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BOOK OF DEATH #1 COVER. 2015. Ink(ed by Joe Rivera) on bristol board with digital color, 11 × 17″. |
Book of Death #1 comes out today, and you can see a preview
here. I had the privilege of designing the look for one of the stars of the book, a character named Tama. I won't go into the details of her origin (in case you haven't read the
The Valiant) but originally I was going to give her a wet suit of some kind. You can see my inspiration board below, including lots of dreads. (She's also based on my wife as a little girl.)
In other exciting news, The Valiant got a Harvey nomination for best mini-series! Aaaand, my Dad got nominated for Best Inker once again. Congrats, "grandpa!"
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inks by my Pops |
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blue-line print of pencils |
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pencils over digital print |
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digital layout |
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character studies |
Hi Mr. Paolo Rivera, I have a question. Why changed the lower lip from the blue-line print of pencils to the inks? Thanks in andvance and beautiful work man. Regards.
ReplyDelete'Cause my Dad is lazy!!! (I have no idea. Sometimes he misses things. Looks like I missed it too!)
DeleteThanks Mr. Paolo, anyway is still an excellent artwork. Regards.
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