Detective Comics 859 (Batwoman 6) Cover…
Saturday September 26th 2009, 1:06 pm…in stages.
Stage 1- Â rough layout sketch provided for editorial
Stage 2- inked drawing of top portion of image (to be colored in photoshop)
Stage 3- painted panel to be used as bottom portion
a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhw3/3955970573/” title=”B-DC-859-cover-salesA by JH Williams III, on Flickr”>
Stage 4- both images combined together digitally, slight digital color enhancements of the painted panel, Â final color of top area mixed with the painted panel to form a melding of the two. this required to extend portions of the paint textures into the more flat looking style using photoshop paint tools.
Stage 5- placement of logo and text to finalize the design
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Hey there Ralph
Yep, I just received my copies yesterday and plan on doing a blog about it in a few days. It was very strange looking at it for me, seeing this work in a new light after 10 years. I have mixed feelings about it that I will talk about when I blog about it.
PROMETHEA is one of my favorite books, but hard to re-read.
That painting of Batwoman is lovely, and the photoshop process is wild to watch.
Deane
Comment by Deane 09.26.09 @ 8:26 pmHello Deane
I’m glad you enjoy seeing the covers broken down into the steps I take.
Out of curiosity, what makes Promethea hard to re-read for you?
Comment by jhw3 09.27.09 @ 1:26 amJust out of curiosity, how old is Kate supposed to be?
Comment by Philippe Demers 09.30.09 @ 10:25 pmAmazing work JH! I don’t know if there are any plans or not, but I was wondering if we’d be so lucky as to have you do a “Tec” cover OR few that features Question (and even Huntress with her upcoming appearence in the co-feature)? Your work is incredible! I’d love to see your take on some other characters featured in the book. Heck why not even a Batwoman, Question, Huntress cover! Keep up the amazing work! I don’t think anyone is doing it better than you at the moment!
Comment by Erica 10.01.09 @ 6:12 pmThanks, Erica. The plan is for me to do the covers for the issues that fall between my interior work. So you just may get your wishes.
Comment by jwh3 10.01.09 @ 6:50 pmLooking good. Does the “2” under “Ago” mean anything?
Comment by kudamono 10.02.09 @ 9:49 amI hope it comes to fruition. I’m salivating at the possibility! Thanks for the response JH!!
Comment by Erica 10.03.09 @ 5:21 pmThank you.
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Always fun to see how you get from point a to point b. I forgot to mention, that last week I saw photos of next week’s Absolute Promethea (over on Bendis’ forum) that someone posted and it looks like FINALLY, that seminal creation of this medium (Promethea, of course) has gotten the presentation that is equal to the blood, sweat, and tears you put into it (and you know that I say this out of complete sincerity, not to kiss up to you because nobody needs that). Seriously, everyone needs to call up their favorite comic store and sign up for Absolute Promethea! Hi To Wendy!
Comment by Ralph Mathieu 09.26.09 @ 2:44 pm