The Comic Book Collection by Kernie

[felipe-11]

Amazing job on the Spawn cover, you know I love all your covers, but there's a few titles that work EXTREMELY well on your template and this is one of 'em

[RRJR84]

Wow after going through all these blogs for your comic collection all i have too say is wow such amazing work, this is one intense hobby. I joined this site mainly for your artwork. i look forward to see what comes everyday and what the future holds for this collection. The possibilities are endless.

[RRJR84]

Just for thought for your collection even though they're probably on your list would be the 1970's Captain America movies & Dr. Strange TV movie. But any ways keep up the good work and take your time and keep enjoying what you do.

[Kernie]

70's Cap and Dr. Strange are ones that I've wanted to do for a while now, but it comes down to artwork availability again. I doubt there was a lot of promotional artwork available at the time they came out, let alone 30 some years later.

I tend to work on covers that I can find artwork for before ones that will take me a while to fabricate something that looks like suitable keyart. Which is why movies that have had actual DVD releases usually turn into covers before unreleased stuff (by the way, how are some you guys getting your hands on some of these unreleased movies... hmmm? :P )

Anyway, hopefully I'm stumble across some pre-90's Marvel stuff soon, I'd really like to start filling out Marvel's earlier animated catalogue (I think I have most of DC's pre-90's animated stuff pretty well covered... pun intended).

[RRJR84]

QUOTE (kernie82 @ Jul 22 2010, 07:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

70's Cap and Dr. Strange are ones that I've wanted to do for a while now, but it comes down to artwork availability again. I doubt there was a lot of promotional artwork available at the time they came out, let alone 30 some years later.

I tend to work on covers that I can find artwork for before ones that will take me a while to fabricate something that looks like suitable keyart. Which is why movies that have had actual DVD releases usually turn into covers before unreleased stuff (by the way, how are some you guys getting your hands on some of these unreleased movies... hmmm? :P )

Anyway, hopefully I'm stumble across some pre-90's Marvel stuff soon, I'd really like to start filling out Marvel's earlier animated catalogue (I think I have most of DC's pre-90's animated stuff pretty well covered... pun intended).

Well I'm glad your enjoying doing this stuff and as for the unreleased version of these movies,lol some of them were released on VHS and some of them have aired on TV just to through that in there. Anyways As I keep saying keep up the good work and have fun while doing it your the best at what you do.

[KTFish7]

Well, if we're bringing up the unreleased Marvel movies, how about the first Fantastic Four Movie?

[Kernie]

QUOTE (KTFish7 @ Jul 23 2010, 02:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Well, if we're bringing up the unreleased Marvel movies, how about the first Fantastic Four Movie?

Again... might be an issue with artwork availability, but you know me... I'll definitely try to add it at some point!

[Bunny Dojo]

I'm not sure if these have been answered yet, but I have a couple of questions about the cool effects you've been using...

For the title treatments, are these done in Illustrator, Photoshop, a combination of both, or something else? Beyond the great artwork choices, your title treatments really sell the professional look of the series, and I'd love to try to get that style the next time it fits in a cover I'm working on.

And, do you have a creation tutorial on that lens flare line technique you used across the series? I've seen it a couple of times, but never successfully created it on my own.

Great work as usual! Thank goodness the studios have plenty more comic book movies coming out to keep you busy.

[Kernie]

QUOTE (Bunny Dojo @ Jul 24 2010, 02:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

For the title treatments, are these done in Illustrator, Photoshop, a combination of both, or something else? Beyond the great artwork choices, your title treatments really sell the professional look of the series, and I'd love to try to get that style the next time it fits in a cover I'm working on.

You're right on the money... it's a combination of both Illustrator and Photoshop. I'll try to explain a bit (although I'm long-winded and there's no such thing as a short answer).

I usually try to get my hands on a vector title treatment, although this is often quite difficult, so I recreate the TT in Illustrator by matching the font or if that doesn't work, basically tracing the text with the pen tool. It's quite a pain in the butt sometimes, especially for TTs that have a foreshortened 3D effect like the 1989 Punisher TT (and I have a long process for creating that effect as well). Certain TT's can take several hours to properly trace. Some folks might suggest using the LiveTrace function, but I usually only use that for rough, squiggly typefaces (like Tales from the Crypt) where precise tracing isn't that important. If you've ever played around with LiveTrace on text, you'll see how inaccurate and unsuccessful it can often be when trying to vectorize.

Once I have it in vector form, I select all my paths at once and copy/paste them into Photoshop and separate them into their respective color layers (it ends up being a bunch of color layers with vector masks). Then I apply a number of layer styles (typically Bevel/Emboss, Gradient, Inner/Outer Glow, whatever works) and often overlay some textures on top of them (usually brushed metal or some sort of grunge texture depending on the TT).

And that's pretty much it, it's more complicated to explain then to actually do :P . I really like to have my TT's as clean and crisp as possible, which is why I prefer the vector format as a starting point. Occasionally, I'll use the official studio TT without any modifications, but that's only if it's hi-res and free of any pixelation. Or, if it's something really complex that I don't even feel like trying to recreate (like League of Extraordinary Gentlemen).

Thanks for noticing the TT's, BD! I take a lot of pride in them and spend a lot of time working on them, so I'm glad that people actually appreciate them!

QUOTE (Bunny Dojo @ Jul 24 2010, 02:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

And, do you have a creation tutorial on that lens flare line technique you used across the series? I've seen it a couple of times, but never successfully created it on my own.

Short answer: Knoll Light Factory by Digital Anarchy. You'll never use Photoshop's Lens Flare filter again...

[Kernie]

Here's one that I've been meaning to do for quite some time: "Krypto the Superdog!" Thanks to Aalykke and hoofer at MovieGrafix for supplying the great keyart and vector title treatments!

Aimed primarily on young children, it wasn't really high on my list of things to do, and nobody here really seemed to be too anxious for it, either. However, in the interest of having the most complete set possible, here it is.

I think this takes care of almost every animated DC project, with a few minor exceptions that haven't found their way to DVD yet, and of course, the upcoming Young Justice show which very recently had footage unveiled at ComicCon and it looks sweet!

Anyway, here's Krypto...

Krypto the Superdog: Season 1:
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Krypto the Superdog: Season 2:
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Enjoy!!