BBK ScreenShot

 San Diego was fun; but now I'm so tired.

 I'm gonna take a nap, Take Care

BBK Intermission/ San Diego Comic Con

 Well.. I guess I'm doing this.  I'm apprehensive but I'll be at San Diego Comic Con booth 1502.

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BBK Digital

 

Beautiful Beast Kiss Ch. 02 Ink ready pages

 Fresh and clean pages ready for Inking. I plan on doing the backgrounds in computer, so these pages just focus on the characters and effects.

New Website!!! Summer Break Slowdown.

 I Updated the Website! 

I'm still working out the kinks, but very proud of how it turned out.  Link in the Sidebar.

Anyway, still working on Beautiful Beast Kiss Chapter 02; but I'm not going to hit my mid July deadline.  I will still be posting the comic process as work gets done.  But, I will be in and out for Summer Break until early September so things might be slow around here.

I hope you all are well. Enjoy Summer

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BBK Ch.02 page 07 process

 (Bottom in blue) This is the Starting Sketch or thumbnail done at 11 by 17 inch paper to get the major ideas down; then I scan it and with Clips Studio Paint (CSP) I format the comic frames and add text. (Top image in grey) I fade the image and print it out to then draw on top (upper middle in light red pencil) I refine and tighten up the concepts.  (lower middle darkened red pencil) This is what I call the Tight Pencils; all the information that I need to start Inking is down. This are the phases each page goes through to get to the inking phase.

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BBK Ch. 02 page 06 sketch and thumbnail

 (sketch page in red - Middle) using comic frames and text

(thumbnail page in blue - Bottom) to test out the ideas in 11by17 page

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BBK Ch. 02 page 05 sketch and thumbnail

 (sketch page in red - Middle)

(thumbnail page in blue - Bottom)

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BBK Ch. 02 page 04 sketch and thumbnail versions

 (Sketch version top)

(Thumbnail version middle)

The thumbnail version is what I start with usually in computer, then printed out then drawn on top. In this phase I'm just trying to get my ideas out.

Then in the sketch version is a more complete form based on the thumbnail with comic frames and text to get a clear idea of how the final will look. Then I print this version out then draw on top to refine the drawings.

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BBK Comic Chapter 02 Thumbnail and Sketch Group Pages

 

Beautiful Beast Kiss Chapter 02 Comic pages 11x17.  So after I break down the story and images for the comic in thumbnail form (bottom image in blue); I use Clips Studio Paint for the panels, texts and word balloons. Then I drop the transparency to about 25 percent and print the pages to start the sketch phase (middle image in red) which builds off of the thumbnail version.  The sketch phase is all about refinement. I will be posting some pages next week.

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BBK Chapter 02 Key Art part 2

 Every comic has to have at least a couple flashy cool images; I really like this one.  From early ruff sketch to tight pencils.

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BBK Chapter 02 Key Art part 1

 

One of the images I did for Inktober years ago, that I updated as key art for chapter 02. I always loved the image.

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Chapter 02 Character Design BBK Revised

 Beautiful Beast Kiss revised. Done after making the thumbnails of the comic.  Design is streamlined for ease of drawing and acting for the comic.  These little tweaks usually happens in the process of drawing a character over and over again.  I alway find this process fun and interesting.

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Chapter 02 Character Design BBK

 

Beautiful Beast Kiss early design for chapter 02.

Beautiful Beast Kiss Comic Chapter 02 Start

 

Starting the second 12 page Beautiful Beast Kiss Comic.  Have most of the pages blocked in with sample text. Hope to have chapter 02 done before July, but we shall see.  More comic making process work coming.

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Beautiful Beast Kiss Chibi with Title

 

Prideful Laugh is one of my favorite drawings for BBK. One of the early designs that I use on page 05 of the first comic (although it is hardly visible).  So this concludes the work for BBK Comic Chapter 01.

until next time

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Kiss for the Win comic chapter 01 page 11

 Beautiful Beast Kiss Victory pose.  This was fun to make; used watercolor and digital painting blend for the final image.

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Beautiful Beast Kiss Chapter 01 Comic Cover

 I really like the Title. My mother wrote the beautiful, and I did the rest. Still needs some adjustments but I love the contrast of the text styles that also reflects the style of the character.  Or that just how I see it.  Fun.

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Beautiful Beast Kiss Chapter 01 Character Design

 

One of the earliest designs for Beautiful Beast Kiss (BBK). I'm proud of this one because I was trying to balance a simple design; but one that could also act and move for the comic.

Beautiful Beast Comic Chapter 1 Collection page 10-13