Mark Morales Thor inks


Here is a collab Mark Morales and I did from one of avengers initiative pages. I was very excited when mark decided to ink this piece since I'm a big fan of his work, I consider mark to be the best inker in the industry right now hopefully will be able to do some work together in the near future.

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X-MEN #26 Grayscale


This is the grayscale version of the cover for X-MEN #26.
I wanted to do grayscale traditionally using HB pencil, gray markers copic and Chinese ink (black and white). its was a fun exercise that I will probably try again in the future

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X-MEN 26


Hey Guys,

Here is the X- Men #26 cover. I'll post the behind the scenes this week.

All photoshop CS5.

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Random 2.0

A 60 minute sketch I did yesterday before going to bed. I miss painting for the fun of it so I gave it a try, I'm so glad I did...I need to get more loose on my work and this was the perfect way to do it.

Also a tribute to one of my favorite artist
http://jeffsimpsonkh.deviantart.com/

Photoshop CS

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X-MEN #25


Here is the cover for X-MEN # 25.
I'll be doing pencils and inks for this title, I'm really happy to work with Victor Gischler again.

I'll be in this title for the next 4 issues for previews follow me on
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All done in pencil inks, colors in photoshop CS5.

Artwork on sale

Those interested on my original artwork
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New Mutants #36


This is the cover for New Mutants # 36.
I really enjoyed doing this cover because it included characters from heavy metal, which is one of my favorite genres, also tried a new brush style so it toke ​​me take much longer in finish it but here is the final result.
I hope you guys like it!

New Mutants 25


Here is the cover I did for New Mutants #25
I hope you guys like it!

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Generation Hope 15


Hi guys,

Here's the cover of Generation Hope #15.
Hope you like it!

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airport drawings


Here are some sketches I did from the people I saw in my free time at the airport.
I enjoyed do this, is really fun.

I hope you like it!

New York Comic Con


I'll be at NYCC next week from Oct. 13-16 in Artist Alley at table O20.
If you're going to be there, be sure to stop by and say hi!
Is very easy find me at The NYCC, I've marked where Is my table on the map below

Sketches ESPN Video Games












Here are some sketches I did for ESPN video games
I hope you like it, here's the link to see more
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Samurai Champloo


Here an illustration I did for my friend Rene
I hope you like it, here's the link:
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Here are some preview pages from X- Men #16 issue released on August 24,2011.

For the first time I got to do pencils and inks by myself.
Colors by the awesome GuruFX. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=9351





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X- Men #19 Cover

Hey Guys,

Here is the step by step process behind the X- Men #19 cover.






For the process of this cover I was asked by the editors to do a jungle scene of the X-men and the Fantastic Four having as reference the 90’s X-men covers. I sent the first layout but the editors wanted a more dynamic angle and composition so we narrowed down to sketch number two.


I set the sketch as a basis and I did a trace over on the cintiq until I got the pencils to the level I wanted.




Now I set the flat tones to start the coloring process. I already had in mind the feeling of the scene so I wanted to have colors that represent a sci- fi other dimension feel that the story has, trying to stay away from the typical jungle scene colors.

I tend to set mid tones and use that as a starting point to go darker and lighter.




Then I set my first step of shadows using a “multiply” layer on top of my basic colors, I also tried to work some of the lightning on the background just to have a quick idea of how I want to whole scene to look.




At this point I started laying the lights just adding a regular layer on top of my shadows but under my pencils. I decided to have two light sources: one coming from the right side as sunlight hitting directly at the characters and the other one coming from the left side as an ambient lighting.




Once I had all my colors laid out I compressed all the layers and worked on top of my single file getting rid of the pencil work.

In this image you can see that result on wolverine’s face. I went over the whole image using this process.



Once I polish the whole image I start adding some light effects like fog and the sunlight on the right as well as a couple of highlight on the metal materials. Then I go over the image to do a bit of color correction until I’m completely satisfied with the final result.



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X- Men #19 cover

Hey Guys,

Here is the X- Men #19 cover. I will post the behind the scenes soon, Follow me on Twitter @jorge_molinam if you want to know all about it!

