Cheers

As many SW comic fans know by now, Knights of the Old Republic is ending at issue #50. Some one over at Dark Horse made the announcement earlier this week. I know it's going to be sad for some people-- after all, we've lived with these characters for nearly 4 years now. But I don't actually see the end as a bad thing. I think that stories should have an end, that all series should be finite. Our characters deserve stories that aren't re-hashed ideas where we're just trying to fill 22 pages every month.

I was fortunate enough to have started the series, designed most of the characters, vehicles, etc., and hopefully evolved as a storyteller during my time on KotOR. I may not have drawn all the issues but I always felt like Zayne and co. were my babies. Actually I think the 4 of us all felt this way-- Jeremy Barlow, Mike Atiyeh, and of course JJM (who has spent more time with these characters than anyone!).

I finished isse #49 earlier today and hope you guys don't mind me sharing a little teaser with you.









On to #50!


-Brian

Snake Eyes

I've always loved this character-- since the days of the famous GI Joe issue, Silent Interlude. But I've never tried him until today. Now I need to get one of those 12" Sideshow figures :)


-B

Wolverine/Sabertooth

...and here's the finished piece. It was just meant to be a quick sketch but I got really into it and started having so much fun. After finishing the Wolverine part I thought it just needed more. I ended up throwing in Sabertooth figure behind him and it really worked. Remember, Wolverine is supposed to be about 5'3" or 5'4" and I believe Sabertooth is supposed to be around 6'6"


-B

Wolverine rough

Here's a rough I did a while back. I'd been meaning to finish this for a while but I've been stuck on a deadline...

Magik updated

I finally got around to the pen/ink stage on this piece. Now, onto the final stage...


-B

kotor #48 preview

Just finished issue #48 last night, in fact I literally just turned in all 22 pages minutes ago. I've been wanting to share anything I can with this issue but it's tough, there is a lot going on that I just can't talk about yet. The best I can do is share a small section of a panel from page 7.

Magik

I've always loved this character. I think the early images of her by Bill Sienkiewicz is what did it for me-- so much energy and so much attitude. Well, this is my attempt at her in her teleportation ring and medieval sword. I will tighten this up and post the finished piece later this week.

Thanks,

-B

KOTOR #47 preview

Here's a little step by step explanation of my work process. It's kind of tedious and not many people work this way but I'm comfortable with it and it works for me.

I recently completed issue #47 of KOTOR. Unfortunately, I can't show the rest of the page but I can share part of it, at least the part with Rohlan in it.

In step A, I do a very rough sketch of him on 11 x 17 copy paper. It's cheap and easy to work on. When the sketch is clear enough to me and I'm relatively happy with the pose I move on to step B.

In step B, I take a pen (uniball .7 vision-- I just love the free ink flow) and do a cleaned up version of the rough. When the pen drawing is done, I take a sharpie and do an outline of the figure. This helps me separate the figure from the background.

In step C, I take a fresh sheet of 11 x 17 bristol art board (from Dark Horse) and put if over the pen drawing. I put them on top of the lightbox and begin outlining it all in pencil. I use a .3 mm mechanical pencil with H lead.

In step D, I finish off the rendering scan the page into Photoshop. After a quick clean up I send the page in for approval. From there it goes off to letters and colors.

That's it, pretty easy!