Thanks Darren. I came up with an idea to tell Four stories on one page, and was slowly driven insane by the idea.  The second page ended up with 19 panels, and pages that followed it had an average of 14.  So in 12 pages of art I ended up with over 170 panels. I'm really REALLY glad I'm done with that issue, and I have my wife promise me she'll lock me up (ala Willow to Oz) if I ever attempt to do another issue like it.

Justin Wasson

Here is something i did real quick. I got to tell you for all you guys that have been doing these things using a mouse congrats cause damn....i can't draw for crap with a mouse

http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?ij0cf31mgs8

http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?ij0hn9e33eg

Reason 550 why I don't like painting :-(

Justin Wasson

Some cool sketches you got there Bill, love the supergirl painting.

http://artpad.art.com/?ij0nru1kjwa8

Heres another go i had.

James, they should be on the site by next week. 

Justin Wasson

I did a quick sharpie sketch this morning.  Always been nervous about joining in the fun here, thanks for allowing me to join in.  Just don't be TOO cruel! (smile) --- edited to show a much clearer image after scanning pic in BW!

Marc,

I dig it. Love Ms. Marvel.

Justin, Jacob...I'm not too sure whether this will be what you were looking for but here's a Donna Troy I cobbled together for you.

First things first! It always helps to know -who- you are going to draw! Sounds obvious but it can never hurt to dig out refs prior to even roughing out sketches. In this case I pulled out a JLA Titans [# 3] by Phil Jimenez and Andy Lanning to use as reference. I liked the "star" filled black costume on Donna. Not my favourite but it grabbed my attention.

When I draw, I generally start with a single stroke! You'll see here, for your benifit I've done that stroke in pen.

I'm not sure who to credit this with as my memory of where I attained this gem has long since gone but I think it was either Joe Kubert or Walt Simonson, either way it was a great piece of advice for me*.  The sole purpose of this line is that of "directionality." This swooping line is where all the action is and virtually where I expect the readers eye to travel. Clearly in order to decide the directionality of the image I need to have an idea of the pose in my head already.

Once the sketch rough is done I identify places I'm not happy with. Like her eyes. I was a little unsure so had a "practice" run at how I'd like them to look.

I also knew that I was bound to cock up her camera left hand so opted for "posing" for that:

I've concluded that this is why God invented Webcams...not all that nasty porn stuff;-)

Once I've sorted all the places I'm going to struggle or worked through the parts I think need changing or brushed up on, I'll scan in my sketch and blow it up to whatever dimension I want and print it out.

Then I'll either ink straight off bat, as I did here or if there's a little bit more needing nailed down I'll pencil it out first prior to inking (See the Hawkgirl rough pencils that I post earlier as an example of the type of pencils I do to acheive this)

That's pretty much it, I scan it in, clean it up and hey presto!

Any follow up questions? Anyone else want to share their process?

* Listening to advice is like choosing a good pair of shoes. It either fits comfortably or it doesn't! Not all advice is going to work for you. You need to adopt what works and drop what doesn't, only you can make those ascertations.

Marc Baptiste wrote: I did a quick sharpie sketch this morning.

I like it Marc! The hair in particular.