This is part four in a series showing the progress of a recreation of an X-Men cover. To see the previous posts, view: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.

So far I finished inking all four characters, plus the head shots in the spotlight box. My next step was to place the text and logos on the cover.  I ended up recreating the X-Men logo from scratch using Illustrator because the logo that I previously used was from the mid-90′s.  It’s a slight difference, but there is a noticeable difference.  I then reset the type.  Even though the text directly above the logo, “Special Double-Sized 150th Issue!” was hand-lettered, I opted to use a font.  For the “vs. Magneto! ‘Nuff Said” part, I redrew that in Photoshop. It was fun doing a little of that classic horror ’60′s lettering style.

As of now, I have the drawing inked and lettered and ready for coloring.  The only part of the original pencil image that didn’t make it to the inking stage is the special effects.  Since I’m doing everything myself from start to finish, I’m going to tackle the effects in the color stage. 

To see the pencilled piece and the inked piece, you can click on the image to the right.