All photoshop CS5.


Behind the Scenes: New Mutants # 28 cover


Hey guys,

Here is the process of the work behind New Mutants #28 cover.


These are the three layout sketches I sent to the editors. I was asked to have Magic from New Mutants in a jail cell hunted by her demons so I nailed the three quick composition sketches and sent them for approval. I do these sketches all in photoshop.


I did these entire image digitally because I wanted to try something new on my technique, I never try coloring over gray tones of shading so I decided to give it a shot. At this point I take the approved sketch and do a clean version on top of it just by tracing over it on photoshop.


When I’m done with the clean lines I set on “multiply” on photoshop to begin the coloring process. At first I set five tones from white to black so for the most part of this process I work strictly with this tones.

The main idea of why I wanted to try this new process of coloring was to get a better feel of the volume, the lighting on the scene and the characters. Usually when working straight on colors is hard to proceed the tonal values because of the amount of color variety on the image. So by sticking only to gray tones I can focus on the shapes and tonal values.



At this point I usually use a regular hard edge brush with 70 % in opacity and 25% on flow.


Once I layout all the gray tones on the image I start going over the lines and cleaning all the edges from the pencil lines.


When I was at this point I started to get nervous since this was the first time I try this coloring technique and I had no idea how to lay colors on top of the gray tones.


So I started looking for a couple of tutorials on the web on how to work on it.

http://www.imaginefx.com/-2287754330544769555/Combining_traditional_and_digital.html

http://www.3dtotal.com/


At this point I’m pretty much learning by trial an error and I started laying colors on layers from “multiply “and “color.” I really don’t remember the exact process I used for this since I don’t have the technique nailed down but I had a really clear idea of how I wanted the image to look in the end so from the beginning I knew I wanted a defiant looking Magic with lots of cold tones and the moon lighting on the jail cell.
Once I’m done with all the coloring aspects of the image I start adding textures like the walls and the floor.


This is the final result, I hope you guys like it.


MORE COVERS COMING SOON.

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New Mutants #28 cover

Hi guys,

Here's the cover of New Mutants #28.

I'll be posting the process of this cover on the following days.

All photoshop CS5.


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X-MEN LEGACY

Some Pages from the X-MEN LEGACY.

Page 3.


Page 5



Page 11



Page 15.

San Diego Comic Con

Hey guys,

Here are my signing hours for the SDCC. Come visit me!

Thursday 12:00 - 12:45 pm (Archaia booth #2543)

Friday 02:30 - 03:15 pm (Archaia booth #2543)

Saturday 02:00 - 02:45 pm (Archaia booth #2543)
4:00 - 5:00 pm (Marvel Booth #2329)

Sunday 12:00 - 12:45 pm (Archaia booth #2543)
1:00 – 2:00 pm (Marvel Booth #2329)

Model Sheets

This is a personal design for a project I'm doing in my spare time.
I hope you like it.






Behind the scenes of the Fear Itself: Wolverine #3 cover

Hey guys,

Here is a step by step process of the work behind Fear Itself: Wolverine #3.










The editors requested a cover showing Wolverine tied to a bomb falling on New York. I looked for icons in reference to this city like the Statue of Liberty or Manhattan that people could identify easily.For the composition of these three layouts I used sketch up for 3D models , google earth for city landscapes and photo reference from time to time.Once the sketches are done I send them to the editors for approval.










Once the editors narrowed down to one image I start the sketching process. The editors gave me a tight deadline so I did some rough sketches (digitally on photoshop) instead of the finish pencils.At this point I already know I want a full painted image so I don’t need to worry about having clean pencils.





Then I started working with flats to define the shapes in the image.





Then I began working the lights and shadows, using various levels of Multiply. I drew an arrow above the character to be conscious of the light source.For this image I chose to use warm tones so it could have a clean and clear look.





Once I get to the final stage I tend to add a couple of effects like blurs to give more depth and dynamism to the image, I also make some color corrections to get to the feeling I have in mind.



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