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My finished Supergirl cover.

Penciled on 11x17 inch hand cut smooth Bristol from a smaller sketch gridded out for scaling to a larger format paper.

Scanned on a 11x17 inch Mustek ScanExpress A3 USB scanner

Imported into Illustrator to ink with a calligraphic pressure sensitive brush at 3 and 3 on diameter with brush at 1 point.
• Imported onto a 11x17 artboard

Imported EPS files for logo and S Shield from www.brandsoftheworld.com here: [link]
• Thanks lulee!
• And here: [link]
• Thanks lucky mike!

Imported inks from Illustrator (copy>paste) into Photoshop on a 11x17 inch canvas at 300dpi (I suppose I could have deleted the white square behind the inks in the Smart Object, but I didn't think of it at the time. Plus, I just love the quickmask trick ;) ).

Copied the black and white inks to the quickmask to make a selection once out of quickmask, inverted that selection and filled with black (#000000). Now I have transparent inks I can color behind.

I then switch to the Marvel color pallet I got a long time ago from Marvel's submissions page on their site (last time I looked I'm not sure they have a submissions page anymore since they've turned corporate). So the selection of colors is limited to their "Marvel style".

On several layers below the transparent inks I make several layer groups for the different parts of Supergirl (shirt, skirt, hair, skin, etc). In each group I use a base color layer, a shadows layer, a color layer (if I want to add tinting or hues), and a highlights layer in that order from bottom to top. I don't change the base color layer. If it's a flat color then it stays a flat color. The shadows and highlights layers are used less strictly than the base, though I keep a certain hue similar to the original color on that layer. The color layer is the one I go crazy with. Having it between the shadows and highlights allows me to tint the shadows and allow the colors to interact with the highlights above it.

For each part or group I Command click on the base color layer thumbnail to get a restrictive selection. This way when I shade and highlight those colors I use don't bleed into the surrounding area. Keep within the lines, kids! :D

I keep this system because it works for me now. I think it's what I'm going with going forward with some tweaks made as I go and learn.
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~The-Penciler Jan 10, 2011
"I never took it as seriously..." I mean.
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Mood: Excited ~The-Penciler Jan 10, 2011
Thanks, guys! :D I have Color Theory for this quarter and I'm putting my full attention on that. Color is something dabbled in with colored pencil for a while, painting for high school, and some marker, but I neer took it as seriously as my pencils. Even to the point of preferring shading with B&W pencil rather than color. Over the past couple years I have colored some of my art, but the inks were not up to par. Learning how to ink in Illustrator was the first hurdle for me, and I love it! Which allowed me to focus on color. Even more, I feel that Color Theory is going to make me focus even more. Adding onto the focus just from self motivation. It's my cue to follow through. :)
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~Project-Superwoman Jan 10, 2011
Nice work – I like your style. The line work and coloring/shading on the upper body is particularly good. I’ve always been a fan of the red skirt/yellow belt – but you’ve done the current color scheme great justice too. Thanks for sharing!
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*up2nogd1 Jan 9, 2011
Nice. Very powerful.
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*BlackKusanagi Jan 9, 2011  Student General Artist
Looks great man!
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