Benjamin Hobbs:
Welcome to the second installment of THE EVOLUTION OF A CIH? COVER! Last time, we saw the fax I sent Dave, pitching the idea for the cover of COLOUR YOUR OWN CEREBUS (Out in October! Mark your calendars NOW!)
For the rough layout, I drew this Cerebus hand holding a color pencil:
Dave saw the layout and decided to draw the Cerebus hand himself, which leads us to...
DAVE SIM DRAWS FIRST CEREBUS BODY PART IN OVER A YEAR!
(no, it didn't take him a year TO DO IT, he just hadn't drawn a Cerebus body part... oh, FORGET it.)
Here we have the hand!
As you can see, it's holding the GIANT PLUSH PURPLE CRAYON that was teased last week.
Dave sent over a placement guide for the Cerebus grey tones as well:
Here's the in-progress version of the cover. (The background is not in place yet.)
Next week: THE EVOLUTION OF A CIH? COVER! PART THREE!