Comic Costumes Exposed
 

For those who have been asking about "How I go about creating" my costume covers?

Here is a section cut from my SPAWN cover while still in its layers (.psd file), from this you can open up all the layer styles to see what drop shadow, bevel, texture, etc has been applied. Also check the layer blending modes, see whether it is screen, softlight or multiply, as just by altering this can have a dramatic effect. I have labelled each layer with its corresponding element so hopefully you can see how each element is created and positioned.

Specific elements like stitching (on Elektra & Catwoman especially), all that is is just typing "-----------" and a bevel added, simple but effective. I do use alien skin "Impact" filters for a lot of the chrome/rubber effects, just don't rely on the default settings, play around with bevel, smoothness, lighting, etc; you would be surprised how effective these filters can be if you experiment.

I'm glad folks have liked my costumes, there are still more to be done.

Thanks man! Can't wait to get a look at this.

Quick question, how do you do things like the skull?

COOL, Really want to check this out.

Thanks sooo much.

wow, i assumed you were doing them in some 3d program. very impressive.

Wow, its awesome that you are sharing this, I bet it will be extremely helpful to alot of people. I very badly want to learn how to make covers myself, so thanks again for sharing!!!

Thanks for sharing this Heir cant wait to have a look at it
Cheers

thanks for sharing this hotd...you truly are the master.

Cheers mate, allways good to learn some new stuff

Yes, I want to see this...thnx mate

cheers matey, no I just have photoshop on my mac laptop, so every cover and every element is created in that.

Cheers Heir. Nice to see how this sorta thing is done :)

Maybe if I study this long enough, I could actually create a Flash cover that would almost fit together with your set. Thanks for this post to teach how you do this.

I thought for sure some sort of 3D program was involved. Truly impressive. Did you do the chains, skulls etc. by hand?

How fantastic of you share your knowledge and skills, thank you.

damn you are a sick puppy, it´s so sick that you been able to do this with photoshop and this is gonna be like christmas looking into your psd to see how you did it :D

Yup everything is done in Photoshop, from text to chains, to skulls, to stitching, to burnt bits!!! Everything!!! I only have a G4 powerbook and nothing else. So with only a 40GB drive I don't see the point of lots of apps when photoshop works for me!!!
Plus I'm a cheapskate when it comes to mac applications!!!

thanksvery much for sharing this m8 cheers

Nice one.. many thanks! :thu

You must have 32 hours in a day... I don't think I'd have the patience for this kinda work. It's truly impressive!

thank you.....

very nice and kind of you hotd.
want to try this very soon.
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