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Solaris, the making of a cover - ChantalFournier - 01-29-2014 I just posted in my blog about the making of a magazine cover. I feel somewhat like I'm spamming by posting this here but I see so many people in the paintover/critique section who don't use references, don't do thumbnails, don't think about design or composition that I feel it might be useful to repeat it all over again. You can't do great art without great preparation. SteelButt Jack, a Solaris cover It's the making of for this image and it covers everything mentionned. Because skipping references doesn't mean you are good enough, it means you aren't good enough yet. RE: Solaris, the making of a cover - meat - 01-29-2014 Guilty of all accounts, haha! Thanks for sharing this! Good reminder to myself to kick that Slothy Ass and do things right. RE: Solaris, the making of a cover - ChantalFournier - 01-30-2014 I don't want people to think that I'm bragging. I have a lot to learn still. I know I need to improve. But my art would be way worse than it is now if I didn't do the prep work. RE: Solaris, the making of a cover - yass100 - 02-04-2014 This image is looking well. Also look like a spider man. RE: Solaris, the making of a cover - Madzia - 03-03-2014 first of all congratulation on making cover for Solaris :D And praise You for your words. Yes, skipping thumbnails, references and planning will just hurt your art. "[...] starting out with no conception, or depending upon "snapping up" something as you go along, is mighty poor procedure and has two strikes against it at the outset"-A.Loomis I repeat all around to everyone who want to know - read Creative illustration by Andrew Loomis. James Gurney also shows in his books how important is preparation! Artists have a tendency to believe in magic, that other artists just start in one corner and create painting from nothing. And many step-by-step tutorials only shows rendering stage, not how the idea is created. For me just establishing composition and colors takes 50-60% of whole time. Rendering is easiest part! Thanks again for sharing~!