Brent Anderson - Penciled Panel Rough - Somerset in a pensive mood

Shown here is a penciled panel rough for the second issue (I think) of Somerset Holmes (SH).

Brent told me he would draw these roughs on vellum to work out poses, shading, etc., before transferring the image to the final page. He used this technique throughout SH to give the book a cinematic “movie” look. That helped considering all of the reference photography he used. He told me, "Bruce, April, and I were essentially doing a Hitchcock film adopting comics narrative so photo realism was necessary hence the photos."

This image comes after Somerset escaped her attacker at the doctor's office and cuts her hair to disguise her distinctive appearance. Brent has labeled this simply by writing, "Somerset in a pensive mood", on the back of the mat