ELS SEGADORS - Pages WIP

         We continue with the previews Els Segadors, my participation in the graphic novel IT WAS METAL, the comics adaptation of the last album of the American metal band A Sound of Thunder.

     Here I present the work stages in the black and white pages, before adding the color. You can see the storyboards, the pencil-line versions and the pencil final-art.

     Script adapted from the lyrics of the song by Marc Gras.
     Color by Diego L. Parada
      Reaper Woman played by Seffy Moon


      In a next post you can see the final color of these pages!

   



                   More about It Was Metal/Els Segadors:
             https://mikeratera.blogspot.com/search/label/A%20Sound%20of%20Thunder


       You can order It Was Metal graphic novel on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Sound-Thunder-Was-Metal/dp/0692111859/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526283860&sr=8-1&keywords=Marc+Gras


       And you can also order It Was Metal directly from A Sound of Thunder website store:
        https://www.asoundofthunderband.com/store

ELS SEGADORS - REAPER WOMAN

 
     We continue with the previews Els Segadors, my participation in the graphic novel IT WAS METAL, the comics adaptation of the last album of the American metal band A Sound of Thunder.

     I present here the main character, around which we have created the pages Els Segadors. We have called her Reaper Woman. And this is the origin of the character, created between Marc Gras (script), Diego L. Parada (color) and me:

    In Els Segadors there was no place for too many main characters, due to the short story format. But I came up with the idea of ​​focusing the attention on a character, who could lead the reader from one image to another. And since this character was going to be a reaper, I thought it would work very well if I were a woman. A revolutionary woman, a bit like the woman with the naked breast of Delacroix's famous painting "Liberty Leading the People" of 1830. And whose clothes were also in red, and covered with blood and with one or two sickles in her hands. That would highlight a lot, and I also thought it was important that the character was a woman ... maybe because Nina Osegueda is the vocalist of A Sound of Thunder! And here is where I present another of my usual collaborators: the Belgian model Seffy Moon, with whom I have done many illustrations and covers. When I proposed to use her as the basis for our Reaper Woman, she was delighted to participate!


   Here you can see Seffy Moon ...


   

...and the concepts search for our Reaper Woman. 

More about It Was Metal/Els Segadors:

 http://mikeratera.blogspot.com/2018/05/it-was-metal-els-segadors.html

You can order It Was Metal graphic novel on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Sound-Thunder-Was-Metal/dp/0692111859/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526283860&sr=8-1&keywords=Marc+Gras

And you can also order It Was Metal directly from A Sound of Thunder website store:

https://www.asoundofthunderband.com/store

IT WAS METAL - ELS SEGADORS

       
        At last I can announce this to you. It's a job done a few months ago, a collaboration with the American metal band A Sound of Thunder, from Washington DC. 

       His new album It Was Metal has been funded in a kickstarter campaign that included a graphic novel where a lot of artists have made the comics version of each of the songs. My contribution has been the drawing of the song THE REAPERS / ELS SEGADORS, with a script adapted from the lyrics of the song by my friend Marc Gras. And with the spectacular color by Diego L. Parada.

     Soon I will present to you here the images of this first collaboration with A Sound of Thunder. 
    For now, you can see this extensive interview that I have done the A Sound of Thunder and that you will find on its website, in English, Catalan and Spanish, and where I explain my participation in It Was Metal: 

     https://www.asoundofthunderband.com/home/blog/it-was-metal-artist-spotlight-mike-ratera


     And to start the previews, I leave you with this concept colored by Diego, which represents the Reaper Woman, something like the main character of our story Els Segadors set in 1640, in Catalonia. 
   For the Reaper Woman I was inspired by the Belgian model Seffy Moon, who has been my muse in many covers & illustrations. She has also participated in this work!

      

    You can order It Was Metal graphic novel on Amazon:
     https://www.amazon.com/Sound-Thunder-Was-Metal/dp/0692111859/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526283860&sr=8-1&keywords=Marc+Gras
 

      And you can also order It Was Metal directly from A Sound of Thunder website store:
     https://www.asoundofthunderband.com/comics

KIRBY & ME

     I recently joined the KIRBY & ME project, organized from France through this website: http://www.kirbyandme.com/

     This is an edition tribute to Jack Kirby, to commemorate the 100 years of the birth of the King of Comics, created by crowdfunding campaign. We have participated more than 150 authors from all over the world.

    Here I present my contribution, the remake of a famous cover of Kirby, which made for The Avengers # 4. I have taken my drawing more towards Kirbynian style (he was one of my biggest influences when I was young) and I added a Local element to the background, replacing the New York skyline with the Sagrada Familia of Barcelona ..

   The color is made by Diego L. Parada. Here I present all the stages of realization of this drawing, from the black and white to the final color. And you can also see at the end, the original version of the cover.

   If you want to follow the final stage of the crowdfunding campaign or participate in it, you can go to this link:
   https://fr.ulule.com/kirby-me/

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    Recientemente me he unido al proyecto KIRBY & ME, organizado desde Francia través de ésta página web: 
   http://www.kirbyandme.com/

   Se trata de una edición homenaje a Jack Kirby, para conmemorar los 100 años del nacimiento del Rey del Cómic, creada mediante campaña de crowdfunding.

   Hemos participado más de 150 autores de todo el mundo. Os presento aquí mi aportación, el remake de una famosa portada de Kirby, la que hizo para The Avengers # 4. He llevado mi dibujo más hacia el estilo Kirbyniano (él fué una de mis mayores influencias cuando yo era joven) y he añadido un elemento local al fondo, sustituyendo el skyline de New York por la Sagrada Familia de Barcelona..

  El color esta hecho por Diego L. Parada. Aquí os presento todas las etapas de realización del dibujo, desde el blanco y negro hasta el color final. Y podéis ver también al final la versión original de la portada.

  Si queréis seguir la etapa final de la campaña del crowdfunding o participar en ella, podéis ir a éste enlace:
   https://fr.ulule.com/kirby-me/

   

NATIONALE 7 - T1 (4)

        
      Voici les étapes (crayonné, trait final N&B, couleurs) pour plusieurs illustrations que font partie du livre Nationale 7 tome 1 dans la collection Vieux Tacots de chez Idées Plus, mon actuel éditeur français.

      Le premier de ces dessins est une planche double. Et pour la dernière illustration qu´on vous montre par ici on ajoute un extra: le dessin du pont dans une double version: ciel bleu/ciel rosé (la bonne c´est la version ciel rosé).

      La mise aux couleurs pour tous ces dessin est assurée par Diego L. Parada.


     
     

          

                Pour en savoir plus de ce livre, allez par ici:

             http://ideesplus.fr/produit/nationale-7-de-paris-a-menton-tome-1/

HISTOIRES DE PATROUILLE DE FRANCE - T2

     

     J´ai participé avec un petit nombre planches dans l´album collectif Histoires de Patrouille de France, tome 2. La série fait partie de la collection Plein-Vol de chez IDÉES PLUS, mon actuel éditeur français.

    Voici le trait sans foncer, le crayonné noir & blanc finale et la couleur pour 2 des planches que j´ai fait.

     Mise aux couleurs: Diego L. Parada
      Scénario: Eric Stoffel



     Allez par ici pour en savoir plus de ce album:
http://ideesplus.fr/produit/histoires-de-patrouille-de-france-tome-2/