The Basics - Composition - video
Added 2020-10-09 16:49:42 +0000 UTCWatch on YouTube - or - Download
Hey!
Hope you're well! Here is the next installment in The Basics series - in this video I cover three different approaches to tackling a Spawn comic cover composition. I go over how I use shapes and directional lines as well as contrast in color, light and shape to create an interesting cover for a portrait cover, a more full character shot cover and a fight scene.
Here are the compositions -
The Portrait -
The Full Character Shot
The Fight Scene
These three examples are just some of the approaches I would use when I begin work on a cover for a client like Marvel - the compositions themselves are entirely dependent on what they would need depicted on the cover but most of the time I'm asked to either do single characters or to create some kind of fight scene or dramatic moment.
Please let me know if there is anything more you'd like me to cover for compositions. I'm more than happy to help share my thoughts and process. I'm looking forward the next in The Basics series, these have been fun for me - if you have anything else you'd like me to cover outside of composition please let me know as well below.
Thanks as always for all your support!
Dave
by the way, this was the blog post on composition I referred to
Comments
Love it, Dave. Keep 'em coming!
Eugene Edge
2020-10-11 08:36:17 +0000 UTCSPAWN!! :D
Ben LaCasse
2020-10-10 16:49:00 +0000 UTCThanks for the lesson, Dave it was really insightful. Could you go over other rules of composition and how to implement them if possible?
Levail Naik
2020-10-09 23:11:56 +0000 UTCHey Dave, I know you said you're using that chalky brush from the Grzegorz Rutkowski brush pack, but would you happen to know what number it is from the set, or what the brush shape thumbnail looks like? I downloaded the pack because I'm interested in trying it out, but I'm kinda getting overwhelmed at the number of brushes that are available. Thanks!
Louis Whitworth
2020-10-09 20:32:31 +0000 UTCFantastic stuff, Dave. Thank you so much for this series! Could you briefly discuss color accuracy in terms of monitor calibration and software in a reply or a future video? I've noticed my colors are duller when I take a file from Clip Studio to Photoshop -- I guess because PS is a color managed program and CSP is not? I think I remember a social media post where you mentioned you've got a nice self-calibrating monitor. I have a colorimeter and the program DisplayCAL, but I'm not sure how to calibrate my monitor for web-only digital media. I don't mean to bog you down in boring troubleshooting stuff that I can Google myself. I just figured that color accuracy is relevant to digital artists, and you might have dealt with similar issues.
Oronoro
2020-10-09 18:55:31 +0000 UTCDammit, Dave, I can only take so much cream. I'm bursting at the seams already.
Lucyan J. C. (cyangorilla)
2020-10-09 18:41:02 +0000 UTC
