Project updates: Dream Life and Dracula
Crosspost from Kickstarter and FB.
Hey folks, before I start, go check out Graveyard of Empires, Mark’s newest book! You can download it on Comixolagy or pick it up at better comic shops and books stores. Here’s a youtube interview with him about the book.
So on to Dracula.
Thought it was time we shared a public update.
Work on Dracula son of the dragon is well underway, I’m penciling away and every 4 pages I’ve been finishing one page to work out the specific style guide for the tones and colours. I’ll probably tweak things as I go but it’s coming together pretty good so far I think.
Mark was surprised with the pallet, he expected fewer colours. It’s more broad than the pilot for sure, but still very limited and plan to keep it that way. Next one I do like this will be something more neutral I think. We’ve got action and moody down here I think. Picked two showy splash pages to ink first and color, so as to have something to show off. This is the first shot of Vlad Tepes in the story, and the other is of Hunyadi being unseated by Vlad’s father Dracul in a jousting match in Nuremberg. Like our facebook page to keep up with things on Dracula.
Dream Life!
Here’s the whole book in InDesign. The pages with the yellow tint are roughs for a scene i’m trying to make up my mind about adding. Did the thumbs weeks ago, scripted it tonight, think i have to do it. It feels needed.
Got to get the rest of the lettering done too, about 20 pages worth i think to go over, but some of that is silent or has minimal text. But knowing that got to watch i don’t put it off to long too. Doing some of it tonight next.
6 more to do washes on too i think. Boy this book has been a crap ton of work. Close though. Nice to look it all over like this in ID. End is within reach!
Track the progress for the final stretch here on Facebook.
The blank pages in the back are for the extras the backers are getting in their special editions, there will be 20 pages of them! Ok. Back to work for me,
Cheers!
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