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Forgot to set the timer, but this feels like 2 hours of work. First image is stage one flat coloring in progress (haven't touched title, credits, or last panel). Second image is the color flatted file I started with.

This happened in five years.

Adjusting my faux-Silver Age comic book art against the actual comics. Elements include opacity, blurring, channel manipulation, hue/saturation & levels, and more accurate newsprint mimicking.

Eubie Blake (1887–1983)

The Surfer driven insane by 17 issues of being written by Stan Lee. He's ranting at no one, blaming "fate" for his own actions like a super-powered incel.

Color flatted from 3:00pm - 5:10pm. Most of the colors flatted. Thinking of coloring the big panel old school (Ben Day dots, newsprint texture, etc.) There's probably another hour or two of flatting to be done here.

It took me 2 hours, 44 minutes to color flat this page. Clearly I'm not a professional.

The hand lettered resume is coming along.

‪Who'd be crazy enough to hand letter his resume? #handlettering #amesletteringguide #resumeinsanity #rottenkidpress #marshallartstudio‬

If Dove didn't want to fight, why else did he wear those tights?

Inked, lettered, scanned, and ready for color. From a story by John Garcia

Somehow my Ames wheel went from the desired 3.3 to 4.0.

‪The cast of El Rey Day, so far‬.