Category: Eve of Destruction

  • Page 18 WIP

    Page 18 WIP

    Eve of Destruction, page 18 The Watercolor Serenity Prayer: God, grant me the serenity to accept the dark tones I cannot change, the courage to punch up the areas I still can, and the wisdom to know what the picture’s gonna look like when it dries. 😭

  • Struggled a bit, page 17 EOD

    Struggled a bit, page 17 EOD

    Eve of Destruction, page 17. Well, I’m not gonna do this again. I will post below the inks page where you won’t see the wide-angled landscape in the big panel. I decided to do it afterwards directly in color. Well, I laid out the sketch with watercolor pencils hoping these would later disolve. I had…

  • Page 16 done… perhaps

    Page 16 done… perhaps

    Eve of Destruction story. What can I say? Will there be a payoff for this technique that makes you do countless passes with a brush because the previous ones have left too bland an appearance.

  • Page 16 WIP

    Page 16 WIP

    Eve of Destruction comic. I’m developing a strenuous love affair with this particular technique. There’s always something new you find out 😁.

  • More less done here…

    More less done here…

    Here’s a little video preview of p. 15 Eve of Destruction comic book here: EDIT: newer version.

  • Will I ever finish this page?!

    Will I ever finish this page?!

    there are just too many detals LOL.😂 Eve of Destruction.

  • Inking over lightbox

    Inking over lightbox

    I don’t do it that way anymore, LOL. Comic: Eve of Destruction.

  • Me painting page 14 of EOD

    Me painting page 14 of EOD

    Eve of Destruction comic.

  • Progressing on page 15

    Progressing on page 15

    Page 15, EOD. Had to intervene with gouache both for the firmament and the tarmac. Wasted a lot of time, even though the value sketch accurately captured the tonal scale. Oh well. I started painting p. 15 by going in lightly at first, gradually adding darker values later. The value sketch serves as a guide,…

  • Value sketch on p. 15

    Value sketch on p. 15

    Thumbnail value sketch of p. 15 EOD with markers on a scaled down printout. I sometimes do that, when, confronted with mere clear-line inks, I have trouble in balancing shades and highlights.