MURAL

This is a brief video showing some of the creation of the mural spread in the IMMORTALS: GODS and HEROES GN from Archaia. Relativity had a huge wall sized print of it at the New York Comic-Con with a small snippet from this sequence. It's not a tutorial but a small glimpse into the creative process.

Of course, you'll have to pick up the exquisitely designed book at your local B&N or online retailer to see the completed image.

GODS AND HEROES

More footage from the various artists working on the IMMORTALS GN here.

IMMORTALS GN EXCLUSIVE ON MTV

'Immortals' Graphic Novel Exclusive Clip: Go behind the scenes to see how "Immortals" was transformed for the big screen.

VICTORY

I revisisted the Rampant Lion image with the goal of conveying more of a victorious image.
Here, the knight and the lion are well on their way to defeating the dragon.

The original is black and white. The touch of sepia is added digitally in CS5.



This original is also much larger than its predecessor.
A healthy 16 by 20 inch pen and ink on thick illustration board.
The challenge was to maintain the integrity of the iconic lion posture and still keep it fresh.
I shifted the dragon head around at this angle so that the line of action focused on the weapon piercing the creature.



Used brush pens, and pen nibs of various sizes.



Greys added using liquid pencil and sable brush.

RAMPANT!

Ink, warm grey marker, Dr. Martin's bombay white and prisma pencil on large bristol with subtle hue adjustment in CS5.

RAMPANT ROUGH

Nother Dragon on the way.

MANY DEVILS

I stood upon a high place,
And saw, below, many devils
Running, leaping,
and carousing in sin.
One looked up, grinning,
And said, "Comrade! Brother!"
Stephen Crane, The Black Riders

VALKYRIE TWO

Here's another line drawing from a series of flying choosers of the slain.