Before starting on the new project I wanted to do some test panels to find the right style. It ended up being more of a process-finding exercise than a style thing, but now I feel pretty prepared for the actual pages.

Note: nothing’s going on in the page story-wise. I just made up random crap that I thought would be relevant to the book.

*Irazu

I really like the results I’m getting from this process. I can be loose where I want to be and tight spots aren’t intimidating because I can undo and erase. It might be a while ’til the next time I break out the real stuff again.

Trying out some of the Liquid Ink brushes in Painter 11 and they’re pretty awesome. Drybrush was just about the only thing keeping me in traditional inking. I’m going to try out this with my newest commission and see how it goes.

Halftone in Photoshop.

I’m pretty happy with how these came out, and Frank digs them which is really what matters. As usual, I feel like these won’t really be done until the color is there. My inks don’t really stand on their own as much as they could. But then, that’s fine because in this case I have full control of the finished product.

For comparison fun, here’s the thumbs again:

Pencils by Andy Taylor, inks and color by me.