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no marker madness today unfortunately as i was busy finishing up thumbnails/roughs/layouts for the latest issue of spec spidey uk. i thought u might be interested in having a rare look at the preproduction work that goes into comics and the journey before a spec spidey issue ends up on the shelves. these were actually done full size as roughs. then shrunk down as thumbnails for easier viewing. not as clear unfortunately but it's not meant to be. heh.Related content
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I love this look behind and into everything that goes on. Thank you.
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hmm...looks like Random Thugs VS Spiderman. I would put my money on the spider!
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I love seeing rough art. Wonderful stuff.
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I'd love to know how long this process takes you.... I have no idea how people manage to produce a 20 ish page comic, do all the planning and inking and get it out within a month... particularly bearing in mind it has to go to someone else to be coloured lettered etc etc!
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i rough out a bout 3 to 4 pages a day. sometimes 5 if i'm lucky. for finish pencils i can churn out 2 to 3 a day. same with the inks. if time is short, i pass it on to an inker.
well, see the think is, in comicdom, the pubishers most of the time work a few month in advance. so if something falls behind, its not the be all or end all.
also, if theres a separate penciller to inker to colourist, things can overlap. for example, once the penciller has finished page 1 to 3, as the penciller is working on page 4, the inker is inking pages 1 tto 3, and when the inker is finishedhe passes it on to the colourist as he moves on to the next page and so on and so forth. so unless u're really really fast and have the time to do it all, it's best to have a team to work with.
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Thanks for the info, Andie! much appreciated
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always a pleasure.
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i love seeing this sort of thing especially from one of mostestes fravoritest artists...
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does the sizzler dance.
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Truely awesome! Keep up the great work!
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thanks man!
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No problem. I wish I had your talent.
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would rather see these than your finished pieces man, love rough pencils
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cheers matey!
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thats pretty intense fella, great job 
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thanks man. hopefully i'll get the chance or time to show more pre prod stuff int he future.
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good to hear
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ThatΒ΄s amazing. Thanks for showing it here. ItΒ΄s too bad that itΒ΄s so small. But the composition of the thumbnails is fantastic. You use a blue pencils for sketching? Your drawings are so good I think thereΒ΄s no need to ink. Why dont you just colorate you pencildrawings it would sure lokk great. Keep up the good work
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thanks heaps for the excellent comments. sometimes i do colour my pencils if i have time. 
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I will check your gallery to find a coloured pencildrawing. I think Ink gives a greater contrast but pencildrawings are softer and more subtle thats why I like them so much. Kuberts Wolverine Origin is one of the best comics ever if you ask, it would be great to see more comics in that style. Do you ink your drawings yourself? Thanks for the answer
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sometimes if i have time, i will ink my own pencils. but on a tight deadline, i usually pass it to an inker.
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Ah ok thanks for the answer and keep up the good work
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thanks for posting-love this kinda stuff!
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welcome dude. i wish i have more hours in a day to do more of this kind of stuff. but time is always a factor, so i tend to skip scanning in the roughs or prelim layouts.
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nice stuff man. how did you get into the comics industry? if you dont mind me asking
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well, i started off by drawing heaps and then posting my artwork on internet art forums. eventually i got noticed and got offered work. and from there, attending comic conventions and showing my work to the editors.
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dude, adapting the script and creating the layouts is the most stressful part of the process, imo!
tight job
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for me, it's the most relaxing. i get to to thumbnail or do layouts outside of my work environment which helps to chill. starbucks, restaurant, parks, art galleries, museums, etc. i only get stressed when the writer wants three or four things to happen in one panel, which means breaking it up into two panels but then realising he's already got like six or seven panels in that page already.... lol
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ROFL, I totally get you, dude!
hahaha that's the worst thing, Im actually doing a project where I find that kind of things in EVERY page, hahahaa =_=
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i bet u can't beat my experience on he-man. a couple of pages had 12 to 13 panels. arrghhhhhh! i was gonna complain, but the writer was also my boss!
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12-13, crap! when I've seen 8-10 (or even 7 but crowded 7) I freak out!
just wow =O
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heheh. that was an experience. so now when i see a writer giveme an 8 or 9 panel script, altho i complain, i know i can handle it if need be.
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very good to see those!!! good insight... but do you allways put that much detail work into the thumbnail stage?
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well, it's not so much a thumbnail than an actual 100% rough of the finish piece. i don't like doing things twice. the thumbnails are actually just blobs and shapes that i roughly doodle on the actual script. so it's really not for anyone else's eyes but my own since no one will probably understand it. for this issue, as it was text heavy with a lot of action, the editor was a bit cautious and just wanted to see layouts before i finish up the piece. so i roughed it out and if it needs changing it's still easily done and with the roughs the editor can actually see what's going on. so from here, it's going straight into finish inks.
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don't you want more time on the pencils or is it good enough to ink?
and by the way it's looking great... i wish it was being sold here in israel...
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well, if i was passing it on to another inker to ink over my pencils, then yes, i would put a bit more detail, clean the pieces up and refine it. but cause with this issue i'm inking it myself, i tend to add details as i inki. i guess i've been doing it for a while now that i'm comfortable enough to do that.
yea, man i wish the books were sold world wide. but only in uk unfortunately.
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but aren't you legaly part of marvel?
and i know what you mean about the inking... but if you get something wrong you beat yourself ten times harder... hope you get it all right...
how long have you been with the title?
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nope. i'm hired by a third party. they have the licence to distribute anything marvel within the uk. i've never worked with an editor from marvel. i deal mainly with the licensor, and they deal with marvel.
ah, but that's what computers and liquid paper's for!
i've been on spidey uk coming up to 2 and a half years now. altho only as a regular artist for a year and a half.
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thenks for all the answers...
do you have a company's site?
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no probs. [link] . not so much a company site. more my own website and blog.
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do you have other titles?
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well, besides spidey uk, i've worked on batman strikes and smallville with DC, done tmnt for mirage, he-man with mv creations, starship troopers and other commercial work for universal, hasbro, cbs, nike. also illustrations for exalted gaming books for whitewolf.
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cool cool...
if i'm ever in uk i'll get my hands on some stuff...
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oh if all is approve that is.
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