jasonfranks

KAGEMONO #2 is about to drop, just in time for Armageddon (fingers crossed). I'm trying to beat the rush this time and get the cover done before I have all the interiors in hand (the interiors are done, I'm just awaiting delivery of the files from a couple of artists).

Last time I did an acrylic painting for the cover, and I wasn't really happy with the results... but I had forgotten how much I enjoy painting. I'm a better painter than I am a draftsman, I think.

Also, I want the books to look similar, so I can't go back to plan A and reuse the lineart I developed for the first issue with some computer colouring. In the end, all I could come up with was a scene using the monstery guy from #1. came up with an idea using the monstery dude from #1.

Anyway, here we go. First, the initial concept  sketch:



Now the in-progress painting. At this point I have all of the shapes and colours blocked out, but I'm still working the textures and lighting--most of the white and black lines will be painted or washed over as I smooth it all out. Not sure exactly where the art will be cropped--originally it was going to be a couple of centimeters fromt he bottom of panel, which is why the hand is truncated. I'll probably stick to that, but the possibilty remains that I will have to add extra centimeter of art in photoshop.




The painting will be sandwiched between two black slabs, same as the prior issue. I will probably have KAGEMONO written in kanji somewhere on the bottom right of the artwork.

Any feedback?

-- JF