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#2 mechanical pencil, Moleskine notebook:

Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief/artist Joe Quesada posted his process for creating four interlocking covers for Marvel’s upcoming Siege mini series. Note the use of both photo reference and a 3D model to deliver the final product. A lot of amateur artists would call this cheating, but attitudes like that are what separates them from the professionals. The most interesting thing about Joe’s method of composing and creating these four covers is that it begins digitally, but ends with traditional pencil on bristol board.

Speaking of Marvel Comics, their Editor/Talent Scout C.B. Cebulski regularly gives advice to artists and writers looking to break into comics on his Twitter feed. It’s well worth your time to subscribe to it.

Sorry for the lack of updates, but things have been busy and I’ve been ill (a busted foot, NOT the pig virus, thanks). But I have managed to nearly get to the halfway mark on my set of ten Star Wars sketch cards:

Thanks to the recommendation of a friend on Facebook, I thought that I would try my hand at drawing up a few sketch cards and see how well they sold on eBay. My first batch of cards is going to be a set of 10 Star Wars characters. The first up is Obi-Wan Kenobi, below. I’ll post a link to the eBay sale when all ten cards are finished.

Hey, its the very first PixelWhip video podcast! Here I’ll show you how to letter your comics and create word balloons using Adobe Illustrator.