At this point, having worked on a few of these DC Universe Animated Movie soundtracks, there’s a template established which helps streamline the process of making the artwork.  DC has a style guide indicating the colors that are character-appropriate, and generally the font is (coincidental or not) Gotham. Unlike some of the other direct-to-video releases, where I had to pick frames from a timecode-stamped DVD, Son of Batman actually had plenty of imagery to pick from, which made the process of laying out the …

Freddie Wiedmann was pretty happy with my work on the Green Lantern: The Animated Series albums, and so I was excited that I got to work with him again, this time on the very dark, very violent DC Universe Animation Original Movie, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox. The first challenge with the artwork was figuring out what stills we had.  Since this was an animated film, there are no actual ‘photos’ to use – instead, I had to watch the film with …

Having done the original artwork for Green Lantern: The Animated Series, doing a second volume was both easy, and a challenge.  It was easy in that I could work of the artwork I had already done, but it was difficult because the basic art assets were the same, making it more limiting in my options for what imagery to present.  Fortunately I was provided with a new cover asset from the Blu-ray release of the second half of the season, as …

I’ve known Frederik Wiedmann for years, starting back when he was an assistant to composer John Frizzell.  Watching his career blossom has been very cool, and I was thrilled that La-La Land Records was able to release a soundtrack album to his music for the new Cartoon Network show, Green Lantern: The Animated Series.  I didn’t have any involvement with the project, aside from recommending Freddie and his music to the La-La Land guys, and doing the art direction. Working with …