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11 Aug 2014 20:58 #5108 by evilrobot
Great sketch book pages bergy!

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12 Aug 2014 03:55 #5114 by bergy68
Thanks Evil. :)

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14 Aug 2014 03:05 #5192 by bergy68
So after work tonight I'm going to put up some more random stuff from my sketch book I did a day a go also some images of a few pages I've been working on. So you can see some note process when I'm penciling.

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14 Aug 2014 23:59 #5217 by bergy68
Replied by bergy68 on topic Drawing a Comic Book.
So I thought I'd share a bit more on my process when I'm illustrating a comic book. I took some photos of the stage process with my phone well I was illustrating page 15. If you go back to page 6 in the thread you'll see my rough for page 15. You'll notice the work stays fairly close to the original rough. Of some changes are made at this stage thou. More details etc.... Since it is being illustrated at 11 by 17 inches. I use a 2H step 1&2 and H grade pencil for step 3.

Panels 2&3
Step1: First I rough in loosely the layout from my original rough.
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Step2: I then start to refine the forms and the shapes.
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The final step is cleaning it up for inkling. When you all see the page inked you'll notice the inkling stays fairly true to the original pencil line work.
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Panel 1
Since panel 1 involves perspective I separated it from the other 2. the process is the same for the most part.

Step1: When perspective comes in with a room element I tend to work the basic shapes up from the ground up. So first I layout the size of the shape on the floor then work it up. This helps fore keeping a realistic sense of spatial relationships with the furniture.
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Sep2: Then I start to work in the other elements.
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Step3: The same as before. Clean up.
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And the final result a page is ready for inking. Yaaa! ;)

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15 Aug 2014 00:08 #5220 by bergy68
Replied by bergy68 on topic Page 4 revisited
I decided to revise pg4. I wasn't happy with the viaduct hallucination. I felt it didn't take our secondary character into WW2 well enough. So here will be the new Pg4. I much happier with the end result here.

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15 Aug 2014 00:11 - 15 Aug 2014 00:12 #5221 by bergy68
Replied by bergy68 on topic The dam Splash Page
These pages Pg2&3 is our splash page. It roughly around 14hrs to draw. :pinch:

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15 Aug 2014 00:15 #5222 by bergy68
Replied by bergy68 on topic Taking a break
That day I finishing up the splah page I had to take a small break from it. heres some random stuff from my sketchbook.

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15 Aug 2014 04:02 #5231 by Digital Dave
Replied by Digital Dave on topic Taking a break
Pretty cool works, Bergy.

I get sketchy around pencils! ...=D

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15 Aug 2014 12:27 #5240 by Domtopia
Replied by Domtopia on topic Taking a break
This sort of stuff is awesome. I love seeing progressive work like this. It's so much more informative than the finished article.

Thanks for being so open with all the sketchbook stuff Bergy. I looks fantastic!

Everything's on the right!!!

It's like driving abroad!

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16 Aug 2014 03:36 #5256 by bergy68
Replied by bergy68 on topic Taking a break
Thanks Dave.

Thanks Domtopia. If someone can learn something from what I do I'm honored. I enjoy sharing this sort of stuff. Maybe it comes from being self taught.

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