While in the process of creating my next print design, it occurred to me that I really should share a few of the steps involved in arriving at the finished product, for those who might have an interest in such things. So, here we go....
This particular design has a bit of history behind it.
I originally designed this illustration for the 1998 Comic-Con International (probably known as San Diego Comic-Con back then) souvenir program book. If you've attended that show before you know that each year in that publication they celebrate a character or character's anniversary, by presenting a whole bunch of renditions that will fall all across the spectrum of styles. Now, I've got to be frank here...I can't recall if they ended up using my design the in finished product or not (but I'm sure there must be someone out there in comic-dom who collects these gems and can confirm that fact).
But, that year the theme was Superman's 60th anniversary and since the death of Superman Saga and Doomsday were still pretty fresh in every one's mind, I thought that might make for a dynamic design.
I've always loved this piece, but had forgotten I even still had it till rummaging through an old portfolio looking for another piece of art. So I decided to put it to good use and use it as the foundation of a print.
Next up: Shoring up the design and the base color scheme.
till then....
R.J. Luedke
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