Authority: The Lost Year

[Joel]

Been a while since I've posted and just thought to share some of my latest work. I recently had the opportunity to work on Authority: The Lost Year #6-7 over Brian Stelfreeze's layouts and I couldn't have imagined how much I would've learned from the experience! In my time as a background artist I've been lucky to work and learn from some of the best in the biz, and it never ceases to amaze how different each creator's approach can be and what you can take from the collaboration.

I was a bit nervous at the beginning of the run, but only after speaking to Brian, during the middle of the first issue, did I have a better grasp on how to approach the layouts he gave me, and I thank him for it. I think what I took from our conversation allowed me to confidently approach the the rest of the project with an idea to service the story rather than how to mash our styles together...so check for it!

I also have to give an extra special thanks to Michael Lopez, JJ Kirby and Jon Bolerjak for their assist and guidance. JJ and Mike are our resident art assassins and Jon been cutting his teeth here as a young up-and-coming inker.

JOEL