On the "Table" today
Friday, March 20, 2009 at 11:51AM 
The Cintiq isn't really a table, but I'm doing cover thumbnails today. Here is a cover idea that I really love but I missed the mark for the cover. I need to have Wolvie in costume and don't really think it would work the same way. No big deal. That's the beauty of doing something this small and loose. You don't mind if you miss the mark, no harm, no foul.
I love doing cover thumbs digitally as it allows me to do a full color mock up on the fly. Before I'd have to sketch after sketch, wasting a tone of paper while I looked for the composition that I wanted. Then scan it and do the color stuff. I'm not going to pretend that it was back breaking, but once I started handling this stage on the Cintiq, I really felt more free to try all types of things.
Reader Comments (19)
cool pic skottie, did you do this in sketchbook pro or another program?
@joe Romano 2 That's Photoshop he's using in the photo. I think in the youtube video he said he likes to pencil in sketchbook pro and color in photoshop.
@skottie will your podcast be on itunes or through your blog?
lookin ill
I like logan in his street clothes better anyway
A little Wolvie!!! GOOD!!!J'aime !!!
Thanks Dkoi, I gotta lot to learn with the digital stuff
Damn I need one of those
I just discovered your blog today via the gents over at sidebar, and man, I'm glad I did. You do some amazing work sir!
man nice work, lovely, tellme witch number of blue did u use for sketching?
I am enamored with cintiq, but she is very expensive for my, by the way... Happy 30 birthdays
cool ruff, sir. it has a kind of ted mckeeverish feel to it.
cintiq? damn jealous man. how's it anyway? heard mixed things about it. something about having to calibrate it all the time. anyhow, cheers...
Cintiqs are pencils and paper from the future.
Really great work! Cool!
Awesome..awesomw awesome..the oz ones look the best...big comic fan always looking for something different....Zman sends
Nice thumb of Wolvie! Watched your earlier videos, nice. I'm using a Wacom tablet and SBP and you are absolutely right! The freedom to try something and not be tied down incredible. Thanks for sharing and look forward to more!
Nice i love seeing art come together. So yea did i mention that i am jealous of your Cintiq... lol..
NEED, NEED, NEED a Cintiq...NOW!!!
super sweet, sir.
-eric m. esquivel
www.ModernMythologyPress.com
How do you find drawing on a Cintiq? It looks pretty sweet, does it feel as natural?
good work skottie.