I was delighted to be asked to do a cover for 2000AD featuring Angel Zero. I had three rough ideas and Editor Matt Smith chose the nicest or most interesting of the bunch.
Once we had the idea down I set about the finished drawing. I decided to let Angel hang in space a little more in the final piece.
I had originally hoped to ink and colour the cover myself as I rarely get the chance to do this sort of things these days but a deadline was bumped forward and I ran out of time. Having worked with the wonderful David Baron before I knew he could go straight to colours from the pencils and I think he did me proud here.
There were actually two finished versions as I asked for a strong background colour as well as a simple white version to give Matt a choice.
And here's the final cover with the banners and the blurb. Matt and the designers at 2000AD did a great job of recognising and maintaining the negative space. A lot of folks get fearful of that and try to fill it with words or ask to add another character etc which can destroy the balance but here it's allowed to breathe.
Word on the street is that it's gone down pretty well with the readers so far which I'm incredibly happy about. I hope I'll get chance to do some more soon!
Cheers
Lee
























