#sequential
| THE VALIANT #1 PAGE 12. 2014. Photoshop, 2750 × 4175 px. |
This page involved looking into the mirror a lot, but I took at least one webcam pic for the last panel. The cigar club is based on a real one in NYC that I found pics of online. (Those beautiful, blonde waves are based on my own hair.) All but 4 pages of issue #1 were done digitally, using Kyle T. Webster’s Photoshop brushes. You can see the traditional pages at Splashpage Art.
I thought the trade paperback was coming out today (and last week) but it looks like you’ll have to wait until the end of the month. In the meantime, our book was ranked as one of the top Valiant stories of all time by CBR. Awesome!
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| digital inks |
| digital pencils |
| digital layout |
| digital ink detail |
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| THE VALIANT #1 p18. 2014. Photoshop, 2750 × 4175 px. |
Did I say this week? What I meant was that The Valiant trade paperback will be out May 27. But in keeping with the spirit, here’s another page with its accompanying reference. This page was made completely in Photoshop, with a major assist from Kyle T. Webster’s brushes, specifically Rough Inker, Ink Wash 1, Bone Dry, and Deliciously Dry. This allowed me to keep working on the book, even when I was traveling.
| RAAaaauaaauAAuUUUgh! Google! |
| digital inks with wash tone |
When the project first began, I was going to “save time” by keeping the colors flat, albeit modulated with an “ink wash” layer. By the second issue, I was already back to my old habit of two-tone coloring, but this technique was nice while it lasted. Because I was inking digitally, I couldn’t help myself from adding the tone as I went along. I just love that look for black and white comics, something akin to Blazing Combat.
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| digital layouts |
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| THE VALIANT #2 PAGE 15. 2015. Ink(ed by Joe Rivera) on bristol board with digital color, 11 × 17″. |
The Valiant trade paperback comes out next week, so I thought it might be a good time to look back at a page from issue 2. In this scene, Ninjak really cuts loose — only to have his bum thoroughly handed to him. As you can see from the pencils, I changed where he was looking in the first panel… he wasn’t angry enough!
I also wanted to mention that this page(andmany others fromThe Valiant) are now available through my art dealer, Splashpage Art. Covers are listed separately. And even if you’re not interested in purchasing, we’ve got nice big scans of the originals, pencils by me and inks by my dad, Joe Rivera. Hope you enjoy the closer look.
| True assassins use paper tubes. |
| inks by my Pops |
| blue-line print of pencils |
| pencils over digital sketch |
| digital sketch |
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#inktober day 3: Goldfinch giggles. Inspired by part of the script from chapter two.
Goldfinch is a graphic novel @punch-chinsky and I are getting ready for a kickstarter! ❤ It’s a story we’re extremely passionate about, so I do hope you’ll follow along with us and enjoy learning more about it! @punch-chinskyis doing Goldfinch for all of her inktobers, so please go follow her too! Includes info on the characters and world building<3
Single Again series by Jenn Liv.
A look at the slow crumble of a relationship ready to fall apart.
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#building #concepts #comic #art #sequential #inks #story #books
#barebones #comicbook @barebones_comics
#sunrise
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and just like that, its a new year ✹ a short comic
whenever a new year starts, i tend to cry. may it be out of relief, disbelief, or gratitude – somehow, i feel so much and everything at once and i get overcome. this time, i feel like i’m leaving something important behind and whatever it is, i’m grieving for it, only for a few moments. if you tend to feel the same way at this time every year, you are seen, and this is for you.
we may have lost, loved, and burned ourselves out the past few years, but despite all of that, we are still worthy of being filled with blessings and joy. wishing you a gentle and nicer 2022 ahead! take care. ✨
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