STEP BY STEP - spider-man noir #2 cover
Added 2020-01-29 22:18:16 +0000 UTCHey, what's up, it's me, Dave. First of all, thank you so much for supporting me in this new venture, I'm super pumped about it and can't wait to see where this all takes me. With your support I'll finally get the opportunity to just invest in myself and in turn be able to give back to you. I wanted to start today by sharing a bit of my process, I don't often post this type of thing but here we are, hidden, behind the curtain so you can see everything I do before delivering the final product. Also, this is a public post so that anyone wondering what this Patreon is all about can get a small taste, just a tiny itty bitty taste, just enough to drive em nuts and crave more. There's a very good chance this won't work. Good thing I have all of you who already supported me. Now, onto the meat -
For this cover the idea was pretty much all mine, the editor on the comic basically said that he wanted a complete 180 from the previous cover(a floating head montage), so I went with what I hoped would be something dynamic. The composition rests on an instant read from the viewer using large single colored shapes to keep the image as simple and identifiable as possible. I personally always loved that Spider-Man Noir was essentially Batman so I leaned on that pretty hard while adding the Indiana Jones vibe w/mean lookin Nazi's and all that.
The above is the basic process I go through on most pieces. All of the line work and the black and white shading is all done in Clip Studio. For colors/textures I usually move into Photoshop as it's a bit easier for me to do overall adjustments and keep it all balanced(in Clip I find I have to select a color and paint with it rather than doing mass color moves in PS, but I may just be less experienced with the program). After I have my colors all laid out exactly how I want them, I move from PS back into CS to then paint and finish the rest of the image. I paint in CS because I find that the brush engine suits my approach perfectly and feels very natural.
This image above is the thumbnail I submitted to Marvel for approval. I ended up ditching the skulls and other small elements. Instead, I went with more story centric pieces like the Nazi guys, the femme fatale and the fight scene on the bottom. Generally though, I'll put in compositional placeholders if the client isn't offering that up front to speed the process up on my end.
Anyway, hope that's helpful! More coming very soon, I'll put together a brush post for you all so you can get as much out of my process work as possible.
Thanks!
Dave
PS - let me know what else you'd like to see, I'm planning sketchbook posts, process videos, exclusive art things and as I start on new pieces I plan on taking you through my thought process and the steps along the way. Hope you have a great day!
Comments
Hi Dave. You are giving us absolutely everything. I appreciae your effort and love with art. I don't know yet what else you have here for us, but definitely proccess videos always come handy. Thank you.
2020-08-02 21:57:10 +0000 UTCHi hope to see a tutorial video on this one
Julio Cesar Naranjo Marin
2020-07-04 22:29:56 +0000 UTCJust wanted to comment that I've never been so excited to see someone start a Patreon until now. I'm a big fan of your work and both you and Dan have been a huge inspiration for me. I'm happy to have the opportunity to help support your personal ventures and look forward to seeing what you create next (still eagerly waiting for some of those dope prints!).
Cody Owens
2020-02-07 17:32:35 +0000 UTCAny chances for Q&As for patrons to ask questions?
Arcturus
2020-01-30 17:53:15 +0000 UTCWould love to see some tutorials on adding colors and blending them. I just can't wrap my head around that process. Love your art, cheers.
Benas Bratkauskas
2020-01-30 14:51:55 +0000 UTCreally happy your doing this, i love and study your work for years, hope this platform gives u something in return!
Sebastiaan te Pas
2020-01-30 09:51:02 +0000 UTCHey man so happy your doing this! hopefully it collectively covers for a few hours for personal work, because that is all I want from you, remember those gumnroad vids/or art live streams? yea those are great your fun and teach a bunch during those. DO that more! have fun!
Mauro Franco
2020-01-30 06:38:01 +0000 UTChello dave, I a follow your work since long time ago, and you are a big inspiration for my. I have all your gumroad tutorials, and i feel may by the only thing you need to teach is how paint complex background or complex background with one or more characters, like you geralt illustration. I hope to see more of your art and continue learn from you. (sorry if my english is a little strange XD)
2020-01-30 03:57:55 +0000 UTCSo stoked you finally have a patreon man! This gon be gud.
Jason Farmer
2020-01-30 01:15:09 +0000 UTCProcess videos my dude.
2020-01-30 00:12:14 +0000 UTCMan, i love that you haven't lost any of the flow, movement of the initial sketch. i frequently lose that fluidity in my stuff.
Carlos Machuca
2020-01-30 00:03:57 +0000 UTCHappy to pitch in and support your time for creative freedom. So thankful for all the free and cheap tutelage you've provided over the years. More power to you! Looking forward to those personal projects..
Andrew Gibbons
2020-01-30 00:02:41 +0000 UTCIm super happy you finally made a Patreon man good shit!!!
Pedro
2020-01-29 23:37:27 +0000 UTCthank you so much! garfield is comin, all in good time, or bad time, not sure. i got the juice, don't worry
David Rapoza
2020-01-29 22:42:50 +0000 UTCthank you for starting a patreon Dave! first time I've become a patron been waiting for years for the day you decided to come and give us all the juuuuice 👅😺 (cat emoji intended more nsfw garfield when? 😏)
Marisa Rani
2020-01-29 22:37:11 +0000 UTCThank you! I'm happy to be on this series, I can't wait to share the next cover, I'm pretty excited for it. I'm glad you like the process :)
David Rapoza
2020-01-29 22:26:09 +0000 UTCLost my mind when I first saw this cover, absolutely LOVE Spider-Man Noir. Really neat to see the process like this.
SlvrNight
2020-01-29 22:23:21 +0000 UTCget back to the dark web, ain't no babies on this 18+ platform
David Rapoza
2020-01-29 22:21:47 +0000 UTCJK love you Dave and your work.
Devin
2020-01-29 22:20:03 +0000 UTCI subbed for cute Axel pics wtf is this????? :3
Devin
2020-01-29 22:19:50 +0000 UTC
