Willis Henry Chapter 03 Backgrounds Watercolor

 Willis Henry Water Color Backgrounds 

Top: Proteus Toy House

Upper Middle: Vekks Ship

Middle: Texture Backgrounds

Lower Middle: Proteus Toy House Reject

Bottom: Vekks Ship Reject

The bottom two are mostly rejected early versions. I thought I could do better (more colorful) which lead to the top two.  The top two are not quite done; but are a much better representation of what I'm going for. 

While the middle is a texture sheet that has many purposes, for example when a scene has been established by and establishing shot I can us a backdrop in faded similar colors to imply place. Also extreme emotions like shock a faded yellow texture can work well.

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Willis Henry Key Image Color Test

 Willis Henry Illustrator Color Test.  I'm using alternate version of the Willis Henry ThumbsUp pose to test out colors. The hardest part is finding color combination that look good to you, out of the near infinite colors of the digital world. 

Once I find a color scheme I like; then I lock them in with the color swatches beside the character. Then, I can copy and paste the swatches into the other character project to make the process easier in the future.

Have a happy weekend

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Willis Henry Key Image and Title Clean

 Key Image and Title experiments complete!  It took some time but these came out nice. There are tweaks,  revisions, and clean up... but I'm proud of the progress.  Done in adobe illustrator for clean vector images that can scale.

Next up is adjustment then colors, but for the blog let's get into some comic pages...

Keep Shining!

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Willis Henry Title (Work In Progress)

 I have been on the struggle bus for a while with this Willis Henry title design.  This one has been so hard, but I think the corner has turned. Thank Goodness.

I have an example of the Beautiful Beast Kiss title design, which was so much easier to concept and design and seemed to come out fully formed...

As for Willis Henry I think the title design ideas are coming faster, so I think I got it. Now it's time to polish, tweak, and think of variants.

Onward

Trey

Heroes Key Image Illustrator (Clean Lines)

Next step for the Key Images is the Clean Lines; for this I use Illustrator, because not only are the lines super clean, but because the lines are vectors I can scale them up and down without pixelation.  So, in the Illustrator program my usual process; I start with the Heads and outlines of the characters with a bolder thicker line; after that, facial features, then inner lines and details.

Next week let's do some title designs for Willis Henry

Until then Keep Shining 

Willis Henry Heroes Key Images (3 of 3)

 The Trio of Heroes Key Image part 3!

So, the purpose of the Key Images for me is a classic evergreen image; one the can be used to explain the style and tone of Willis Henry Series while demonstrating the characters and their personalities.  Now, that I have the key images, it's time to level them up/clean up in Illustrator... so that is next.

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Willis Henry Heroes Key Images (2 of 3)

  The Trio of Heroes Key Image part 2.  This is a variation off of the image of last week, and the purpose for me is to have the characters in poses that not only reflect their character but also can work if one or both other characters are taken out.  This flexibility means the images can work on their own with or without text.  Overall, the key images are some of the most versatile evergreen images.

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