For Sojourn's first trade paperback edition, penciler Greg Land drew up a thumbnail sketch, then worked out a layout with a montage of the characters from the series.
When he completed his work, he turned to Justin Ponsor to do the coloring. Here's Greg Land on Justin's contribution to Sojourn Volume 1: From the Ashes:
The trade cover was built around a fully rendered pencil drawing from me, as opposed to the hard-line work that I submit to an inker. So this was about using tonal values to create shape and form. Justin Ponsor then added computer painting techniques to enhance the tonal drawing. We talked a lot about overall color scheme and atmospheric effects, and then he went to town.
We were going more for an image you might see with a movie poster, with dramatic lighting, and I feel that Justin did a very good job of achieving that goal. Lighting creates a drama in itself, and Justin nailed it.
A villain with a skull for a head, two beautiful heroines, a troll with horns (As opposed to a horny troll), and an army heading into battle. Who wouldn't want to watch an epic fantasy movie like that?
Dragon Dave
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