The Mad Flatter

These images are artifacts created in the preliminary stage of the digital coloring process for comics and graphic novels. They are called color flats, or, simply, flats. I make lots of them.

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Treehouse of Tarot 

Which Simpsons characters should be which cards? 

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Groundskeeper Willis is Judgement but he’s playing the Bagpipes 

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Flats for America 1, written by Gabby Rivera, from artwork by Joe Quinones & Paolo Rivera 

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hey i flatted that

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Faith #0, page 21, from artwork by Robert Gill / story by Joshua Dysart.

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Howard the Duck, from artwork by Joe Quinones

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Page 18 of Get Jiro: Blood and Sushi, from art by Ale Garza / story by Joel Rose and Anthony Bourdain 

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Page 6 of X-Force #15, from artwork by Rock-He Kim / story by Simon Spurrier 

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Cover for Archie #2, by Paolo Rivera

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Page 10 of The Fox: Fox Hunt #1, from artwork by Dean Haspiel / story by Mark Waid

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Cover for a limited edition Electricomics booklet, from artwork by Colleen Doran. 

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X-Men Legacy #23, pages 3-4. From artwork by Tan Eng Huat, story by Simon Spurrier. 

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Cover for Daredevil vol 4. From artwork by Paolo Rivera.

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Punk Mambo #0. From artwork by Robert Gill, story by Peter Milligan. 

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Age of Ultron #06, pages 10-11. From artwork by Carlos Pacheco, story by Brian Michael Bendis. 

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Age of Ultron #9, page 11. From artwork by Brandon Peterson and Carlos Patcheco, story by Brian Michael Bendis. 

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Flats for Fantastic Four 5, from an illustration by André Lima Araújo.

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Flats for King Conan the Conqueror 1, from illustrations by Tomas Giorello.