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Planning a superhero cover
Julian Totino Tedesco creates an image that’s both
appealing as an illustration and functional as a cover84
How to paint a girl and her tank
Cartoonist Brett Parson presents his take on the iconic
Tank Girl, using SketchBook Pro and Photoshop88
Comic book storytelling tips
Lewis LaRosa explains how to interpret scripts and lay out
pages to emphasise the action and enhance the narrative96
Pencil and ink a game character
Andy Brase uses line and ink to depict a deadly version
of Ezio, the iconic killer from Assassin’s Creed II102
Create a comic page in Clip Studio
Favourite 2000 AD artist Dylan Teague explains his
process for creating a comic page in Clip Studio Paint106
Give Tintin the Fables treatment
Nimit Malavia combines traditional and digital media
to produce a fresh take on Tintin110
Paint Hellboy caricature art
Jean-Baptiste Monge recreates a comic classic, with
a younger, cuter version of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy114
New ways to watch the world
Learn through observation to create art that engages
the viewer and carries a strong voice, says Somnath Pal120
Bring colour to Black Panther
Ken Lashley’s stunning line art is brought to life by
colourist Juan Fernandez, who shares his techniques124
Take your comics skills into films
Jim Cornish reveals how storyboards for film sequences,
just like comics, interpret and visualise a script130
Ink and colour a comic cover
Chris Visions shows how to compose an image, then
colour with both traditional inks and Photoshop136
Create dynamic characters
Arthur Mask shows how he creates characters with varied
body types tied together with coherent style and colour142
Give Harley Quinn a realistic look
Discover how Admira Wijaya uses Photoshop to produce
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