Creating a Comic Book Cover in Illustrator and Photoshop
In this course, we will create a vector character with an action pose and background for a professional comic book cover. Software required: Adobe Illustrator CS5, Photoshop CS5.
What you'll learn
In this course, we will create a vector character with an action pose and background for a professional comic book cover. Throughout these lessons, we will do ink and line work in Illustrator, then we will master the colors and effects in Photoshop. By the end of this course, you will have an advanced understanding of the various ways and techniques that can be used to create a digital mixed-media piece for a professional comic book cover. Software required: Adobe Illustrator CS5, Photoshop CS5.
Table of contents
- Setting up Our Project 8m
- Creating Our Base Sketch Layer 7m
- Outlining the Right Arm 9m
- Focusing on the Right Hand 8m
- Inking the Left Arm 9m
- Refining the Arms and Armor 8m
- Establishing the Helmet and Body 9m
- Defining the Helmet and Body Shadows 9m
- Cleaning up the Ink Layer 8m
- Finding Loose Ends and Inking the Space Chasm 8m
- Finishing the Ink Layer 8m
- Importing and Beginning the Flat Colors 9m
- Building on Our Flat Colors 8m
- Applying Gradients and Shadows 8m
- Focusing on the Space Background 8m
- Adding Highlights to the Armor and Jet Trail 7m
- Adjusting the Masthead and Completing the Cover 7m
About the author
Marcus Kiser’s work draws inspiration from a broad range of sources varying from classical art to comic books and graffiti. He’s an artist and graphic designer who’s comfortable in an equally broad range of media from studio art, to books, clothes, and magazine covers — all distinguished by his ability to distill ideas to a striking, almost iconic image that is often dense and multi-layered, yet always accessible. A graphic designer and illustrator for 13 years, his work pulls from mass media an... more