| Scarlett:
GiJoe Declassified | | | This
image was a new landmark for me. I went very illustrative with tiny brush lines
to build up the shapes, then went back with tiny white-out brush lines. Phil Noto
did the image in half-tones and I lightboxed it. Once I began figuring out a way
to translate the elegant subtlety of the pencils, I got very absorbed in the work,
taking a painterly approach. Sure, it looks like Scarlett might've spent too much
time in the tanning bed, but the deep shadows convey a moodier piece than I'd
intended.
| | Penciller:
Phil Noto | | Pencil
Version | | |
| Spider-Woman |
| On
this convention sketch, her hair was rendered in line with no shadows (she's a
brunette). I added swirling black masses to the hair, drawing it freeform in ink
with a brush. Due to the yellowing paper, I wanted to avoid white-out at all cost,
so I simply touched up some rough areas with a small rapidograph, which I used
on her facial features. | | | Penciller:
David Finch | | | | |
| Ben
Grimm, Wrestler | | | I
was genuinely thrilled to have an opportunity to ink Ron Wilson, having grown
up on his Marvel-Two-in-One (which, tragically, never had a Thing/Hawkeye team-up
in it's 100-issue run). If you study the 'pencil' version, Wilson loosely blocked
in the darker spots with a marker. Again, the paper was very yellowed, so instead
of using white-out, I just built on what Wilson established. The results remind
me of John Byrne's heavy inking style in the '80's, which works well with The
Thing. | | Penciller:
Ron Wilson | |
Pencil Version |
| | | Terrax
the Untamed |
On Terrax's figure, I deliberately manipulated the splats to match the shape.
I also added some fades in the black areas of his tunic. I then had lot's o' fun
letting loose with the splats floating around from the impact of the axe. I'd
forgotton how great Terrax is as a character design!
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| | Penciller:
Ron Lim | | | | |
| Savage
Dragon Tackles Doc Doom! |
| | Another
indulgent splat attack, maybe too dark at the top. I contributed a lot of shadows
on the Dragon's fin and Doom's figure, as the ones indicated in the pencils came
off as flat once I erased. There were some other parts that could've used some
adjustment, but once you begin redrawing, you can start painting yourself into
a corner, adjusting more and more. The top of this Shadowline-brand paper has
a title written in: "The Unusuals", which might've been the working
title of Freak Force, the comic Vic pencilled, and coincidentally, the first comic
my work appeared in!
| | Pencillers:
Vic Bridges | | Pencil
Version | | |
| Spidey
Family Portrait |
Pat & I first started working together on DC's 52 and his work continues to
amaze. One thing I've learned is that his work is deceptively time-consuming to
ink. He doesn't get the praise in the fan circles he deserves, but when talking
with people at conventions and fellow artists, he's well-respected. This was inked
with the trusty #104 quill, except for the speedlines and Spider-Slayers, which
were detailed with a .25 rapidograph.
| | | Penciller:
Pat Olliffe | | | | |
| Swingin'
Spidey | | |
Another classic image of the ol' webslinger. My only real contribution to this
piece was the figure's contour lines and beefing up the webbing in places. Notice
how the background is full but never distracting from the foreground figure. Again,
on closer study, Pat's art is an education in balance. For the fades at the bottom,
I started with rapidograph crosshatching, then blended in some white-out lines.
| | Penciller:
Pat Olliffe | | | | |
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