# My new comic cover **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [February 6, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-new-comic-cover/42250 "2004-02-06T21:53:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@eef](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/eef)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-new-comic-cover/42250/1 "2004-02-06T21:53:01Z")
This is the cover of a comic I just finished, thought I’d show the cover off for fun, maybe get some opinions. ![](http://www.lunaractive.com/forums/uploads/post-10-1075845979.jpg) -eef ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-new-comic-cover/42250/2 "2004-02-06T22:21:14Z")
very good, you’ve got talent… but maybe a tad too dark, I wonder what this would look after the press… and the alien’s head is kind of bizarre… .but I love the velvel texture of his jacket. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-new-comic-cover/42250/3 "2004-02-06T22:43:48Z")
Whoa. Very cool. I agree, too dark :). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-new-comic-cover/42250/4 "2004-02-06T22:52:44Z")
Very nice. Great work. But as said in previous posts, you should lighten it up or add some thing to show the figure more. Great work though 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-new-comic-cover/42250/5 "2004-02-08T12:21:07Z")
Wow its really nice, I like :thumb: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-new-comic-cover/42250/6 "2004-02-09T15:41:26Z")
Thanks! yeah I do plan on trying to lighten it a little more… though i was goin for that night time pokin’ out of the darkness look… -eef ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-new-comic-cover/42250/7 "2004-02-09T16:29:29Z")
nice work dude. i think you captured the night time pokin out of darkness look quite nicely.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-new-comic-cover/42250/8 "2004-02-09T17:13:48Z")
on my mac it looks great. very night time-ish! i :love: it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-new-comic-cover/42250/9 "2004-02-09T17:22:48Z")
Looks great man, I’m in love! keep it up +\_+ grinch:kir: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-new-comic-cover/42250/10 "2004-02-09T18:56:39Z")
> \*Originally posted by [mdipi.com](http://mdipi.com) \* > \*\*on my mac it looks great. very night time-ish! i :love: it. \*\* Stop flaunting your Mac-ness :trout: And I also like the cover, I agree it is a bit too dark, but only slightly… and maybe only the dude on the left. Do you actually print your comics or is it more of an online thing? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-new-comic-cover/42250/11 "2004-02-10T16:08:02Z")
they will be fully printed into books. And thanks again guys. I kinda was tryin’ to make the guy on the left more in the shadows… the main character in the foreground is really who I want you to see. If you had read the last issue (which I know none of you guys have) I think that seeing him like this on the cover should get you pretty excited. It’s funny because the guy on the left, in order to color him I actually found a picture of a guy who looks allot like him, and I formed the guy’s face (using liquify in photoshop7) to fit under the ink outline, then did some shading and highlights. The detail is hard to see in this picture, but I think it still looks alright. I also used some cracked dirt and elephant skin on the creep lookin guy for texture, and real jeans for the pants. Thanks for all the good words! -eef ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-new-comic-cover/42250/12 "2004-02-10T16:56:17Z")
has your comic got a website to go with it ? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-new-comic-cover/42250/13 "2004-02-10T17:12:35Z")
the “company” that puts the comic out has failed to even mention the comic on the site yet… but it is [www.ourconspiracy.com](http://www.ourconspiracy.com) possibly one of the worst sites on the net I have a gallery featuring pages from the first issue on my on-line art gallery. (unfinished, but still has stuff to see) at [www.lunaractive.com/eef](http://www.lunaractive.com/eef) [www.lunaractive.com](http://www.lunaractive.com) is my band’s site which I did the design on both of these sites (art gallery and band). let me know what you think if you happen to check it out. -eef ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-new-comic-cover/42250/14 "2004-02-12T12:06:32Z")
hey man that is absolutley awesome !! i love it !! ( a little dark) but that is only a minor detail !! keep up the awesome work man !!! peace E1kO ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/my-new-comic-cover/42250/15 "2004-02-16T22:15:07Z")
I drew each character indiviaually, the guy I actually drew twice because I didnt like him the first time. I drew them in pencil then in ink, using brushes and pens. I scanned them in and used photoshop to color them. I used allot of techniques from this tutorial: [http://www.wade.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/tutorial1.htm](http://www.wade.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/tutorial1.htm) for the first time. I used this image: [http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=87457](http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=87457) and formed it under the outline of the man’s face, and added highlights and shadows. Lots of dodging and burning. I used some of the same techniques on this ninja turtle I drew: [http://www.ninjaturtles.com/fanart/ethan\_nicolle.jpg](http://www.ninjaturtles.com/fanart/ethan_nicolle.jpg) Oh yeah, and the background is from a photograph of san diego or something. Anyway. Thanks for all the kind words. And I am pretty sure put this on the same template as the last issue’s cover, but I will make sure it’s the right size. -eef