The Complex character concept: J. Christopher

Character concept from The Complex: Jason Christopher main suit design, early stages.

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Characters concept from The Complex: J. Deese undersuit and riot gear design.

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The Complex concept art

Concept art from The Complex, early stages. Here's some concept art I did for The Complex: Joseph Deese main suit and facial features, Horse body and suit concept and rough painting to establish mood and palette. All of it still in the early stages of development.

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The Complex graytones

This's page 1 from The Complex issue 1 in gray tones as it appeared in the NYCC preview edition by DUMBO Comics.

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Gabriel issue 4 and The Complex news

Hi guys,

A new issue of Aces Weekly volume 3 is out featuring issue 4 of your beloved Warrior Exorcist, Gabriel for the closer friends :D... yes, I'm talking about the one own created by Giuseppe Rungetti and myself; I've been putting a lot of work in it and having crazy fun with the last pages which I'm working on right now, so go subscribe and enjoy! Also I just received the script of the first pages of The Complex issue 2 and I really can't wait to start drawing it; Ryan Matta's writing a damn fine story and I'm gonna work my a** off to draw it as good as it deserves.

Gabriel and The Complex

Graphic Policy covers Aces Weekly volume 3 featuring, along all that good comics in there, your beloved Gabriel - Warrior Exorcist by Giuseppe Rungetti and myself.

http://graphicpolicy.com/2013/02/04/aces-weekly-volume-3-starts-today/

Also here's the video trailer of The Complex written by Ryan Matta with art by me out by DUMBO Comics that, for what I can say, turned out just great!

Enjoy!

Bits from the last moments of The Complex volume 1

More from The Complex

Bottom panels of one of the last pages I did: Things getting worse down there if you've to kick a door down and rush into the room in a semi-swat mode.

This (very) small detail panel has been removed from the page right before the inking so it's a kind of outtake, right?

More The Complex preview

The colors're out so I think it's ok if I show the "behind-the-colors" stages.

DSP pencils, as you can see the angel statue was added later. I had a crazy fun doing this spread, specially with the perspective elements. When I was on the first pages of the book I was not yet supposed to be the inker so I tried to pencil tight enough to make everything clear for the inker:

DSP inks. I was very happy to be the inker on my pencils on this book, I remember when we started doing some ink-test with some inkers (all great artists) we used this spread but the writer (and myself) wasn't so happy of the results... of course the inking was well done but something was "missing" from the pencils to inks so, after looking at some DC pages I inked some year ago, he asked me to ink this spread and then said: "would it be too much if you're goin' to ink the book?" and I said: " I would love it!" As you can see the angel statue was added later and there has been some changes from the pencils:

Here's the pencil sketch I did for The Complex wraparound cover. We started with the idea of a painted cover so I imediately setted the idea of having a "real life" like drawing, not too tight (at all), something like having the characters in pose in front of me and me doing a life portrait. I really like some part of the drawing, some "bit" here and there:

Here you can see the colored versions.

Interview part 1 and 2 and The Complex preview

Had internet back today and I see that part 1 and 2 of the interview are already on-line. The part I prefer of this thing is that I can share something from one of the projecs I've been working in the last months. So, here you go:

INTERVIEW PART 1


INTERVIEW PART 2

The Complex wraparound cover, pencils and colors by me, story by the great Ryan Matta in the interview part 1 you'll find some more details about the book.

and a double splash page (I consider it as a splash image even if it's divided in panels), pencil and inks by me and colors by Kote Carvajal:

I hope you like what you see, I'm putting a lot into this book, first of all 'cause I love the story and the characters.

Here we have a steb-by-step some pages from "The Dead and Endless Wasted" written by Fred Kim. More explanations into the interview part 2. You've already seen it here but maybe someone will enjoy the process:

Pg. 5 lay-out:

Pg. 5 pencils:

Pg. 5 inks (bottom panel had some massive changes):

Pg. 6 lay-out:

Pg. 6 pencils:

Pg. 6 inks: