Portfolio Example 02: Covers

While I still have this fresh in my memory;

At Anime Detour this year I got asked to be on a panel with the amazing ~LannySu and talk about being a professional artist. I say the term 'professional' loosely since I still don't consider myself there yet. Lack of discipline has yet to let me submit to any companies XD;;;. I rambled about my few experiences and I was really glad what I ranted about helped. It was kinda... exciting and overwhelming to witness people hanging onto my every word. We talked about the importance of having a portfolio featuring your BEST work and I realized I actually don't really have one! At least not since college. So I came home that night and made some quick mock ups of what I'd probably do with mine. Most of this work was done within the last year and one of them further back I think... I updated them all though to match my current style. I'll probably use these in my print book at cons from now on too.

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These are covers without the logo to my online (soon to be print) comic Fungus Grotto. [link] . This is also my first time showing them online ever. I tried HARD to capture the overall feel of each issue in the covers with as little art as possible. I like those massive character overly epic covers too but I'd die trying to do them all the time. I also adjusted the style to be more coloful/trippy so it'd clash with the interior pages. This is all work done in the last three months.

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Anyway, I hope this helps to give an idea of what a portfolio could look like. I don't think there's any REAL rules outside of show a wide range of styles/work and use work that's most up to date and you best.