RR Cover and new logo process work

Can you believe I had to go back to drawing Andy with the hood up? I pulled it down in the story for a REASON and that was because it's easier to draw his head than a hoodie in perspective u_u 

ANYWAYS, welcome to the long, labor-intensive process of designing a printed comic cover! That's right! This will be PRINTED atop the rest of the RR pages as a spiffy, full-color graphic novel. As I've mentioned, the Kickstarter is tentatively planned for January/February-ish in 2022. Not too far away! 

I'm discussing this piece at the $5 tier instead of the SPICY tier, because the cover is relatively Safe For Work, as most printed comic covers should be for marketing and advertising purposes. I took pains to make all the boxes in the background "slightly suggestive" but not really indicative of any real-world objects. Slipshine, who publishes Robber/Robert, had equal say in the creation of this cover, so all the decisions made were a mix of what I wanted and what they wanted. Lots of back and forth! 

They first sent me a few inspo examples from existing comics that had interesting covers, and then I sent back some thumbnail ideas: 

They chose C! 

Next, I had to redesign the logo. I made the original logo in maybe 10 minutes at the very beginning of the comic (2018 hahaHA), so it was always meant to be a placeholder. Let's take a moment to thank the old logo for its service and send it on it's way~~~~

And now for a new logo! 

I LOVED THE LOOK OF B3 but it was a little too Schoolhouse Rock for everyone's tastes, so we went with my other fav, A2! 

 Now that I had a new logo and a basic idea, I did a quick and dirty pass to see how it all fit together: 

We all took a long, thorough look at this, and had some additional thoughts. What's up with that background? What's happening at the bottom behind the text? Is that the right pose for Rob? I came up with some options: 

5 was my real favorite, but we decided it looked a little too scary! Despite the setup, RR is a goofy, fun story about some doofs who get busy. We didn't want to give anyone the wrong impression. With that in mind, I changed up Andy's face a little bit too, so he looked more nervous and less menacing. Slipshine wanted to keep the background in some form, so I did a little more tweaking: 

As you can probably guess, everybody settled on the left option, and that's the one I took to completion! 

Next, Slipshine gave me some ideas and input on what needed to be included on the back cover, and how the art should be handled. I came back with the final comp: 

AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE. I should also mention that all of the text on this cover was done totally by hand, which is a painstaking process of minute pixel edits that I wouldn't wish on my own worst enemy! I really need to make a font of my handwriting one of these days! 

And thar ya have it! Hope this process was interesting to see! I just wanted a chance to show off all those extra unused ideas and art since it took a while to make it all lol. 

Thanks for reading!