Thursday April 12th 2012, 9:22 pm
Just as shown before, I’ve broken this down into the basic stages. I plan on doing the next post like this a little more comprehensively for cover 12. But for now Batwoman 11’s cover…
Rough crude sketch version, for editorial approval..
The black and white version. I ended up making alterations to the art at the next stage…
The color version. After completing the digital color work I felt the semi-transparent Medusa snake emblem no longer worked as going over the top of the villain’s warping fleshy face. So I went in with photoshop and eliminated parts and redrew parts. The end result is much more effective for the color version. What I find odd about it is that in black and white it worked as I had it just fine. This shows how adding color can change the dynamics…
Logo and credits version…
Thursday April 12th 2012, 1:26 pm
Batwoman #8 is out this week.
Still tough going for our cast, and their crossing lives.
We knew going into this arc was going to be challenging, an experiment of sorts with structure. Even though the events happen in linear order for each character, each character’s story beats are on their own timeframe, but inform a bigger picture. Everything is moving forward, not backwards and then forwards. The only plot element separate from this is the “now” scenes featuring Batwoman in the final battle that bookend each issue. The moment that every other story beat is catching up to. We realize that it can be easy to focus on the timestamp caption, but when following the plot elements, it all connects up as the arc progresses.
But just to twist it, frustrating us, we have a glaring typo that slipped by everyone, and I mean EVERYONE working on this book. And it unfortunately causes some confusion of when the events take place.
Just simply replace the Chase’s Story “one week ago” caption, with “six nights ago” instead. Since that is clearly the same night as Maggie’s Story scene. Its an unfortunate error that went by when proof reading. But ya know, things happen mistakes can get missed. But I felt it would be wise to post a clarification.
This issue sees the third installment from Amy Reeder’s art, here is her atmospheric cover for this issue…
