Post by Fredo on Mar 9, 2005 13:41:35 GMT 1
Jim Lee :
Back to comics...DC officially released the final covers to the last
issue of For Tomorrow. Slated to come out mid-April, there are two
covers and 8 additional interior pages. The image above are the two
covers placed side by side. Draw a line vertically down the middle of
the image and you can see where one cover ends and the other begins.
This was a complicated piece to pull off, more so because I was relying
on Alex Sinclair to do a lot of the separation of the elements all in
color and photoshop.
The inspiration for this diptych was actually all the great George
Perez covers of yore where he had layers of big figures superimposed on
a sea of smaller figures all of which were laid out on multiple layers.
I took that approach because like the last Hush #12 covers, I wanted
to have the final covers of For Tomorrow reflect all the different
elements of the story thus far--a reflection of the entire arc, and
George was simply one of the best at doing that kind of imagery.
Sometimes it's good to think out of the box and approach a cover or an
assignment with a different mindset.
After I did the piece, Alex and I spoke and I gave him a handful of
notes via email but this piece is presented in all his glory. I think
it's the best Superman, perhaps the best DC cover of mine that he has
colored. Think of all the different elements and how they are
separated by color, value and hue and how translucence and opacity help
organize the composition. In the end, I wanted to create a cover which
could be viewed as separate covers (left and right) but also form
together to make a bigger (duh) more impactful statement. Alex
deserves to take a bow on this one, folks.