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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Before and After

Yesterday DC released a preview of Booster Gold #42 in the Source, and it's interesting to compare the solicitation cover art with the finished work.

Cover images for Booster Gold #42

Both images were drawn by Chris Batista and presumably inked by Rich Perotta. The solicitation image on the left was probably colored by a DC staffer; the final image on the right was colored by Hi-Fi Designs. What a difference a bit of computer color makes.

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Eyz posted on Mar. 8, 2011 at 2:18 PM
Love the final product... but for some reason I gotta admit, I kinda also dig the simpler coloring on the left.
Reminds me of simpler times (and comics) and how most Euro-comics look (colorists tend to avoid shading and gradients over here)
It looks kinda "classic".

(but the atmosphere is amazing on the right)

ncllcn posted on Mar. 8, 2011 at 2:52 PM
Not the biggest fan of hi-fi but as a Booster Gold fan I'm stuck with them. However, this cover is good. Looks like the Perforated Man upgraded his regular shank on the left to some kind of energy/plasma shank on the right, Booster better be careful! I bet they do the same color change to the cover of issue #44, Jurgens' return.

Jesse posted on Mar. 8, 2011 at 10:15 PM
Booster and the Perforated Man look good but the rest of the cover looks horrible with the computer colors. Comics in general need to go back to simple or we're going to wind up with ugly chromium covers or worse.

Eyz posted on Mar. 9, 2011 at 4:52 AM
Are you talking about the 90s? XD
And all those ol' platinum/shiny/relief/3D/chrome covers that were invading the industry?! XD

harry posted on Mar. 9, 2011 at 11:25 AM
I much prefer the hi-fi cover. I like how the red-grey background sets the mood and brings the focus to the main characters. I like the shiny highlights to BG's costume and the glow added to PM. I guess I am not much for nostalgia.

Maxi posted on Mar. 9, 2011 at 3:17 PM
The first image is only flatted, it's only in the first stage of coloring process, prepared for the main colorist, who later changed the flats to proper colors and then added rendering and special effects.
I don't like the chromium gradient in the background either, people at Hi-Fi usually do better work.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Brian (Hi-Fi) Miller on Coloring

Brian Miller of Hi-Fi Designs has a thing or two to say about the coloring of Booster Gold. I'm probably one of the few who miss the days of the 4-color Ben-Day dots in newsprint comic books, but that doesn't mean that I'm adverse to learning how modern coloring is done. As the most influential colorist in Booster Gold's recent career resurgence, Miller's opinion on coloring our hero's character carries some weight. You can read his blog about making Booster golden here.

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