Captain America Cover Process...

I was asked to create a covet to the upcoming Captain America Omnibus recently, something I was incredibly excited to do. I thought I'd post the process here....

First comes the rough layout. Finding an image that hadn't been done before was incredibly hard, he's been around a long time and there are so many iconic shots. I put down a few different ideas and this was the one chosen. I wanted to get a sense of the science behind Cap's birth as well as him being born ready for action. 

I tooled around with the machinery in rough form before starting the pencils and moved the angles around. and then began the finished piece.

Somewhere between the rough and the pencil process I felt the Scientists were becoming unnecessary and were taking away some of the focus and power of Cap' so after a quick mail to Marvel they fell by the wayside. Plus the machinery still pushed the sciencey bit.

Once the pencils were finished I sent the board to the inker, Mark Pennington and he did a fantastic job here I think. He added solid lines and meat to the image but all the detail remained.

Then finally the wonderful colours by Paul Mounts. I'm so pleased with the finished results on this cover. Paul's done an awesome job on the atmosphere of this piece. I can't wait to see it with the logo in place. 

I hope y'all like it too.