Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Alpha Flight #52 cover art

Here's the cover for the very next issue.  This time I was handling pencils, inks and colors, most likely from a sketch by Carl Potts.  We used to call these "poster shots", no specific situation or setting, just a generic shot of the heroes.  I was really relieved when I saw how the colors printed.  I tried to get some modeling into the figures with flat color and white highlights but with the old coloring system we wouldn't actually see the colors until they were printed.




Posted by Kevin Nowlan at 4:36 AM
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10 comments:

  1. KwanSeptember 30, 2009 at 6:34 AM

    Wow Kevin, this stuff is great. Keep the art coming. BTW, was there a particular reason why you signed the piece "Kevin Nowlan" in the pencils and on the inked version it changed to just "Nolwan"?

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  2. Kevin NowlanSeptember 30, 2009 at 6:47 AM

    I didn't even notice that. I was probably just being lazy.

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  3. Michel FiffeSeptember 30, 2009 at 8:09 AM

    I love the Guardian's right forearm. Also, is Aurora striking a Gil Kane homage pose? All great stuff.

    You never like your Wolverines, Kevin. Yet, they're always great.

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  4. PatrickWedgeSeptember 30, 2009 at 9:27 AM

    That Guardian shot looks almost exactly like a drawing of Superman you've done since that. Not that it is improper, just reminds me of a Superman pose.

    Fun stuff!!

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  5. AlfredoSeptember 30, 2009 at 9:44 AM

    Another my special one. I loved this cover really much.In Italy your Punisher "Garbage"(David Ross pencil) was printed on black & white, i remember i was astonished, because artist like you, Hughes
    or Davis/ Farmer are so complete on b/w that
    you don't need colour.You are better without color.IMHO.

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  6. UnknownSeptember 30, 2009 at 11:56 AM

    I've seen the pen and ink in person. But seeing the pencils is a real treat. Thanks for posting this!!!!

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  7. Leonel CastellaniSeptember 30, 2009 at 4:09 PM

    All your work is simply amazing. I consider myself an old fan of yours, and having the chance to take a look at your work in porgress is certainly a privilege. I have a spanish TPB edition of "The Gehenna Stone Affair"...any chance to see some of those covers here? Man, those were GREAT...

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  8. Kevin NowlanOctober 1, 2009 at 6:38 AM

    I posted cover art for Wolverine 12 and 13. Use the "Search Blog" feature in the upper left corner and you'll see them. Just type in "Wolverine".

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  9. Matt HollingsworthOctober 5, 2009 at 5:01 AM

    Nice piece. And yeah, the colors came out great. It was tough back then to get the seps guys doing any rendering correctly. Turned out great.

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  10. Rob PlassApril 16, 2023 at 7:10 PM

    What's the story with Puck's right arm? It looks seamless in the final product but we can tell from the original art released in the IDW Artist Edition that it looks like it were added later. I'll guess the reason was that Alpha Flight went to Direct Market distribution only starting with issue #52, meaning the corner UPC box was not required anymore, so you filled in his arm later. Something like that?

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