Solaris, the making of a cover

[ChantalFournier]

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.