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i have posted my finished layouts b4, but i have never combined my full process until now. a lot of ppl have been telling me they like seeing the stages i go through and that it helps inspired them somehow. i know the feeling, i love it when my fave artist post their madness for us to see and get inspired by. it always helps me when im in a rut to pick up that pencil.

this is one of my all time fave cvrs...i thought it was going to be lame when i got the description for it. a woman sitting in her office plotting how to kill her competition. "sitting" is never a good idea for clothed women ( cause everyone still wants sexy from me) so i had to stand her up to show dat ASS. its always a good idea to zoom in on a sexy pose...its more eye catching. like every magazine cvr u see on the stands. its never "pulled out" (heh, thats what she said) to show the feet. "UNLESS" its for story telling purposes. in this case its very important. we want to portray a darker cover by showing the all the twisted shit she has laying around.

so i run ideas in my head while i eat or something....and i start with elements in her surroundings. if u look to the right, u can see a cauldron, hack saw, bolt cutters sprockets, pulley, vice grip, hook, hand cuffs, bat, iron cage and even a clowns head...for some odd reason ppl hate clowns. all drawn about the size a dime (shown for scale)... so thats step one. sometimes picturing something is easier then picturing "where" to put it.... meaning visualizing the surroundings can help set up the environment and feel of the image..sometimes even the placement of the figure.

next is putting myself in her shoes ( a hot killers shoes...HEH) i couldnt draw her sitting like i mentioned b4....but i had to draw a chair so it looks like shes at her home office. this girl is a reporter and gets rid of her columnist competition to rise to the top... so shes kinda smart and thorough. so i wanted to have multiple monitors in there like most super geeks have. and i thought that if she was crossing one out, the point of the whole image would be concrete. and for edge, i decided to do it in blood...her "OWN" blood....that gave me the idea of her holding exacto knives and box cutters. and bandaged her fingers as well. a lil over the top but effective. the rest was down hill from here.

the middle image is the final layout stage. i drew heads mounted on the wall (cause ive always wanted to draw that) but i knew it might be off point. so i called raven gregory( the writer creater) and asked him if it was too much...and as my gut feeling said to me...yes it was....she is not jack the ripper crazy..shes hannibal lecter smart crazy. so most crazy killers keep trophies and such..and she doesnt fit the profile. so we opted to take em out. i also took out the apron, cause again, shes not that kinda killer and it didnt make sense to have. and the straps block the view of dat ASS!!

its hard to see...but raven really wanted written on the ceiling "YOU SHOULD BE WORKING" like i should be doing right now but am not...any creator that works from home knows this feeling very well.....but it just didnt fit. but it woulda been funny. its very lightly written at the top.

at this stage, i add key items like the desk, cabinets and of course news papers. all things an office should have. this is the fun part for me...just adding a lot of junk i think might be cool. i was inspired by Ed Gein (who inspired the story of hannibal) and used bones for the chair and lamp. i imagined she woulda thought it looked cool to have (and prob didnt make em herself and are fake and store bought....she kills cause she has to not cause she enjoys it)....hell i'd want that lamp...kinda got the inspiration from uncle fester from adams family with the light bulb

i managed to fit in the iron torture cage at the top left in the final drawing...as well as a target dummy, a noose and another noose killing the clown. thats for all u clown haters. i talked raven into letting me keep the severed fingers and eyes as a metaphor for her being envious of other writers successes.

since i hold the pencil i control what u see, and i put in things that i like personally of course. like the thong on the monitor...GO ASS baby yeah!! and davey jones head..the wienerschnitzel logo, AH! cause i love adam huges work...the sticky note that reads "buy more thongs"...the dildo in the trash can was more of a "can i get away with it type deal" but it was also to show her sexual frustration...hence it being in the trash. and the plush heart with pins and needles in it to help with that.

her shirt is also symbolic...its suppose to resemble a rib cage....i know ive drawn a lot of asses in my day...but i honestly believe this one is the best. and its not the easiest ass angle to make look this nice.

side note, the thumb nail under the chair in the far right is my thumb nail idea for last yrs Halloween cover, the whole idea was drawn that small.....my sketchbook is 11x14 and the final board is 11x17...three inches larger for the title of the book.

now i get asked if i use a light box...most vets in the biz will tell u thats it a handy cap, a crutch and not to use em...it supposedly looses a lot of "energy" in the transfer process. but it somehow works for me. my layouts are still a lil rough and the looseness helps maintain the energy. i always tell ppl to attack their fears. drawings at full scale is difficult for a lot of artist. but not doing it will keep u scared and when u dont do it, it keeps u from training ur eye to that scale.

been yrs since ive typed up my classic novel descriptions. i just dont have the time anymore. hope u enjoyed the ride...and always remember to GO ASS!!

