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Black Panther
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This
image was inked on professional-grade comic book paper, lightboxed
from an image reprinted in Jack Kirby Collector #41. Dick Giordano
also inked a version for that issue's cover. The weird totem on the
left needed some symmetrical corrections, which took forever to figure
out, due to the strange lighting Kirby employed! Then I inked the
totem with tech pens. The Panther and most of the foliage was done
with a #2 Raphael brush. My #104 quill was used on everything else.
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Cap
Dodges a Missile!
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This
was a childhood dream come true for me, as George Tuska was my favorite
comic book artist for a long time! He was also the first artist I
could name! His distinctive style was used on countless Marvel titles
in the '70's. I used a #1 Windsor-Newton on the contours and feathering
of Cap's figure. His chain-mail was done with a #104 quill. Tech pens
on the shield and missile, Quill for the rocks. I find the results
a bit Don Perlin-ish, circa Iron Man #95, which is good by me. I love
Tuska's art so much, I even restrained my inclination to 'fix' the
wings on Cap's head, and left them as he drew it.
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Penciller: George
Tuska
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When Captain America Throws
his Mighty Shield...
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I
know it seems unfair to have made such drastic changes in light of
my reverence to Tuska's Cap, but when I saw this Ron Lim figure, I
felt compelled to add shadows and minor anatomy changes, using some
old Romita Cap issues for reference. Lim's style is very open, almost
animation-style. If you check out the pencil version, you'll see what
I mean. As I kept adding shadows, this piece morphed into a study
of Romitaesque inking. Before I inked, I added the blacks in pencil
(see pencil shading link below) and used my #1 Windsor-Newton to bolden
those black areas in my best attempt at the Jazzy One's style.
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Phantom
Girl
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This
was another item I lightboxed, from a photo copy I made, this time
of the original art. The pencils were too faint, so a darkened copy
was necessary to show the details better. All brushwork except the
eyes, which were done with tech pens, to capture the subtle nuances.
I used a lot of lil' white-out areas to 'shave' the thin-to-thick
lines for more pleasing contour lines on the figure, cape and smoke.
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Penciller: Adam Hughes
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Doom Triumphant
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Mostly
quill, in keeping with the 'west-coast' style. I used tech pens and
ship curves for the longer lines, particularly on the top left, where
the 'excitement' lines are. I was attempting a John Dell approach,
in my own feeble way, by adding parallel thicker lines to the excitement
lines. Not much else to say other than this is a badass visual. I'd
like to see it published in color one day.
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The
Punisher
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This
one was pencilled very tight, from every crack in the bricks to the
line weights, a literal trace job. The figure is less exaggerated
than some of Banks' other pieces (See his Cap/Red Skull on page 3)
and has something of a Jeff Johnson quality to it. After years of
work on Green Lantern, it's refreshing to see Daryl do a more down-to-Earth
character study.
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Penciller: Daryl
Banks
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Wolverine/Thing
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Now
this drawing was another matter entirely. If you check out the pencil
version, The Thing's legs are scrawny and the rocks are only loosely
indicated, particulary around his feet. I referenced a bunch of '70's
comics: some Kirby/Sinnott here, some Buckler/Sinnott (pretty much
the same thing) there, plus Kane/Romita covers and it turned out looking
a lot like an issue of Marvel 2-in-1 by Ron Wilson & Pablo Marcos!
Go figure!
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