Fear Itself: Wolverine #3

Hey Guys,

Here is the cover for Fear Itself : Wolverine #3.

This issue should be out in September.

I´ll be posting on twitter and in my blogger the process of this cover on the following days.

All photoshop CS5.

Follow me on Twitter @jorge_molinam

X- Men #17 process

Hey guys,
Here is a step by step process of the work behind X-Men 17 cover.

The editors requested a cover showing this three characters: wolverine, Skully, and Thing in a fighting related pose. So I sent this three layouts to start off and got the first one approved.

Once I get the sketch approved, I start working on the digital sketch, I try to add more detail and make the scene more dynamic. This whole process is done on photoshop. Once the sketch is done I do a print out to do a trace over with the light table.

At this point I go with the final lines, doing more detail work on the characters and refining the whole drawing. Ideally I would like to add more depth and detail to this stage but since I´m tight schedule I leave those details for the painting process.

Once I scan the final pencils I start working the colors on photoshop. I start of by doing flat tones to make a basic foundation for the coloring process. At this point I know I want a warm feel for the final piece so its very important to lay down those tones.

I start laying shadows with multiply and start working some of the lighting in the background. I tend to go opposite on my shadow tones to make it more dynamic, meaning if I have warm basic tones I like cold tones for the shadows.

Then I start laying some of the lights on the characters by adding a layer on top of my shadow tones and base tones.

As a final stage I tend to go over the whole image and clean up any missing lines from the original drawing, do some color corrections and add a couple effects.

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X- Men #17 cover

Hey Guys, Here is the cover for the X- Men #17 issue that will be out in September.

Follow me on twitter @Jorge_molinam if you want to know more about the behind the scenes of this cover.

All photoshop CS5. Pencils 2H.

X- Men #16 cover (Dr. Doom and Magneto)

Hey guys,

Here are a couple of sketches I sent to the editors for approval and after a lot of editing we narrowed down to a single image. The idea of the cover is to show this two main villains in a larger than life posing but also reflecting some type of alliance between them.

I was happy with the final result and I think I achieve the final idea.

Random sketches

Here are a couple of random sketches I did in my free time. Some of them are from Dexter, others from Jackass, and the rest of them are people I saw at a mall.

X- Men 16 cover

Hey guys,
Here´s a little sneak peak of the latest tittle I´m working on.
For the fist time fantastic four and X-men get together along with Dr. Doom and Magneto.
All Photoshop CS5.

Fear Itself cover

This is the cover for FEAR ITSELF: WOLVERINE #2. All done in pencil inks, colors in photoshop.

New Mutants cover 25

Here´s a little behind the scenes work from the New Mutants cover 25.
I first did the 3 sketches and I sent them to the editors. I usually do all this process digitally on a cintiq.
Once the editors pick one of the layouts I start working on the finish pencils. I usually do a printout of the layout and do a trace over on the light table for the clean pencils.
Then I go to photoshop to apply colors till I get the final render.

I´m very happy with the final result since it was a rushed job.

For my eyes only

This is a drawing I did in my spare time, it doesn´t have any meaning... well, it could be just an interpretation from my subconscious

Captain America Process

Hey guys,

It´s been a while since I last updated my journal. Right now I´ve been working on X-men legacy, I´ll keep you guys posted with some images.

Also I´m very happy to announce I now have a two year exclusive contract with Marvel, I´ve been having a great time working for them and hopefully some cool artwork will come from that.

Here I uploaded a layout sample of my work process, I usually do all my layout digitally on the cintiq, then I do a printout and with a light table I do the final render.

El garabato

Hola todos si eres de Mérida te invitamos a unirte nuestro grupo
el garabato
Nuestro objetivo es crear una sociedad de artistas emprendedores con motivación a dibujar libremente, nos puedes encontrar todos los sabados a las 10:30 am en la Plaza Mayor (Segafredos, Carls Jr., Wok to walk)
Estaremos visitando distintas locaciones todos los fines de semana para dibujar.
¡Es completamente libre, sal y dibuja!

Encuentranos por:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/El-Garabato
y en Blogger: http://elgarabatomerida.blogspot.com/

ESPN U college town

Hey! you like facebook? sports? videogames? sure you do! check out the game I've been working on for the last 6 months "ESPN U COLLEGE TOWN" for facebook.

Summer

Some drawing I did over summer vacations.

Hi Everyone,

Here are a couple of pencil samples from World War Hulks: spider-man vs Thor, which is alredy out. Be sure to check it out.

Sandoje 3d

Hey Everyone! Here is a very cool colab I did with the amazing 3D artist David Abreras. This is a character design I did for a personal comic I was working on but never had the time to finish back in 2006, I should really pick it up again sometime. Anyway...David asked me if he could use the character for modeling, couple of months later he showed me the final result and I was breathless. At first I thought it was my drawing just painted on top, then I looked closely and saw how close he kept the model to my concept. This was really exciting since this was the first time I'd ever seen my character being represented by someone else in 3d, and boy he did a fantastic job. So...for those 3d artist out there who are interested into the backstage work of David on this piece, check out the 3dtotal article/tutorial. http://www.3dtotal.com/tutorial/softimage_xsi/pirate_sandoje_character_modeling/sandoje_pirate_modeling_01.php


More of Davids work at http://www.cgdavarb.com/

random sketches

Here are a couple of random sketches from my sketch book, some unfinished stuff but I guess that's the point of a sketch book.
Hopefully I'll be able to upload someting more polish soon.

Ipad sketch wolverine

Hey guys!
Another Ipad Sketch
I think I’ll be posting a lot of Ipad sketches if my brothers keep taking me to eat breakfast at Chili’s on Sundays.
So here is Wolverine, enjoy.

AVENGES INITIATIVE #35! REVIEW!
http://acomicbookblog.com/comic-book-blog/marvel-blog/avengers-the-initiative-35-review/
Check it out!

ipad scketch

My brother just got this new Ipad thing, and I have to admit it’s quite amazing.
This is one of the sketches I started doing while waiting for breakfast at Chili’s. I think the idea of having a digital sketchbook is great.
Thinking about getting one, but I just wish apple would put some pressure sensitivity on the tablet, hopefully next generation.