller #5 p25 coloring sample

luke — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:35:01 +0000

Working on some new coloring samples. One down, many to go.