PULP #1 Cover Pencil Art

Above is the pencil art for PULP #1. The goal here was to, in ONE picture, present quickly and clearly the character and concept of Morgan Stone to the reader - A science fiction, fantasy, horror, adventure story. "Nothing Sacred" is the first part in the "Knightwolf Saga". I'd like to think that I was successful in portraying the character. Whether I accomplished my goal or not, I sure gave it a try.

After the (very, very) rough thumbnail, and dozens of sloppy sketches working hard to get the relaxed, comfortable, slightly insane feel of the piece, I light-tabled the work to get a very clean, precise line drawing which was given to Ken to ink. I wanted to work with the art further in the color stage rather than during the pencils and ink stage as I normally would do. The end result of the pencils is, I think, a comfortable, confident, relaxed piece. No one ever has to know all the labour that went into creating it. Always make it look easy. That's the goal anyway.