Sunday, February 2, 2014

BEST OF MIKE RATERA










                              THE BEST OF MIKE RATERA



        Art: Mike Ratera
        Color: Cris Ortega (cover) - Nuria Sayago - Max - Yuri Shepherd
        Model: Seffana
        Publisher: Dark Dragon Books

           My first Artbook, where a large part of my work as an illustrator meets in recent years, especially the drawings and illustrations made ​​with my Muse the model Seffana, Fantasy & Erotic Art, and a lot of unpublished material.
           64 pages. Hardcover.
           The book is in English and will be distributed in Netherlands, Belgium, Germany & US.

            Appearance: March 2014

             More about this book:
 http://www.darkdragonbooks.com/a-35800439/artbooks/best-of-mike-ratera-verwacht-maart-2014/


             Here are some previews of the pages of this book.

















KABUR THE RED STAR





         KABUR THE RED STAR/ KABUR DE RODE STER            

              Script:  JEAN-MARC LOFFICIER
              Art:  MIKE RATERA
              Color:  PERU BROS (2003) & NURIA SAYAGO (2014)
              Publisher:  DARK DRAGON BOOKS

              Dutch edition of my first French album "King Kabur" (2003).
              64 pages Extended Version (instead of the original 46 pages).
              10 pages extra + Sketchbook.

              Appearance: March 2014

               More about this book:
       http://www.darkdragonbooks.com/a-35800424/kabur/kabur-de-rode-ster-verwacht-maart-2014/

              Here some previews for this 2014 edition: some of the extra pages and a part of the Sketchbook included at the end of the book.









Saturday, January 18, 2014

KABUR Color Page-Step by Step


         
                 Here's the process work on one of the extra pages for the album KABUR THE RED STAR, to be published this March, with my Dutch publishers Dark Dragon Books.

                Here you can see the black & white page with my stroke "pencil-ink" (pencil final art) and some of the stages of color, made ​​by Nuria Sayago ((who has painted all the extras of the album).

               More about this book in this link of Dark Dragon Books website:
                  http://www.darkdragonbooks.com/c-2304628/kabur/

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          Trabajo por etapas en una de las páginas extra de la edición holandesa de mi album KABUR THE RED STAR, que saldrá el próximo mes de marzo con Dark Dragon Books. El color de todo el material extra del álbum (10 nuevas páginas, color nuevo para la portada y guardas interiores) ha sido realizado por Nuria Sayago.








Friday, December 20, 2013

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!







                                        BON NADAL !!

                      MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

                          JOYEUX NOËL !!!

                          FELIZ NAVIDAD !!!






Wednesday, December 4, 2013

KABUR & ARTBOOK



         My two new books, both scheduled for publication in March 2014 with my Dutch publishers DARK DRAGON BOOKS.
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         Mis dos nuevos libros, ambos para ser publicados al mismo tiempo en Marzo 2014 con mis editores holandeses DARK DRAGON BOOKS.



                     KABUR THE RED STAR
                   KABUR DE RODE STER



               The extended version of my first french album "KING KABUR" (éditions Semic-2003): 56 pages instead the 46 pages of the first edition, new cover & other extra bonus !

               More information about this book in the Dark Dragon Books website:
                          http://www.darkdragonbooks.com/c-2304628/kabur/
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                          THE BEST OF MIKE RATERA




                   My "Best of" within the ARTBOOKS Collection with Dark Dragon Books.

                     More information about this book in the Dark Dragon Books website:
    http://www.darkdragonbooks.com/a-35800439/artbooks/best-of-mike-ratera-verwacht-maart-2014/




Saturday, August 3, 2013

STALAG-X #2 B&W Preview Pages



             A lot of black & white pages from STALAG-X Issue #2 !











                    Previous STALAG-X posts:
       http://mikeratera.blogspot.com.es/search/label/Stalag-X



STALAG-X - Alien races: the Malta



     
      I present here one of the first designs for another alien races of Stalag X series: the Malta,  bipeds, looking like a cross between a Ray Harryhausen creation and a bird of prey.
         First appearance: Issue # 3.
                 
           This was my first graphic interpretation for the Malta race, and the color version by Max.

         Previous Stalag X posts:    





                        


                             


Saturday, June 15, 2013

ITALIAN COVERS (2)




      Here you can see some of the latest covers with my artwork for the Italian publishing magazines AUREA Editoriale.  .....................................................................................................................................................................

    Aquí tenéis algunas de mis ilustraciones publicadas como portadas para las revistas italianas de AUREA Editoriale.







                          The color of this illustration is made by Max

                      To see the step by step of this illustration:
                    http://mikeratera.blogspot.com.es/2009/09/poster-con-bruno-graff-editions.html







            The color of this illustration is made by Nuria Sayago
                       The model is Francesca Vegas

                       To see the step by step of this illustration: 
                      http://mikeratera.blogspot.com.es/2011/09/covers-work-in-progress.html







              The color of this illustration is made by Yuri Shepherd
                         To see the step by step of this illustration:                             
                        http://mikeratera.blogspot.com.es/2011/09/covers-2-work-in-progress.html     
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                          To see more italian covers:
                        http://mikeratera.blogspot.com.es/2011/11/italian-covers.html





Sunday, June 9, 2013

STALAG-X - Full Trailer & Downloads







            STALAG-X # 1 Digital Exclusive Edition available from iBooks, Kindle & Graphicly:
                http://www.gestaltcomics.com/product/digital/stalag-x1/

          Watch the spectacular full trailer STALAG-X, created by Skye Ogden & Gestalt Comics:

 




STALAG-X #1 Preview Pages



        Here you have to preview the step by step of the first 3 pages of Issue # 1 STALAG-X.

       You can see the black & white final version of the pages, the color versions made ​​by my Australian team Angelina Tan & Skye Ogden and the final versions for pages, with leettering and FX !

     
        For more information and to download STALAG-X # 1 go to this link for the website of my Australian publishers Gestalt Comics:
    http://www.gestaltcomics.com/product/digital/stalag-x1/