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Comics 101 for 11/04/2004
Star Wars: Empire #25 - Thumbnails, Layouts, Finished Pencil Art and Final Colors

Star Wars: Empire #25 Cover Here's a look at my process of creating sequential art for Star Wars: Empire #25 (written by Ron Marz) from my thumbnail drawings, layouts and pencil art to Michael Atiyeh's final colors.

First, after reading Ron's script, I develop my thumbnail sketches, then I build up towards full size layouts (or larger rough sketches), and finally, produce the finished pencils. After I ship the pages to Dark Horse Comics for approval they are sent to Michael who works his magic painting over my pencils with digital color. Have a look below.

PAGE ONE

Thumbnails
Page One Thumbnail

Layouts
Page One Layout

Final Pencils
Page One Final Pencil

Final Color
Page One Final Color

PAGE TWO

Thumbnails
Page Two Thumbnail

Layouts
Page Two Layout

Final Pencils
Page Two Final Pencil

Final Color
Page Two Final Color

PAGE THREE
Thumbnails
Page ThreeThumbnail

Layouts
Page ThreeLayout

Final Pencils
Page Three Final Pencil

Final Color
Page Three Final Color

You can view more of my pencil art from Star Wars: Empire #25 in my Star Wars Comic Books gallery. This issue is in comic book stores *right now* so if you like what you've seen, please pick up one up today or purchase an autographed copy from my Stuff to Buy page.

I hope you enjoyed this look behind the scenes of creating art for this comic book and see you next week for a new Comics 101 feature!

-Joe

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