WORK STAGES on EMPOWERED DELUXE vol.2's cover illo, pt.1: B&W ahoy!! (Patreon)
Content
Here are the final inks and initial rough (and, UPDATE, color guides) for my character-packed cover for Empowered Deluxe vol.2, which compiled regular Empowered volumes 4-6 along with a whole lotta bonus material in a limited-edition hardcover collection.
UPDATE 2: Tacked on a side-by-side comparative jpeg I worked up for Twitter. Enjoy?
<Cutting and pasting from an earlier Deluxe Edition post:>
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.)
Anyhoo, I have enough iterations of the cover's coloring stages on hand for a second Work Stages post later in the month, okay?
TOMORROW ON THIS HERE PATREON: Stand by for something entirely new, folks! (Er, I think.)