Description
i have posted my finished layouts b4, but i have never combined my full process until now. a lot of ppl have been telling me they like seeing the stages i go through and that it helps inspired them somehow. i know the feeling, i love it when my fave artist post their madness for us to see and get inspired by. it always helps me when im in a rut to pick up that pencil.

this is one of my all time fave cvrs...i thought it was going to be lame when i got the description for it. a woman sitting in her office plotting how to kill her competition. "sitting" is never a good idea for clothed women ( cause everyone still wants sexy from me) so i had to stand her up to show dat ASS. its always a good idea to zoom in on a sexy pose...its more eye catching. like every magazine cvr u see on the stands. its never "pulled out" (heh, thats what she said) to show the feet. "UNLESS" its for story telling purposes. in this case its very important. we want to portray a darker cover by showing the all the twisted shit she has laying around.

so i run ideas in my head while i eat or something....and i start with elements in her surroundings. if u look to the right, u can see a cauldron, hack saw, bolt cutters sprockets, pulley, vice grip, hook, hand cuffs, bat, iron cage and even a clowns head...for some odd reason ppl hate clowns. all drawn about the size a dime (shown for scale)... so thats step one. sometimes picturing something is easier then picturing "where" to put it.... meaning visualizing the surroundings can help set up the environment and feel of the image..sometimes even the placement of the figure.

next is putting myself in her shoes ( a hot killers shoes...HEH) i couldnt draw her sitting like i mentioned b4....but i had to draw a chair so it looks like shes at her home office. this girl is a reporter and gets rid of her columnist competition to rise to the top... so shes kinda smart and thorough. so i wanted to have multiple monitors in there like most super geeks have. and i thought that if she was crossing one out, the point of the whole image would be concrete. and for edge, i decided to do it in blood...her "OWN" blood....that gave me the idea of her holding exacto knives and box cutters. and bandaged her fingers as well. a lil over the top but effective. the rest was down hill from here.

the middle image is the final layout stage. i drew heads mounted on the wall (cause ive always wanted to draw that) but i knew it might be off point. so i called raven gregory( the writer creater) and asked him if it was too much...and as my gut feeling said to me...yes it was....she is not jack the ripper crazy..shes hannibal lecter smart crazy. so most crazy killers keep trophies and such..and she doesnt fit the profile. so we opted to take em out. i also took out the apron, cause again, shes not that kinda killer and it didnt make sense to have. and the straps block the view of dat ASS!!

its hard to see...but raven really wanted written on the ceiling "YOU SHOULD BE WORKING" like i should be doing right now but am not...any creator that works from home knows this feeling very well.....but it just didnt fit. but it woulda been funny. its very lightly written at the top.

at this stage, i add key items like the desk, cabinets and of course news papers. all things an office should have. this is the fun part for me...just adding a lot of junk i think might be cool. i was inspired by Ed Gein (who inspired the story of hannibal) and used bones for the chair and lamp. i imagined she woulda thought it looked cool to have (and prob didnt make em herself and are fake and store bought....she kills cause she has to not cause she enjoys it)....hell i'd want that lamp...kinda got the inspiration from uncle fester from adams family with the light bulb

i managed to fit in the iron torture cage at the top left in the final drawing...as well as a target dummy, a noose and another noose killing the clown. thats for all u clown haters. i talked raven into letting me keep the severed fingers and eyes as a metaphor for her being envious of other writers successes.

since i hold the pencil i control what u see, and i put in things that i like personally of course. like the thong on the monitor...GO ASS baby yeah!! and davey jones head..the wienerschnitzel logo, AH! cause i love adam huges work...the sticky note that reads "buy more thongs"...the dildo in the trash can was more of a "can i get away with it type deal" but it was also to show her sexual frustration...hence it being in the trash. and the plush heart with pins and needles in it to help with that.

her shirt is also symbolic...its suppose to resemble a rib cage....i know ive drawn a lot of asses in my day...but i honestly believe this one is the best. and its not the easiest ass angle to make look this nice.

side note, the thumb nail under the chair in the far right is my thumb nail idea for last yrs Halloween cover, the whole idea was drawn that small.....my sketchbook is 11x14 and the final board is 11x17...three inches larger for the title of the book.

now i get asked if i use a light box...most vets in the biz will tell u thats it a handy cap, a crutch and not to use em...it supposedly looses a lot of "energy" in the transfer process. but it somehow works for me. my layouts are still a lil rough and the looseness helps maintain the energy. i always tell ppl to attack their fears. drawings at full scale is difficult for a lot of artist. but not doing it will keep u scared and when u dont do it, it keeps u from training ur eye to that scale.

been yrs since ive typed up my classic novel descriptions. i just dont have the time anymore. hope u enjoyed the ride...and always remember to GO ASS!!