★BARTKIRA★

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So I decided to record the process of making my Bartkira page through a series of pictures.

But keep in mind that some of these step were done out of order from a normal comic, for instance, I inked the panel borders first, you would normally do something like that last, but since I already know EXACTLY how the finished page will look I could do it first.

 

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So first I created the panel borders on a piece of 9x12 bristol board . Comic art is usually created on 11x17 bristol board, but as I am accustomed to drawing really small detail (and confident I wouldn’t lose too much quality), I thought a smaller scale would save some time.

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Here you can see the first sketches. Since there was already two different styles I had to accommodate (Akira and Simpsons) I didn’t want to introduce a 3rd style (my own), so I used it as an opportunity to painstakingly study the original Akira art, trying to match it almost line for line.

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Another close up, you can see I kept the original Akira on my desk the whole time.

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On the left you can see it’s finally all finished being sketch except the “MONKS” heads; I was still waiting for confirmation on who the Monks were visually associated with in the Bartkira universe.

And on the right you can see I've started to ink.

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Again, keeping the original close at hand.

 

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Here is the final product all inked and scanned side by side with the original Akira art.

I believe this piece becomes far more impressive when you see it next to the original, you can really see how dedicated I was to remaining faithful to the original style.

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And for fun I colored it so I could upload here on NeoGeo. I kninda hate the color version compared to the Black and White. But I really like the way panel #6 turned out.

HERE IS A LINK TO THE HIGHER RES NG UPLOAD

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Welp thats it, I have 4 more pages to draw. I might do more of the step by step stuff for the others as well (if people seem interested).

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