Erik sketches a new idea using the team to build a retro hovercraft. Ben lifts it, Reed works all over, Sue brings the toolbox, Johnny serves drinks.

Use rulers and simplify shapes to improve environments. Focus on perspective, storytelling, and practice daily to get better.

Erik Gist creates thumbnail sketches for a Fantastic Four cover, focusing on design, composition, and storytelling to capture the team's dynamics.

Improve your comic covers by avoiding tangents, corners, and sameness! Instead, vary elements, use strong value separations, and add movement.

Erik designed the Fantastic Four #44 cover to highlight their teamwork, showing each member using their unique abilities to contribute to a shared task.

Erik dives into another cover design, showing how he took the story, composition, and history of Iron Fist into his cover illustration.

Erik explains the compositional elements in his Moon Knight cover designs, blending Egyptian motifs and warm-cool contrasts to create iconic, resonant images.

Color one interior and cover page using the inks and follow Matthew’s steps to add depth and emotion, and change the time of day in one panel.

When designing a cover, make it eye-catching with strong silhouettes and colors, meet the client's needs, and tell a story that compels readers.

E.M. Gist has worked on various comic covers over the years, focusing on creating impactful single images that tell a story and resonate with viewers.