Sunday, September 12, 2010

The history of a panel

There's a scene in the Supergirl Annual that's a throwback to an old Legion story, I ended up liking the whole process so I thought I'd share.

The original scene.


My layout. I tried to add that line back in, I was told no.


My inks. My inspiration.


Colors by Blond.


What pages look like to me, it's pretty daunting when they're all just layouts. So many...




And before I forget, that Iron Man short I did back in May got a couple reviews. It's out in stores now, but it was sold out at Cosmic Monkey. Review links below:
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7 comments:

  1. Nice panel! I think it works better in the woods than in a city. Your Supergirl is fantastic, as always.

    Do you do pages as individual panels? Or as one big page?

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  2. Yeah, I agree about the woods, plus I get sick of drawing buildings.

    I added a jpeg of what my panels look like when they're all cut up. I treat them all like individual drawings, and then drop them in to the final page to look out for tangents or if I need to add anything.

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  3. So the obvious follow-up question is 'are any of the individual panels for sale?'

    Can't wait to see the book!

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  4. I'm actually all digital, so I don't have any stuff for sale unfortunately. I've been told to sell prints at shows but I don't know if people would really be interested in that.

    My big plan is if I ever get on a book that gives me time I'll set aside some panels that I can do on paper then offer them here. I'm so used to doing things this way that pencils scare the heck out of me these days.

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  5. Matt, I think I can safely say that people would be interested in prints. I sure would.

    I just wanted to say that your work on the Supergirl Annual was terrific.

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  6. Thanks so much Dan, I'll definately bring some to my next show.

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  7. Another solid issue Mattyboy.
    I have a mahoosive stack of things for you to buy and will gladly splash out on prints, so I'd better see you at the next show I attend :P
    Hope all is well.

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