Work stages on EMPOWERED DELUXE vol.1's cover illo, pt.2: The colors! (Patreon)

Following up on a post from earlier this month, here are the work stages for the coloring of  my character-packed cover for Empowered Deluxe vol.1, which compiled the first three regular Empowered volumes along with a whole lotta bonus material in a limited-edition hardcover collection.

Line art by me, and colors by the fine folks of the coloring studio Guru eFX, who have handled many such jobs for me.

UPDATE: Whoops, just noticed that the first jpeg above (snagged from Amazon) is from the recent, paperback Empowered Omnibus vol.1, not the out-of-print Deluxe edition; still, the image is otherwise the same.

After my 5 pages of color guides, the first color jpeg is Guru's first take on the colors, followed by a another jpeg featuring my flags of spots I wanted corrected (as a lengthy email no doubt detailed); next, I changed Emp's mouth from Big Pouty Lips to a somewhat toothy smile, leading to the final version. Enjoy?

In retrospect, I'm not at all sure that the "limited-edition" aspect of Empowered Deluxe was helpful at all, as pretty much every reader I've ever spoken to about this matter (and I ask this of every congoer who brings me a Deluxe hardcover to sign) just shrugged indifferently about the fact that the hardcovers were "one-offs." Did that make any difference to you folks?

AFAIK Dark Horse has no interest in reprinting the Deluxe hardcovers and their extensive bonus material, but in theory I might consider doing a Kickstarter for 'em down the road. (Well, in theory.)

TOMORROW ON THIS HERE PATREON: Time for more Vintage Con Sketches, I assume!