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<\/a><\/p>\nI was going for a mock-semi-retro Manga thing, but I think it got out of control, as you can see. I still had a blast doing it. Behind the cut you’ll find some alternate cover sketches and the dreaded pencil version…<\/p>\n
\nHere are all four cover ideas I had for the Japanese themed cover. The first one is aimed at the teenie bopper sect of comix culture by focusing on Savior 28’s sidekick.<\/p>\n
Cover B is a basic portrait\/pose with a female version of 28’s sidekick.<\/p>\n On cover C we have Savior 28 looking grim, beefy, and tired yet ready for battle.<\/p>\n The last cover sketch is the laziest one in terms of rendering. The background would’ve been “surreal madness”.<\/p>\n I’m glad for the one that was picked. This is probably as tight as I will ever pencil a piece. I was dying to ink this one by the end of it! I’m really impatient when it comes to this and I can’t understand how people just… pencil. I guess I’m an ink nerd. It’s my favorite part.<\/p>\n The final version! A little vibrant, but I’m happy about it overall. Many, many thanks to the multi-talented Kat Roberts aka sateenduralux<\/a> who helped me out with all of the technical elements of coloring this by computer. I am a caveman when it comes to this part, so as simple as it seems, this took me forever.<\/p>\n I don’t know what came over me, but I was toying around with submitting this version as my final piece. At first I thought it looked minimal and cool, but then I couldn’t get “menu” out of my head. I still think it’s neat.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n