Sunday, August 21, 2011

CONAN THE BARBARIAN: POSTER step-by-step

MVP Entertainment contacted me to do a tie-up promotion for the new Conan film starring Jason Momoa at STGCC, one week before the con. Tickets for every ROCKETRAYGUN sketchbook or print purchase, but I though I'd do a limited print-run poster for them to make the promo more exclusive.
Started with a rough sketch for layout, usually in red as its stands out even when the transparency is low. Then its details, details details. Thanks to everyone who got a copy, hope you enjoy the film.

Jason-Momoa-Conan

Red pencils stand out even whentransparency is turned down low. This is my first piece done entirely on the Cintiq, which was an amazing experience.

Jason-Momoa-ConanWIP

The most important thing iguess when doing an official film painting is to get the characters accurate hence the details to Momoa was main focus. Though I heard some kid walk by the banner and say: Wow, thats the new Conan with Russel Brand. The rest of the composition had a tad less detail as I was trying a Frazetta principle, where you leave out details so focus automatically goes to the area you want people to look at, hence Jason's face just pops out.

Jason Momoa Conanflat

I usually add movement to the backgrounds and foreground, giving a sense of depth and action, like the character was having a vogue moment even while battling hordes of barbarian invaders.

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