Another Bloodysugar chapter is completed, and a new cover is needed for the next chapter: so I asked Federico to draw something sexy, with Bloodysugar sitting in a BDSM pose, wearing leather lingerie and holding a whip in her hands, and Professor Mircea and Irina’s faces on the background.
His preliminary sketch was something really small; about 0,7 inches large (or 2 cm), red ink on paper: you can see it here.
![BloodySugar cover sketch 01](http://blog.bloodysugar.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/smallsketch.jpg)
The position seemed good (even as small icon above!), but he did a larger sketch with Macromedia Flash and his tablet:
![BloodySugar cover sketch 02](http://blog.bloodysugar.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/bloodysugar_cover05_sketch1.jpg)
Poor Federico, sometimes he has to deal with me: I immediatly asked him for some fixings; I didn’t like the leather dress. Since the comic is set at the start of 1900 in Bohemia, even with all the freedom of a fantasy influence with magic and technomancers, I didn’t really like the latex looking modern outfit.
So I asked him to change the lingerie with something more… classic.
![BloodySugar cover sketch 03](http://blog.bloodysugar.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/bloodysugar_cover05_sketch2.jpg)
Good, good… I was delighted by the new outfit but something still didn’t look right to me: “please Federico, can you change the hair? Don’t draw them so windy and moving, I’d prefer straight, going down to the floor…”. Federico instead of kindly telling me to **** ***, just corrected the sketch for the second time.
I also asked to remove Irina and Mircea, to give more breath to the image.
Look at the final sketch, ready to be inked and colored.
![BloodySugar cover sketch 03](http://blog.bloodysugar.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/bloodysugar_cover05_sketch3.jpg)
Now, the inked version that came to me for the coloring work.
![BloodySugar cover bw](http://blog.bloodysugar.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/bncover.jpg)
Finally, the result! I hope you like it. This picture is available in the site in a larger resolution file and also as desktop wallpaper! See you next time.
Serena
![BloodySugar cover sketch 05](http://blog.bloodysugar.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/bloodysugar_cover05_sketch5.jpg)
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