Broken Pieces #3 Cover colors...LIVE! Step 7-11

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Step 7-11: primary figures
Moving away from the background for now,  Beginning the rendering on the primary figure(s) to give myself a better idea of where I'm going on the piece as a whole.

Broken Pieces #3 Cover colors...LIVE! Step 6

Step 6: Background
Trying to create a general sense of movement with the background.

Broken Pieces #3 Cover colors...LIVE! Step 5

Base colors

Step 5: Base colors
Flat colors are adjusted to reflect the darker tones of what I plan the final render to be. The background is roughed in.

Broken Pieces #3 Cover colors...LIVE! Step 4

Flat colors

Step 4: Flat colors
Colors are added to assist the colorist in separating the major elements of the artwork.

Broken Pieces #3 Cover from pencils to colors to finished...LIVE!

Step 1: Thumbnail options!
(Layout B was picked with elements of cover A to be combined into the final.)

Step 2: Layout!
(Corrections incorporated, Cory moved onto the final!)

Broken Pieces #3 Cover A Pencils by Cory Smith

Step 3: Finished Pencils!
(Line art cleaned up and darkened by multi-talented series creator and writer Mark Roslan.)

Now, follow along as Peter Steigerwald colors the Broken Pieces A cover. (New updates every 20 minutes or so.)

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