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| Jesús Saiz source art |
Another variant splash loading page for the new ComicBase 2026 that features a young witch with her bubbling cauldron and a group of summoned creatures. Image was inspired by a Mike Hoffman sketch.
[Workflow: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) to create the base look. Affinity Photo to finish the moon, forest, magic wand+hat, fog, add moon, etc. Topaz Gigapixel to upscale some flow as needed.]
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| inspiration sketch by Hoffman |
Snapple Real Facts Illustrated #1041 - Incredible but true! Forty is the only number in the English language whose letters are in alphabetical order! It’s a linguistic marvel! Are you speechless?
[Workflow: Prompt experimentation using Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) to create the basic illustration. Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer activity to finalize the magazine layout I previously created (logo, date/issue masthead Fx, designed beaker wallpaper, the future is fruity emblem, etc.)]
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| final trade dressed cover art for IDW |
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| virgin cover art |
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| working photo layers |
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| new Oz logo |
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| Dik Browne's 1957 Oz cover |
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| initial sketch |
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| color testing sketch |
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| new modern CIJ logo |
Another variant splash loading page for the new ComicBase 2026 that features a young boy named Peter running away from a creepy comic book thief! I then created a behind-the-scenes (BTS) and VHS tape image to go with it.
[Workflow: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) to create the base look. Affinity Photo to finish the store logo, background elements, fog, add moon, lamp+glow, etc. Topaz Gigapixel to upscale some flow as needed.]
Snapple Real Facts Illustrated #845 - You Won't Believe Which Fruit Has Less Sugar: Lemon vs. Strawberry Showdown!
[Workflow: Prompt experimentation using Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano Banana) to create the basic illustration. Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer activity to finalize the magazine layout I previously created (logo, date/issue masthead Fx, designed beaker wallpaper, the future is fruity emblem, etc.)]
Daphne & Velma are the girls of Scooby Doo and the Mystery Machine van, as seen in a local Indianapolis park, which has been temporarily set up for the annual Halloween season.
[Workflow: Nano banana for base image + human finishes for van logo, lighting, background merger]
Batman with Gargoyle Statue
[Workflow: Nano banana for base image + minor human finishes]
Does anyone remember the late 1970s/early 1980s, when you watched reruns of Super Friends on TV and then made your own LEGO sets to go with it?
[Workflow: Nano banana for base image, rest of human work within Affinity for fixing the instruction manual, adding the four LEGO set characters, adding laser beams to Superman, adding the fire from the table, and adding The Flash running so fast we see him blurred across the screen. Additional background cleanups as needed.]
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Statues of Red Tornado, Aquaman, and Wonder Woman.
[Workflow: Nano banana for base image + human finishes for logos, water bubbles, lighting, and background mergers]
I created a possible YouTube intro screen for Pete Bickford's (mostly) weekly ComicBaseTV livestream channel. Pete is even wearing Roddy Piper's clothes from the cult classic THEY LIVE movie.
[Workflow: Nano banana for helping provide elements to expand the poster, then everything else done by hand in Affinity for fonts, face mapping, poster merge, etc.]
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| my source image to be altered |
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| source for metropolis poster |
