CID Prologue Pages
January 6, 2012, filed under: El Cid, by LexI wanted to share some of the final watercolor work for the prologue to Kid Beowulf vs. El Cid. The prologue is the part of the book where I retell the original epic poem for readers (here’s an earlier post about it). Since it’s a retelling of an epic poem with lots of big moments (as well as blood and clashing swords), I change up my style to reflect that, using a more traditional, representational comic book style. I then hand the pages off to my colorist buddy, Brian Kolm who does these terrific ink washes and really ramps up the drama. Brian did the washes on book 1 and book 2 and he’s done a bang-up job on the pages for El Cid too. You’ll notice that these pages are in color–even though the book is printed in black and white, doing these pages in color helps establish better values (and it saves time if I ever decide to print a color version of the book). Below are just a few of my favorites. (click to enlarge)
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