Blackjack Rapid Reads

Blackjack Rapid Reads

BLACKJACK RAPID READS!   Greetings Dieselfunkateers!   This is a wonderful Birthday Gift.  I’ve been grinding full time the last few months and have barely had a moment to think too much of the projects I’ve completed because i’m feverishly on to the next.  When I made my transition back into the comic industry a few years ago I had no idea that Alexander Simmons’ creation, BLACKJACK “aka Arron Day’, would have such a profound effect on my personal and professional career.  Beyond the graphic novel I illustrated, ‘Blackjack: There Came A Dark Hunter’, I’ve done tons of individual and sequential pieces on this wonderful character.

Coming out this fall are 4 books by Alexander Simmons and Chris Ryan within the Blackjack Adventures world I had the privilege of creating the cover art for. While I ain’t James Bama or John Berkey, I certainly am giving it my best shot!

RAPID READS

VARIANT COVERS ANYONE?:-)

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Blackjack: RIGHTS. Behind the Scenes

Blackjack: RIGHTS. Behind the Scenes

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Blackjack: RIGHTS: Behind the Scenes! Greetings Dieselfunkateers!  Alexander Simmons is back at it again.  In collaboration with partner Chris Ryan these cats decided to do a story about AMERICA, what it means to be AMERICAN, and the Blackjack drama that all that entails.  I was asked to contribute visuals for this project and went through different iterations.

Design Brief:  The brief was very basic in providing descriptive keywords.

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Rough:  Sometimes the visuals come immediately.  So the basic layout was done very quickly.

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Pose Variants:  Of course once I got far enough in the design I had to choose the best pose for Arron Day aka ‘Blackjack.  Did we want the 1. I double dare you to make a move. 2.  i’m gonna shoot first variant.  3.  Guns blazing variant,   We choose variant 1.

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Reference Photos:  Hey, the Internets Rocks:-)

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Final:  A bit of Photoshop and Manga Studio and ‘Voila.   I’m a huge proponent of integrating typography with images so its was just a matter of a few tweaks.

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Very PROUD, once again, to be affiliated with the works of Simmons and Ryan and BLACKJACK.

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BLACKJACK New Graphic Novel!

BLACKJACK New Graphic Novel!

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BLACKJACK New Graphic Novel!  Unboxed BABY  I Got Mine.  Go Get Yours!

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