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Blackjack Rapid Reads

by Tim Fielder | Sep 2, 2016 | dieselfunk news, Projects

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?:-)

Blackjack: RIGHTS. Behind the Scenes

by Tim Fielder | Jul 5, 2016 | Comics, dieselfunk news

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.

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

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.

Reference Photos: Hey, the Internets Rocks:-)

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.