graphic novel finished front cover

Week 6: for my final piece I wanted to illustrate the front cover of this graphic novel and this is going to be the main selling point for the book. I wanted to combine the most useful techniques I've learned to develop my art style from the artists I've studied. With drawing this I used David finch's use of shadow to convey depth in the shadows in my figures as well as making them more sophisticated by edging lines in my shadows to still convey the shapes in characters. I came up with the design for this by looking at the Star Wars film covers as my inspiration. Normally the main villain will have a portrait shot that will take up most of the page while the other key characters are left a little smaller which creates the impression that both characters have to over come the much larger character. With producing this piece I've learned how to create very visually interesting front covers that have a good balance of simple yet chaotic aspects to them. For this piece I lightly sketched it out in pencil, inked over the details and then finished with digitally painting the product to give it a visually powerful finish.