Guardians of the Galaxy
Monday, August 5, 2013
Labels: Covers / Digital Color / Inked / Joe Rivera / Penciled / Sketches / Step by Step
This is a cross-post with Muddy Colors — An Illustration Collective
I didn't really know who the Guardians of the Galaxy were when I was offered the first of four covers gigs. I had heard the name before and I knew that a movie was in the works, but that was about it. To be completely honest, I don't know a lot more now, but they're a whole lot of fun to draw — especially since I got to take inspiration from classic EC sci-fi covers by Wallace Wood, Jack Davis, and Al Feldstein. Marvel is relaunching the series with Brian Michael Bendis and Steve McNiven at the helm — I'll be reading it as soon as I get my comp copies!
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Guardians of the Galaxy #6. 2013.
Ink(ed by Joe Rivera) on bristol board, 11 × 17″.
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I didn't really know who the Guardians of the Galaxy were when I was offered the first of four covers gigs. I had heard the name before and I knew that a movie was in the works, but that was about it. To be completely honest, I don't know a lot more now, but they're a whole lot of fun to draw — especially since I got to take inspiration from classic EC sci-fi covers by Wallace Wood, Jack Davis, and Al Feldstein. Marvel is relaunching the series with Brian Michael Bendis and Steve McNiven at the helm — I'll be reading it as soon as I get my comp copies!
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| inks by my Joe Rivera (my Dad) |
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| blue-line print of pencils |
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| pencils over digital print |
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| digital sketch |
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| digital layout |
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Guardians of the Galaxy #7. 2013.
Ink(ed by Joe Rivera) on bristol board, 11 × 17″.
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| Guardians of the Galaxy #5 Variant Cover. 2013. Ink(ed by Joe Rivera) on bristol board with digital color, 11 × 17″. Step by step post |
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Guardians of the Galaxy #2. 2013.
Ink(ed by Joe Rivera) on bristol board, 11 × 17″.
Step by step post |
Last, but not least, this is the team in their current incarnation. As you can see, Iron Man (complete with space armor) is a temporary member of the team. Although this original art was drawn traditionally, the final image was helped along digitally — the nebula-filled background was painted in Photoshop.
If you want to know more about them, check out www.guardthegalaxy.com. If you could post a link to our page too, that'd be awesome!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link, Cameron!
DeleteGreat article! Posted to my guardians site!
ReplyDeleteI posted all of your covers on there and they have been extremely popular and my personal favorites out of all the variants!
http://www.facebook.com/TheGuardiansOfTheGalaxy
Thanks!
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