for Vault Comics
line art by Nathan Gooden
Each cover was given a unique color scheme based on the characters and situations being presented so that each issue would immediately be recognizable to the readers.
Covers were also a unique opportunity to present fully painted versions of series characters.
For trade paper back editions, existing line art from both interiors and covers was collaged together into new vignettes and completely repainted in color palettes specific to each trade volume.
In Barbaric I combined modern pop colors and flat graphic rendering to create twists on more traditional fantasy environments, creatures, and characters. The goal was to create a world that was both somewhat familiar to readers, but that also had a unique modern energy all its own.
I wanted to make sure that every new setting or character had specific colors tied to their identity so that readers always knew where they were or who they were dealing with.